Description: Jay Cooke Jr. on the bow of a sailboat off Gibraltar Island on Lake Erie in Ottawa County, Ohio. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05428
Subjects: Erie, Lake; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: House on Gibraltar Island, possibly used by the caretaker. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05432
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Houses; Summer
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of staff, Cooke summer home on Gibraltar Island, Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05436
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Houses; Summer
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a group of ice fishing houses (shanties), as well as a few vehicles, on a portion of Lake Erie. Though a scene similar to this could be found in countless places in Ohio during the winter, this was most likely in the area of Sandusky Bay and the Lake Erie Islands, as it was grouped with other photographs from that area. Neuman Boat Dock offers the best vantage point for viewing the water front and Sandusky Bay. It was located at the foot of Columbus Avenue, in Sandusky, Ohio, and was a particularly popular place in winter, with skaters, ice sailers and fishing shanties all vying for a piece of the ice. Ice fishing is the practice of catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water. Ice anglers may sit on a stool in the open on a frozen lake, or in a heated cabin on the ice, some with bunks and amenities. Fisherman walk onto the ice with sleds made of plastic or wood with equipment. They drill holes with hand augers or power augers with a motor that turns the auger or drill. Many fishermen will go out with 2.5 inches of good ice for walking, but the recommended is 4 inches, 5–6 inches for Sleds (Snow Machines, Snowmobiles) 7–12 for light cars and 14–16 inches for full sized trucks. Care must be taken, because sometimes ice will not form in areas with swift currents, leaving open areas which freeze with much thinner ice. On the Great Lakes, off-shore winds can break off miles-wide pans of ice stranding large numbers of fishermen. In Ohio, ice fishing usually starts mid-January and ends in early March, but this greatly depends on the weather. The Lake Erie Islands are a chain of archipelagic islands in Lake Erie. Most islands that are large enough are popular tourist attractions with car ferries running from the mainland and between some islands and some small airports and numerous private marinas offering other ways to reach the islands. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_018_001
Subjects: Ice fishing--North America; Ice fishing Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Lake Erie Islands (Ohio)
Places: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a man in an ice boat on Lake Erie. Ice sailing was and still is very popular winter sport, especially in the Sandusky Bay, where there are still many active ice sailing clubs. It was also used as a means of transportation to and from the Lake Erie Islands, during the frozen winter months when the ferries were unable to traverse the waters. Neuman Boat Dock offers the best vantage point for viewing the water front and Sandusky Bay. It was located at the foot of Columbus Avenue, in Sandusky, Ohio, and was a particularly popular place in winter, with skaters, ice sailers and fishing shanties all vying for a piece of the ice. An ice boat (also “iceboat") is a boat or purpose-built framework similar in functional design to a sail boat but fitted with skis or runners (skates) and designed to run over ice instead of through (liquid) water. Ice yachting is the sport of sailing and racing iceboats. Sailable ice is known in the sport as "hard water" versus sailing on liquid or "soft" water. A related sport, land sailing, utilizes a configuration with an iceboat-like fuselage or frame equipped with wheels instead of runners. Iceboats commonly used for racing are usually only for one person, but several classes of two-seat and multiple-seat iceboats are more or less common. On some boats, a "side car" can be fitted to take others along for a ride View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_019_001
Subjects: Winter sports; Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Sandusky Bay (Ohio)
Places: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: The present Ottawa County courthouse was constructed between 1898 and 1901 by architects Wing and Mahurin. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building made of North Amherst sandstone and pink Tennessee marble, includes architectural details such as arches, steeply pitched gables with finials and a 132 foot clock tower. This image shows the front entrance of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_376
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; arches; gables (architectural elements); clock towers; Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Port Clinton (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio); 315 Madison St.
 

Description: The present Ottawa County courthouse was constructed between 1898 and 1901 by architects Wing and Mahurin. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building made of North Amherst sandstone and pink Tennessee marble, includes architectural details such as arches, steeply pitched gables with finials and a 132 foot clock tower. This image shows the front facade of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_375
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; arches; gables (architectural elements); clock towers; Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Port Clinton (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio); 315 Madison St.
 

Description: This photograph shows the two ferries in the frozen waters at a dock in Lake Erie while seagulls stand on the ice. One of the ferries is named "Chippewa of Sandusky" In the background is a building for "Neuman Boat Line." This is most likely the business that is also called Newman Auto Ferry Line or Newman Cruise and Ferry Line. The ferry operates between Marblehead and Kelley's Island or Sandusky and Put-In-Bay. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_025_001
Subjects: Lake Erie; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Erie, Lake; Ferries--United States
Places: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: The present Ottawa County courthouse was constructed between 1898 and 1901 by architects Wing and Mahurin. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building made of North Amherst sandstone and pink Tennessee marble, includes architectural details such as arches, steeply pitched gables with finials and a 132 foot clock tower. This image shows the front and side facades of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_374
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; arches; gables (architectural elements); clock towers; Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Port Clinton (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio); 315 Madison St.
 

Description: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial at Put-in-Bay with the American flag, ca. 1935-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00243
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Put-in-Bay (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial at Put-in-Bay with a view of Lake Erie, ca. 1930-1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00244
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Put-in-Bay (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Airplane flying next to Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial at Put-in-Bay, 1935-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00247
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Put-in-Bay (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)