John Rankin bust photograph   Save
Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Description: Photograph of a bust of John Rankin (1793-1886) sculpted by Ellen Rankin Copp of Chicago. John Rankin kept a station on the Underground Railroad at Ripley, in Brown County, Ohio. This photograph was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by the sculptor for use in his research on the Underground Railroad. Siebert (1866-1961) began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03109
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)