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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 1 | Title: | Severance Family Photographs, Series II
| | | Creator: | Severance Family | | | Dates: | 1850-2011 | | | Abstract: | The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of 12 daguerreotypes, 4 ambrotypes, 70 cartes-de-vistes, 1 lantern slide, 3 silhouettes, 1 portrait drawing, 14 color prints and 326 black and white prints. They include Severance and related family portraits and views of various family homes and estates. | | | Call #: | PG 585 | | | Extent: | 2.60 linear feet (3 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | Allen family -- Photograph collections | Architecture, Domestic -- California -- Pasadena -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- California -- San Marino -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century -- Photographs | Long family -- Photograph collections | Millikin family -- Photograph collections | Severance family -- Photograph collections | Walworth family -- Photograph collections
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 2 | Title: | Homesite Company Photographs
| | | Creator: | Klein Lampl Homesite Company | | | Dates: | 1915-1924 | | | Abstract: | Homesite Company was a real estate development company founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jack Lampl Sr. and H. R. Klein circa 1915. They also founded the Klein Lampl Company, which incorporated in 1917. In 1927, the two companies merged and became the Klein Lampl Homesite Company, which became the developer of several prominent Cleveland-area subdivisions. Homesite's main office was located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and the firm contributed to the development of the area of Lakewood, Ohio. Major developments built by Klein Lampl include Waterbury Heights, Wyandot Park, Elbur Heights, Fairwood Heights, Arthur Heights, Eastlawn, Orchard Park, and Sunnycliff. Many of these developments are still intact today. The collection consists of approximately 200 black and white photographs contained in three albums. | | | Call #: | PG 558 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Klein Lampl Homesite Company (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | House construction -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | House construction -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | Interior architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Interior architecture -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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