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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 82 | Title: | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Young Men's Christian Association | | | | Dates: | 1897-1955 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is the local branch of an international civic and social organization for men and boys. It was established in 1854 and quickly expanded to include numerous branches throughout the Cleveland area which offer a full range of community, recreational and educational activities. The collection consists of photographs of YMCA functions, facilities, and past presidents and other officials. Includes loose photographs and 2 unbound scrapbooks. Photographs include the Fenn Hall and Central YMCA buildings, the Lakewood West Side and the Collinwood branches; East End photographs, photographs of a YMCA building being built, various unidentified group portraits, and one photo of Billy Sunday and Douglas Fairbanks playing baseball for the YMCA. Activities pictured include swimming, athletics, camping, and classes. Many interior views of YMCA facilities are included. | | | | Call #: | PG 087 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Young Men's Christian Association (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 83 | Title: | George D. Lockwood Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Lockwood, George D. Family | | | | Dates: | 1855-1950 | | | | Abstract: | Stanley G. Lockwood moved from Connecticut to Painesville, Ohio, where he opened a general store, in 1835. His sons, George D. and John S., continued the firm. In 1856 George moved to Davenport, Iowa and opened another store, Livingston and Lockwood. During the American Civil War he was an officer in Companies D and I of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His brother, Stanley B., served in Company G. of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and in Company K of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of various members of the Lockwood and related families. Also included are three albums. | | | | Call #: | PG 088 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lockwood family -- Photograph collections. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Tintype.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 84 | Title: | Rowfant Club Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Rowfant Club | | | | Dates: | 1880-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Rowfant Club is a Cleveland, Ohio, club open by invitation only to men of diverse business and professional interests whose bond is a love of books, book collecting, and the art of bookmaking. Organized in 1892, the club chose to identify itself with Frederick Locker-Lampson by adopting the name of his Sussex County, England, estate, "Rowfant." The club insignia, groundhog and candles, are used in initiation and election procedures. The collection consists of photographs, postcards, negatives, and sketches relating to the Cleveland Rowfant Club, its members, activities, facilities, and other related subjects. Photographs include individual and group portraits of members, interior and exterior views of the Rowfant Club, views of objects, other Rowfant Clubs, paper-making, photographs related to literary figures, and libraries. | | | | Call #: | PG 090 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Book clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Book collectors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Book collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Book industries and trade -- Photographs. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 85 | Title: | Clague, Kewish, and Paine Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Clague, Kewish, and Paine Family | | | | Dates: | 1865-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Paine family founded Painesville and Chardon, Ohio, and was prominent in the early development of these towns. Mary D. Paine Kewish was a descendant of Hendrick E. Paine, an early settler of Painesville and LeRoy Township, Ohio. She was married to Lucius L. Kewish, of LeRoy. She and her daughter-in-law, Laetitia Clague Kewish, collected the family papers. The collection consists of tintypes, carte de visites, cabinet cards, and other photographs of various members and occasions of the Clague, Kewish, Paine, and related families. Also included are several views of Scranton, Pennsylvania. | | | | Call #: | PG 091 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Clague family -- Photograph collections. | Kewish family -- Photograph collections. | Paine family -- Photograph collections. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Tintype. | Scranton (Pa.) -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 90 | Title: | Nickel Plate Railroad Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Nickel Plate Railroad | | | | Dates: | 1880-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The Nickel Plate Railroad was founded in 1881 to connect Buffalo and Chicago via Cleveland, Ohio. It was nicknamed the Nickel Plate Road. After it failed it was taken over by the newly organized New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad in 1887. It merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad in 1964. The collection consists of two photograph albums and loose photographs pertaining to the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, including pictures of railroad bridges, locomotives, trains, track, depots, towns, wrecks, railroad officials, and work scenes. Also included are photographs of advertisements for railroads. | | | | Call #: | PG 096 | | | | Extent: | 1.10 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Nickel Plate Road -- Photograph collections. | New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad -- Photograph collections. | Railroads -- United States -- Photographs. | Railroad bridges -- United States -- Photographs. | Railroad construction workers -- Photographs. | Railroads -- Employees -- Photographs. | Railroads -- Yards -- Photographs. | Railroad accidents -- Photographs. | Railroad stations -- Photographs. | Railroads -- Track -- Photographs. | Railroads -- Cars -- Photographs. | Advertising -- Railroads -- Photographs. | Locomotives -- Photographs. | Railroads -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 91 | Title: | Levi T. Scofield Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Scofield, Levi T. Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1900 | | | | Abstract: | Levi T. Scofield was an architect in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to designing several asylums for the insane in Ohio, the North Carolina State Penitentiary, the reformatory at Mansfield, Ohio, the Schofield Building in downtown Cleveland, private residences, and public schools; he was the architect and chief proponent of the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, located on Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of of photographs, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, stereoviews, sketches, cabinet card photographs, glass mound prints, and albums, of members of the Scofield family of Cleveland, Ohio. It includes many architectural and building views, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and some novelty photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 097 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Scofield, Levi T. | Scofield family -- Photograph collections. | Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Tintype. | Stereoscopic views.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 93 | Title: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church | | | | Dates: | 1900-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church was formed in 1973, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of Hope United Methodist and Wesley Methodist churches. Hope United was formed in 1967 by the merger of Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1865) and First Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1854), two early German churches. Wesley Methodist was formed in 1947 by the merger of St. Paul's (est. 1853) and Franklin Ave. (est. 1833) Methodist Episcopal churches. The collection consists of photographs, one tintype, and two glass slides of the buildings and members of the German Evangelical United Brethren churches of Cleveland, Ohio, which eventually joined to form the Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church, the Emanuel Evangelical Church, and St. Paul's Methodist Church. | | | | Call #: | PG 099 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | St. Paul's German Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Methodists, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 96 | Title: | Western Reserve Historical Society 100th Anniversary Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Western Reserve Historical Society | | | | Dates: | 1967 | | | | Abstract: | The Western Reserve Historical Society was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867. Its mission is to inspire people to discover the American experience by exploring the tangible history of Northeast Ohio. The collection consists of photographs taken at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 102 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Western Reserve Historical Society -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 97 | Title: | Buell Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Buell, Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1800-1915 | | | | Abstract: | The Buell family was a pioneer family from Connecticut who helped settle Marietta, Ohio. Joseph Buell was a sergeant at Fort Harmar, across the Muskingum River from Marietta, when the first settling party from the Ohio Company arrived in April 1788. He later settled in Marietta with his family. Joseph Buell ran a successful tavern. In addition, he was appointed an associate justice of the Washington County Court of Common Pleas and a major general in the Ohio Militia in 1803, and served an an elected state senator from 1803-1805. Joseph's brother Timothy Buell was a captain in the militia and also served as a county magistrate, a state representative from 1820-1822, and sheriff of Washington County. Many of their descendants were also prominent in the affairs of Marietta and Washington County. The collection consists of portraits of members of the Buell, Curtis, and Nye families. Also includes photographs of Troop A of Cleveland, Ohio, miscellaneous interiors, views of Blennerhassett Island, postcards, and lithographic prints depicting various scenes, buildings, and people of the United States, Canada, and Europe. | | | | Call #: | PG 103 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Buell family -- Photograph collections. | Curtis family -- Photograph collections. | Nye family -- Photograph collections. | Troop A (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Blennerhassett Island (W.Va.) -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 99 | Title: | Townsend Club Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Townsend Club, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1935-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc., formerly known as the Old Age Revolving Pension Plan, was established by Dr. Francis E. Townsend of California in 1934. It had several clubs in northeast Ohio. The collection consists of photographs and panorama photographs of groups of members of the Townsend Club at various cities and halls for their conventions. Panorama photographs consist mainly of group portraits of various meetings, banquets, conventions, and reunions. | | | | Call #: | PG 106 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Townsend Club -- Photograph collections. | Ohio Townsend Plan, Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Photography, Panoramic.
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