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| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 241 | Title: | Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches | | | | Dates: | 1890-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches was organized in 1853, as the Cleveland Congregational Conference, to oversee the organization of new churches and the mergers of existing churches in Cleveland, Ohio, and to provide financial assistance. In 1912 it merged with the City Missionary Society to form the Congregational Union of Cleveland. In 1963 the Union was merged into the Western Reserve Association of the United Church of Christ. The collection consists of views of the member churches, officers, and activities of the Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches, of Cleveland and northeastern Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 249 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches -- Photograph collections. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 242 | Title: | Johnson Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Johnson Family | | | | Dates: | 1870-1956 | | | | Abstract: | John Cumming Johnson moved to Memphis, Tennessee, from Franklin, Ohio, in 1854. In 1856 he married Mary Anne Elizabeth Fisher. They were active in many philanthropic enterprises, especially education. Johnson and his son, William Cumming Johnson, were involved in the cotton trade. William Cumming Johnson was a major stockholder in the Tennessee Fiber Co. and had extensive real estate dealings in Florida. In 1877 he married Sarah Evangeline Harvey. She was the daughter of Charles T. Harvey, a New England structural engineer, and Sarah Van Eps Harvey. "Eva" Harvey married William Cumming Johnson in 1897 and settled in Tennessee, where she was a homemaker and mother. The Johnsons had four sons, Harvey B., Richard Selden, William C. Jr. and Burton Hayley. Lilian Wycoff Johnson, the sister of William Cumming Johnson, was one of the South's pioneer women educators. She served as president of the Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, founded the West Tennessee Normal School (now Memphis State College), and established a center for social and cooperative work on the Cumberland Plateau at Summerfield, Tennessee which was called KinCo. It later became the Highlander Folk School. The collection consists of portraits and views of the Johnson family of Memphis, Tennessee, including William Cumming Johnson, his wife Sarah Evangeline Harvey Johnson, his sister Lilian Wycoff Johnson, their family, friends, residences, and travels. Also included in this collection are views of KinCo Farm and Highlander School near Monteagle, Tennessee, founded by Lilian Wycoff Johnson. | | | | Call #: | PG 250 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson family -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, John Cumming, 1828-1892 -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, William Cumming, 1870-1958 -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, Sarah Evangeline Harvey, 1870-1930 -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, Lillian Wyckoff, 1864-1956 -- Photograph collections. | KinCo (Monteagle, Tenn.) -- Photograph collections. | Highlander Folk School (Monteagle Tenn.) -- Photograph collections. | Women educators -- United States -- Photographs. | Women college teachers -- United States -- Photographs. | Women college administrators -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 245 | Title: | James Fitch Millard Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Millard, James Fitch Family | | | | Dates: | 1865-1955 | | | | Abstract: | James Fitch Millard (1824-1909) was the co-founder of J.F. Millard and Son, a family funeral business. It was patronized by many of the Italian Americans from the University Circle area of Cleveland, Ohio. It underwent several name changes over the years. It was Millard and Betts from 1884-1887, J.F. Millard and Son from 1887-1917, and Millard, Son, and Raper Company after 1917. William C. Millard was a founding member of the Fairmount Club, a gentlemen's social club. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of the Millard family of Cleveland, Ohio, and views of their undertaking businesses, including the Millard & Son hearse and the Millard Son & Raper Company Funeral Directors building at East 105th Street and Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | PG 253 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Millard, James Fitch, 1824-1909 -- Photograph collections. | Millard family -- Photograph collections. | J.F. Millard and Son (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Millard, Son, and Raper Co.(Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Tintype. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 248 | Title: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 Photographs
| | | | Creator: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 | | | | Dates: | 1950-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Local 427 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a Northeast Ohio labor union representing employees involved in the sale or processing of food, especially butchers, packing-house workers and fur industry workers. It was known until 1979 as Meat Cutters District 427 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, when the international merged with the Retail Clerks International Union to become the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Sam Pollock served as president, 1953-1973, and was succeeded by Frank Cimino, who later became an officer of the international body. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of union officials and members and their families. Also includes views of organizing and strike activities, community activities, and a large group of photographs relating to the Bondi Supermarket strike, 1956-1957, in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 256 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 427 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Food industry and trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Butchers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Packing-house workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Fur workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Meat industry and trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Grocery trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Retail trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Labor unions -- Officials and employees -- Photographs. | Strikes and lockouts -- Food industry and trade -- Ohio -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 249 | Title: | James H. McNally Photograph Albums
| | | | Creator: | McNally, James H. | | | | Dates: | 1914-1919 | | | | Abstract: | James H. McNally was a Chicago, Illinois, resident and son of James McNally, vice president of Rand, McNally & Company. He served with the 1st Illinois Field Artillery at San Antonio and Leon Springs, Texas, and with the Canadian Artillery in France and Belgium during World War I. The collection consists of photographs of camps and scenes near San Antonio and Leon Springs, Texas, with the 1st Illinois Field Artillery. Also includes photographs of views in France and Belgium with the Canadian Artillery; postcards of France, Germany, and Belgium; newspaper clippings; and discharge and repatriation papers and Canadian Army memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | PG 257 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | McNally, James H. -- Photograph collections. | Canada. Canadian Armed Forces -- Photograph collections. | United States. Army. Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, 1st -- Photograph collections. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 250 | Title: | Frederick E. Rudenauer Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Rudenauer, Frederick E. | | | | Dates: | 1870-1928 | | | | Abstract: | Frederick E. Rudenauer was a Cleveland, Ohio, pharmacist and telegrapher. The collection consists of photographs and negatives of Frederick E. Rudenauer, the Rudenauer family, and their residences in Cleveland, Ohio. Also included are other views of Cleveland, and those taken while on trips to Detroit, Michigan; Denver, Colorado; and the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. | | | | Call #: | PG 258 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Rudenauer, Frederick E. -- Photograph collections. | Rudenauer family -- Photograph collections. | Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 251 | Title: | Montefiore Home Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1860-1980 | | | | Abstract: | The Montefiore Home is a Jewish nursing home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. In the 1940s, Montefiore converted from providing residential care to social and psychological rehabilitation, including day care, social workers, a psychiatric unit, and sheltered workshop. An Auxiliary was formed in 1956-57 to help support Montefiore. In 1991 Montefiore, now a skilled nursing facility, moved to a new $22 million, 240-bed complex in Beachwood, Ohio. the collection consists of individual and group portraits of residents and staff, and views of facilities and activities of the Montefiore Home. Included are views of the original home at Woodland Avenue and East 55th Street, as well as the facility at 3151 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights. Included are portraits of past presidents and board members, including Jacob Rohrheimer, Jacob Mandelbaum, and R. Julius Weil. | | | | Call #: | PG 259 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish aged -- United States -- Photographs. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 252 | Title: | Maison Francaise de Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Maison Francaise de Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1970-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Maison Francaise de Cleveland was founded in 1918 by Emile B. De Sauze in Cleveland, Ohio. This organization sought to promote cultural relations between Cleveland and France by encouraging the study of French culture, language, art and literature, by publishing information regarding these studies, and by assisting professors, teachers and students in their activities. The collection consists of individual and group portraits and views of members, guests and activities of the Maison Francaise de Cleveland (Ohio). Included in the collection is a portrait of its founder, Emile B. Sauze, and views of the presentation of Bartholdi's clay working model of the Statue of Liberty to the city of Canton, Ohio, in 1970. Also included are copies of newspaper clippings related to the photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 260 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Maison Francaise de Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | French language -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | France -- Civilization -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 253 | Title: | John Hyde Gehrung Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Gehrung, John Hyde Family | | | | Dates: | 1875-1950 | | | | Abstract: | John Hyde Gehrung (1917-1980) was a Cleveland, Ohio, automotive engineer and an amateur genealogist. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of John Hyde Gehrung and John M. Gehrung, members of the Gehrung family, other families, and friends. Also included are views of family residences and travels and views of the Gehrung drug stores in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 261 | | | | Extent: | 1.30 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Gehrung, John Hyde, ca. 1917-1980 -- Photograph collections. | Gehrung family -- Photograph collections. | Hyde family -- Photograph collections. | Gehrung Drug Stores (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Drugstores -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 256 | Title: | Samuel Robinson Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Robinson, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1915-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The Samuel Robinson Photographs, ca. 1915-1930, consist of portraits of weddings, funerals, families, and individuals taken by Samuel Robinson (1881-1935), a commercial photographer of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are portraits of the Ukrainian Band and views of Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church. Social customs of Cleveland's Eastern European community are well represented in this collection. | | | | Call #: | PG 265 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Robinson, Samuel -- Photograph collections. | Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Ukrainian Band (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Ukrainians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Ethnic groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Weddings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 257 | Title: | Ayduth Lachayim = Witness to Life : Holocaust Survivors in the Cleveland Jewish Community Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee | | | | Dates: | 1915-1981 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of photographs used in a manuscript documenting the experiences of 178 Holocaust survivors who resided in Cleveland, Ohio. The project was coordinated by the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. A copy of the manuscript was presented to the archives of the Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, Israel, by a delegation of more than 100 survivors from Cleveland, during the World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in June 1981. The collection consists of 35mm copy negatives and corresponding contact prints and enlargements of survivors of the Holocaust residing in Cleveland, Ohio. The photographs were used in the unpublished manuscript "Ayduth Lachayim Witness to Life" produced by the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee of the Jewish Community Federation. | | | | Call #: | PG 266 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee -- Photograph collections. | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 258 | Title: | Allen E. Cole Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cole, Allen E. | | | | Dates: | 1870-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Allen E. Cole (1883-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, photographer who produced over 50,000 photographs of people and places in the African American community of Cleveland, Ohio. Cole opened his first studio in 1922 at 9909 Cedar Avenue, supplementing his income with commercial work and commission work for eight white-owned studios, and earned prizes and commendations at state and local exhibitions. His photographs were frequently published in The Call and Post. The collection consists of approximately 30,000 black and white and color negatives; 6,000 black and white and color photographs; and 1 oil painting. | | | | Call #: | PG 268 | | | | Extent: | 36.72 linear feet (21 containers, 6 filing cabinets, and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American entertainers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Cole, Allen E., 1883-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 259 | Title: | Alliance of Poles of America Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Alliance of Poles of America | | | | Dates: | 1917-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Alliance of Poles of America is a fraternal insurance organization which broke away from the Polish National Alliance in 1895, over the issue of membership for non-Roman Catholic Poles. Originally a Cleveland, Ohio, organization, it now includes groups throughout Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and has opened its membership to men and women with other than Polish or Catholic backgrounds. In 1917 it changed its name from the Alliance of Poles in Ohio to the Alliance of Poles of America. The collection consists of portraits and views of businesses, clubs, athletes, musicians, and events associated with or relating to the Alliance of Poles of America, a fraternal-insurance organization established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895. Included are views of the Alliance of Poles of America General Office at Broadway and Forman Avenue and portraits of members of its Central Governing Board during the 1930s and 1940s. Also included are World War II military portraits of members of Cleveland's Polish American community. | | | | Call #: | PG 269 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Alliance of Poles of America -- Photograph collections. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Photographs. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 260 | Title: | Warner and Swasey Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Warner and Swasey Company | | | | Dates: | 1900-1978 | | | | Abstract: | The Warner and Swasey Company was a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the United States. The company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1881 by Worcester R. Warner, who had a passionate interest in astronomy, and Ambrose Swasey. The company was bought by the Bendix Corporation of Michigan in 1980, which was taken over by Allied in 1983, which, in turn, sold it to Cross and Trecker in 1984. The collection consists of portraits of Ambrose Swasey, Worchester Reed Warner, the Warner and Swasey Company, its personnel, plants, and products. Products depicted include telescopes, scientific instruments, textile machines, and machine tools. Also included are views of the residences and personal observatory of Ambrose Swasey and Worchester Reed Warner. The collection was originally compiled as a reference source for use by company personnel and for publicity purposes. Included in this collection is written descriptive material that corresponds to the photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 270 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Swasey, Ambrose, 1846-1937 -- Photograph collections. | Warner, Worcester Reed, 1846-1929 -- Photograph collections. | Warner & Swasey -- Photograph collections. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Machine-tool industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Telescopes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Optical industry -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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