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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 501 | Title: | Judy Chicago Dinner Party Site Project Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Judy Chicago Dinner Party Site Project | | | | Dates: | 1979-2000 | | | | Abstract: | "The Dinner Party" Site Project (DPSP) first formed as the Ohio-Chicago Arts Project, Inc., (O-CAP) as an endeavor to display Judy Chicago's (b. 1939) controversial magnum opus, The Dinner Party, 1979, in northeast Ohio. The collection consists of 2 black and white photographs, 181 color photographs, 8 negatives, and 131 slides. | | | | Call #: | PG 557 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Chicago, Judy, 1939- | Art, American -- Photographs. | Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Photographs. | Feminism and art -- Photographs. | Women in art -- Photographs. | Gender identity in art -- Photographs. | Women artists -- United States. | Women -- History -- Photographs. | Women -- Social conditions -- Photographs. | Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photographs. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 502 | 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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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 503 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. Family | | | | Dates: | 1870-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The Luntz Family came to prominence in Canton, Ohio, through the scrap metal industry. Samuel and Rebecca (Wolf) Luntz were Polish Jewish immigrants. Samuel founded the Canton Iron and Metal Company in 1898. Two of his sons, Darwin and Abe, founded their own scrap metal firm in 1916, The Luntz Iron and Steel Company, due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. Both Darwin and Abe were very involved in civic and community activities. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916 in Canton, Ohio. They had five children. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varied religious, musical, and educational opportunities. The majority of the photographs included here pertain to Abe M. Luntz, his wife Fanny (Teplansky), their children, Robert, Richard, Joan, William, and Theodore, and their ancestors, both Luntz and Teplansky. The collection consists of 297 black and white/sepia photographs, 57 color photographs, and one color transparency. | | | | Call #: | PG 559 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. -- Photographs. | Luntz family. -- Photographs. | Teplansky family -- Photographs. | Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. -- Photographs. | National Conference of Christians and Jews. -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton -- Photographs. | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Canton -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 504 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Photographs, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1930-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle of Cleveland (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote a liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. Its Yiddish cultural programming includes lectures, readings, concerts, third Passover Seders, and the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School, a supplementary program for children. Following World War II and the Holocaust and the continuing acculturation into American life of the descendants of its Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant founders, the Workmen's Circle, in Cleveland, Ohio, and nationwide, has been experiencing significant and continuous loss of membership. The Workmen's Circle's group health plan and death benefits, both of which are available on a non-sectarian basis, are the major source of membership. The collection consists of approximately 850 images of the activities of the Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio, particularly Branch 671E and the I.L. Peretz School. | | | | Call #: | PG 560 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Photographs. | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Yiddish language -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 505 | Title: | John Steinke Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Steinke, John | | | | Dates: | 1920-1940 | | | | Abstract: | John Steinke (ca. 1895-ca. 1971) was a free-lance amateur photographer of German descent who was born in New York, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Most of his photographic activity appears to have spanned the 1920s-1940s. He lived in at least two different locations in Bratenahl during his lifetime: East 118th Street and Burton Avenue. By vocation, he worked in the sheet metal industry. As a photographer, he worked in a wide variety of genres, experimenting with fine-art photography as well as commissioned work for various organizations in the Cleveland area. He submitted, and had his work shown in Cleveland and other nearby cities, as well as at shows in the Smithsonian, Canada, France, Greece, and Japan. Steinke played an important early role in the Cleveland Photographic Society, being president of the club in 1923, as well a member of the Board of Trustees. He played a crucial role in not only forming, but also leading the club's Photographic School, doing much of the teaching himself. When the school expanded and featured a faculty of teachers, he focused on teaching the technical aspects of photography. He also championed teaching photography to young people. He led a free six-week course in photography for high-school students and Boy Scouts. Steinke made personal donations of photographic equipment to the Society, and he played an important role as manager in the Society's regularly hosted print competitions. Steinke resigned from the Cleveland Photographic Society after a disagreement with the club president Ralph Hartman regarding the appropriate role of the club's Lecture Bureau. After his resignation, he taught classes at the Y.M.C.A., and soon formed another photography group known as the Cleveland Camera Guild. The collection consists of glass negatives, large format negatives, 35 mm negatives, oversize mounted photographs, photograph scrapbooks, and photographic prints in a variety of sizes. | | | | Call #: | PG 561 | | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Works Progress Administration. | Federal Writers' Project. | Cleveland Photographic Society. | Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Cleveland Public Library -- Photographs. | Photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Landscapes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Race relations -- Photographs. | Industrialization -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Pictorial works.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 506 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Welfare Rights Organization Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Welfare Rights Organization | | | | Dates: | 1965-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Welfare Rights Organization (f. 1966) formed as a result of a protest march from Cleveland, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio, in June of 1966. The march was led by Reverend Paul Younger of Fidelity Baptist Church in Cleveland with a small group of welfare recipients to highlight the plight of low-income people. This group used the march to put forth their demands of all people being able to meet their basic needs while having their dignity preserved. The organization grew and eventually a state affiliate, the Ohio Welfare Rights Organization, was formed as well as the National Welfare Rights Organization. In 1994 the Greater Cleveland Welfare Rights Organization (GCWRO) changed its name to the Empowerment Center of Greater Cleveland. The collection consists of 37 black and white prints, 226 color prints, 4 black and white negatives, 42 color negatives, 25 slides (24 black and white and 1 color), and 12 color transparencies. | | | | Call #: | PG 562 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Greater Cleveland Welfare Rights Organization. -- Photographs. | Welfare rights movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Poor -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 507 | Title: | Boddie Recording Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Boddie Recording Company | | | | Dates: | 1955-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Boddie Recording Company (f. 1950s) was the first recording studio in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by African-Americans. In order to hold down costs, Thomas Boddie created all his recording equipment by hand, rather than purchasing pre-made machines. He owned the company with his wife, Louise Boddie. Their clientele included musicians of various styles, including gospel, country, bluegrass, rock, soul, and rhythm and blues, earning the studio the nickname of "Little Nashville". Records were made for national distribution as well as for independent groups and artists who only wished to have their music recorded for personal use or local distribution, such as recordings of sermons for church groups, with Boddie creating small, independent record labels for the purpose. The collection consists of 28 negatives and 36 black and white photographs of artists and the recording studio. | | | | Call #: | PG 563 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Boddie, Thomas, d. 2006 -- Photographs. | Boddie, Louise -- Photographs. | Games, Allen -- Photographs. | Mayes, Patricia -- Photographs. | Hawkins, Bill. -- Photographs. | North, Penny -- Photographs. | Smitty Al -- Photographs. | Boddie Recording Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | A.C. Jones and the Atomic Aces (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Bright Stars (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Golden Harmonizers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Gospel Tones Quartet (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Jubilee Specials (Musical group) -- Photographs. | King James Version (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Little Anthony and the Soul Detergents (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Magnificent Soul Touchers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Natural Born Soul (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Premiers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Victory Five (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Sound recording industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Sound studios -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music -- Photographs. | Soul music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rhythm and blues music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Country music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bluegrass music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 509 | Title: | Van Sweringen Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Van Sweingen Company | | | | Dates: | 1910-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The Van Sweringen Company (f. 1905) was a joint venture in Cleveland, Ohio, of brothers M. J. and O. P. Van Sweringen. The company's focus was primarily land development, as well as investments in the railroad industry. The company developed land that had been part of the North Union Shaker Community in the nineteenth century, creating Shaker Village, which eventually became Shaker Heights, Ohio. The Van Sweringens were the driving force in the construction of Cleveland's Terminal Tower building and Union Station. They developed the rapid transit line that connects much of the greater Cleveland area to downtown for ease of access for Shaker Village residents to travel from their homes to downtown. Shaker Heights was one of the very few planned suburbs of its time. There were strict building and construction guidelines, and the land was not developed on a grid, but with winding roads and other sophisticated flourishes that made it an appealing place of residence, especially those who owned automobiles. The Van Sweringens started by developing transportation lines throughout Shaker and what is now Cleveland Heights before extending their reach to downtown. They bought 51% interest in a 523 mile stretch of railroad track from the New York Central Railroad in 1915. From this point on, they extended their reach in the railroad industry and continued to invest in other companies, eventually controlling 30,000 miles of track. After they had successfully taken control of rights to build track through downtown Cleveland, they then began construction on Union Station and Terminal Tower. The Tower was originally intended as a new space for offices and businesses. Before the Depression, the value of the brothers' holdings was estimated to be $3 billion. After the Depression, the value plummeted drastically. M. J. died in 1934, and O. P. never quite recovered from the loss. He died just two years later. The collection consists of a drawing, a scrapbook, and photographic prints of varying sizes. All together, the collection consists of approximately 268 photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 565 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Van Sweringen Company. -- Photographs. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | House construction -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Interior architecture -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Suburban homes -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 510 | Title: | Henry L. Zucker Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Zucker, Henry L. | | | | Dates: | 1985 | | | | Abstract: | Henry L. Zucker (1910-1998) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. A graduate of Glenville High School, Zucker graduated from Western Reserve University in 1932 and then completed a master's degree from the university's School of Applied Social Sciences in 1935. He began his career as a social worker with local agencies and during World War II served as a special consultant in Washington, D. C. In 1946 he began his long association with Cleveland's Jewish community when he accepted the position of Associate Director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland. When he retired in 1975 he had worked as Executive Director (1948-1965) and Executive Vice President (1965-1975) of the Jewish Community Federation. The consists of a scrapbook of photographs taken at a reception honoring the establishment of a professorship in honor of Zucker at the School of Applied Social Sciences. | | | | Call #: | PG 566 | | | | Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Zucker, Henry L., 1910- -- Photographs. | Mandel, Morton -- Photographs. | Naparstek, Arthur. -- Photographs. | Wolf, Milton -- Photographs. | Case Western Reserve University. School of Applied Social Sciences. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 511 | Title: | Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions | | | | Dates: | 1951-1973 | | | | Abstract: | The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Cuyahoga County Divisions, (f. 1871) is an organization that supports Irish heritage and Roman Catholic charities in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of 32 prints including 27 black and white photographs and 5 color photographs. It also contains 11 color 35mm negative strips. | | | | Call #: | PG 567 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lynch, Margaret. -- Photographs. | Lynch, James -- Photographs | Gilligan, John J. (John Joyce), 1921- -- Photographs | Feighan, Michael Aloysius, 1905- -- Photographs | Hoban, Edward Francis, 1878-1966 -- Photographs | Ancient Order of Hibernians -- Photograph collections | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Photographs | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Social life and customs -- Photographs | Catholics -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Photographs | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 512 | Title: | Harry Stone Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Stone, Harry | | | | Dates: | 1917-1988 | | | | Abstract: | Harry Stone (1917-2007) was a Cleveland, Ohio area business leader, active in politics and philanthropy. He was the son of Jacob Sapirstein, the founder of American Greetings Corporation, a manufacturer of greeting cards. Stone was a member of the Glenville High School Class of 1935. In addition to the positions he held at American Greetings, Stone also owned radio stations WIXY and WDOK and was engaged in real estate and international trade and finance. Among his many civic activities, Stone was a trustee of Brandeis University, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Cleveland Sight Center. The collection consists of approximately 60 black and white and color photographs, including group portraits, individual portraits, subjects, and views. | | | | Call #: | PG 568 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container ans 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. -- Photographs. | Stone family. -- Photographs | Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. -- Photographs | Sapirstein family. -- Photographs | Stokes, Carl. -- Photographs | Vanik, Charles. -- Photographs | American Greeting Publishers, Inc. -- Photographs | Glenville High School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 513 | Title: | Chaim Landy Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Landy, Chaim Family | | | | Dates: | 1904-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Landy family traces its roots to Chaim Ephraim (Landesman) Landy and his wife, Esther Yudovitz, of Kovno, Lithuania. Six of their sons immigrated to the United States between 1880 and 1905. Jacob Landy (1850-1916) settled in Cleveland, Ohio and became the first sofer in the region. He also opened the first Jewish bookstore in Cleveland. The collection consists of approximately 60 black and white individual and group portraits and ten color individual and group portraits. | | | | Call #: | PG 569 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jews, Lithuanian. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | American National Red Cross
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 514 | Title: | Thomas Root Aerial Photographs of Cleveland, Ohio
| | | | Creator: | Thomas Root | | | | Dates: | 1956-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas F. Root (b. 1923) of Plymouth, Ohio, was a ceramics engineer, salesman, pilot and aerial photographer. He learned to fly an airplane at the Mansfield Airport in 1939, and subsequently owned a series of small aircraft. From 1966 until his retirement in 1994, Root ran his own business, Tom Root Air Photos, Inc. His principal clients included the American Shipbuilding Company, Denison and Oberlin colleges, General Electric, Timken, Ford, General Motors, and many field tilling contractors. Root's company specialized in single photograph verticals for field tilling operations, zoning, and single views of entire towns. Many of his aerial photographs documented newsworthy events; some were distributed to the national media. The consists of 74 black and white photographs, size 8 1/2" x 11", plus 70 black and white copies, size 3 3/4" x 5", and 71 black and white negatives, size 4" x 5", of aerial views of different parts of the Cleveland, Ohio area. | | | | Call #: | PG 570 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Tom Root Air Photos, Inc. -- Aerial photographs. | Aerial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aerial photography in geography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aerial photogrammetry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Aerial photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 515 | Title: | Bellefaire Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Bellefaire | | | | Dates: | 1867-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Bellefaire, a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed adolescents, is the oldest Jewish social-service agency in Cleveland, Ohio. It was dedicated on July 14, 1868 as the Jewish Orphan Asylum, established to care for Civil War orphans. By 1900, more than 400 orphans lived there. The name was changed to the Jewish Orphan Home (JOH) in 1919, and later to Bellefaire when its facilities moved to the corner of Belvoir and Fairmount boulevards in 1929. In 1942 the orphanage changed its focus to include residential therapeutic care for emotionally disturbed children and stopped accepting orphans in 1943. In 1954, Bellefaire opened its admissions to children of all faiths and today provides counseling, substance abuse treatment, foster care, adoption services, and residential treatment. The Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association was established in 1888 to serve and connect the orphans who formerly lived at the Jewish Orphan Home. The Association held Homecomings each year in Cleveland and had several active chapters located throughout the country. "Graduates" of JOH were designated by the year of their confirmation class. The collection consists of approximately two hundred and thirty photographs of residents, alumni, family of alumni, staff, athletic teams, and the Jewish Orphan Home campus. Notable alumni represented in this collection are JOH assistant superintendent Jack Girick and actor Lou Gilbert. | | | | Call #: | PG 571 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Girick, Jack -- Photographs. | Gilbert, Lou, 1909-1978 -- Photographs. | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Orphan Asylum (Shaker Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- Photographs. | Children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 516 | Title: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel | | | | Dates: | 1979-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel (VCI) was founded in 1978 as a non-profit organization with the goal of helping people from Cleveland, Ohio, who had moved to Israel. VCI offered services to Clevelanders planning a long-term or permanent move to Israel and to former Clevelanders now living in Israel. The group was founded by Shirley Goodman, who served as its director until her death in 2006. In Cleveland, VCI offered weekly workshops for those planning to move to Israel. Topics included packing and shipping, buying appliances, culture shock, and dealing with Israeli bureaucracy. VCI also offered Hebrew language classes. In Israel, the majority of services were provided through the Daniel Haas Center, located in Jerusalem, opened in 1983. Former Clevelanders could rely on VCI to help them stay connected to one another and to friends and relatives in Cleveland. A directory of Clevelanders living in Israel was published every few years, and meetings and social events were held regularly. Other services offered included employment assistance, housing interviews, counseling, emergency financial aid, and interest free loans. The Daniel Haas Center closed in 1996 due to lack of funding. VCI now continues its work through the Cleveland Hometown Association in Israel. The collection consists of approximately 300 color and black and white photographs. These photographs depict volunteers and members of VCI at events and locations in both Cleveland and Israel. The majority of the individuals in the photographs have been identified. | | | | Call #: | PG 572 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Goodman, Shirley, d. 2006 -- Photographs | Kleinman, Bennet -- Photographs | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel -- Photograph collections | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Jews -- Israel -- Photographs | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 517 | Title: | Power of Imagery: Herb Ascherman Photographs of Area Rabbis
| | | | Creator: | Ascherman, Herb | | | | Dates: | 1979-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Herbert Ascherman, Jr., is a Cleveland, Ohio, area photographer. This collection of Ascherman's photographs of Cleveland, Ohio-area rabbis, cantors, and Jewish community leaders is one of several collections he has done regarding religious life in Cleveland. The collection consists of forty black and white photographs of cantors, community leaders, and rabbis | | | | Call #: | PG 573 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish way of life -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 518 | Title: | Halle Bros. Co. Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Halle Bros. Co. | | | | Dates: | 1893-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Halle Brothers Company (1891-1982), a department store known for high quality merchandise and superior service, began on February 7, 1891 as a small hat and fur shop operated by brothers Samuel H. (1868-1954) and Salmon P. Halle (1866-1949). It was located at 221 Superior Street near Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. They purchased the business from Captain T. S. Paddock. In 1893 the business was moved to Euclid Avenue and East 4th Street due to a need for more space. It was also around this time that women's ready to wear clothing began to be carried by the store. In 1902 the company was incorporated, changing its name from Halle Brothers to The Halle Bros. Co. The store continued to grow, adding both space and departments. A new building was constructed at Euclid and East 12th Street where the company moved in 1910. An addition was opened in 1914 allowing for the addition of new departments including furniture, toys, and sporting goods. In 1921 Salmon P. Halle resigned as president to devote himself to philanthropic work and other private interests. Samuel Halle then became president. By 1927 a new building, the Huron-Prospect store was opened in the Playhouse Square district. Branch stores were opened in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1929 and Canton, Ohio, in 1930. Although losses did occur during the Depression, business bounced back after World War II allowing Halle Bros. Co. to open suburban branches, beginning with a Shaker Square store in 1948. Walter Halle, son of Samuel, became president in 1946 and Samuel moved to the position of chairman of the board. There was also expansion to their main downtown Euclid Avenue store which was completed in 1949. Problems began to arise in the 1960s stemming from their over-expanded downtown store and sales competition from stores such as the Higbee Co. and May Co. In 1970 Halle Bros. Co. was merged with Marshall Field and Company of Chicago. Operations continued to decline and Chisholm Halle, son of Walter who had become president in 1966, resigned in 1974. Medium-priced goods were introduced but failed help the stores and in 1981 they were sold to Associated Investors Corporation which closed or sold all stores in 1982. The collection consists of approximately ten containers (8.0 linear feet) of photographs and three containers (2.0 linear feet) of negatives plus six glass plate negatives and 20 transparencies detailing, among other things, employee portraits, employees' activities inside and outside of the workplace, portraits of executives, exterior and interior views of the store and its branches, store promotions, and major events in the company's history. | | | | Call #: | PG 574 | | | | Extent: | 10.25 linear feet (13 containers, 5 Oversize Folders and 1 Oversize Volume) | | | | Subjects: | Halle Bros. Co. -- Photograph collections | Marshall Field & Company | Department stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Department stores -- United States -- 20th century -- Photographs | Department stores -- Employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Women clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Women employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Industrial recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Retail trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Retail trade -- United States -- 20th century -- Photographs | Department stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Marketing -- Photographs | Sales promotion -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Shopping -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 519 | Title: | East Ohio Gas Explosion and Fire Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1944 | | | | Abstract: | The East Ohio Gas Company Explosion and Fire occurred in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 20, 1944. A tank, constructed at the northern end of East 61st Street in 1942 to store reserves of liquid natural gas for local war industries, began to leak vapor which, when mixed with air, became combustible and exploded. It contained the equivalent to 90 million cubic feet of non-liquified gas and set off the most disastrous fire in Cleveland's history. A second tank exploded about twenty minutes after the first. Homes and businesses in the largely Slovenian-American neighborhood were set ablaze through an area of more than one square mile of Cleveland's east side. The affected area had boundaries of St. Clair Avenue NE, East 55th Street, East 67th Street, and the Memorial Shoreway. A wall of fire engulfed the area, destroying some homes while leaving others untouched. As the gas vaporized, it flowed through gutters and along curbs until it reached catch basins and the underground sewage system, causing streets to explode and manhole covers to blow off. The gas eventually flowed into homes and businesses via the sewage system, causing further explosions, destruction, and injuries. By the following day the fire had largely burned out but the damage was immense, including 79 houses, 2 factories, and 217 cars. The explosion and fire killed 130 people. As a result of the fire and the analysis of its causes, new and safer alternatives to storing natural gas were developed. The collection consists of 432 black and white prints of various sizes including six panoramas detailing the damage caused by the East Ohio Gas Company explosion and fire on October 20, 1944. | | | | Call #: | PG 575 | | | | Extent: | 0.42 linear feet (1 container and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | East Ohio Gas Company. -- Photographs | Disasters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Fires -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Natural gas -- Accidents -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Natural gas -- Storage | Public safety -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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