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| Photograph Collection | Save | 381 | Title: | Jack P. Russell Photographs
| | | Creator: | Russell, Jack P. | | | Dates: | 1920-1975 | | | Abstract: | Jack Russell (1915-1979) was a Cleveland, Ohio, councilman, 1943-1971, council president, 1955-1963, and Democratic majority leader who was born Paul Ruschak, but changed his name in the 1930s. Russell was raised in the Hungarian-American community of Cleveland's Buckeye Road neighborhood and published newspapers in that area, including the Buckeye Press. He was councilman from the 16th ward from 1943 to 1971 and operated several businesses, including the Ohio Fire Protection Systems. Russell began the Night in Budapest celebration in 1957, which commemorated the Hungarian Freedom Fighters of 1956 and highlighted Hungarian culture and Hungarian-Americans. The collection consists of photographs, slides, negatives, and films pertaining to the political career of Jack P. Russell. Included are photographs of Cleveland City Council, both individual portraits and views and including the City Council softball team, ca. 1940s-1960s; local Cleveland politicians, including Thomas A. Burke, Anthony Celebrezze, Ray T. Miller, and Carl Stokes, often pictured with Russell; national political figures, usually taken during campaign events in Cleveland, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson; Cleveland Ward 16 political events; Democratic Party events, including rallies, picnics, dinners, and campaign photographs; city of Cleveland events, including park and playground dedications and ribbon cuttings, including several of the Port of Cleveland; friends, family, and associates of Russell; travel photographs to Hungary and other destinations; exteriors of the Ohio Fire Protection Systems office and Russell's campaign headquarters; and many photographs depicting the Night in Budapest event. | | | Call #: | PG 431 | | | Extent: | 8.80 linear feet (10 containers) | | | Subjects: | Russell, Jack P. (Jack Paul), 1915-1979 -- Photograph collections. | Russell family -- Photograph collections. | Burke, Thomas A., 1898-1971 -- Photograph collections. | Miller, Ray T. (Ray Thomas), 1893-1966 -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Photograph collections. | Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Photograph collections. | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Photograph collections. | Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Photograph collections. | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. | Democratic Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council -- Photograph collections. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 382 | Title: | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photographs
| | | Creator: | King, Martin Luther Jr. | | | Dates: | 1963-1989 | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of photographs and copy negatives assembled from a variety of sources, including PG 273 United Auto Workers, Local 45 Negatives (Western Reserve Historical Society), the Cleveland Press collection of Cleveland State University, and former Press photographer William S. Nehez. The photographs were used in an audiovisual presentation for the January 18, 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The bulk of photographs are views of Dr. King's visits to Cleveland, Ohio and portraits of program honorees from the 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. | | | Call #: | PG 433 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Photograph collections. | Western Reserve Historical Society Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration (1989) -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 383 | Title: | Glenn L. Martin Company Photographs
| | | Creator: | Glenn L. Martin Company | | | Dates: | 1918-1950 | | | Abstract: | The Glenn L. Martin Company was founded by Glenn L. Martin, a pioneer airplane manufacturer. It incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1917 and remained until 1929, when Martin moved the company to Essex, Maryland. The company produced aircraft for military use. The Glenn L. Martin Company also built mail and passenger planes. It eventually evolved into the Martin Marietta Corporation. The collection consists of views of various aircraft and blimps, the Cleveland plant, and an R.A.F. jet bomber in Essex, Maryland, after a 1950s transatlantic flight. Also includes group portraits of Glenn L. Martin employees, interior and aerial views of the Glenn L. Martin plant in Cleveland, and postcards of the Glenn L. Martin plant in Essex, Maryland. | | | Call #: | PG 436 | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Glenn L. Martin Company -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Martin airplanes -- Photographs. | Bombers -- Photographs. | Airplanes, Military -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 384 | Title: | Eugene Bailey Photographs
| | | Creator: | Bailey, Eugene | | | Dates: | 1910-1970 | | | Abstract: | Eugene Bailey (1913-1942) was an African American from Cleveland, Ohio, who attended Virginia State College for Negroes, excelling in athletics. Bailey became physical education director at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Va. and then enlisted in the Navy at the start of World War II. In 1942, he was killed in an explosion at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Eugene Bailey, his family and friends; and views of life at college, athletic events, and campuses, including Hampton College in Virginia. | | | Call #: | PG 437 | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Eugene, 1913-1942 -- Photograph collections. | Virginia State College for Negroes -- Photograph collections. | Hampton University (Va.) -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Virginia -- Norfolk -- Photographs. | African American athletes -- Virginia -- Photographs. | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 385 | Title: | Louis Van Oeyen Photographs
| | | Creator: | Van Oeyen, Louis | | | Dates: | 1895-1945 | | | Abstract: | Louis Van Oeyen (1865-1946) was the first photographer hired as staff on a Cleveland, Ohio, newspaper, and a pioneer in many techniques and activities of photojournalism. Van Oeyen was hired as a Cleveland Press photographer in 1901, after his photographs of the water intake explosion disaster in Lake Erie, and the assassination of President William McKinley, were published in the Press. During his career at the Press, he shot portraiture, politics, disaster, crime, scandal, and sports photographs. His greatest love was baseball, and he became official photographer for the American League in 1908, and for the World Series until 1922. Van Oeyen also helped test new photographic equipment, most notably the General Electric flash bulb in 1938. He assisted other photographers at the beginning of their careers, including Margaret Bourke-White and Herman Seid. Van Oeyen died in 1946. The collection consists of photographs and negatives taken by photographer Louis Van Oeyen before and during his career as a Cleveland Press photographer. A large portion of the collection depicts sports, particularly baseball. Other subjects include technological innovation, politics, entertainment, automobiles, aviation, horse racing, and boxing. There are extensive series of images from the Ormond Beach, Florida, auto races; the National Air Races held in Cleveland, Ohio; famous aviators; dirigibles; and ship launchings. Political coverage includes international, national and local figures, among them several presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Roosevelt, and the coronation of King George VI of Great Britain. Celebrity portraits range from industrialists, including J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, to entertainers, such as Buster Keaton and Yehudi Menuhin. Smaller bodies of subject material include photographs of crime, disaster, legal proceedings, and story art for fictional serial stories published by the newspaper. Crime illustration includes portraits of Cassie Chadwick. Disasters include the Collinwood School and Cleveland Clinic fires; floods; and aviation, automotive, and railroad wrecks. Legal coverage includes an extensive series on the John T. Scopes "Monkey Trial," including candid portraits of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. The collection is strongest in images from the 1900s and the 1920s-1930s. | | | Call #: | PG 439 | | | Extent: | 10.60 linear feet (27 containers) | | | Subjects: | Van Oeyen, Louis -- Photograph collections. | George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 -- Coronation -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland press -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Photojournalism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sports -- United States -- Photographs. | Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Baseball -- United States -- Photographs. | Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Disasters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Horse racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Boxing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Politicians -- United States -- Photographs. | Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 386 | Title: | Severance Family Photographs
| | | Creator: | Severance Family | | | Dates: | 1840-1960 | | | Abstract: | Members of the Severance family were prominent bankers and industrialists in Cleveland, Ohio. The Severance family was also 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 ophthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Severance family members; allied families including the Allen, Hadden, Long, Millikin, Nash, Prentiss, Robbins, and Tryon families; and unrelated individuals, including Jacob D. Cox, Charles Gleason, and Rutherford B. Hayes. Also included are views of various family residences and trips. | | | Call #: | PG 440 | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (8 containers) | | | Subjects: | Allen family -- Photograph collections. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century -- Photographs. | Long family -- Photograph collections. | Millikin family -- Photograph collections. | Nash family -- Photograph collections. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Severance family -- Photograph collections. | Voyages and travels -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 387 | Title: | Haas and Peale Photographs
| | | Creator: | Haas and Peale | | | Dates: | 1861-1865 | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of views of activities of the Union Army in South Carolina during the American Civil War. Included are views of Folly Island, Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, Lighthouse Inlet, and Morris Island. The bulk of the material depicts scenes from the siege of Charleston, particularly of Folly and Morris Islands. Included are views of various artillery batteries used and army buildings. The photographs were thought to have been taken by Lt. Philip Haas and Mr. Washington Peale, whose personal histories are unknown. The collection was acquired in 1912 by William P. Palmer for the Western Reserve Historical Society. | | | Call #: | PG 442 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | Haas, Philip, fl. 1837-1863 -- Photograph collections. | Peale, Washington -- Photograph collections. | Haas & Peale -- Photograph collections. | Siege artillery -- Photographs. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | Folly Island (S.C. : Island) -- Photographs. | Morris Island, Battle of, S.C., 1863 (July 10-September 7) -- Photographs. | South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns -- Photographs. | Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 388 | Title: | Karamu House Photographs
| | | Creator: | Karamu House | | | Dates: | 1915-1972 | | | Abstract: | Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O'Neill, and Langston Hughes, whose career was launched at Karamu. In 1939, the house was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding was not completed until 1949. The Jelliffes' mission of an interracial institution continued until the late 1960s, when, under the leadership of new director Kenneth Snipes, Karamu's mission became one of promoting African-American theater and plays specifically about the African-American experience. During this time a professional troupe of actors was formed. In 1982, Karamu formally returned to its original mission as an interracial organization. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Karamu House founders Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, administrators and staff, actors and performers, and community figures. Group portraits and views depict activities at Karamu, including classes, art exhibits, meetings, ceremonies, choral groups, clubs, and sports teams. Views of Karamu House facilities, buildings, and grounds, including photographs of the original buildings of the Playhouse Settlement, are included, as are views of plays performed. Notable individuals depicted include Garrett E. Morgan, Charles Gilpin, Al Fann, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Ida B. Wells, Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Harry E. Davis, James Weldon Johnson, Perry Como, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ruby Dee, Raymond St. Jacques, Archibald MacLeish, Judge Charles White, Rev. Earl Preston, Charles Sallee, Carl Stokes, Louis Stokes, Jane Addams, Emily Laster, Wilhelmina Roberson, Dakota Staton, Harriet Tubman, and Julian Mayfield. Groups depicted include the Keystone Club, Golden Age Club, Cheerio Circle, the Karamu Dancers, Camp Karamu, and the Karamu Nursery School. | | | Call #: | PG 443 | | | Extent: | 1.81 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. | Karamu House -- Photograph collections. | Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. | Playhouse Settlement -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American actresses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American dancers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 389 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs
| | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | Dates: | 1804-1963 | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of individual aircraft; reciprocating, jet, and rocket aviation power plants; personalities; famous flights; and miscellaneous images related to all aspects of aviation history through the mid-1960s. The collection represents the history and development of aviation airframe and power plant technology. Over 200 aircraft manufacturing types and over 100 power plant manufacturing types are represented, including numerous images of Curtiss and Wright aircraft, as well as many lesser known manufacturing types. The collection also contains many images of dirigibles, blimps, and balloons. The photographs in this collection were acquired by Thompson Products of Cleveland, Ohio from the Dearborn Library-Henry Ford Museum, the Wright Patterson Air Force Technical Museum, and from various aircraft and aviation related industries, including the Curtiss-Wright and Boeing corporations, and were used by Thompson Products as an aviation photographic reference source. | | | Call #: | PG 444 | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (11 containers) | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Flights -- Photographs. | Airships -- Photographs. | Balloons -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 390 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs, Series II
| | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | Dates: | 1903-1947 | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of views of aircraft, personalities, famous flights, and miscellaneous images documenting aviation history in the first half of the 20th century. The images were acquired by Thompson Products from the Dearborn Library-Henry Ford Museum and were used as a supplement to Thompson Products' existing aviation photographic reference library. Included are numerous images of early Wright and Curtiss aircraft, as well as World War I aircraft. The collection also contains many images of aircraft and equipment representing the rapid advances made in aviation technology during the inter-war years. | | | Call #: | PG 445 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, Inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Flights -- Photographs. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 391 | Title: | Thompson Products Aviation Photographs, Series III
| | | Creator: | Thompson Products | | | Dates: | 1930-1972 | | | Abstract: | Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of press releases intended to introduce new products or announce new achievements in the field of aviation and space, and includes images of aircraft, aviation, and space related subjects. These images were used by Thompson Products as a photographic reference of industry developments in aviation and space. The development of jet airframe technology between 1950 and 1965 is well represented in the collection, as well as space exploration and reusable space plane designs. | | | Call #: | PG 446 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Thompson Products, inc. -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- United States -- Photographs. | Aerospace engineering -- United States -- Photographs. | Jet engines -- Photographs. | Jet planes -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 392 | Title: | Martin I. Kagey Jr. Photographs
| | | Creator: | Kagey, Martin I. Jr. | | | Dates: | 1925-1945 | | | Abstract: | Martin I. Kagey Jr. served as a flight crew member on a Boeing B-17F "Flying Fortress" with the 359th Bomb Group, 303rd (H) Bomb Wing, Eighth Air Force, based at Molesworth, England, during the spring of 1943. He was later assigned to a B-24 squadron with the Eleventh Air Force based at Elmendorf Air Base near Anchorage, Alaska. The collection consists of group portraits and views of Martin I. Kagey Jr.'s service in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. The collection contains many images of targets, both in France and Germany, crews, in-flight photographs, unit nose art, United Service Organization (U.S.O.) shows, including images of Bob Hope, Frances Langford, and Clark Gable, and unit crews. | | | Call #: | PG 447 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Kagey, Martin I., Jr. -- Photograph collections. | United States. Air Force. Air Force, 8th -- Photograph collections. | United States. Air Force. Air Force, 11th -- Photograph collections. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Photographs. | Bombers -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes, Military -- Decoration -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplanes, Military -- United States -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 394 | Title: | Ephraim W. "Pops" Cleveland Photographs
| | | Creator: | Cleveland, Ephraim W. | | | Dates: | 1935-1952 | | | Abstract: | Ephraim W. Cleveland served as a senior flight instructor in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War I. After the war, he continued in aviation as a pilot. In 1927, he joined the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company of Cleveland, Ohio, as a sales representative, later becoming vice president. He was deeply involved in the National Air Races held in Cleveland, Ohio, serving as a starter or judge. He, his wife Lucille, and his secretary Anna Belle Elmslie were killed in a plane crash in 1952. The collection consists of images of Ephraim W. "Pops" Cleveland, his wife Lucille, other family members, business associates, and aviation colleagues. Also included are views of the Cleveland residence, the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company, aircraft, a fishing trip, an anniversary celebration, and the crash site of Cleveland's airplane. | | | Call #: | PG 449 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Cleveland, Ephraim W. -- Photograph collections. | Doolittle, James Harold, 18961993- -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland family -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company -- Photograph collections. | Airplanes -- United States -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- History -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 395 | Title: | William N. Metzger Photographs
| | | Creator: | Metzger, William N. | | | Dates: | 1930-1940 | | | Abstract: | William N. Metzger (1919-1941) was a master model builder and aviation enthusiast. His collection of fine scale models of 1930s racing aircraft are preserved in the collections of the Western Reserve Historical Society's Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of portraits of aviation personalities and views of aircraft, most of which relate to the National Air Races held in Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1930s. Aviation personalities depicted include Hugo Eckener, Lee Miles, Milo Burcham, Benny Howard, Frank Hawks, Hugh Perry, John Livingston, Glenn Martin, Abbie Dill, James Doolittle, Julian Griffin, James Piersol, Al Williams, Ernest J. King, Eddie Rickenbacker, Roscoe Turner, Lowell Thomas, Jack Wright, and Charles Grant. Aircraft pictured includes the Ford Trimotor, the Lockheed Gamma, and the Laird-Turner Special. | | | Call #: | PG 450 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Metzger, William N. -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Airplanes -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States -- Photographs.
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