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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 41 | Title: | Edgar Decker Photograph Album
| | | Creator: | Decker, Edgar | | | Dates: | 1860-1890 | | | Abstract: | Edgar Decker was one of Cleveland, Ohio's, most prominent photographers. He opened a studio in 1859, and moved his business to Euclid Avenue in 1883. Decker photographed many of the business, political, and society elite of Cleveland over a 40 year period. He also photographed presidents of the United States, statesmen, soldiers, and other famous persons of the time. Decker was elected president of the National Photographic Association in 1887, and was also involved in Cleveland politics, serving on City Council from 1878-1882. His business was taken over by his protege, George Edmondson. The collection consists of one album containing photographs taken by Edgar Decker. The album came into the hands of George Edmundson when he purchased Decker's business. Photographs are primarily of Cleveland, Ohio's, business, political, and society elite. Photographs of many women are included. | | | Call #: | PG 044 | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Decker, Edgar -- Photograph collections. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Upper class -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Upper class women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 43 | Title: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company of Cleveland Photograph Album
| | | Creator: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company | | | Dates: | 1903-1906 | | | Abstract: | The Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, "to furnish facilities for and to promote an interest in four-in-hand and tandem driving and other athletic and outdoor exercises for the amusement, recreation, health, and profit of its members, and to acquire and own property convenient therefore." The collection consists of one photograph album kept as a record book by the Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club of Cleveland, Ohio. The photographs show still and action coaching scenes, picnics, and groups of members. Also included are clippings, schedule sheets, and autographs of members. | | | Call #: | PG 046 | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Coaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Driving of horse-drawn vehicles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 44 | Title: | Ethel Standiford Photograph Collection
| | | Creator: | Standiford, Ethel | | | Dates: | 1920-1940 | | | Abstract: | Ethel Standiford opened the Standiford Photographic Studio in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919. Between 1919 and 1936, when the studio closed, she photographed many of Cleveland's elite. She was also elected president of the Cleveland Photographers Association. The collection consists of mounted portraits representing the studio work of Ethel Standiford, a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, photographer of the 1920s-1930s. Portraits of prominent business, political, religious, cultural, and society leaders of Cleveland are included in the collection. | | | Call #: | PG 047 | | | Extent: | 3.33 linear feet (11 containers) | | | Subjects: | Standiford, Ethel -- Photograph collections. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Upper class -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 45 | Title: | Hiram House Social Settlement Photographs
| | | Creator: | Hiram House Social Settlement | | | Dates: | 1896-1970 | | | Abstract: | Hiram House Social Settlement is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of approximately 4,000 black and white photographs and prints taken mainly by George A. Bellamy and his assistants. The collection includes scenes of the settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhoods, activities both at the settlement house and at Hiram House Camp, and portraits of many of the staff members, supporters, and participants. The collection contains both mounted and unmounted photographs, as well as layout boards and paper negatives used in the preparation of various publications for Hiram House Camp. | | | Call #: | PG 048 | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (8 containers) | | | Subjects: | Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960 -- Photograph collections. | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Hiram House Camp (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls -- Photographs. | City and town life -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Urban poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrant children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 46 | Title: | University Settlement Photographs
| | | Creator: | University Settlement | | | Dates: | 1935-1970 | | | Abstract: | University Settlement is a social settlement founded in 1926 in a predominantly Polish neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally named the University Neighborhood Centers and was operated by the School of Applied Social Sciences of Western Reserve University as a training program for graduate students while providing a full range of community services and activities. In 1936 it changed its affiliation to the Welfare Federation of Cleveland and its name to the University Settlement. The collection consists of unmounted photographs and negatives relating to activities sponsored by and facilities of University Settlement, Cleveland, Ohio. Included are views of parades, dances, plays, playgrounds, teen canteens, senior activities, games, nursery school, clubs, and general interior views of the Settlement. Also included are views of the groundbreaking for the Fleet Avenue building, Ottawa Lodge Camp, and various trips. Group and individual portraits include those of neighborhood residents, Eleanor Grimes, and several group portraits which include Mayor Ralph J. Perk. Photographs of the East 55th Street and Broadway Avenue area are also included. | | | Call #: | PG 049 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social group work -- Photographs. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Unemployed -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs. | Broadway (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 47 | Title: | Zenas Ball Family Photographs
| | | Creator: | Ball, Zenas Family | | | Dates: | 1860-1900 | | | Abstract: | Zenas Ball moved from New Jersey to a farm in Knox County, Ohio in 1819. His son Aaron was the father of Webb C. and F. Grant Ball. Webb C. was the owner of the Webb. C. Ball Co. and the Ball Time Inspection Service. F. Grant was a jeweler, violin maker and family historian of the Ball International Union. The collection consists of five albums and unmounted photographs of the Ball family. Included are views of the Ball Farm, the Zenas Ball Homestead, and various groups of individuals at these locations. Also included are engraving plates of Webb C. Ball and Sidney Ball. | | | Call #: | PG 050 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Ball family -- Photograph collections. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 51 | Title: | Wade Hampton McKinney Family Photographs
| | | Creator: | McKinney, Wade Hampton Family | | | Dates: | 1917-1961 | | | Abstract: | Reverend Wade H. McKinney (1892-1963) was pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (1928-1962). He and his wife, Ruth Berry McKinney, were active in numerous church and civic organizations and in the affairs of Cleveland's black community. The collection consists of portraits of Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and other family members. Also included are group portraits which include various Morehouse College groups; World War I African American soldiers; the Antioch Baptist Church Choir; and a view of groundbreaking ceremonies for the Cedar Branch of the Cleveland Y.M.C.A. Individuals in group portraits include O.M. Hoover, George H. Caslin, M. C. Southerland, A. A. Womack, J. C. Walker, H. G. Coleman, W. M. Bivens, W. R. Jones, William L. Engram, Reverend John T. Weeden, A. William Jameson, L. L. Stevenson, and R. C. Fuller, and Jackie Robinson. | | | Call #: | PG 054 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | McKinney, Wade Hampton, 1892-1963 -- Photograph collections. | McKinney, Ruth Berry (Annie Ruth Berry), 1900-1966 -- Photograph collections. | McKinney family -- Photograph collections. | Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Photograph collections. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Spouses of clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 52 | Title: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland Photographs
| | | Creator: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1912-1969 | | | Abstract: | The League of Women Voters was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of photographs of members and activities engaged in or sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Cleveland. Included in the photographs is a group portrait in front of the Woman Suffrage Headquarters, ca. 1912, that includes Belle Sherwin and Florence Allen. Other photographs are of the October 3, 1914, Ohio Women's Suffrage Parade in Cleveland, Ohio. Pictured are Mrs. George F. Forest, the Men's League for Equal Suffrage, the Progressive Party float, and the Ohio County Committees for Women's Suffrage. Photographs of League displays and buildings include views of the National League of Women Voters building, a straw vote display, and various voter registration displays. Group portraits, taken at League activities, include Carl Stokes, Mary Jayne Willis, Anthony Celebrezze, Robert Montgomery, Mrs. John C. Lee, Mrs. Charles Bing, Mrs. Malcolm McBride, Mrs. Maz Hellman, Mrs. Howard Law, Mrs. Melvin Ott, Mrs. Durrell Haag, Mrs. William Merriman, Mrs. Norman Davies, Mrs. Duane Willis, Miss Grace Treat, and Judge Mary B. Grossman. | | | Call #: | PG 055 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Ohio Woman Suffrage Association -- Photograph collections. | Woman Suffrage Party of Greater Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Voter registration -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Parades -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Photographs. | Voting -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 53 | Title: | German Family Photographs
| | | Creator: | Unknown | | | Dates: | 1898-1903 | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of 90 photographs of an unidentified German-American family from Lakewood, Ohio. Included are portraits of men, women, and children, including four identified photographs of Ludwig Skowronski, George Nickelson, Ferdinand Van Rossun, and Hermann Boerner. Also included are group photographs, including two of weddings. Views, many of which are labeled in German, show scenes of Lakewood, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois, beer hall interiors, beach and backyard picnic scenes, yachts, general lake scenes, a German convention, household scenes, boating parties, children playing, Christmas celebrations, and the Bedford Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks. | | | Call #: | PG 056 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Photographs. | Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 55 | Title: | Lakewood Chamber of Commerce Photographs
| | | Creator: | Lakewood Chamber of Commerce | | | Dates: | 1920-1956 | | | Abstract: | The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1911 for the advancement of the commercial, industrial, and civic interests of the city of Lakewood, Ohio. Collection consists of minutes, annual reports, financial records, budget reports, membership lists, news releases and other documents of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, and records of the Lakewood Community Center, the Lakewood Merchants Council, the Lakewood Junior Chamber of Commerce, and several neighborhood business associations. The collection consists of mounted and unmounted photographs mainly of various groups in the Lakewood, Ohio area. Included are group photographs of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce board of directors and annual meetings; the Lakewood American Legion mounted unit; Slovak groups, including the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Union; various military groups; blue star mothers; boy and girl scouts; recipients of fire prevention award plaques; theatrical, musical, and school groups; a wedding; an antique car show; Christmas scenes; the Hi Toppers; ice skating parties; a Lakewood group at the White House (including Herbert Hoover); various safety patrol units; and camping on the Rocky River near Mastick Road. | | | Call #: | PG 058 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Lakewood Chamber of Commerce (Lakewood, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | First Catholic Slovak Ladies Union. | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 56 | Title: | Jeptha Homer Wade Family Photographs
| | | Creator: | Wade, Jeptha Home Family | | | Dates: | 1860-1919 | | | Abstract: | The Jeptha Home Wade family was a prominent nineteenth and early twentieth century Cleveland, Ohio, family with business interests in the telegraph and railroad industries, mining, manufacturing, and banking. Jeptha Homer Wade spent his early life as an apprentice to a tanner and as a carpenter. He next turned his interest to the emerging telegraph industry. In 1849, he organized the Cleveland and Cincinnati Telegraph Company. In 1857, Wade moved to Cleveland as the Western Union Telegraph Company's first general agent. His business interests were extensive in Cleveland, including the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company and the Citizens Savings and Loan Association. Randall Palmer Wade worked with his father in the telegraph business, moving with him to Cleveland in 1857. His business interests included the Cuyahoga Mining Company; the Citizens Savings and Loan Association; the Cleveland Banking Company; the American Sheet and Boiler Plate Company, and the Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company. Jeptha Homer Wade II also worked in the telegraph industry; he later joined the banking community in Cleveland. He was an active philanthropist, serving as a trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Western Reserve University, Adelbert College, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. He was an incorporator of the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1913, and later established a purchasing fund for the Museum. The collection consists of one carte de visite album, with blue velvet binding, and six folders of loose photographs and plates relating to the Wade family of Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to Wade family members, individuals of the Garretson, Howe, and Stone families are also portrayed, along with friends of the Wade family. Included are two engraving plates of Jeptha Homer Wade Jr. | | | Call #: | PG 059 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Wade family -- Photograph collections. | Howe family -- Photograph collections. | Stone family -- Photograph collections. | Garretson family -- Photograph collections. | Wade, Jeptha Homer, 1811-1890 -- Photograph collections. | Wade, Randall Palmer, 1835-1876 -- Photograph collections. | Wade, Jeptha Homer, 1857-1926 -- Photograph collections.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 57 | Title: | East End Neighborhood House Photographs
| | | Creator: | East End Neighborhood House | | | Dates: | 1910-1963 | | | Abstract: | The East End Neighborhood House was Founded in 1907, by Hedwig Kosbob, as a sewing school in a predominantly Hungarian and Slovak neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It was incorporated in 1910. By 1914 it began cultural and recreational programs, and by the Depression it grew into a full service community center, adding such services as day care nurseries, Americanization classes, and aid to Japanese Americans relocated to Cleveland during World War II. The collection consists of unmounted photographs of activities at and facilities of East End Neighborhood House, Cleveland, Ohio. Included are views of facilities, window displays, children, classes, groups at the Woodland Hills Housing Project, parties, polio inoculations, senior groups, sports, carnivals, nursery school scenes, and Camp Mather. Includes negatives, ca. 1950-1960, of groups and activities. | | | Call #: | PG 060 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | City and town life -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Urban poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrant children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 58 | Title: | Devereux Family Photographs
| | | Creator: | Devereux Family | | | Dates: | 1860-1920 | | | Abstract: | John Devereux was a sea captain of Marblehead, Massachusetts. John H. Devereux was a Civil War officer, engineer, railroad executive, and philanthropist, of Cleveland, Ohio. Henry K. Devereux was an engineer, real estate agent, industrialist, philanthropist, and harness-horse fancier, of Cleveland. The collection consists of five albums, unmounted photographs, and stereographs relating to the life and interests of various Devereux family members of Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to many individual portraits of Devereux family members and friends, the collection includes group portraits of the Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery; various coaching groups; gatherings at North Randall and Wickliffe, Ohio; and horses, drivers, and harness racing. Included are stereographs (ca. 1890-1910) of the Devereux farm in the South, the Medina County, Ohio, fair (1910), and the North Randall, Ohio race track. | | | Call #: | PG 061 | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (5 containers) | | | Subjects: | Devereux family -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery -- Photograph collections. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Harness racehorses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Harness racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Racetracks (Horse racing) -- Ohio -- North Randall -- Photographs. | Fairs -- Ohio -- Medina County -- Photographs. | Stereoscopic views.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 59 | Title: | Charles A. Otis Photographs
| | | Creator: | Otis, Charles A. | | | Dates: | 1910-1950 | | | Abstract: | Charles Augustus Otis (1868-1953) was an industrialist, banker, and civic leader, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of two albums and unmounted photographs pertaining to the family and career of Charles A. Otis of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are photographs of the Otis family, testimonial dinners, a group with Harold H. Burton, baseball groups, and Edwards family photographs. | | | Call #: | PG 062 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Otis family -- Photograph collections. | Edwards family -- Photograph collections. | Otis, Charles Augustus, 1868-1953 -- Photograph collections.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 60 | Title: | Adella Prentiss Hughes Family Photographs
| | | Creator: | Hughes, Adella Prentiss Family | | | Dates: | 1890-1900 | | | Abstract: | Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869-1950) was a musical impresario and founder and manager of the Cleveland Orchestra. Her grandparents, Benjamin and Rebecca Rouse, were leaders in various charitable and religious institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of one album containing clippings, some manuscript items, and primarily photographs, relating to the family of Adella Prentiss Hughes of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are portraits of Benjamin and Rebecca Cromwell Rouse, grandparents of Adella Prentiss Hughes; E. C. Rouse; Margaret Miller; Mary Miller Rouse; and H. C. Rouse. Also included are views of the birthplace of Henry Clark Rouse at 489 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio; the Miller Block at 193-195 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio; and the United Brass Company Works, Lorain, Ohio. Loose photographs include views of the liner Westernland, and travel photographs taken of various sites in Europe. | | | Call #: | PG 063 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Hughes, Adella Prentiss, 1869-1950 -- Photograph collections. | Rouse, Benjamin, 1795-1871 -- Photograph collections. | Rouse, Rebecca Cromwell, 1799-1887 -- Photograph collections. | Rouse, Henry Clark, 1853-1906 -- Photograph collections. | Rouse, Edwin Cooleridge -- Photograph collections. | Miller, Margaret -- Photograph collections. | Rouse, Mary Miller -- Photograph collections. | Rouse family -- Photograph collections. | Prentiss family -- Photograph collections. | United Brass Company (Lorain, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Miller Block (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs. | Europe -- Description and travel -- Photographs.
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