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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 161 | Title: | William Weisheimer Family Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Weisheimer, William Family | | | | Dates: | ca. 1905 | | | | Abstract: | William Weisheimer was a German immigrant who settled in Cleveland, Ohio. His daughter Marie married Harry A. Spencer, the son of Dr. George Spencer of the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College. John G. Eberhard served in Company H of the 20th U.S. Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. The collection consists of a photograph album containing photographs of Marie Weisheimer Spencer's trip to Yellowstone and other areas of the West. | | | | Call #: | PG 168 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Spencer, Marie Weisheimer -- Photograph collections. | Weisheimer family -- Photograph collections. | West (U.S.) -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 163 | Title: | Unidentified Photograph Albums
| | | | Creator: | Unknown | | | | Dates: | 1860-1900 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of 8 unidentified card photograph albums containing carte de visite and cabinet card individual portraits. Approximately one half of the individual portraits are identified and are indicated on the register to the collection. | | | | Call #: | PG 170 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Card photographs. | Carte de visite photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 166 | Title: | Charles Roscoe Howland Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Howland, Charles Roscoe Family | | | | Dates: | 1861-1910 | | | | Abstract: | Charles R. Howland (1871-1946) was an Army officer, lawyer, author, and amateur genealogist. He served as a judge advocate of the United States Army and as commander of the disciplinary barracks at Alcatraz Island, and taught in the Army General Staff School. Among his writings are "The Road to One Man Rule" and a family history. The collection consists of photographs of Charles R. Howland, his family, and some locations where members of the Howland family lived. | | | | Call #: | PG 173 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Howland, Charles Roscoe, 1871-1946 -- Photograph collections. | Howland family -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 168 | Title: | Joseph and Feiss Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Joseph and Feiss Company | | | | Dates: | 1914-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph and Feiss Company was established in 1841, by Caufman Koch and Samuel Loeb, as a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1845 they moved the store to Cleveland, Ohio, and began specializing in tailored men's clothing. The company underwent several name changes before becoming Joseph & Feiss in 1907. The collection consists of photographs of various operations, functions, facilities, events, and staff of the Joseph and Feiss Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are exterior and interior views of the factory; individual and group portraits of the founders of the company, other executives, and employees; views of employees at work and at various recreational activities; views of medical and sanitary facilities, the nursery, lunchrooms, and language and other classes for employees; views of machinery used in clothing manufacturing at the plant; and views of production and employees during World War II. | | | | Call #: | PG 175 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph & Feiss Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 170 | Title: | Virgil Corydon Taylor Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Taylor, Virgil Corydon | | | | Dates: | 1860-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Virgil Corydon Taylor (1838-1924) was a realtor, banker, and proprietor of V.C. Taylor & Son, a Cleveland, Ohio, real estate firm established in 1872. The collection consists of photographs, postcards, and negatives related to Virgil C. Taylor, his life, family, and friends. | | | | Call #: | PG 177 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Taylor, Virgil Corydon, 1838-1924 -- Photograph collections. | Taylor family -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 171 | Title: | Ada Watterson Yerkes Family Photograph Albums
| | | | Creator: | Yerkes, Ada Watterson Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Ada Watterson Yerkes (1873-1963) was related to three families who settled early in the Western Reserve. The Harper family came from New York in 1798 and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. The Norton family came from New York before 1839 when Ada Yerkes' maternal grandparents were married in Harpersfield. The Watterson family came from England in 1826 and settled in Warrensville, Ohio. Various family members served in the Civil War and were active in a number of business ventures, including the Gardner Gun Company of London, England and the Ogleby-Norton Company of Cleveland. The collection consists of photographs relating to the Harper, Norton, and Watterson families. | | | | Call #: | PG 178 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Yerkes, Ada Watterson, 1873-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Harper family -- Photograph collections. | Norton family -- Photograph collections. | Watterson family -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 172 | Title: | Martin Linsey Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Linsey, Martin | | | | Dates: | 1954-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Martin Linsey was a Cleveland, Ohio, watercolorist, photographer, and art teacher. Linsey, a graduate of the Cleveland School of Art, was a watercolorist who developed a national reputation for his work by the early 1940s. He also excelled as a photographer, exhibiting prize-winning works at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Linsey's livelihood included painting, teaching art and photography, and producing architectural drawings and personal portraits. The collection consists of approximately 1000 negatives of various historic structures in Cleveland and the Western Reserve, including views of bridges, buildings, churches and synagogues, industry, monuments, and residences. Many of these views were made for the Historic American Buildings Survey. | | | | Call #: | PG 179 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Linsey, Martin -- Photograph collections. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 173 | Title: | Adella Prentiss Hughes Autographed Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Hughes, Adella Prentiss Family | | | | Dates: | 1904-1941 | | | | Abstract: | Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869-1950) was a musical impresario and founder and manager of the Cleveland Orchestra. Her grandparents were leaders in various charitable and religious institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of autographed photographs of Artur Rodzinski, B. Castaque, Samuel Barber, Joseph Zipeti, Harold Zanes, and other unidentified individuals. | | | | Call #: | PG 180 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hughes, Adella Prentiss, 1869-1950 -- Photograph collections. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 176 | Title: | Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation | | | | Dates: | 1930-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation was founded in 1925 by Leo Weidenthal as the Civic Progress League. In 1926 the name was changed to the Cleveland Cultural Garden League, and in 1952 to the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation. Weidenthal conceived the idea of a series of gardens, each having a central theme concerning the history of a single nationality group in Cleveland, Ohio. The City of Cleveland and the Work Projects Administration did much of the work on the earlier gardens after a 1927 ordinance set aside areas of Rockefeller Park next to the Shakespeare Garden for the development of similar gardens with ethnic themes. The collection consists of photographs and drawings relating to Cleveland, Ohio's Cultural Gardens, including dedications of the Gardens, sculpture within them, and individuals associated with the Gardens. Also included are views of various "One World Day" celebrations. | | | | Call #: | PG 183 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation -- Photograph collections. | Community gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 177 | Title: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians | | | | Dates: | 1901-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Federation of Musicians was established in 1877 as the Musicians Mutual Protective Association in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1895 the Association joined the American Federation of Musicians and became A.F.M. Local 4. Black members left to form their own local, No. 550, in 1910, but reunited with Local 4, also known as the Cleveland Federation of Musicians, in 1962. Establishment of minimum wages and protection of its members were the union's main goals. Women musicians were given equal protection after being admitted to the union in 1901. Other union activities included support of other unions, publication of the Cleveland Musician, and sponsorship of the Druid Club. The collection consists of photographs and drawings depicting individual members, conventions, and bands of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 4, Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 184 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians -- Photograph collections. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bands (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Orchestra -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 178 | Title: | Vaclav Snajdr Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Snajdr, Vaclav | | | | Dates: | 1869-1955 | | | | Abstract: | Vaclav Snajdr (1847-1920) was a Czech writer and journalist who moved to Racine, Wisconsin in 1869 to edit the newspaper Slavie. He later moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began his own paper, Pokrok, in 1873. When it failed in 1876 Snajdr remained in Cleveland and started a weekly, rationalist newspaper, Dennice Novoveku, in 1877. Later he also published a Sunday paper, Jednota. From 1883 to 1886 Snajdr published Osvobozenych, and from 1891 to 1896 he published Organ Bratsoi of the Cesko-Slovanska Podporyici Spolecnost. Snajdr sold his newspaper and publishing business to Svet Publishing Company in 1910 but remained active in local politics and business. He retired in 1919 and moved to California. The collection consists of photographs of members of the Snadjr family, their homes and friends. | | | | Call #: | PG 185 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Snajdr, Vaclav, 1847-1920 -- Photograph collections. | Snajdr family -- Photograph collections. | Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 180 | Title: | Henry Lee Moon Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Moon, Henry Lee Family | | | | Dates: | 1885-1962 | | | | Abstract: | Henry Lee Moon (1901-1985) was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon (1868-1952) was an organizer of the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of group and individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his family, friends and associates. | | | | Call #: | PG 187 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. | Moon family -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. | Hines family -- Photograph collections. | Wiggins family -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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