| Abstract: | William Bingham (1816-1904) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, businessman, city councilman, and Ohio state senator. His daughter, Caroline, married Charles A. Brayton, owner of the Standard Car Wheel Company of Cleveland. His granddaughter, Frances Payne Bingham Bolton, became a prominent philanthropist and United States Congresswoman from Ohio. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of members of the Bingham and Brayton families and friends, and of their activities. The photographs are primarily portraits of Brayton family members and friends. Also included are views of Cleveland, Ohio, including the William Bingham residence on Euclid Avenue, and an inscribed photograph of the Soldiers' Aid Society. There are also interior views of an unidentified fraternity house at Yale University. | |