Subject | • | Carte de visite photographs. |
(45)
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(26)
| | • | Tintype. |
(21)
| | • | Gem photographs. |
(5)
| | • | Harper family -- Photograph collections. |
(3)
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(3)
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(2)
| | • | Decker, Edgar -- Photograph collections. |
(2)
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(2)
| | • | Norton family -- Photograph collections. |
(2)
| | • | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Ryder, James F. -- Photograph collections. |
(2)
| | • | Stone family -- Photograph collections. |
(2)
| | • | Acker family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Acker, George H. (George Haigh) -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
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(1)
| | • | Ashtabula (Ohio) -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Astronomers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Ball family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Bamberger family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Barnhisel-Harmon family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Baseball -- United States -- History |
(1)
| | • | Baseball cards -- History |
(1)
| | • | Beckwith, Marvin E. -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Beebe family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Beebe, Emmet A., 1849-1933 -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Benedict family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
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(1)
| | • | Bishop, Robert H. (Robert Hamilton), 1879-1955 -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Boalt family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Briggs Mansion (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Bunts family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Card photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Castle family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Celebrities -- Ohio -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Chapman family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Clague family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Cobb, Carl -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Coffinberry family -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| | • | Collective settlements -- United States -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905 -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | Norton Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Norton Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1894 | | | | Abstract: | Laurence Harper Norton (1888-1960) was a soldier, banker, industrialist, Ohio state legislator and Cleveland civic and cultural leader. He was also private secretary to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and president of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical materials, certificates and other materials relating to various members of the Norton, Castle and Harper families, including Robert, Alexander J., and Rice Harper, and to Jay Cooke, Myron Herrick, Ohio National Guard Troop A, and the 37th Division of the 135th Field Artillery. The collection consists of 4 albums and 9 loose photographs belonging to the Norton family of Cleveland, Ohio. Watterson and Harper family members are also included in the collection. Nine loose photographs of a trip to London, 1894, including two group portraits of John A. Norton, Harry Burnett, and Charlie Burnett are included. Each album contains copies of content inventories. | | | | Call #: | PG 027 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Norton family -- Photograph collections. | Watterson family -- Photograph collections. | Harper family -- Photograph collections. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 22 | Title: | Matthew Guhl Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Guhl, Matthew | | | | Dates: | ca. 1865 | | | | Abstract: | Matthew Guhl (b. 1826) was the Pastor of the Friedens Kirche Evangelical Church in Cleveland, Ohio (later the East 75th Street Evangelical Church). The collection consists of two carte de visite albums, one cabinet card album, and loose photographs relating to Reverend Matthew Guhl's work, associates, and family in Sacramento, California and Cleveland, Ohio. Includes 4 gem tintypes. | | | | Call #: | PG 141 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Guhl, Matthew, b. 1826 -- Photograph collections. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Tintype. | Gem photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | Frank A. Scott Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Scott, Frank Augustus | | | | Dates: | 1868-1923 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Augustus Scott (1873-1949) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and civic leader who was chairman of the Munitions Standards Board of the Council of National Defense and first chairman of the War Industries Board during World War I, as well as chairman of the board of Warner & Swasey Company. The collection consists of portraits of Frank A. Scott and his family, and views of their trip through England in 1909. The photographs made in England were used in Mrs. Bertha Scotts' journal published by Frank A. Scott in 1914 as A Motor Jaunt Through England, with a Digression into France. Negatives have been removed to glass and nitrate negative storage. | | | | Call #: | PG 203 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949 -- Photograph collections. | Scott family -- Photograph collections. | Tintype. | Carte de visite photographs. | Great Britain -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 25 | Title: | Harper Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Harper Family | | | | Dates: | 1863-1925 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of loose contents of one album including carte de visite, tintype, and unmounted photographs of members of the Harper, Dibell, and Hemler families of Painesville, Ashtabula, and Geneva, Ohio; and Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, and Illinois. | | | | Call #: | PG 219 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Harper family -- Photograph collections. | Dibell family -- Photograph collections. | Hemler family -- Photograph collections. | Carte de visite photographs. | Tintype.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 27 | Title: | George H. Acker Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Acker, George H. Family | | | | Dates: | 1849-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The Acker family descended from Peter Acker, Sr. (1730-1815), a German immigrant who, with his wife Jane Sutherland (born ca. 1752), settled in New Jersey prior to the Revolutionary War and then moved into South Carolina late in the 18th century. Family members later moved into Alabama, New York, and then Ohio where they settled in the Cleveland area prior to 1928. The collection consists of photographs, a silhouette, a postcard, and a photographic greeting card depicting individuals of the Acker family, and views of their homes. | | | | Call #: | PG 406 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Acker, George H. (George Haigh) -- Photograph collections. | Acker family -- Photograph collections. | Daguerreotype. | Tintype. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 28 | Title: | Harper Family Photograph Albums
| | | | Creator: | Harper Family | | | | Dates: | 1865-1870 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Harper, a Revolutionary War officer, brought his family to settle in Ashtabula County, Ohio (then a part of the Western Reserve) in 1798. The settlement was named Harpersfield by the family after their hometown in New York. After Alexander Harper's death in September 1798, his widow Elizabeth Harper was joined in 1799 by Alexander's brother Joseph and by her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Aaron Wheeler. Elizabeth's children; William, Elizabeth, John A., James A., Alexander, and Robert, all became prominent members of the community. In 1814, the Harpers were among those who organized the Harpersfield Commercial Company. Most prominent of the Harper brothers was Robert, who married Polly Hendry in 1815 and began construction of the family homestead, Shandy Hall. Robert was a lawyer, farmer, businessman, Superintendent of the Public Works at Cunningham Creek, and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. His nephew, Rice Harper, was also a prominent lawyer and businessman, and was involved in the Ohio Rail Road Company with his uncle. Robert Harper's daughter Ann moved to Sandusky, Ohio, shortly after her marriage to Dr. Aaron Austin. His eldest daughter Ellen lived at Shandy Hall with her youngest sister Jane and Jane's husband, Alexander J. Harper. The last owners of Shandy Hall were Stella and Ann Harper, the two daughters of Alexander and Jane Harper. After the death of Ann Harper in 1935, the property was maintained by the David Z. Norton family, cousins of the Harpers. In 1948, the Norton family donated Shandy Hall to the Western Reserve Historical Society. Collection consists of letters, financial accounts, business files, legal documents, military records, and other documents related to the personal and business interests of Alexander Harper (1744-1798) and his descendants, particularly Robert Harper, Rice Harper, Dr. Aaron and Ann Harper Austin, Alexander J. and Jane Harper, Stella Harper, and Ann Harper. The collection consists of 3 card photograph albums belonging to the Harper and allied families of Unionville, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 025 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Harper family -- Photograph collections. | Norton family -- Photograph collections. | Loomis family -- Photograph collections. | Strong family -- Photograph collections. | Carte de visite photographs. | Unionville (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 30 | Title: | Shaker Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Shaker Communities | | | | Dates: | 1860-1920 | | | | Abstract: | The Shakers were a religious communal society founded and originally led by Mother Ann Lee, who came to America from England in 1774. By 1826 communities were established throughout New England and the Midwest, as well as in Georgia and Florida. In 1911 Wallace H. Cathcart, Director of the Western Reserve Historical Society, began collecting Shaker memorabilia. |b See finding aid for complete history of the Shakers. The collection consists of ambrotypes; tintypes; photographs, including stereographs, carte de visites, and cabinet cards; postcards (black and white and color), negatives, and prints. Images include individual and group portraits of members of various Shaker communities and views of buildings, farms, work scenes, interiors, and general scenes depicting life at Shaker communities in the United States. Communities depicted include Alfred, Maine; Canterbury, New Hampshire; Enfield, Connecticut; Enfield, New Hampshire; Hancock, Massachusetts; Harvard, Massachusetts; Mt. Lebanon, New York; Sabbathday Lake, Maine, South Union, Kentucky; Union Village, Ohio; Watervliet, New York; Whitewater, Ohio; Groveland, New York; North Union, Ohio; Pleasant Hill, Kentucky; Shirley, Massachusetts; Tyringham, Massachusetts; Union Village, Ohio; White Oak, Georgia; and various mixed and unidentified communities. Most photographs are identified. | | | | Call #: | PG 077 | | | | Extent: | 4.70 linear feet (12 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Collective settlements -- United States -- Photographs. | Shaker architecture -- United States -- Photographs. | Shaker women -- United States -- Photographs. | Shakers -- United States -- Photograph collections. | Stereoscopic views.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 31 | Title: | Clague, Kewish, and Paine Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Clague, Kewish, and Paine Family | | | | Dates: | 1865-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Paine family founded Painesville and Chardon, Ohio, and was prominent in the early development of these towns. Mary D. Paine Kewish was a descendant of Hendrick E. Paine, an early settler of Painesville and LeRoy Township, Ohio. She was married to Lucius L. Kewish, of LeRoy. She and her daughter-in-law, Laetitia Clague Kewish, collected the family papers. The collection consists of tintypes, carte de visites, cabinet cards, and other photographs of various members and occasions of the Clague, Kewish, Paine, and related families. Also included are several views of Scranton, Pennsylvania. | | | | Call #: | PG 091 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Clague family -- Photograph collections. | Kewish family -- Photograph collections. | Paine family -- Photograph collections. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Tintype. | Scranton (Pa.) -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 33 | Title: | Ford and White Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ford and White Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White married Horatio Ford in 1908. The collection consists of individual and group portraits, and views, including tintypes, porcelain prints, carte de visites, and other types of photographic media, depicting the White, Ford, Moulton, and Thorp families of Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 155 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Ella White -- Photograph collections. | White family -- Photograph collections. | Ford family -- Photograph collections. | Thorp family -- Photograph collections. | Moulton family -- Photograph collections. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Tintype.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 38 | Title: | John N. Stockwell Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Stockwell, John N. Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1910 | | | | Abstract: | John Nelson Stockwell (1832-1920) was a self taught astronomer who grew up in Brecksville, Ohio, and was widely regarded as a leader among American astronomers of the nineteenth century. For his theories on the moon's motion, in collaboration with Leonard Case, Western Reserve University award him a Master's degree and Ph.D. In the 1870s, Stockwell moved to Cleveland. In 1881, he was made nominal head of faculty of The Case School of Applied Science. He became the first professor of mathematics at Case and made scientific contributions to the Smithsonian Institution and American and foreign journals. He was regarded as the "dean of American astronomers." He died in 1920 at the age of 88. The collection consists of 4 photograph albums containing carte de visites, tintype, cabinet cards, and other photographs of portraits of Stockwell family members and allied families and friends. Included are views of Mt. Vernon, Virginia; London, England; Paris, France; and many cities in New York and Pennsylvania. The local portraits and views were taken by notable Cleveland, Ohio photographers, including Edgar Decker, James F. Ryder, and George Johnson. | | | | Call #: | PG 293 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Stockwell, John N. (John Nelson), 1832-1920 -- Photograph collections. | Stockwell family -- Photograph collections. | Decker, Edgar -- Photograph collections. | Ryder, James F. -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, George -- Photograph collections. | Astronomers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Tintype.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 39 | 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* | | 40 | Title: | Levi T. Scofield Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Scofield, Levi T. Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1900 | | | | Abstract: | Levi T. Scofield was an architect in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to designing several asylums for the insane in Ohio, the North Carolina State Penitentiary, the reformatory at Mansfield, Ohio, the Schofield Building in downtown Cleveland, private residences, and public schools; he was the architect and chief proponent of the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, located on Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of of photographs, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, stereoviews, sketches, cabinet card photographs, glass mound prints, and albums, of members of the Scofield family of Cleveland, Ohio. It includes many architectural and building views, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and some novelty photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 097 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Scofield, Levi T. | Scofield family -- Photograph collections. | Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Tintype. | Stereoscopic views.
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