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Members of the Ford family were prominent lawyers, philanthropists, and businessmen of Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Ford and allied families, including
the Brooks, Gill, Reynolds, and Shyrock families. Individuals pictured include Oliver Kingsley Brooks, Horatio Clark Ford,
David K. Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks Ford, and other family members and associates. Also included are photographs of Frederick
Goff, Charles Lindbergh, and Richard Nixon. Views contained in the collection include buildings, churches, and residences
associated with the family, such as the Cuyahoga and Williamson Buildings and the New Amsterdam Hotel in Cleveland, and Schauffler
Hall at Defiance College. Other views include events, monuments, ships, statuary, and trips. Of special interest is a photograph
taken ca. 1900 at the completion of the Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company's line through to Chardon, Ohio.
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