Showing posts with label ohio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ohio. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Photo of a Group Posing in Front of a Camera Obscura Building at the National Military Home in Dayton, Ohio (1870's/1880's)

 

Portrait of a group posing in front of a camera obscura building at the National Military Home in Dayton, Ohio, c. 1870-1890. Originally published as a stereoview with the title "Camera Obscura and Pump House."

Source: Library of Congress.

More information.

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Photo of a Judge and Other Courthouse Workers Posing in a Courtroom Probably in Sandusky, Ohio (1870's)

 

 

Portrait of a judge and other courthouse workers posing in a courtroom probably in Sandusky, Ohio, c. 1870s. Taken by photographer A. C. Platt and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Animated Stereoscopic Photographs of Jesse Grant (1860's)


Animated stereoscopic photographs of Jesse Grant, c. 1860's. He was the father of Ulysses S. Grant and served as the mayor of the towns of Georgetown, Ohio, in the 1830's and Bethel, Ohio, in the 1850's. By Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Record Administration.

Sunday, June 7, 2015

View of People Gathered in Public Square For an Unidentified Event in Lima, Ohio (1865)


View of people gathered for an unidentified event in Public Square in Lima, Ohio, c. 1865. Image from A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio.

Information from postcard found here.

Union Army Recruits Posing at the Intersection of Howard and Market Streets in Akron, Ohio (1861)


Union Army recruits posing at the intersection of Howard and Market Streets in Akron, Ohio, 1861. By B. F. Battels.

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Confederate POWs Posing in Front of Their Barracks Buildings in Camp Chase, a Union Prison Camp in Columbus, Ohio, During the Civil War


Confederate POWs posing in front of their barracks buildings in Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, during the Civil War. By Manfred Marsden Griswold.

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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Two Hand-Colored Tintype Postmortem Portraits of the Mother and Father of Union Soldier John Peter Bailey Posing His Body (1865)

Reuben Bailey with his son John Peter Bailey.

Rebecca Bailey with her son John Peter Bailey.

Two hand-colored tintype postmortem portraits of the mother and father of Union soldier John Peter Bailey from Company F of the 6th Ohio Cavalry posing his body on March 31, 1865. He died at home in Newton Falls, Ohio, from the effects of disease and starvation as a result of his time at the Confederate prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina. Images from the American Experience documentary called Death and the Civil War.

Many thanks to the West Family blog for all of the additional information.
Find A Grave entry for John Peter Bailey.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Carte De Visite View Said to Show Confederate POWs in Line For Dinner in the Ohio Penitentiary During the Civil War in Columbus, Ohio


Carte de visite view said to show Confederate POWs lined up to go to dinner in Ohio Penitentiary during the Civil War in Columbus, Ohio. This information might be embellished as Confederate POWs were not known to wear prison uniforms during the Civil War. By Wm. Oldroyd.

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Animated Stereoview of Seven Drunk Men Gathered Around a Table Which Was Possibly Commissioned by the Temperance Movement (1874)


"The Drinker's Progress. First Intoxication - Bachelor's Carouse," c. 1874. Possibly commissioned by a church or organization involved with the temperance movement. By G. W. Edmondson.

Source.