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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Photograph collections. (3)
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Karamu House -- Photograph collections. (3)
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Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
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101Title:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Photographs     
 Creator:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum 
 Dates:  1873-1988 
 Abstract:  The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of approximately 1,500 photographs and 1,500 slides. 
 Call #:  PG 594 
 Extent:  2.03 linear feet (2 containers, 3 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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102Title:  Matthew Luckiesh Photographs     
 Creator:  Luckiesh, Matthew 
 Dates:  1909-1991 
 Abstract:  Matthew Luckiesh (1883-1967) was an authority and pioneer in the research of light, lighting, color, vision, and seeing. Known as "the father of the Science of Seeing," he was a physicist at the Incandescent Lamp Department of the General Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of 422 black and white photographs, 21 color photographs, and 101 black and white negatives. 
 Call #:  PG 592 
 Extent:  0.62 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Electric lighting -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Electric lighting -- Photographs | General Electric Company -- Photographs | General Electric Company. Lamp Division (Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Luckiesh family -- Photographs | Luckiesh, Matthew, 1883-1967 | Pitts family -- Photographs | Tobin family -- Photographs
 
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103Title:  Joseph Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Joseph Family 
 Dates:  1845-1990 
 Abstract:  The Joseph Family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. The family has been very active in both leadership and support for a number of cultural and social institutions in Cleveland such as the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra), Bellefaire and the Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of twenty-three photographic albums and 109 black-and-white and 75 color prints. Most of the photographs in the albums and the 184 prints are family portraits. A lesser number are views from travels of various members of the Joseph family. The collection also contains some individual portraits of prominent Cleveland residents. 
 Call #:  PG 524 
 Extent:  7.60 linear feet (4 containers and 10 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Joseph family -- Photographs. | Blossom Music Center -- Photographs. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 19th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Intellectual life -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Europe, Western -- Pictorial works.
 
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104Title:  Power of Imagery: Herb Ascherman Photographs of Area Rabbis     
 Creator:  Ascherman, Herb 
 Dates:  1979-2007 
 Abstract:  Herbert Ascherman, Jr., is a Cleveland, Ohio, area photographer. This collection of Ascherman's photographs of Cleveland, Ohio-area rabbis, cantors, and Jewish community leaders is one of several collections he has done regarding religious life in Cleveland. The collection consists of forty black and white photographs of cantors, community leaders, and rabbis 
 Call #:  PG 573 
 Extent:  0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jewish way of life -- Photographs.
 
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105Title:  University Circle United Methodist Church Photographs     
 Creator:  University Circle United Methodist Church 
 Dates:  1842-2010 
 Abstract:  The University Circle United Methodist Church, formerly known as Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, is descended from the earliest Methodist societies in Cleveland, Ohio, having been formed in 1919 from 2 historic congregations: Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and Epworth Memorial Church. For over 60 years the congregation has occupied a landmark building in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, nicknamed the "Holy Oil Can" because of its tall copper spire. The Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church began with Methodist classes at Doan's Corners in 1831. A church building, known as Doan Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was constructed in 1837 on Doan (East 105th) Street. A second building was built in 1870 and razed in 1885. In 1887 a new building went up on Euclid Avenue at Oakdale (East 93rd), and the church became known as Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1919-1920, the Euclid Avenue and Epworth Memorial congregations merged, creating the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church at East 107th Street and Chester Avenue. In 2010, First United Methodist Church and Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church merged to become University Circle United Methodist Church. The collection consists of approximately 7490 prints (a mixture of both color and black and white), 53 35mm slides, 104 glass slides, 73 negatives, and 315 35mm negative strips. It also contains 40 CD/DVDs, five cassette tapes, three 3.5 inch floppy discs, six audio wire reels, one digital video cassette master, ten VHS tapes, three audio reels, and two film reels. 
 Call #:  PG 593 
 Extent:  10.41 linear feet (16 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Epworth League (U.S.) -- Photographs | Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Genealogy | Religion
 
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106Title:  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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107Title:  Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen Photographs     
 Creator:  Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen 
 Dates:  1941-1966 
 Abstract:  The Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen was founded in Denver, Colorado, as a national African American fraternal and mutual benefit association. The organization had chapters, called Tents, across the country. A subsidiary, the American Woodmen Life Insurance Company, provided mutual benefit life insurance to members of the Supreme Camp. The collection consists of individual portraits of Frank Simon, president of the Cleveland, Ohio tent, and other members of the Cleveland tent; and views of business meetings, conferences, ceremonies, parades, and coronations of Kings and Queens of American Woodmen. Also included are images of the American Woodmen District Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1930. 
 Call #:  PG 479 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Simon, Frank. | Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | African American friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Insurance, fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs.
 
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108Title:  Temple-Tifereth Israel Photographs     
 Creator:  Temple-Tifereth Israel 
 Dates:  1870-2008 
 Abstract:  The Temple-Tifereth Israel is the second oldest Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. The congregation was founded in 1850 after several members of Anshe Chesed, Cleveland's first congregation, left that congregation as the result of a dispute over religious ritual. After implementing religious reforms in the service and hiring a dedicated rabbi for the congregation, Tifereth Israel eventually built the first synagogue for the congregation in 1855 at Huron and Miami Streets. In 1894 the congregation moved to Willson Avenue in the Woodland neighborhood and then to Wade Park on East 105th Street in 1924. The congregation dedicated The Temple Branch in Beachwood in 1969. In 2010 it was announced that the East 105th Street building would be renovated by Case Western Reserve University for use as a performing arts center. The congregation currently makes its home in Beachwood. The collection consists of oversize confirmation photographs. Each individual photograph, except the ones before 1909, depicts individual portraits of each member of the class for the given year. The photographs prior to 1909 are group portraits. Each portrait includes photographs of the rabbis of the congregation at the time, including Moses Gries, Abba Hillel Silver, and Daniel Silver. There are no photographs for 1871-1897, 1952, 1954, 1987 and 1988. 
 Call #:  PG 589 
 Extent:  0.96 linear feet (96 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish History | Genealogy
 
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109Title:  Joseph Family Photographs, Series II     
 Creator:  Joseph Family 
 Dates:  1870-1999 
 Abstract:  The Joseph Family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. The family has been active in both leadership and support for a number of cultural and social institutions in Cleveland such as the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra), Bellefaire, and the Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of 149 black and white photographs, 281 color photographs, and 33 negatives. 
 Call #:  PG 551 
 Extent:  0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Joseph family. -- Photographs. | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. -- Photographs. | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. -- Photographs. | Joseph, Frank E., 1928-2008. -- Photographs. | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. -- Photographs. | Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs.
 
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110Title:  Frank A. Scott Photographs     
 Creator:  Scott, Frank Augustus 
 Dates:  1904-1930 
 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 photographs depicting Scott, his friends and associates, and his travels connected to his studies of United States military preparedness. Included are views taken at Port Arthur, Russia, displaying damage inflicted on the city's fortifications during the 1905 Russo-Japanese War. 
 Call #:  PG 066 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949 -- Photograph collections. | Military readiness -- Photographs. | Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 -- Photographs.
 
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111Title:  Wade Hampton McKinney Family Photographs     
 Creator:  McKinney, Wade Hampton Family 
 Dates:  1917-1961 
 Abstract:  Reverend Wade H. McKinney (1892-1963) was pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (1928-1962). He and his wife, Ruth Berry McKinney, were active in numerous church and civic organizations and in the affairs of Cleveland's black community. The collection consists of portraits of Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and other family members. Also included are group portraits which include various Morehouse College groups; World War I African American soldiers; the Antioch Baptist Church Choir; and a view of groundbreaking ceremonies for the Cedar Branch of the Cleveland Y.M.C.A. Individuals in group portraits include O.M. Hoover, George H. Caslin, M. C. Southerland, A. A. Womack, J. C. Walker, H. G. Coleman, W. M. Bivens, W. R. Jones, William L. Engram, Reverend John T. Weeden, A. William Jameson, L. L. Stevenson, and R. C. Fuller, and Jackie Robinson. 
 Call #:  PG 054 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  McKinney, Wade Hampton, 1892-1963 -- Photograph collections. | McKinney, Ruth Berry (Annie Ruth Berry), 1900-1966 -- Photograph collections. | McKinney family -- Photograph collections. | Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Photograph collections. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Spouses of clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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112Title:  Philip Smead Bird Photographs     
 Creator:  Bird, Philip Smead 
 Dates:  1880-1948 
 Abstract:  Philip Smead Bird (1886-1948) was a Presbyterian minister who served the Church of the Covenant, First Presbyterian, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was active in many social, educational and social welfare organizations including the Consumers' League of Ohio, The Cleveland Peace Committee, the Cleveland Emergency Peace Campaign, and the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The collection consists of portraits of Philip Smead Bird, his family and friends, his residence and other buildings, and unidentified portraits and views. 
 Call #:  PG 206 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Bird, Philip Smead, 1886-1948 -- Photograph collections. | Bird family -- Photograph collections. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Clergy -- Photographs.
 
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113Title:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement Photographs     
 Creator:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1921-1966 
 Abstract:  The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1874 by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. It offered a full range of services and social activities, including an outreach program for delinquent boys. Located in various city neighborhoods, including Broadway and Central, Woodland, and Carver Park Estates, its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of photographs of activities, games, and sports at the Friendly Inn Social Settlement, and also of the neighborhood it served. Included are many views of African American and Italian organizations at the Settlement and views of housing conditions of the surrounding area. 
 Call #:  PG 126 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
 
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114Title:  Great Lakes Exposition Photographs     
 Creator:  Great Lakes Exposition 
 Dates:  1936-1937 
 Abstract:  The Great Lakes Exposition was held during the summers of 1936 and 1937 on the waterfront of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Among the most popular attractions was the Billy Rose Aquacade, featuring water ballet shows starring Johnny Weismueller and Eleanor Holm. The collection consists of views of the buildings and grounds, shows and exhibits, lighting, and crowds at the Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio, held in 1936-1937. Some of the views are aerial photographs of the area. Included are a Margaret Bourke-White photograph of French casino dancing, and a portrait of Johnny Weismueller with Eleanor Holm and Billy Rose. some of the views were taken by Geoffrey Landesman. 
 Call #:  PG 298 
 Extent:  0.30 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 -- Photograph collections. | Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Exhibitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Fairs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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115Title:  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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116Title:  Charles Auerbach Photographs     
 Creator:  Auerbach, Charles 
 Dates:  1945-1973 
 Abstract:  Charles Auerbach (1899-1979) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney, educator, and Zionist leader. His wife, Celia, was also active in Zionist organizations. The collection consists of portraits and views of Charles Auerbach, his family and friends, and his activities with the United Jewish Appeal and other Jewish organizations. 
 Call #:  PG 214 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Auerbach, Charles, 1899-1979 -- Photograph collections. | United Jewish Appeal -- Photograph collections. | Zionist Organization of America -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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117Title:  Rowfant Club Photographs     
 Creator:  Rowfant Club 
 Dates:  1880-1960 
 Abstract:  The Rowfant Club is a Cleveland, Ohio, club open by invitation only to men of diverse business and professional interests whose bond is a love of books, book collecting, and the art of bookmaking. Organized in 1892, the club chose to identify itself with Frederick Locker-Lampson by adopting the name of his Sussex County, England, estate, "Rowfant." The club insignia, groundhog and candles, are used in initiation and election procedures. The collection consists of photographs, postcards, negatives, and sketches relating to the Cleveland Rowfant Club, its members, activities, facilities, and other related subjects. Photographs include individual and group portraits of members, interior and exterior views of the Rowfant Club, views of objects, other Rowfant Clubs, paper-making, photographs related to literary figures, and libraries. 
 Call #:  PG 090 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Book clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Book collectors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Book collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Book industries and trade -- Photographs. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs.
 
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118Title:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design Photographs     
 Creator:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design 
 Dates:  1946-1986 
 Abstract:  The Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design was a Cleveland, Ohio, dressmaking, tailoring and fashion design school founded in 1925 by Amanda Wicker, primarily for young African-American women. Wicker retired and sold the school in 1979, which was still in operation in 1990. The collection consists of individual portraits of founder Amanda Wicker, her friends and associates; Clarke School board members, school graduates, and models; and views of events, activities and instructional classes. Included in the collection are portraits of Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich, Representative Troy Lee James, Cynthia Holloway, Judge Perry B. Jackson, Wyatt Brownlee, and Elizabeth Lambright. Events depicted include The Book of Gold and other fashion shows, award ceremonies of the Amanda Wicker Scholarship and the Cleveland Scholarship Program, board meetings, and social functions. 
 Call #:  PG 472 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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119Title:  Louis Van Oeyen Photographs     
 Creator:  Van Oeyen, Louis 
 Dates:  1895-1945 
 Abstract:  Louis Van Oeyen (1865-1946) was the first photographer hired as staff on a Cleveland, Ohio, newspaper, and a pioneer in many techniques and activities of photojournalism. Van Oeyen was hired as a Cleveland Press photographer in 1901, after his photographs of the water intake explosion disaster in Lake Erie, and the assassination of President William McKinley, were published in the Press. During his career at the Press, he shot portraiture, politics, disaster, crime, scandal, and sports photographs. His greatest love was baseball, and he became official photographer for the American League in 1908, and for the World Series until 1922. Van Oeyen also helped test new photographic equipment, most notably the General Electric flash bulb in 1938. He assisted other photographers at the beginning of their careers, including Margaret Bourke-White and Herman Seid. Van Oeyen died in 1946. The collection consists of photographs and negatives taken by photographer Louis Van Oeyen before and during his career as a Cleveland Press photographer. A large portion of the collection depicts sports, particularly baseball. Other subjects include technological innovation, politics, entertainment, automobiles, aviation, horse racing, and boxing. There are extensive series of images from the Ormond Beach, Florida, auto races; the National Air Races held in Cleveland, Ohio; famous aviators; dirigibles; and ship launchings. Political coverage includes international, national and local figures, among them several presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Roosevelt, and the coronation of King George VI of Great Britain. Celebrity portraits range from industrialists, including J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, to entertainers, such as Buster Keaton and Yehudi Menuhin. Smaller bodies of subject material include photographs of crime, disaster, legal proceedings, and story art for fictional serial stories published by the newspaper. Crime illustration includes portraits of Cassie Chadwick. Disasters include the Collinwood School and Cleveland Clinic fires; floods; and aviation, automotive, and railroad wrecks. Legal coverage includes an extensive series on the John T. Scopes "Monkey Trial," including candid portraits of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. The collection is strongest in images from the 1900s and the 1920s-1930s. 
 Call #:  PG 439 
 Extent:  10.60 linear feet (27 containers) 
 Subjects:  Van Oeyen, Louis -- Photograph collections. | George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 -- Coronation -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland press -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Photojournalism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sports -- United States -- Photographs. | Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Baseball -- United States -- Photographs. | Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Disasters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Horse racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Boxing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Politicians -- United States -- Photographs. | Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs.
 
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120Title:  Abba Hillel Silver Photographs     
 Creator:  Silver, Abba Hillel 
 Dates:  1918-1963 
 Abstract:  Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) was a Rabbi at The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of 120 black and white and 34 color photographs, including prints, drawings, slides, and stereo color transparencies. The collection is arranged by image content, then alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically. Of special note is a 1925 portfolio of the Jewish artist Frantisek Reichental's printed drawings of the Administrative Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, including Silver, Louis Lipsky (1876-1963), Emanuel Neumann (1893-1980), Henrietta Szold (1860-1945), and Stephen Wise (1874-1949). 
 Call #:  PG 491 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Silver, Daniel Jeremy -- Photograph collections. | Silver, Virginia Horkheimer -- Photograph collections. | Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Neumann, Emanuel, 1893- -- Photograph collections. | Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 -- Photograph collections. | Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949 -- Photograph collections. | American Zionist Emergency Council -- Photograph collections. | Zionist Organization of America -- Photograph collections. | United Jewish Appeal -- Photograph collections. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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