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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | Bertha Blue Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Blue, Bertha Family | | | | Dates: | 1900-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Bertha Blue (ca. 1877-1963) was a member of a well known African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a teacher at the Murray Hill Elementary School located in Little Italy, an Italian immigrant neighborhood on Cleveland's East side, from 1903 to 1947. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Bertha Blue, her daughter Jane Darr, Welcome T. Blue, Sr., and other family members and friends. Included in the collection are photographs of Jane Edna Hunter, Virginia Bray, and G. Howard Fields. Events depicted are the weddings of Mabelle Blue and Jane Lee Darr, the tennis group with whom Bertha Blue played, and Bertha Blue's first grade class. | | | | Call #: | PG 475 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Darr, Jane Lee -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 22 | Title: | Samuel A. Cooley Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cooley, Samuel A. | | | | Dates: | 1862-1865 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel A. Cooley, a resident of Beaufort, South Carolina, was an entrepreneur, photographer, and merchant. The collection consists of views taken by Samuel A. Cooley in the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina, and in Jacksonville, Florida, during the American Civil War. The photographs depict daily life in the region during Federal occupation of the Sea Islands and the commercial blockade and siege of Charleston and Savannah. Cooley worked with stereographic cameras, but the negatives were later separated and processed as individual prints. Included are views of institutions, churches, residences, landscapes, hospitals, and military personnel and equipment. | | | | Call #: | PG 325 | | | | Extent: | 2.90 linear feet (13 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cooley, Sam A. (Samuel A.) -- Photograph collections. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Photographs. | South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | Florida -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | Beaufort (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | Sea Islands -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 23 | Title: | Carmela Cafarelli Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cafarelli, Carmela | | | | Dates: | 1870-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Carmela Cafarelli (ca. 1880-1979) was an Italian-American opera star, founder of an opera company, and accomplished harpist from Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, Rocco Cafarelli, was a renowned Italian harpist who had immigrated to Cleveland in the 1880s, and was his daughter's earliest teacher. At the age of eight, she began study with master harpist Henry B. Fabiani in Cleveland. As a harpist, she toured the United States and abroad. She also became a solo harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra. Cafarelli studied voice with William Saal in Cleveland, and later attended the Conservatorie Santa Lucia and the Reale Accademia Filarmonica Romana in Italy, earning diplomas in both voice and harp. After her return to the United States in 1924, she undertook additional musical studies with Benjamino Gigli and Pietro Audisio of the New York Metropolitan Opera. In 1929, she returned to Cleveland, and in 1934, founded the Cafarelli Opera Company. This group toured throughout the United States and put on many charitable performances in Northeast Ohio. Cafarelli stopped performing in 1945, but continued to head her opera company and became a leading philanthropist and promoter of the arts in Cleveland. The collection consists of individual portraits of Carmela Cafarelli, including publicity and performance photographs, family photographs including portraits of her father, Rocco Cafarelli, and portraits of Cafarelli family friends and associates. | | | | Call #: | PG 469 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cafarelli, Carmela -- Photograph collections. | Cafarelli, Rocco -- Photograph collections. | Cafarelli Opera Company -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Opera companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Opera -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Harpists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | Windermere United Methodist Church Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Windermere United Methodist Church | | | | Dates: | 1908-1962 | | | | Abstract: | The Windermere United Methodist Church of East Cleveland, Ohio, was informally organized in the 1890s. In 1899, the society to establish a permanent church was organized. Services were held 1902-1909 in the Old Euclid Avenue Road House at Euclid and Holyoke Avenues, as the Windermere Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1909, a new church, designed by architect J. B. Fulton and located at the Euclid and Holyoke Avenues site, was dedicated. Early pastors included Reverends Ner W. Stroup, E. A. Jester, Harry B. Lewis, W. B. Armington, and Battelle McCarthy. By 1915 it had 910 members. In the 1920s, a parsonage and hall were built. In 1939, with a merger on the national level of various Methodist bodies, the name was changed to Windermere Methodist Church. Membership grew to over 1800 by 1958. In 1946, the church, with the exception of the church tower and hall, was destroyed by fire. A new church, designed by the architectural firm of Maier, Walsh, and Dickerson, was completed in 1954. The Austin Memorial Chapel, designed by Travis Gower Walsh and Associates, was dedicated in 1962. In 1968, with another national church merger that created the United Methodist Church, the name was changed to Windermere United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Windermere United Methodist Church struggled to develop an integrated church, and joined the East Side Cooperative Ministry in order to coordinate a ministerial plan for the rapidly changing population. Services included halfway houses, daycare, and neighborhood recreation programs. Predominantly African-American in membership by the 1980s, Windermere United Methodist Church was well known for its community outreach efforts, including Cleveland Food Rescue, anti-drug and gang programs for youth, daycare services, and other community redevelopment efforts. In 2000 the Austin Memorial Foundation gave the Windermere Taskforce-East Cleveland Initiative a grant to utilize the church facilities to expand community programs. In 2013, the church building was deemed unsafe by the church trustees, and the remaining 50 church members voted to move to Church of the Savior Methodist Church in Cleveland Heights. The Windermere church property was turned over to the North Coast District of the United Methodist Church in 2013. The collection consists of individual portraits of church members; group portraits of church organizations, including choirs, Junior Auxiliary, Sunday School, Men's Club, Women's Society, and various pastors of the church; and views of the exterior and interior of the church and Stroup Hall, cornerstone ceremonies in 1909 and 1947, Austin Memorial Chapel interior, the parsonage, and images of the 1946 church fire and damage. | | | | Call #: | PG 515 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Windermere United Methodist Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Churches -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs. | Methodist church buildings -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs. | Methodists -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs. | Church architecture -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs. | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Photographs. | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 25 | Title: | Dorothy E. Smith Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Smith, Dorothy E. Family | | | | Dates: | 1864-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Dorothy E. Smith was a Cleveland, Ohio, African American music teacher and the first African American member of the Cleveland Women's Orchestra. A violinist, she was a 1931 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a music teacher at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Phillis Wheatley Association, the Friendly Inn Settlement, and Knoxville College. She was also a supervisor for the Ohio State Department of Aid for the Aged until her retirement in 1973. Dorothy E. Smith was the daughter of Joseph W. Smith and Elizabeth Rayner. Joseph W. Smith moved to Cleveland in the late 1880s. He established a barbershop on Central Avenue in Cleveland, managed baseball teams in the 1890s and early 1900s, and was also a musician. The collection consists of 86 black and white photographs and 6 color photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 519 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Knoxville College. | Oberlin College. Conservatory of Music. | Smith (Dorothy E.) family. | Smith family | Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 26 | 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* | | 27 | Title: | Birth of Modern Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Birth of Modern Cleveland | | | | Dates: | ca. 1987 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of copy photographs for illustrations used in the book The Birth of Modern Cleveland, 1865-1930, edited by Thomas F. Campbell and Edward M. Miggins and published by the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1988. Portraits include Garrett Morgan, Charles Brush, Alexander Winton, Tom L. Johnson, Joseph Edwards, Nellie Santo Lanese, and Frederick Kohler. Subjects and views include Tremont, residence of D.S. Brainard, various views of Cleveland, Grasselli Chemical Company, Cleveland Rolling Mills, G.A. Tinnerman Hardware, the Flats, incorporation papers for Standard Oil Company, Case School of Applied Science, ads for Theodor Kundtz, the Italian Cultural Garden, Call and Post newspaper boys, various buildings including St. Vincent Orphanage, Bethel Union, Cleveland Museum of Art, First Methodist Church of Akron, Woman Suffrage headquarters, a suffrage parade, Hiram House Social Settlement, St. Theodosius Cathedral, garment workers, and other photographs depicting a wide range of subjects concerning the history of Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 394 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 28 | Title: | Beth Am Congregation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Beth Am Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1950-1998 | | | | Abstract: | Beth Am Congregation, a Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was founded in 1933 as the Community Temple by Rabbi Abraham Nowak and a group who belonged to B'nai Jeshurun Congregation (then known as Temple on the Heights). The founders wanted their new synagogue to be more welcoming to all Jews, regardless of their wealth or status. The congregation established administrative offices at 241 Euclid Avenue; services and school classes were held at Coventry School in Cleveland Heights. After meeting at several rented locations, the congregation purchased a large house on Washington Boulevard. By 1940, however, the need was seen for a permanent structure, and a building fund was established. In 1947 Beth Am purchased the Trinity Congregational Church at 3557 Washington Boulevard. The new rabbi, Jack J. Herman, was named the same year. The congregation continued to grow, and by 1956 had 600 families with 500 students in the religious school. A fire in 1957 destroyed much of the lower level of the building, including two Torahs and synagogue records; the congregation met on the campus of John Carroll University until repairs were effected. Rabbi Herman served the congregation until his death in 1969. Rabbi Michael Hecht was installed late in 1970. In 1971 the congregation dedicated a new religious school named for Rabbi Herman, constructed on land adjacent to the synagogue. From 1974 through the congregation's merger with B'nai Jeshurun in 1999, there were financial deficits that made it difficult for the congregation to sustain itself. The Jewish community was moving farther east, and membership decreased. A congregant offered land at the intersection of Cedar and Lander Roads in Mayfield Heights, provided that the membership could raise the monies necessary for a new building. In spite of a positive feasibility study, and plans unveiled by the architectural firm Finegold Alexander and Associates, the fundraising goals were not met and Beth Am sold its Washington Boulevard Building to the New Bible Fellowship Church and merged with B'nai Jeshurun Congregation in 1999. The collection consists of 142 black-and-white and 96 color prints, 17 thirty-five millimeter slides, 24 transparencies, and one rendering. | | | | Call #: | PG 525 | | | | Extent: | 0.22 linear feet (1 container and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Beth Am Congregation (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life -- 20th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Administrative Information
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 29 | Title: | Stella G. White Photographs
| | | | Creator: | White, Stella G. | | | | Dates: | 1940-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Stella G. White (1907-1991) was a free-lance journalist and leader in Cleveland, Ohio, mass transit and interracial community relations. She served on the Community Relations Board, the Council on Human Relations, and the Board of the Cleveland Transit System. She was a columnist for the Plain Dealer. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Stella White, her family, and friends and business and political associates including Judge Charles W. White, Carl Stokes, Ralph Perk, and Richard Daley. Views of her professional life include photographs of the People's Forum on Mass Transit (1971) and various views depicting her work with the Cleveland Transit System, including facilities and rapid transit trains, dinners and conferences, anniversary celebrations, and miscellaneous views. | | | | Call #: | PG 363 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | White, Stella G., 1907-1991 -- Photograph collections. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Perk, Ralph J. -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. | Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 -- Photograph collections. | White family -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Transit System -- Photograph collections. | Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 30 | Title: | Andrew Kraffert Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Kraffert, Andrew | | | | Dates: | 1860-1950 | | | | Abstract: | Andrew Kraffert (1874-1958) was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, and came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1904 to work at the Cleveland Leader. He served as the staff photographer of the Cleveland Plain Dealer from 1908 until his retirement in 1953. The collection consists of photographs taken by Andrew Kraffert during his career as Plain Dealer news photographer. They cover a wide range of subjects including sporting events, especially baseball, American presidents and other political figures, prominent personalities, major events in Cleveland social and political life, including crimes and disasters, parades and celebrations, political campaigns, visits of numerous public figures, etc., as well as views of Cleveland structures and portraits of groups and individuals. The collection is especially useful to the study of early 20th century baseball, with many images of baseball players and action shots of the 1919 and 1920 World Series. The presidential photographs include presidents from William McKinley to Harry Truman, as well as an image of Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1860. There are also photos of many national and international figures. This collection also is significant for the study of Cleveland history as it helps to document events in Cleveland during the early part of the twentieth century. The crime scene photographs and disaster shots are particularly valuable to researchers. | | | | Call #: | PG 536 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Kraffert, Andrew, 1874-1958 -- Photograph collections. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Photographs. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photographs. | Cleveland plain dealer (Cleveland, Ohio : 1885) | News photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Photojournalism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sports -- United States -- Photographs. | Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Baseball -- United States -- Photographs. | Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Baseball players -- United States -- Photographs. | Baseball players -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World Series (Baseball) -- Photographs. | Presidents -- United States -- Photographs. | Politicians -- United States -- Photographs. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Disasters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile racing -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 31 | Title: | First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1897-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1807 and was not only the first church, but also the first institution of any kind established in what would become Cuyahoga County. It was originally called the Church of Christ in Euclid, and was comprised of both Presbyterian and Congregationalist settlers from the New England area. The first spiritual leader was Reverend William Wick. The first services were held in the homes of parishioners, and a permanent home for the church, known as the Log Church, was built in 1810. In 1811, the church formally entered the Hartford, Connecticut Presbytery and was then an officially recognized Presbyterian church. The collection consists of approximately 125 color and black and white photographs and slides depicting individual portraits, group portraits, church buildings, and church events. | | | | Call #: | PG 595 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs | Church buildings -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs | First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) | Presbyterian Church -- Missions -- Photographs | Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs | Women in church work -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Photographs
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 32 | Title: | Edgar Decker Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Decker, Edgar | | | | Dates: | 1860-1890 | | | | Abstract: | Edgar Decker was one of Cleveland, Ohio's, most prominent photographers. He opened a studio in 1859, and moved his business to Euclid Avenue in 1883. Decker photographed many of the business, political, and society elite of Cleveland over a 40 year period. He also photographed presidents of the United States, statesmen, soldiers, and other famous persons of the time. Decker was elected president of the National Photographic Association in 1887, and was also involved in Cleveland politics, serving on City Council from 1878-1882. His business was taken over by his protege, George Edmondson. The collection consists of one album containing photographs taken by Edgar Decker. The album came into the hands of George Edmundson when he purchased Decker's business. Photographs are primarily of Cleveland, Ohio's, business, political, and society elite. Photographs of many women are included. | | | | Call #: | PG 044 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Decker, Edgar -- Photograph collections. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Upper class -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Upper class women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 34 | Title: | Rita Frankel Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Frankel, Rita Family | | | | Dates: | 1901-1992 | | | | Abstract: | Rita Frankel (b. 1929), a social worker and active member in the Jewish community, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Manny and Eva Heisler Hartenbaum. She married Burton Frankel in 1953, and later earned her M.A. in Counseling and Human Services from John Carroll University. She was employed as Displaced Worker Service Coordinator and Counselor at Cuyahoga Community College from 1978 to 1991. Esther Metzendorf Fischgrund, a relative of Frankel's, was a widely respected businesswoman and community leader. Following her marriage to Seymour Fischgrund in 1916, the couple opened Fish Furniture on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland. The collection consists of 1 tintype, 23 black and white prints, and 120 color prints depicting members of the Frankel family, as well as images from Fischgrund's travels to Israel in 1966. | | | | Call #: | PG 545 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Frankel, Rita. -- Photograph collections. | Frankel family. -- Photographs. | Fischgrund family. -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Israel -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Israel -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 35 | Title: | Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliaries Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliaries | | | | Dates: | 1940-2001 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish War Veterans posts in Cleveland, Ohio, also included a number of ladies auxiliaries. These auxiliaries supported the war veterans by assisting at Veterans Administration hospitals, providing visitation to members, conducting military funerals, and maintaining graves of veterans in Jewish cemeteries. The collection consists of 3 black and white and 86 color images of Jewish War Veterans ladies auxiliaries events. Many of the photographs relate to Paul A. Rosenblum Post 44 (formerly Buckeye State Post). | | | | Call #: | PG 543 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. -- Photographic collections. | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 44 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographic collections. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Veterans' families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 36 | Title: | Masjid al-Mumin/Islamic Revivalist Movement Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Masjid al-Mumin/IRM, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1965-2011 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in 1953 by Afzal Nabi, Masjid al-Mumin ("the Mosque of the Believer") was first located at 10609 Superior Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Imam Mutawaf A. Shaheed and the Islamic Revivalist Movement (IRM, Inc.) came to the organization in 1969. In the early 1970s, Masjid al-Mumin/IRM Inc. began a longstanding relationship with the Ohio correctional system. It also joined Dar ul-Islam, a network of black Sunni mosques who advocated deliverance from an unjust, immoral American culture through Islam. Masjid al-Mumin was the first mosque outside of New York to participate in Dar-ul Islam. Today the mosque is located at 2690 Martin Luther King Junior Drive in Cleveland. The collection consists of approximately 500 photographs and digital images, 9 audio interviews and 23 video interviews. Digital images, audio files, and video files are stored on a flash drive and three CD-Rs. | | | | Call #: | PG 607 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Prisons -- United States -- Ohio -- History. | Islam -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th Century. | Muslims -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th Century. | Mosques -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 37 | Title: | Halle Bros. Co. Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Halle Bros. Co. | | | | Dates: | 1893-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Halle Brothers Company (1891-1982), a department store known for high quality merchandise and superior service, began on February 7, 1891 as a small hat and fur shop operated by brothers Samuel H. (1868-1954) and Salmon P. Halle (1866-1949). It was located at 221 Superior Street near Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. They purchased the business from Captain T. S. Paddock. In 1893 the business was moved to Euclid Avenue and East 4th Street due to a need for more space. It was also around this time that women's ready to wear clothing began to be carried by the store. In 1902 the company was incorporated, changing its name from Halle Brothers to The Halle Bros. Co. The store continued to grow, adding both space and departments. A new building was constructed at Euclid and East 12th Street where the company moved in 1910. An addition was opened in 1914 allowing for the addition of new departments including furniture, toys, and sporting goods. In 1921 Salmon P. Halle resigned as president to devote himself to philanthropic work and other private interests. Samuel Halle then became president. By 1927 a new building, the Huron-Prospect store was opened in the Playhouse Square district. Branch stores were opened in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1929 and Canton, Ohio, in 1930. Although losses did occur during the Depression, business bounced back after World War II allowing Halle Bros. Co. to open suburban branches, beginning with a Shaker Square store in 1948. Walter Halle, son of Samuel, became president in 1946 and Samuel moved to the position of chairman of the board. There was also expansion to their main downtown Euclid Avenue store which was completed in 1949. Problems began to arise in the 1960s stemming from their over-expanded downtown store and sales competition from stores such as the Higbee Co. and May Co. In 1970 Halle Bros. Co. was merged with Marshall Field and Company of Chicago. Operations continued to decline and Chisholm Halle, son of Walter who had become president in 1966, resigned in 1974. Medium-priced goods were introduced but failed help the stores and in 1981 they were sold to Associated Investors Corporation which closed or sold all stores in 1982. The collection consists of approximately ten containers (8.0 linear feet) of photographs and three containers (2.0 linear feet) of negatives plus six glass plate negatives and 20 transparencies detailing, among other things, employee portraits, employees' activities inside and outside of the workplace, portraits of executives, exterior and interior views of the store and its branches, store promotions, and major events in the company's history. | | | | Call #: | PG 574 | | | | Extent: | 10.25 linear feet (13 containers, 5 Oversize Folders and 1 Oversize Volume) | | | | Subjects: | Halle Bros. Co. -- Photograph collections | Marshall Field & Company | Department stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Department stores -- United States -- 20th century -- Photographs | Department stores -- Employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Women clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Women employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Industrial recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Retail trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Retail trade -- United States -- 20th century -- Photographs | Department stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Marketing -- Photographs | Sales promotion -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Shopping -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 39 | Title: | Lethia Cousins Fleming Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Fleming, Lethia Cousins | | | | Dates: | 1900-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Lethia Cousins Fleming (1876-1963) was a teacher from West Virginia who became a social worker for the Division of Child Welfare, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (1931-1951). She and her husband, Cleveland city councilman Thomas W. Fleming, were active in local civic and charitable organizations. The collection consists of photographs relating to the activities of Lethia Fleming and various African American organizations. Includes a group portrait, including the Flemings, with Josephine Baker in Paris, 1927. | | | | Call #: | PG 142 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Fleming, Lethia Cousins, 1876-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Fleming, Charles W., 1928-1994 -- Photograph collections. | Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 40 | Title: | Judah Rubinstein Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Rubinstein, Judah | | | | Dates: | 1839-2002 | | | | Abstract: | Judah Rubinstein was an archivist, historian, author and research associate for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, and a well-known authority on Cleveland Jewish history. He helped to establish the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. He provided research for a number of books on Cleveland Jewish history and co-authored the book "Merging traditions: Jewish life in Cleveland." The collection consists of 4000 black and white images presented as prints, slides, contact sheets, and negatives, all relating to Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish history. Of note are businesses, public and religious schools, synagogues, theaters, and communal activities in the 19th and first half of the 20th century, particularly in the Woodland, Glenville, and Kinsman neighborhoods. Images of Jewish holiday and life cycle celebrations are also found here. Also of note are portraits of prominent individuals and families, including Moses Alsbacher, Alfred A. Benesch, Aaron and Moses Halle, Maurice Maschke, David N. Myers, Samuel Rocker, Dr. Marcus Rosenwasser, Sigmund Schlesinger, Rose Pastor Stokes, Simson Thorman, Leo Weidenthal, Leon Wiesenthal, and Martha Wolfenstein. Rabbis and cantors represented in this collection include Gustavos Cohen, Jacob Frommer, Benjamin Gittelsohn, Samuel Goldman, Isadore Kalisch, Arthur J. Lelyveld, David Leby, Abba Hillel Silver, Daniel Jeremy Silver, and Samuel Wohl. While some of the photographs here can also be found in PG. 186, Jewish Heritage Exhibit photographs, and in "Merging traditions : Jewish life in Cleveland" (1978 ed.), the contact sheets and negatives contain many images that are new. | | | | Call #: | PG 528 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Rubinstein, Judah -- Photograph collection. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Jews -- United States -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cantors (Judaism) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Portraits, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Judaism -- Customs and practices -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Kinsman (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
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