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Subject | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Railroads -- Design and construction -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Cabinet photographs. |
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| | • | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Carte de visite photographs. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Troop A (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 1st -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Baseball -- United States -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Cantors (Judaism) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | City and town life -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Disasters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Immigrant children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Immigrants -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Jewish athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. |
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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 22 | Title: | Dunbar Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Dunbar Company | | | | Dates: | 1910-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Dunbar Company, also known as Dunbar Construction Company, was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1884 by William Dunbar, a carpenter. The collection consists of views of commercial, business, industrial, and other buildings, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Included are photographs of the Cleveland Trust Company, Elliott Shoe Company, Pathe Film Company, Dinner Bell Meat Company, Fisher Food Inc., Ohio Bell Telephone Company, Geauga Community Hospital, Slovak Home for the Aged, Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Ursuline College Campus Center, and other representative examples of the company's work. | | | | Call #: | PG 314 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Dunbar Company -- Photograph collections. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 23 | Title: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1860-2002 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Federation (f. 1903) is a central policy making and fundraising agency for the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. It also supports national and international Jewish communities. The collection consists of approximately 6,000 images, primarily black and white prints, but also slides, contact sheets, and negatives. | | | | Call #: | PG 530 | | | | Extent: | 6.41 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973 | Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio) | Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | Saint Luke's Hospital Construction Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Saint Luke's Hospital | | | | Dates: | 1928-1929 | | | | Abstract: | Saint Luke's Hospital began operations as Cleveland General Hospital in 1894 on Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Its facilities were moved to Carnegie Avenue in 1908, and to its present site on Shaker Boulevard in 1927. After a brief merger with MetroHealth Medical Center in the early 1990s, it was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its Ohio partner, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine in 1997. The non-profit proceeds of the sale were used to create the Saint Luke's Foundation. The hospital is currently owned by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine Health System and the University Hospitals Health System. The collection consists of views of the construction of the addition to Saint Luke's Hospital at Shaker Boulevard. and East 116th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. The photographs were taken by R. E. Hawkins of Lakewood, Ohio, for the Hubbell and Benes Company, architects. Included are some panoramic views of the hospital addition construction. | | | | Call #: | PG 229 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hubbell & Benes Co. -- Photograph collections. | Saint Luke's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 26 | Title: | Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Weinberg, Joseph L. and Edith L. | | | | Dates: | 1870-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph L. Weinberg (1890-1977) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, architect and senior partner of Weinberg, Teare, Fischer, Herman. Weinberg became involved with urban renewal efforts with his design of Lakeview Terrace in Cleveland in 1934. Edith L. Weinberg (1902-1987) was a program director at the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association in Pittsburgh (1926-1933) and was a leader in many Jewish and community service organizations. Her mother, Stella S. Lazarus was secretary at the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio (1923-1933). The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Joseph and Edith Weinberg, including family members and activities, and with others. Group portraits include a photograph of Joseph Weinberg with Eleanor Roosevelt at Lakeview Terrace. Views include events such as the ground breaking ceremony of Lakeview Terrace; meetings, dinners and luncheons; aerial views of the Lakeview Terrace housing project; Weinberg family residences; Council Gardens in Cleveland Heights; and other buildings. Perspective renderings of building plans, including Lakeview Terrace, Council Gardens, and a proposed apartment in Parma Heights, are included. | | | | Call #: | PG 340 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Weinberg, Joseph, 1890-1977 -- Photograph collections. | Weinberg, Edith Lazarus, 1902-1987 -- Photograph collections. | Lazarus, Stella Schwarz, 1873-1955 -- Photograph collections. | Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Photograph collections. | Weinberg family -- Photograph collections. | Lakeview Terrace (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Public housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 27 | Title: | Joseph Hays Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Hays, Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1874-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Hays (1838-1916) was the son of Abraham and Bertha Hexter Hays of Storndorf, in the German state of Hesse Darmstadt. After Joseph's mother died in 1844, he and other family members immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Germany in 1856. Joseph Hays started as a peddler and eventually became involved in the clothing, scrap iron, and real estate business. He married Rosetta Schwarzenberg, and had five children. His daughter, Bertha, married Charles Eisenman, co-founder of Kastriner and Eisenman, later Kaynee Ccmpany, a clothing manufacturer. Eisenman was also a founder and first president of the Federation of Jewish Charities (later known as the Jewish Community Federation). Joseph Hays' sons, Louis and Eugene Hays, later purchased Kaynee Company from Eisenman. Louis Hays, who had served as a vice president and trustee of Mt. Sinai Hospital, was president of Kaynee at the time of his death in 1918. His son, Robert, was president of Kaynee from 1937 until 1954, when the company was sold. Robert Hays was also a founding member of Suburban Temple. Louis Hays' wife, Jessie Seligman Feiss, was the niece of Julius Feiss, owner of Joseph and Feiss Company, which manufactured clothing. His son, Paul Louis Feiss, served as chairman of the company, beginning in 1925. He was also a founder and first president of Mt. Sinai Hospital. The collection consists of individual portraits of the Hays, Eisenman, Feiss, Halle, Heiner, Maschke, and Seligman family members. Also included are views of early automobiles in northeast Ohio; Edgewater and Gordon Parks and Shaker Heights, Ohio; parties and dances; the Excelsior Club; the Federation of Jewish Charities first Board of Trustees; the 1914 cornerstone laying of Mount Sinai Hospital; McDonald & Company; and stereoviews of the Kaynee Clothing Company factory | | | | Call #: | PG 503 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hays, Joseph, 1838-1916 -- Photograph collections. | Hays family -- Photograph collections. | Feiss family -- Photograph collections. | Halle family -- Photograph collections. | Eisenman family -- Photograph collections. | Maschke family -- Photograph collections. | Seligman family -- Photograph collections. | Heiner family -- Photograph collections. | Kaynee Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | McDonald & Company -- Photograph collections. | Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobiles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 28 | Title: | Warrensville Center Synagogue Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Warrensville Center Synagogue | | | | Dates: | 1914-1989 | | | | Abstract: | The Warrensville Center Synagogue, an Orthodox Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was established in 1959 as a result of a merger between three smaller synagogues, the Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard Congregation, the Kinsman Jewish Center, and Congregation Nvai Zedek. In 1970, Sherith Jacob Israel, the Eddy Road Jewish Center-Memorial Synagogue joined Warrensville Center. This congregation was itself a merger of Sherith Jacob and Sherith Israel of Mount Pleasant congregations. In 1972, Shaker-Lee Congregation was absorbed by the Warrensville Center Synagogue. Shaker-Lee Congregation was the result of a previous merger of Ohel Jacob, Ohel Yavne, and Tifereth Israel (not to be confused with The Temple-Tifereth Israel, a Reform congregation). The collection consists of individual portraits, group portraits, and views. | | | | Call #: | PG 487 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Warrensville Center Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Kinsman Jewish Center (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Ohel Yavne Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Ohel Jacob Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 30 | Title: | Warrensville Center Synagogue Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Warrensville Center Synagogue | | | | Dates: | 1952-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Warrensville Center Synagogue, an Orthodox Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was established in 1959 as a result of a merger between three smaller synagogues, the Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard Congregation, the Kinsman Jewish Center, and Congregation Nvai Zedek. In 1970, Sherith Jacob Israel, the Eddy Road Jewish Center-Memorial Synagogue joined Warrensville Center. This congregation was itself a merger of Sherith Jacob and Sherith Israel of Mount Pleasant congregations. In 1972, Shaker-Lee Congregation was absorbed by the Warrensville Center Synagogue. Shaker-Lee Congregation was the result of a previous merger of Ohel Jacob, Ohel Yavne, and Tifereth Israel (not to be confused with The Temple-Tifereth Israel, a Reform congregation). The collection consists of individual and group portraits and views. Of note is a portrait of Rabbi Jacob Muskin and interior and exterior views of the congregation. | | | | Call #: | PG 514 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Muskin, Jacob, 1918-1990 -- Photograph collections. | Warrensville Center Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 31 | Title: | Ameritrust Corporation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ameritrust Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1890-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Ameritrust Corporation began in 1894 when The Cleveland Trust Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Trust then assumed the contracts of the Security Safe Deposit and Trust Company, also located in Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning in 1903, Cleveland Trust acquired or merged with several other savings banks, including The Windemere Savings and Trust Company and The Western Reserve Trust Company. Cleveland Trust promoted innovative operating policies and procedures, including the establishment of an advertising department in 1913. It increased its number of branch offices through additional mergers, including Lake Shore Banking and Trust Company and The Garfield Savings Bank. Growth continued during the 1920s with the acquisition of the Pearl Street Savings and Trust Company. Two more banks were acquired in the 1930s; Midland Bank and South Euclid Bank. A new six story office building at East 9th Street and Huron Road was constructed in 1962. An adjacent office tower was completed in 1971. In 1974, CleveTrust Corporation, a bank holding company, was formed, with Cleveland Trust as the lead bank. Cleveland Trust was one of six local banks holding short-term notes of the City of Cleveland when financial difficulties in 1978 lead to the city's default on these loans. In 1979, The Cleveland Trust Company's name was changed to AmeriTrust Corporation. In 1986, the name was changed to Ameritrust Corporation. In 1991, Ameritrust merged with Society Corporation, and in 1992, went out of existence as a corporate entity. The collection consists of individual portraits of bank officials, directors, and corporate employees and their organizations, and views of banking facilities and marketing campaigns. A large portion of the collection consists of views of bank branches and views of the 1906-1908 construction and later renovation of the Cleveland Trust main office. Photographs of architectural detail images of the rotunda of the main branch by Margaret Bourke-White are included. The 1969-1971 construction of the tower office building addition to the main office located at Euclid Ave. and East 9th St. is also well depicted. Advertising and marketing activities are represented by both images used in and depictions of campaigns, particularly the E. 9th and Euclid outdoor displays. The collection also illustrates changes in banking equipment and facilities during the twentieth century. Also included are portraits of officers and employees of banks acquired by the Cleveland Trust Company. Other photographs of officers, directors, and corporate employees were integral to and retained with biographical materials in MS 4750 Ameritrust Corporation Records. | | | | Call #: | PG 482 | | | | Extent: | 5.80 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 -- Photograph collections. | Ameritrust Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Trust Company -- Photograph collections. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank holding companies -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Advertising -- Banks and banking -- Photographs. | Banks and banking -- Public relations -- Photographs. | Branch banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 33 | Title: | Cleveland Picture File I
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1850-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Picture File I is a collection of black and white and color photographs that depict scenes in Cleveland, Ohio, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The photographs include views of amusement parks, banquets, bridges, buildings, businesses, celebrations, cemeteries, churches and synagogues, clubs, colleges and universities, conventions, convents and seminaries, court proceedings, disasters, fairs and exhibitions, fire departments, the Flats, hospitals, hotels and inns, housing developments, immigrants and naturalization, industry, labor unions, lakefront and the harbor, libraries, life cycle events, lighthouses, markethouses and malls, the military and military units, monuments, museums, music and musicians, parades, parks, the police department, political campaigns and elections, Public Square, radio and television, recreation, residences, riots/demonstrations/strikes, rivers/streams/brooks, schools (both public and private), social service agencies/charities, sports, streets, taverns, theaters, toll houses, transportation, general views, and zoos and aquariums. This collection has been completely digitized and is available for viewing at the Digital Cleveland History Center. | | | | Call #: | PG 612 | | | | Extent: | 16.00 linear feet (4 filing cabinets) | | | | |
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 34 | 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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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 36 | Title: | Frederick C. Crawford Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Crawford, Frederick C. Family | | | | Dates: | 1869-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Frederick C. Crawford (1891-1994) was a Cleveland, Ohio, industrialist and philanthropist. Crawford headed Thompson Products, Inc. (later TRW Inc.) as it moved from an automotive and aircraft parts manufacturer into the aviation and aerospace industries. A leader of Cleveland's philanthropic community, Crawford served on the boards of many cultural institutions. He was appointed to the Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees in 1944 and later served as it's president. He was instrumental in the transfer of the Thompson Auto Album and Aviation Museum collection to WRHS in the 1960s, which became the nucleus of the Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum of WRHS. Crawford was married twice; to Audrey Cecelia Bowles in 1932, and to Kathleen M. Saxon in 1975. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Frederick C. Crawford and various Crawford family members. Views of various Crawford family homes are included, as are images from travels taken by Crawford. Portraits and views of Steel Products Co. and Thompson Products Inc. facilities and employees, including Thompson Products president Charles E. Thompson and Thompson family members, are also part of the collection. Pioneers in the aviation and aerospace industries are represented in the collection and include James E. Doolittle, T. Keith Glennan, aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran, and three time Thompson Trophy Race winner Roscoe Turner. Others depicted include Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Claire Chennault, and William M. McVey. Groups Crawford was associated with, including the Western Reserve Historical Society, Harvard University, and various national aeronautic associations and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), are also part of the collection, as are portraits and views depicting the National Air Races. | | | | Call #: | PG 513 | | | | Extent: | 16.10 linear feet (36 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- -- Photograph collections. | Crawford family -- Photograph collections. | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933 -- Photograph collections. | Thompson family -- Photograph collections. | Doolittle, James Harold, 18961993- -- Photograph collections. | Glennan, Thomas Keith, 1905- -- Photograph collections. | McVey, William M., 1905- -- Photograph collections. | Cochran, Jacqueline -- Photograph collections. | Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 -- Photograph collections. | MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Photograph collections. | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Photograph collections. | Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 -- Photograph collections. | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Steel Products Co. -- Photograph collections. | Thompson Products, inc. -- Photograph collections. | Western Reserve Historical Society -- Photograph collections. | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum -- Photograph collections. | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Photograph collections. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Aerospace industries -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 37 | 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* | | 39 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1910-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and glass slides relating to the various functions, activities, and facilities of the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, and its members. Included are indoor events, such as dances, parties, and plays; outdoor activities including camp houses, recreation houses, and other buildings; photographs of the 50th anniversary party of the Jewish Community Center; and photographs of people, activities, and facilities at Camp Wise. | | | | Call #: | PG 149 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 40 | Title: | Clara P. Smith Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Smith, Clara P. | | | | Dates: | 1940-2001 | | | | Abstract: | Clara Pearl Smith (1917-2009) was a civil rights activist and social worker in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s. She was president of the East 88th Street Club and the Wade Superior Neighborhood Association and co-founded the the Hough Area Council and the Bell Neighborhood Branch of Gannett Goodrich House. The collection consists of 36 black and white and color photographs and one CD-ROM disk. | | | | Call #: | PG 610 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Woodmere.
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