| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Korabek Family |
| Title: | Korabek Family Photographs |
| Dates: | 1865-1945 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Joseph Korabek was born between 1829-1831 in Bohemia-Austria. He immigrated to the United States in 1867 with his wife Barbara and three children, Anna, Josephine, and John. Joseph Korabek was a wagon maker whose shop was located at 1630 Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio in 1880. His son John Korabek owned a dry goods store in Cleveland. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, cabinet card photographs, postcards, and carte de visites of members of the Korabek family of Cleveland, Ohio. Also included are several views of Cleveland school classes and family homes and businesses, including the J.E. Korabek dry goods stores. A large number of Cleveland studio photographers are represented in this collection. |
| PG Number | PG 125 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Korabek Family Photographs, ca. 1865-1945, consist of photographs, negatives, cabinet card photographs, postcards, and carte de visites of members of the Korabek family of Cleveland, Ohio. Also included are several views of Cleveland school classes and family homes and businesses, including the J.E. Korabek dry goods stores. A large number of Cleveland studio photographers are represented in this collection. The collection includes approximately 250 black and white images measuring 10 x 12 inches and smaller.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, in the last half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. Those studying the history of business, entrepreneurship, education, architecture, and photography in Cleveland will find this collection particularly useful. Those studying the history of the Czech immigrant community in Cleveland will also find this collection useful.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 125 Korabek Family Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Mrs. Richard E. Karberg.
Korabek Family Photographs ca. 1865-1945 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1-2 | Portraits of members of the Korabek family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 3-10 | Portraits of members of the Korabek family, cabinet cards dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 11-13 | Portraits of members of the Korabek family, studio portraits dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Portraits of members of the Korabek family, carte de visites dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 15-16 | Views of Korabek homes and businesses dates vary | |||||||||