| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Wickham, Ben B. |
| Title: | Ben B. Wickham Photographs |
| Dates: | 1910-1920 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Ben B. Wickham was the Law Director of Cleveland, Ohio (1916-1917) who was associated with the Van Sweringen brothers and their acquisition of land used for the construction of the Terminal Tower and the development of the Shaker Heights area. The collection consists of one photograph album containing photographs of railroad yards and proposed construction sites for bridges and other excavations in Cleveland, Ohio. The first six pages are used to sequentially represent the blueprints of a proposed Cleveland and Youngstown Railroad route through the east side of Cleveland to Shaker Heights. |
| PG Number | PG 157 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Ben B. Wickham Photographs, ca. 1910-1920, consist of one photograph album containing photographs of railroad yards and proposed construction sites for bridges and other excavations in Cleveland, Ohio. The first six pages are used to sequentially represent the blueprints of a proposed Cleveland and Youngstown Railroad route through the east side of Cleveland to Shaker Heights. The album contains 87 black and white photographs and measures 5.75 x 8.25 inches.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 2865 Van Sweringen Miscellany; MS 4527 Van Sweringen Company Records; PG 565 Van Sweringen Company Photographs; MS 3273 Raymond Blosser Papers; and MS 4543 Raymond Blosser Papers, Series II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 157 Ben B. Wickham Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
These photographs were removed from MS 2865 Van Sweringen Miscellany. Gift of Ben B. Wickham through Raymond Blosser in 1943.
Ben B. Wickham Photographs ca. 1910-1920 |
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| 1 | 1 | Album containing the following views: blueprints of a proposed Cleveland and Youngstown Railroad route through the east side of Cleveland to Shaker Heights; west end of Howe Avenue; W. and L. Erie Station from the North; W & L. Erie yard from the West; Eagle Avenue from the east; S. S. Central Avenue looking north; Race Avenue and Ontario looking south; Station 25 looking east (south side of Andes Place); East 9th Street looking East; Station 40 looking west; Station 41 looking east; Station 67 looking east; Station 48 looking east; Station 53 looking west; Broadway Bridge from the West; East 25th Street Bridge from the west; Station 48 looking West; East 34th Street looking West; East 34th Street looking east; East 37th Street looking West; East 37th Street looking East; Erie Crossover looking West; East 37th Street from the east; East 37th Street looking north; Erie Crossover looking east; Station 116 looking West (Erie Crossover); East 51st Street looking east; East 55th Street looking west; Station 136 looking east; East 55th Street looking east; East 55th Street Bridge from north end of 64th Street; Sidaway Bridge looking north west; Station 152 looking east; Station 157 looking east; Station 161 looking east; Station 164 looking west; Station 165 and 50 looking west; Station 165 and 50 looking east; Station 170 looking east; Station 170 looking west; East 75th Street looking east; East 79th Street looking East; Station 180 looking West (Crowell Avenue); Station 180 looking east (Crowell Avenue); Station 182 looking west (Crowell Avenue); Station 182 looking east (Crowell Avenue); East 79th Street looking West; East 79th Street looking east; East 82nd Street looking west; East 82nd Street looking east; C. & P. R. R. looking North; C. & P. R. R. looking east; Kingsbury Run; Holton Avenue looking west (C. & P. R. R.); C. S. L. Railway looking north; C. S. L. Railway looking west; C. S. L. Railway looking east; Ambler St. looking west; Ambler Street looking east; Station 227 looking West; Woodhill Road; Woodhill Road looking west; Woodhill Road; Woodhill Road looking east; Woodhill Road and Buckeye Road from the east; East 103rd Street looking west; East 103rd Street looking east; East 110th Street looking east; Children's Fresh Air Camp; West end of Propyl Street from the east; West end of Propyl Street looking east; Propyl Street from East 116th Street; East 116th Street looking east; Propyl and East 116th Street from the east; St. 283 looking West; E. line of Crosby Property looking west; East 132nd Street looking west; W. line of Shaker Heights Pry looking west; and Coventry Road looking west ca. 1910-1920 | |||||||||