Finding aid for the Lake Erie Shore Aerial Photographs


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Hoffman, Earl G.
Title: Lake Erie Shore Aerial Photographs
Dates: ca. 1959
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The collection consists of aerial views of cities and industries on or near the Ohio Lake Erie shoreline. All photographs were taken by Earl G. Hoffman of Buffalo, New York. Ohio cities depicted include Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Painesville, Barberton, Euclid, Huron, Willoughby, and Sandusky. Other views include the Cleveland Municipal Light Plant, Cedar Point, Cleveland Hopkins Airport, and many businesses in lakefront cities.
PG Number PG 243
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Lake Erie Shore Aerial Photographs, ca. 1959, consist of aerial views of cities and industries on or near the Ohio Lake Erie shoreline. All photographs were taken by Earl G. Hoffman of Buffalo, New York. Ohio cities depicted include Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Painesville, Barberton, Euclid, Huron, Willoughby, and Sandusky. Other views include the Cleveland Municipal Light Plant, Cedar Point, Cleveland Hopkins Airport, and many businesses in lakefront cities.

The collection includes 146 black and white photographs that measure 14 x 11 inches and smaller and 238 black and white negatives that measure 4 x 5 inches.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series. Each series has been retained in original order.
Series I: Prints
Series II: Negatives

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Aerial photographs.
Erie, Lake -- Aerial photographs.
Hoffman, Earl G.
Shorelines -- Ohio -- Erie, Lake -- Aerial photographs.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 243 Lake Erie Shore Aerial Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, New York, in 1981.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Series I: Prints ca. 1959

Box Folder
1 1 Cleveland and Painesville ca. 1959
1 2 Cleveland, Barberton, Elyria, Euclid, Huron Harbor, Sandusky, and Willoughby ca. 1959
1 3 Cleveland Municipal Light Plant ca. 1959
1 4 Cedar Point, East Harbor, and Sandusky ca. 1959
1 5 Unidentified views of a ship loading area ca. 1959
1 6 V. S. P. & C. and unidentified concrete plant ca. 1959
1 7 Cleveland ca. 1959
1 8 Gnadenhutten, the Alsco plant ca. 1959
1 9 Cleveland ca. 1959
1 10 Unidentified views ca. 1959

Series II: Negatives ca. 1959

Box Folder
1 11 Cleveland, including marina, waterfront, harbor, pier, docks, and power plant ca. 1959
1 12 Elyria, Huron, Lorain, and Sandusky, including Ford, Fisher, B. F. Goodrich, and Rigid plants ca. 1959
1 13 Put-in-Bay and Sandusky ca. 1959
1 14 Cleveland, including brickyards and the V. S. P. & C ca. 1959
1 15 Cleveland, including water front and Bowden, Bargain Fair, Fairway, Royce Tool, American Stampings, Howfelder, Menna Metal, Bictor Browning, Radix Wire, and Nelmon plants; Connaughtsville, Pennsylvania, the Ohio Rubber Plant ca. 1959
1 16 Brickyard and Chrysler plant ca. 1959
1 17 Cleveland Hopkins Airport 1959
1 18 Cleveland ca. 1959
1 19 Rocky River ca. 1959
1 20 Unidentified views ca. 1959