Finding aid for the Western Cleveland Suburbs Photograph Album
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Unknown
Title: Western Cleveland Suburbs Photograph Album
Dates: 1900-1920
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The collection consists of pages from one photograph album of views of recreational activities of an unidentified family residing in the Cleveland, Ohio, area western suburbs, and their travels to other locations. Views include Rocky River, Chagrin Falls, Lakewood, Brecksville, Independence, the Ohio and Erie Canal, the March 1913 flood in the Cleveland area, the 1913 Perry Centennial at Put-in-Bay, and World War I mobilization at Edgewater Park, Cleveland, all in Ohio; and an unidentified location near Jacksonville, Florida.
PG Number PG 368
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Western Cleveland Suburbs Photograph Album, ca. 1900-1920, consist of pages from one photograph album of views of recreational activities of an unidentified family residing in the Cleveland, Ohio area western suburbs, and their travels to other locations. Views include Rocky River, Chagrin Falls, Lakewood, Brecksville, Independence, the Ohio and Erie Canal, the March 1913 flood in the Cleveland area, the 1913 Perry Centennial at Put-in-Bay, and World War I mobilization at Edgewater Park, Cleveland, all in Ohio; and an unidentified location near Jacksonville, Florida. The collection includes 177 black and white photographs of varying sizes.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is retained in original order.

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:

Brecksville (Ohio) -- Photographs.
Chagrin Falls (Ohio) -- Photographs.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs.
Floods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
Independence (Ohio) -- Photographs.
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Photographs.
Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813 -- Centennial celebrations, etc. -- Photographs.
Lakewood (Ohio) -- Photographs.
Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- Photographs.
Rocky River (Ohio) -- Photographs.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 368 Western Cleveland Suburbs Photograph Album, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Lorain County Historical Society in 1988.