| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Linsey, Martin |
| Title: | Martin Linsey Photographs |
| Dates: | 1954-1973 |
| Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) |
| Abstract: | Martin Linsey was a Cleveland, Ohio, watercolorist, photographer, and art teacher. Linsey, a graduate of the Cleveland School of Art, was a watercolorist who developed a national reputation for his work by the early 1940s. He also excelled as a photographer, exhibiting prize-winning works at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Linsey's livelihood included painting, teaching art and photography, and producing architectural drawings and personal portraits. The collection consists of views of buildings, bridges, monuments, sculptures, residences, and other works of architecture throughout Cleveland and northeastern Ohio. The bulk of the collection focuses on downtown Cleveland and the Flats area. Of particular interest are images of two buildings no longer standing; the Engineer's Building and the Hippodrome Theater. |
| PG Number | PG 459 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Martin Linsey Photographs, ca. 1954-1973, consist of views of buildings, bridges, monuments, sculptures, residences, and other works of architecture throughout Cleveland and northeastern Ohio. The bulk of the collection focuses on downtown Cleveland and the Flats area. Of particular interest are images of two buildings no longer standing; the Engineer's Building and the Hippodrome Theater. The collection includes approximately 650 black and white photographs of varying sizes.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult PG 179 Martin Linsey Photographs, 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 459 Martin Linsey Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Martin Linsey in 1981.
Series I: Cleveland Views 1954-1973 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Apartments, including Wade park Manor and the Cedar Central Project 1964-1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Arcades 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Banks, Cleveland Trust 1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Banks, Federal Reserve 1958 1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Banks, Society 1958-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Breweries, including Carling's Brewery 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Bridges, including the Flats, Brookside, Detroit-Superior, and Main Avenue 1970-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Bridges, including the Flats, Main Avenue, and Wade Park 1958-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Buildings, commercial, including Engineer's Boulding, Superior Building, Rockefeller, Hanna, and Bingham 1958-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Buildings, commercial, including Terminal Tower 1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Buildings, Hart-Weiss Medical Building 1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Buildings, public, including City Hall 1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Buildings, public, including County Courthouse 1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Buildings, public, including County Juvenile court 1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Buildings, public, including including Old Federal Building 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Churches, including Baptist, Christ Church, Mt. Zion, and Old Stone 1961-1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Churches, including St. Andrews, St. Agnes, St. Augustine, St. John, and St. Michael 1958-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Churches, including Trinity Lutheran, Trinity Cathedral, and Wade Chapel 1958-1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Churches, synagogue, The Temple 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Clock tower, Cudell 1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Clubs, including Cleveland Athletic, Union, Masonic Lodge, and Hermit 1970-1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Colleges 1964-1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Hospital, Mt. Sinai 1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Hotel, Fenway Motor Inn 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Industry, Flats, including American Steel and Wire and SOHIO 1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Industry, Flats, including American Steel, Wire and SOHIO, and Republic Steel 1958-1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Industry, Flats industrial scenes 1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Industry, Huron Cement and Main Avenue Bridge 1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Libraries, including Allen Memorial and Cleveland Public 1970-1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Markets, West Side Market 1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Military, Coast Guard 1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 32 | Military, Gray's Armory 1970-1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 33 | Monuments, including Soldiers and Sailors, Garfield, and Mark Hanna 1965-1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | Museums, including Cleveland Museum of Art, Garden Center, Wade Pond Area, and Dunham Tavern 1964 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 35-36 | Museums, Western Reserve Historical Society 1959-1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Parks, including Gordon and Moses Cleaveland 1958-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 38 | Residences, including Brown, Mather, Drury, and Schweinfurth 1970-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | Residences, including Magnolia Avenue 1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Squares, Public Square 1960 | |||||||||
| 3 | 41 | Squares, Shaker Square 1970 | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | Theaters, including Allen, Hippodrome, and Playhouse 1964-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | Views, including Cuyahoga River Scenes and the Flats 1960-1970 | |||||||||
| 3 | 44 | Views, including Downtown and Flats 1958-1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Views, including downtown street scenes 1959-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Views, including downtown street scenes 1958-1960 | |||||||||
| 3 | 47 | Views, including downtown street scenes, the Flats, and elevated shots 1954-1961 | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | Views, including the Flats, Cuyahoga River, and Whiskey Island 1960-1972 | |||||||||
Series II: Ohio Views 1958-1973 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 49 | Ashtabula County, Fobes Road Covered Bridge 1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 50 | Avon, Stone Eagle Farm 1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 51 | Beachwood, Brith Emeth Synagogue 1971 | |||||||||
| 4 | 52 | Bratenahl, residences 1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 53 | Chardon, Geauga County Courthouse 1963-1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 54 | Chardon, views 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 55 | Claridon, Claridon Church 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 56 | Cleveland Heights, college buildings 1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 57 | Cleveland Heights, Park Synagogue 1971 | |||||||||
| 4 | 58 | Cleveland Heights, residences, bungalows, and mansions 1962-1971 | |||||||||
| 4 | 59 | Eagleville, covered bridge 1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 60 | East Cleveland, buildings, Nela Park 1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 61 | Elyria, church, St. Andrew's 1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 62 | Elyria, residence, Vair House 1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 63 | Elyria, views, Public Square 1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 64 | Jefferson, Jefferson Church 1967 | |||||||||
| 4 | 65 | Jefferson, residence, Ben Wade House 1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 66 | Mechanicsville, Mechanicsville Bridge 1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 67 | Milan, commercial buildings 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 68 | Milan, library, Town Hall 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 69 | Milan, Milan Inn 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 70 | Monroeville, Octogon House 1973 | |||||||||
| 4 | 71 | Oberlin, Hall Auditorium 1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 72 | Oberlin, One Room Schoolhouse 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 73 | Painesville, residence, Goldsmith House 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 74 | Painesville, views 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 75 | Parma, National Carbon 1958 | |||||||||
| 4 | 76 | Shaker Heights, Georgian House 1959 | |||||||||
| 4 | 77 | Shaker Heights, University School 1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 78 | Strongsville, residence, Pomeroy House 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 79 | Tallmadge, Tallmadge Church 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 80 | Tallmadge, Tallmadge City Hall 1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 81 | Warren, residence, Kinsman House 1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 82 | Willoughby, residence, Elwell House (currently the Goldsmith House at Hale Farm and Village in Bath, Ohio) 1965-1966 | |||||||||