AV 27 Ohio College Photograhpic Albums

              AV 27
Ohio College Photograph Albums
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OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Manuscripts/ Audiovisual Collections
AV 27
Ohio College Photograph Albums
1915- 1920
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Number:
AV 27
Title:
Ohio College Photograph Albums
Creator:
Unknown
Dates:
1915- 1920
Media:
Photograph albums
Quantity:
0.34 Cubic feet
Location:
Ohio Historical Center
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
The collection is comprised of two photograph albums, dated 1915- 1920, including informal snapshots of young men and women. Photograph captions such as “ At Western,” “ Off for O. S. U.,” “ Scenes at Ohio Northern University,” “ Senior Girls,” and “ Psi Chi Fraternity House” indicate that the creator of the albums was probably a college student. Many photographs are accompanied by captions that vary in specificity. Some captions give the dates of the photographs and identify the people and locations pictured.
There are also photographs of early automobiles; an aviation meet in Celina, Ohio; pets, such as cats and dogs; radio stations; recreational activities such as canoeing, hiking, picnics and ice skating. Travels outside of Ohio are documented by photographs of Mackinac Island; Niagara Falls; Concord, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts; New York, New York; Washington D. C. and Arlington, Virginia; Galveston, Texas; and a transatlantic trip to London. The World War I era is indicated by photographs that of young men in military uniform; a photograph of a young woman wearing a Red Cross nurse’s uniform; and three photographs of General John J. Pershing in Newport News, Virginia.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION
The album in box one remains bound. The album in box two is unbound and the album pages are filed in order by page number.