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Mt. Adams Incline and Rockwood Pottery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Description: Color postcard decorated with glitter. It depicts Mt. Adams, a large hill in Cincinnati, Ohio. Homes and businesses cover the hill and a railway while carts ascend the hill carrying loads. Printed on the card, "Mt. Adams Incline and Rockwood Pottery, Cincinnati, O" and handwritten on the front, "Hello Rose, I rec the pictures all right, Many thanks. Write me soon. Happy New Year. 1526 St. [ ] S.G.F." It is addressed to Miss Rosa N. Bassano, Paris, Tex., S. Mill St.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Pleasures on the Beach, Cedar Point, Ohio]

Description: Color postcard depicting a scene of the beach at Cedar Point, Ohio. Men and women are seated, walking and swimming on the beach while others stroll near the pavilion on the boardwalk. Correspondence on the back reads, "This is where I found myself Took one for both of us MB" It is addressed to Miss Rosa Bassano, Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Sandusky, Ohio on July 23, 1907.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Photograph of John D. Chapman and Loraine Cheney]

Description: Photograph of John D. Chapman posed sitting while holding a baby girl tentatively identified as Loraine Cheney. John D. Chapman wears a dark-colored suit with a polka dot necktie, and Loraine Cheney wears a light-colored dress with lace detailing. A handwritten note on the back reads, "John D. Chapman, Grandfather Chapman, and Loraine Cheney (Grace's baby)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Work, R. S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Eliza E. Stacey Chapman]

Description: Photograph of Eliza E. Stacey Chapman sitting in a chair next to a cloth covered table. She wears a black dress with a lace collar and kerchief, belt, and bonnet. In the background are several framed photographs on a wallpapered wall, and to the left of Eliza E. Stacey Chapman is another half-visible chair. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Mrs. Eliza E. Stacey Chapman. Born Dec. 15, 1818. Merry Xmas, Carrie, and Happy New Year, Dec. 25, 1909 - great grandmother. b. Dec. 15, 1818, d. 1917.… more
Date: December 25, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of a Fire Station, Ohio]

Description: Postcard of a two-story, red brick fire station. The building has three double doors at its front, windows along its second story, and a belfry on its right. A woman is standing in front of the building, holding an umbrella. A hatted man is standing near the tower on the right. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "I am going to Detroit in about two weeks, and will remember you. Thanks for your appreciation for what I have sent."
Date: July 3, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Portrait of the Chapman Family]

Description: Photograph of the Chapman family - Isabel "Bell," Ada, and Jay D. Chapman - posed sitting side by side on a bench. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Jay and Bell and Ada," and in a different hand, "Jay D. Chapman, wife Bell (Isabel)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Naef & Joslin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Isabel Nickerson Chapman]

Description: Portrait of Isabel Nickerson Chapman, visible from the chest up, wearing a light-colored top with a dark-colored fabric around her neck. She either holds a bouquet of flowers against her chest or has a large corsage pinned to her blouse. A handwritten note on the back identifies her as "Isabel Nickerson Chapman."
Date: unknown
Creator: Johnson, Thomas H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cincinnati Union Station]

Description: One of the nation's greatest railroad terminals, the Cincinnati Union Station, March 1933. This terminal was designed to accommodate, daily, 17,000 people and 216 trains (108 inbound and 108 outbound). This station has eight platforms serving 16 tracks. Each platform has length of 1,600 feet. This terminal represents a total investment in excess of forty-one million dollars.
Date: March 1933
Creator: Nowak, Ed
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Postcard of a Fire Alarm Response, Lima, Ohio]

Description: Postcard of the Lima Fire Department rushing to a fire in their horse-drawn wagons, moving diagonally to the right towards the foreground. Bystanders on the street have cleared a straight path for the fire fighters. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Your fire card received with pleasure. That is one of the finest pieces of auto fire apparatus I have ever seen. Are you making a special collection of fire views or do you care for city views [?]. I … more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Photograph of U.S.S. Texas Sailors]

Description: Photograph of a group of sailors from U.S.S. Texas standing together. A note on the back of the photo says "My dad, Ellsworth Floyd Russel, is the tallest sailor in the photo (3rd from left, last row). Donated by his son, William A. Russell, Akron, OH."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
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