Title	Leap Year Club portrait
Subject	Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934) Portrait photography--United States--History Women Societies and clubs
Time Period	1890s 1900s
Place	Ohio West Virginia
Description	Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a number of women identified as the Leap Year Club posing for a group portrait outside. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center.
Creator	Ewing, Albert J., 1870-1934 (Photographer)
Date of Original	1896-1912
Collection	Albert J. Ewing Collection
Source	AV 71; Box 15, Folder 906
Format	Picture; glass plate negative
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	AV71_b15_f906.tif
Image Height	3008
Image Width	4200
File Size	12656216 Bytes

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