Title	Woman in white portrait
Subject	Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934) Photographers--Ohio Portrait photography--United States--History
Time Period	1890s 1900s
Place	Ohio West Virginia
Description	This portrait of a woman wearing white posed against a split-rail fence was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. At her neck, she wears a photographic cameo showing Ewing, the photographer. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in the region of southeastern Ohio and 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 Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center.
Creator	Ewing, Albert J., 1870-1934 (Photographer)
Date of Original	1896-1912
Collection	Albert J. Ewing Collection
Source	AV 71; Box 21, Folder 1712
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_B21_F1712.tif
Image Height	3889
Image Width	2581
File Size	30136336 Bytes

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