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Title
Gibraltar
Island
Photograph
Subject
Education
Research facilities
Islands
Place
Gibraltar Island (Ohio)
Put-in-Bay (Ohio)
Ottawa County (Ohio)
Description
This
7.5
" by
9.5
"
(19.05
cm
by
24.13
cm)
photograph
of
Gibraltar
Island
,
located
in the
harbor
at
Put-in-Bay
, was
taken
in
1942
.
Julius
Stone
purchased
the
property
from the
descendents
of
Jay
Cooke
and
donated
it
to The
Ohio
State
University
as a
location
for
Lake
Erie
research
.
Julius
Frederick
Stone
(1855-1947)
was
born
near
Devil's
Lake
,
Lenawee
County
,
Michigan
.
Although
Stone
spent
his
early
years
on a
farm
and
completed
only
six
years
of
formal
education
, he
read
extensively
. At
age
12
, he
began
work
as a
railroad
telegrapher
and
continued
to
work
on the
railroad
until
1880
. He was
involved
in
coal
mining
in
Ohio
,
West
Virginia
,
Illinois
, and
Iowa
until
1903
. In
1900
he
married
Edna
Alice
Andress
,
who
graduated
from
Ohio
State
that
year
. In
1909
Stone
led
a
major
expedition
by
boat
through
the
Grand
Canyon's
Colorado
River
,
which
he
described
in a
book
entitled
Canyon
Country
: The
Romance
of
Water
and a
Grain
of
Sand
. He
subsequently
moved
into
industry
and was
president
of
Columbus
McKinnon
Chain
Company
;
Chisholm
Moore
Hoist
Company
of
Canada
;
Case
,
Crane
and
Colborne-Jacobs
Company
; and
Banc
Ohio
Corporation
.
Stone
was also
chairman
of the
board
of
Seagrave
Corporation
, a
manufacturer
of
fire
equipment
.
Stone
also
served
on the
board
of
trustees
of The
Ohio
State
University
for
more
than
twenty
years
. In
1938
,
Julius
Stone
was
awarded
an
honorary
doctor
of
science
degree
from
Ohio
State
. He
continued
to
aid
in
philanthropic
projects
of the
university
.
Date of Original
1942
Source
Audiovisual material
Julius Stone, record group 1/b-1
Submitting Institution
Ohio State University Archives
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
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
Om1974_2677876_001.tif
Image Height
2248
Image Width
2839
File Size
1713.889 KB
Format
picture
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