Betty Bucher Becker collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0709
Collection Organization
The Betty Bucher Becker Collection is primarily a photographic collection centered around Waterville, Ohio and the Isham, Bucher, Knaggs, and Gunn families, with some additional genealogical/family history material. The majority of the photos are from the Isham farm near Waterville, but there are also several pictures showing the effects of various floods in the area, including those in 1904, 1913, and 1941. Among the most notable photos in the collection are several shots of the construction of the Ohio Electric Interurban Bridge at Waterville around 1906.
Diary of John George Isham, 1864
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1864
The House that John Built : An Account of the Affairs of John George Isham and Some of His Descendants, 1968
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1968
Waterville Pioneer Families: Isham, Cooper, Dyer, Gunn, Knaggs, 1978
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1978
A Compilation of Bucher Family History, 1983
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1983
John Stebbins Photograph Album, circa 1893
File – Box 1, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1893
Folder 1
File – Box 2
Grampa & Grandma Knaggs home
File – Box 2
House taken from south pasture
File – Box 2
Al Buckham's shanty during high water, 1903
File – Box 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1903
View in front of house (with ducks)
File – Box 2
Papa & cat (milking cows) "From factory to consumer"
File – Box 2
Our pig pen and chicken coop
File – Box 2
Ravine and south orchard
File – Box 2
Shep and Flower (dogs) in our yard showing swing and rock pile
File – Box 2
Our house showing evergreen tree and May Isham on Uncle Will's pony Prince
File – Box 2
High water in school yard
File – Box 2
Stone quarry, circa 1904-1905
File – Box 2
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1904-1905
Willows and road going south
File – Box 2
Roadway south with willows, river and canal, taken from old south orchard
File – Box 2
Buckham's shanty in high water
File – Box 2
Chicken coop that set in southeast corner of garden
File – Box 2
Chicken coop that set in southeast corner of garden
File – Box 2
Mr. Buckham, Charley Courtright, Mama and I
File – Box 2
Ravine, showing tent under old apple tree in south orchard
File – Box 2
Helen's first picture
File – Box 2
Cow and calf, showing old barn in background at farm
File – Box 2
Wood pile, ice house, chicken coop and pig pen in backyard
File – Box 2
Our barn just after built
File – Box 2
Flower, our dog
File – Box 2
May Isham and her dolls (just after operation on my nose)
File – Box 2
Helen Bucher and doll
File – Box 2
Snowball tree from south (puzzle: find me)
File – Box 2
Snowball tree from east
File – Box 2
Babe and Barney, our delivery horse when I was young
File – Box 2
May Isham in parlor at farm
File – Box 2
May Isham and her bike
File – Box 2
Babe Isham, dogs Flower and Boy (Mr. Buckham's dog) and granary, in snow
File – Box 2
The morning after the glorious 1st (Gladys Knorr, Bessie Carroll, Nellie Mills, Clarissa Bennett, Bill Crosley (or Crosby)
File – Box 2
Midge and Helen as babies
File – Box 2
Midge and Helen as babies
File – Box 2
Sunday School Class of 1907, taken mid-July 1914 (identifications on envelope), July 1914
File – Box 2
- Dates
- Creation: July 1914
Torry and Babe Isham with wheelbarrow
File – Box 2
Babe and John Jenks
File – Box 2
Canal and bank south of house (Mr. Buckham's livebox for fish in background)
File – Box 2
Family on porch, taken at Herb's
File – Box 2
Family on porch, taken at Herb's
File – Box 2
Frank's brothers and sisters, except Herb
File – Box 2
Frank's brothers and sisters-in-law
File – Box 2
May Bucher in our dining room at Scotten Ave., Detroit
File – Box 2
Benson girls and Babe taken in our living room in Detroit
File – Box 2
Geese under apple tree in old orchard south of house
File – Box 2
Torry Isham and Babe Isham
File – Box 2
Old Fanny's puppies on rug in living room, Prince and Rover
File – Box 2
Frank dressed like a tramp
File – Box 2
Torry Isham with cows and cat
File – Box 2
Isham Irish
File – Box 2
Frank, Iris and I in parlor after our wedding
File – Box 2
The Benson girls
File – Box 2
Our house on Scotten Ave. in Detroit
File – Box 2
Aunt Rae, Mr. Tryon and I in parlor
File – Box 2
Babe Isham with hair hanging down
File – Box 2
Helen Bucher's 1st picture
File – Box 2
Helen Bucher's 1st picture with 2 embroidered pillows
File – Box 2
Helen Bucher's 1st picture with 2 embroidered pillows
File – Box 2
John Jenks and Babe Isham
File – Box 2
Papa milking and feeding cats (caution: broken plate)
File – Box 2
Emma Isham and Babe Isham
File – Box 2
Fanny's pups with Mama
File – Box 2
Up river road at high water
File – Box 2
Cows in barnyard at farm
File – Box 2
Geese, canal, just above our house on farm, looking east across the river
File – Box 2
Scene from side porch
File – Box 2
Going out our lane at farm
File – Box 2
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File – Box 2
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File – Box 2
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File – Box 2
Folder 1
File – Box 3, Folder: 1
Helen Bucher's baby pictures (copy negatives)
File – Box 3
Helen Bucher's baby pictures (copy negatives)
File – Box 3
Helen Bucher's baby pictures (copy negatives)
File – Box 3
Helen Bucher's baby pictures (copy negatives)
File – Box 3
Helen Bucher's baby pictures (copy negatives)
File – Box 3
Unidentified girl in 15 poses (divided negative)
File – Box 3
May and Frank Bucher with Iris Tuttle, after their wedding, June 28, 1914
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: June 28, 1914
Ruth Fletcher, Austen Bath, Frank Bucher and May Isham
File – Box 3
Ruth Fletcher and May Isham
File – Box 3
Elmer, Papa, Mama, Babe and I in front of farmhouse
File – Box 3
May Bucher and Helen
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher and Helen in carriage, taken in wheat field
File – Box 3
May Isham Bucher and Helen in carriage, taken in wheat field (note: broken corner)
File – Box 3
Helen, Midge and I (May Bucher), July 1918
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: July 1918
Helen, Midge and I (May Bucher), July 1918
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: July 1918
Family group (Elmer, Rollie, Uncle Art, Mr. Tryon, Babe, Aunt Della, Iris, Mama and Aunt Rae)
File – Box 3
Family group (Elmer, Rollie, Uncle Art, Mr. Tryon, Babe, Aunt Della, Iris, Mama and Aunt Rae)
File – Box 3
River Road, Waterville, during high water, 1913
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1913
Our cows in barnyard
File – Box 3
Ohio Electric Bridge during 1913 flood, showing Roche de Boeuf, March 1913
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: March 1913
Ohio Electric Bridge, showing Roche de Boeuf
File – Box 3
Mama watering cows in front of farm
File – Box 3
Schoolhouse during high water, March 1913
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: March 1913
In front of farm during high water
File – Box 3
In front of farm during high water
File – Box 3
Small pond with water lilies
File – Box 3
A sheep with geese
File – Box 3
Sheep in pasture
File – Box 3
Cows
File – Box 3
Knaggs homestead, Aunt Rae and Uncle Alex
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, with tire removal tool, tire off rim (BROKEN CORNER, PIECE MISSING)
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, posed with tire removal tool, tire off rim (BROKEN CORNER, PIECE MISSING)
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, with tire removal tool, in garage
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, with tire removal tool, beginning removal
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, with tire removal tool, close-up view
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, with tire removal tool, tire partly off
File – Box 3
Ohio Electric Interurban Bridge under construction (split plate - two views)
File – Box 3
Folder 2 (Prints)
File – Box 3, Folder: 2
Wealthy Sarah (Gunn) Knaggs and daughter Marie Louise Knaggs
File – Box 3
Miami and Erie Canal near Waterville, showing oil derricks
File – Box 3
House where Marie lived, 1870-1920, built by Willard Gunn
File – Box 3
Folder 3 (Prints and negatives)
File – Box 3, Folder: 3
Grand Rapids, Ohio, people on ice flow, flood of 1904, 1904
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1904
Barn raising rig, could also be used to pull up sucker rods from wells
File – Box 3
Waterville, Ohio bridge collapse, flood of 1904, 1904
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1904
Man on washed out "island", near Waterville, Ohio, flood of 1904, 1904
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1904
Man suspended on lines, over river by washed-out RR bridge, 1904
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1904
Man suspended on lines, over river by washed-out RR bridge, 1904
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1904
Two families who camped in orchard of Isham farm one summer, cross-dressed
File – Box 3
Ruth Fletcher and John Stoner in front of Waterville Post Office, Mechanic Street, just east of Third, circa 1912
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1912
Waterville Modern Woodmen of America (Columbian House in background)
File – Box 3
Waterville Modern Woodmen of America (negative only)
File – Box 3
Waterville Bridge collapse, July 24, 1941
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: July 24, 1941
Waterville Bridge collapse (closer view), July 24, 1941
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: July 24, 1941
Roche de Boeuf, before the Interurban Bridge (negative only)
File – Box 3
Man in front of outbuildings and derrick (negative only)
File – Box 3
Ohio Electric Interurban Bridge, under construction, from distance, 1906
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1906
Ohio Electric Interurban Bridge, under construction, with men, 1906
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1906
Horse and cart in a cultivated field (negative only)
File – Box 3
Union Hotel, Waterville (with separate identification sheet), circa 1920
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1920
Third Street, Waterville, Ohio, looking north (negative only), 1940
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1940
Fire in Waterville, Ohio (negative only)
File – Box 3
Swing bridge over the canal, Waterville
File – Box 3
Iron bridge (negative only)
File – Box 3
Man with threshing rig (negative only)
File – Box 3
Waterville, Ohio aerial view showing quarry and Interurban Bridge (with background information sheet), circa 1907
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1907
Crescent Livery Stable, run by Cliff Lee (negative only)
File – Box 3
Canal boat (negative only)
File – Box 3
Folder 4 (Contact Prints and Copy Negatives)
File – Box 3, Folder: 4
Frank Bucher and Helen in carriage, taken in wheat field (neg 79)
File – Box 3
May Isham Bucher and Helen in carriage, taken in wheat field (note: broken corner) (neg 80)
File – Box 3
Helen, Midge and I (May Bucher)(neg 81), July 1918
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: July 1918
Knaggs homestead, Aunt Rae and Uncle Alex (#97 contact only)
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, with tire removal tool, beginning removal (#101)
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, with tire removal tool, close-up view (#102 contact only)
File – Box 3
Frank Bucher, with tire removal tool, tire partly off (#103 contact only)
File – Box 3
Ohio Electric Bridge, showing Roche de Boeuf (#88 contact only)
File – Box 3
Stone quarry about 1904 or 1905 (#11 contact only), circa 1904-1905
File – Box 3
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1904-1905
Willows and road going south (#12 contact only)
File – Box 3
Roadway south with willows, river and canal, taken from old south orchard (#13 contact only)
File – Box 3
Wood pile, ice house, chicken coop and pig pen in backyard (#21 contact only)
File – Box 3
Our barn just after built (#22 contact only)
File – Box 3
Canal and bank south of house (Mr. Buckham's livebox for fish in background) (#38 contact only)
File – Box 3
Going out our lane at farm (#67 contact only)
File – Box 3
Ohio Electric Interurban Bridge under construction (split plate) (#104 multiple copy negs)
File – Box 3