Paul Schmitz photograph collection
Collection Organization
The Paul Schmitz Collection consists of 72 copy photographs and 206 copy negatives of scenes around Bowling Green and Northwest Ohio from the turn of the century through the late 1930s.
The photographic prints in the collection primarily center on Bowling Green, Ohio from 1923 to 1936. These photographs include numerous buildings and street scenes. The collection also includes a few shots of agricultural activity at the Mike Schmitz farm on West Poe Road, rural Bowling Green, Ohio around 1923.
The negatives in the collection are copies of a postcard collection of locations around Northwest Ohio, including Bowling Green, Carey, Cedar Point, Perrysburg, Findlay, Fremont, Tiffin, and Toledo. The series on Cedar Point shows turn of the century scenes of the park, the Hotel Breakers, and beach area amusements. The large number of Toledo postcards include prominent buildings, downtown street scenes, schools, hospitals, and hotels. The postcards, while undated, primarily illustrate the period from the turn of the century through the 1920s.
Bowling Green, Ohio Buildings
South Main Street, looking north from Royce Building, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
Senior High School, West Wooster Street, under construction, 1928
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- Creation: 1928
Senior High School, West Wooster Street, finished view, undated
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- Creation: undated
Hotel Millikin, Main and Wooster, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Heinz Factory complex, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Reider's Union Mills, North Grove Street, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Wood County Detention Home, West Wooster, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Post Office, North Main and Oak Streets, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Cla-Zel Theatre, North Main Street, 1929
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- Creation: 1929
Cla-Zel Theatre, North Main Street, 1935
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- Creation: 1935
Bowling Green, Ohio Buildings
National Refining Company gas station, North Main and Poe Road, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Ohio Oil Company gas station at North Main and Merry, circa 1935
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- Creation: circa 1935
Petty's Garage at North Main and Oak, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Commercial Bank and Trust Company, 130 South Main, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Milnor Greenhouse, North Main and Poe, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Ross Hotel, East Wooster and Prospect, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Church Street School, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Ridge Street School, circa 1935
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- Creation: circa 1935
Bowling Green High School, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Senior High School, West Wooster Street, at start of construction, 1927-1928
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- Creation: 1927-1928
Senior High School, West Wooster Street, looking west, circa 1928
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- Creation: circa 1928
Senior High School, West Wooster Street, looking east, circa 1928
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- Creation: circa 1928
Bowling Green, Ohio Centennial Celebration & Air Races
Opening of Centennial Celebration at BG College Football Field, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
Opening of Centennial Celebration at BG College Football Field, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
Airplane on field during BG Centennial Air Races, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
Crowd on field during BG Centennial Air Races, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
Bowling Green, Ohio Fairgrounds
Circus tents at the Fairgrounds, E Poe Road, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Grandstand at the old Fairgrounds, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Trotter on the track at the old Fairgrounds, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Bowling Green, Ohio Fires
Charred ruins of elevator fire, N Grove Street, March 4, 1924
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- Creation: March 4, 1924
Charred ruins of elevator fire, N Grove Street, March 4, 1924
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- Creation: March 4, 1924
Del Mar Theatre in ruins after fire, front view, Sept 29, 1926
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- Creation: Sept 29, 1926
Del Mar Theatre in ruins after fire, rear view, Sept 29, 1926
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- Creation: Sept 29, 1926
Fire at barn at rear of Reider's Mill, Aug 26, 1929
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- Creation: Aug 26, 1929
Bowling Green, Ohio Interurban trains
People boarding a Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern car on South Main Street, circa 1930
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- Creation: circa 1930
TBG & S car on South Main Street, circa 1930, circa 1930
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- Creation: circa 1930
Freight being loaded on TBG & S car, circa 1930
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- Creation: circa 1930
Conductor standing by TBG & S car, circa 1930
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- Creation: circa 1930
TBG & S line car, circa 1930
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- Creation: circa 1930
TBG & S car barns, circa 1930
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- Creation: circa 1930
Bowling Green, Ohio Poe Ditch
Filling West Poe Road Ditch for new sewage plant, 1934 or 1935
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- Creation: 1934 or 1935
Bowling Green, Ohio Trains and planes
Rail car, identified as part of circus train, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Ohio Oil Company National Safety-Health Tour train, circa 1935
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- Creation: circa 1935
New York Central Railroad, Ohio Central Lines depot, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Airplane, unidentified location, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Airplane from Mt Clemens, Mich, July 8, 1923
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- Creation: July 8, 1923
Airplane from Mt Clemens, Mich, July 8, 1923
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- Creation: July 8, 1923
Grand Rapids, Ohio Buildings
Nazareth Hall, Ladyglen on the River, 1928
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- Creation: 1928
Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio Buildings
Skyline of Toledo, circa 1928
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- Creation: circa 1928
Elephant House at the Toledo Zoo, circa 1928
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- Creation: circa 1928
Conservatory at the Toledo, Ohio, circa 1928
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- Creation: circa 1928
Farley School, West Central Avenue, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
St Patrick's Church, Providence, Ohio, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Wood County, Ohio Agricultural scenes
Mike Schmitz Farm, West Poe Road, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Mike Schmitz with a horse-drawn grain binder, circa 1925
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- Creation: circa 1925
Hart-Parr engine, Chapman's Thresher, circa 1923
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- Creation: circa 1923
Chapman's Thresher, Mike Schmitz Farm, August 8, 1923
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- Creation: August 8, 1923
Cutting grain, Mike and Paul Schmitz, circa 1923
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- Creation: circa 1923
Cutting grain, Mike and Paul Schmitz, Mr & Mrs August Simon, circa 1923
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- Creation: circa 1923
Road roller paving West Poe Road, 1926
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- Creation: 1926
Negatives, circa 1900-1940
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- Creation: circa 1900-1940