Hoverman Studio negative collection

Collection – Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0476

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The photograph collection of the Hoverman Studio of Delphos, Ohio, consisting of glass plate and film negatives, with some contact prints, spans the period from around 1910 to 1938. The negatives depict scenes and events from the town of Delphos, Ohio during the first half of the twentieth century, including family portraits, farms scenes, school pictures, local businesses, buildings, and interiors.

Dates

Creation: circa 1910-1938

Extent

5.06 Cubic Feet (11 legal boxes)

Creator

Hoverman Studio (Delphos, Ohio) (Organization)
Hoverman, John H. (Person)

Scope and Contents

The Hoverman Studio Negative Collection consists of 425 8 x 10 inch and 5 x 7 inch glass plate and film negatives, with twenty contact prints. As the work of a commercial photographer, the collection includes numerous studio family portraits, weddings, funeral displays, and school class pictures (primarily from St. John's Catholic High School and Delphos High School).

Some of the more interesting items in the collection are the pictures taken outside the studio, including some fine architectural photographs of Delphos, Ohio buildings and businesses in the early 1920s, views of miscellaneous automobile dealerships, including Mueller Implement and Auto Company, scenes of Delphos Manufacturing Company, France Stone Company, the J. M. Cordell Lily White Ice Cream Stand, and interiors of an unidentified commercial dairy. One of the most noteworthy interior groupings is a series of ten interior shots of a home owned by John Reynolds, possibly located in the Convoy, Ohio area, around 1918.

Biographical / Historical

Hoverman Studio operated as a commercial photographers at 130 East 3rd Street, in Delphos, Ohio, beginning in the early 1900s. First known as Hoverman and Son, with John H. Hoverman and his son Roy, the studio was active in documenting the events and activities of the community. By the mid 1950s the studio was run by John R. Hoverman. The majority of the negatives in the collection were probably the work of John H. Hoverman.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

A small collection of Hoverman Studio 4 x 6 cm. copy negatives of the 1913 flood in Delphos and 4 x 5 inch original negatives of the 1951 Delphos Centennial Celebration and Parade are cataloged as the Delphos, Ohio negative collection (MS-0338).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The negatives were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections during 1987 from the Allen County Historical Society, Lima, Ohio, through the cooperation of Jay Martin, Assistant Curator.