George Albert Adam negative collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0482
Collection Organization
The George Adam negative collection consists of 84 4.25 x 6.5 in. and 112 3.25 x 4.25 in. glass plate negatives. As the work of an amateur photographer active in the first quarter of the 20th century, the collection provides a view of life in Jackson Township, Van Wert County, Ohio. While most of the pictures are typical, personal interest shots showing family activities and individual portraits, there are a number of very good views of farm life, and a few glimpses of activities around Van Wert, Ohio.
Some of the more interesting items in the collection include a series of pictures of work on the farm, showing roofing a shed, threshing, a Deering Reaper, mechanized wood-cutting, and baling hay.
The quality of the exposure and clarity of the pictures is sometimes quite uneven. However, many of the plates are good, with details that can be enlarged without too much loss of resolution. Most of the photographs have no identification, although some have been dated.
School class picture, Spangler School, February 1912
Item – Box 1, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: February 1912
School class picture, Spangler School, February 1912
Item – Box 1, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: February 1912
Baxter School class picture, January 1911
Item – Box 1, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: January 1911
Baxter School, Van Wert County, Ohio, circa 1910
Item – Box 1, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1910
School class picture, unidentified
Item – Box 1, Item: 5
School class picture, unidentified
Item – Box 1, Item: 6
Four people with cats (underexposed plate)
Item – Box 1, Item: 7
Small family in front of house
Item – Box 1, Item: 8
Photo of two children
Item – Box 1, Item: 9
Fishermen along riverbank (center overexposed)
Item – Box 1, Item: 10
Men with teams of horses
Item – Box 1, Item: 11
Family posed on log-pile
Item – Box 1, Item: 12
People in a car
Item – Box 1, Item: 13
Mother and daughter reading a book
Item – Box 1, Item: 14
Photo of a couple
Item – Box 1, Item: 15
Three young women
Item – Box 1, Item: 16
Man with hogs
Item – Box 1, Item: 17
Baxter School interior, Van Wert County, 1911
Item – Box 1, Item: 18
- Dates
- Creation: 1911
Baxter School class picture, January 1911
Item – Box 1, Item: 19
- Dates
- Creation: January 1911
Dead baby in a casket 1
Item – Box 1, Item: 20
Dead baby in a casket 2
Item – Box 1, Item: 21
Young couple
Item – Box 1, Item: 22
Young man 1
Item – Box 1, Item: 23
Young man 2
Item – Box 1, Item: 24
People in barnyard
Item – Box 1, Item: 25
Family in front of house
Item – Box 1, Item: 26
Young woman (overexposed plate)
Item – Box 1, Item: 27
Team of horses in field
Item – Box 1, Item: 28
Barn
Item – Box 1, Item: 29
House and windmill
Item – Box 1, Item: 30
Two boys in a bare orchard
Item – Box 1, Item: 31
Large group on back porch
Item – Box 1, Item: 32
Family on porch
Item – Box 1, Item: 33
Threshing
Item – Box 1, Item: 34
Family in front of house
Item – Box 1, Item: 35
Threshing operation
Item – Box 1, Item: 36
Roofing a shed
Item – Box 1, Item: 37
Group of young men and women
Item – Box 1, Item: 38
Group with Excelsior Auto Cycle
Item – Box 1, Item: 39
Men at Cloverdale Train Station
Item – Box 1, Item: 40
Horse
Item – Box 1, Item: 41
Horse and buggy
Item – Box 1, Item: 42
Two men with horses by barn 1
Item – Box 1, Item: 43
Two men with horses by barn 2
Item – Box 1, Item: 44
Young man in long coat
Item – Box 1, Item: 45
Barnyard
Item – Box 1, Item: 46
Small child sitting on steps
Item – Box 1, Item: 47
Two women
Item – Box 1, Item: 48
Family group
Item – Box 1, Item: 49
Group of men
Item – Box 1, Item: 50
Krenzien Jewelers and Opticians, window, 1906
Item – Box 2, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1906
Krenzien Jewelers and Opticians, window, 1906
Item – Box 2, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1906
Krenzien Jewelers and Opticians, side window, 1906
Item – Box 2, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1906
Krenzien Jewelers and Opticians, interior, 1906
Item – Box 2, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1906
People building a church
Item – Box 2, Item: 5
Church under construction
Item – Box 2, Item: 6
Men playing croquet
Item – Box 2, Item: 7
Three girls
Item – Box 2, Item: 8
Three boys
Item – Box 2, Item: 9
Group of four children
Item – Box 2, Item: 10
Dogs in fenced enclosure 1
Item – Box 2, Item: 11
Dogs in fenced enclosure 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 12
Rabbits in a cage
Item – Box 2, Item: 13
Rabbits in a cage 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 14
Man with horse and buggy
Item – Box 2, Item: 15
Man with horse buggy
Item – Box 2, Item: 16
Horse with blanket and man
Item – Box 2, Item: 17
Horse with blanket and dog
Item – Box 2, Item: 18
Man sitting by saddled horse
Item – Box 2, Item: 19
Man sitting by saddled horse 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 20
Rail sidings by factory
Item – Box 2, Item: 21
Lincoln/Garfield/McKinley martyr portrait
Item – Box 2, Item: 22
Man with colt
Item – Box 2, Item: 23
Man with young horse
Item – Box 2, Item: 24
Man with horse by barn 1
Item – Box 2, Item: 25
Man with horse by barn 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 26
Chickens
Item – Box 2, Item: 27
Man with chickens
Item – Box 2, Item: 28
People in small boat
Item – Box 2, Item: 29
Girl with fan
Item – Box 2, Item: 30
Woman with hat
Item – Box 2, Item: 31
Two women seated on a wheelbarrow
Item – Box 2, Item: 32
Four women seated on back porch
Item – Box 2, Item: 33
Family group in front of fenced house
Item – Box 2, Item: 34
Children seated on ground
Item – Box 2, Item: 35
Family group seated in a line
Item – Box 2, Item: 36
Family group in front of a frame house
Item – Box 2, Item: 37
Family group in front of a stone house
Item – Box 2, Item: 38
Back porch with three women
Item – Box 2, Item: 39
Large group of children
Item – Box 2, Item: 40
Family group by a park fountain
Item – Box 2, Item: 41
Man on porch of house
Item – Box 2, Item: 42
Women on a small log bridge
Item – Box 2, Item: 43
Ditch or stream by row of trees
Item – Box 2, Item: 44
Stream or pond 1
Item – Box 2, Item: 45
Stream or pond 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 46
Family by house with windmill
Item – Box 2, Item: 47
Women in front of church or mausoleum
Item – Box 2, Item: 48
Street-railroad car
Item – Box 2, Item: 49
Baby in carriage
Item – Box 2, Item: 50
Woman with large bow 1
Item – Box 2, Item: 51
Woman with large bow 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 52
Two women seated on lawn
Item – Box 2, Item: 53
Two women standing by pines
Item – Box 2, Item: 54
Family standing on front porch
Item – Box 2, Item: 55
Building or barn (underexposed plate)
Item – Box 2, Item: 56
Park fountain/Boat on water (double exposure)
Item – Box 2, Item: 57
Woman with a fur stole (broken plate fragment)
Item – Box 2, Item: 58
Dirt road with ruts
Item – Box 2, Item: 59
Orchard
Item – Box 2, Item: 60
Stone house, front
Item – Box 2, Item: 61
Stone house, outside fence
Item – Box 2, Item: 62
Stone house, backyard
Item – Box 2, Item: 63
Potted plant by stone house
Item – Box 2, Item: 64
Distant view of farm field 1
Item – Box 2, Item: 65
Distant view of farm field 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 66
Schoolhouse (?)
Item – Box 2, Item: 67
Frame house with bare tree in front
Item – Box 2, Item: 68
Farm field behind barn
Item – Box 2, Item: 69
Field with haystacks
Item – Box 2, Item: 70
Stack in farmyard (?)
Item – Box 2, Item: 71
Men in hayfield 1
Item – Box 2, Item: 72
Men in hayfield 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 73
Threshing
Item – Box 2, Item: 74
Deering reaper with 3-horse hitch, front view
Item – Box 2, Item: 75
Deering reaper with 3-horse hitch, rear view
Item – Box 2, Item: 76
Cutting firewood 1
Item – Box 2, Item: 77
Cutting firewood 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 78
Baling hay (?) 1
Item – Box 2, Item: 79
Baling hay (?) 2
Item – Box 2, Item: 80
Men with hay baler
Item – Box 2, Item: 81
Field with rail fence and log shed
Item – Box 2, Item: 82
Farm buildings (?) (overexposed)
Item – Box 2, Item: 83
Farm house and barn
Item – Box 2, Item: 84
Farm house and outbuildings
Item – Box 2, Item: 85
Barnyard
Item – Box 2, Item: 86
Barn and outbuildings from field
Item – Box 2, Item: 87
Barn with horses in front
Item – Box 2, Item: 88
Cows
Item – Box 2, Item: 89
Cows by barn (positive lantern slide)
Item – Box 2, Item: 90
Five men with bicycles
Item – Box 3, Item: 1
Portrait of Uncle James (Jim) Adam
Item – Box 3, Item: 2
Man in overalls standing by horse with blanket
Item – Box 3, Item: 3
Four women
Item – Box 3, Item: 4
Two teams of horses - one hitched to a wagon
Item – Box 3, Item: 5
Spangler School, looking northwest
Item – Box 3, Item: 6
One of John Adam's sons on porch of home
Item – Box 3, Item: 7
George Adam with camera
Item – Box 3, Item: 8
Haymaking
Item – Box 3, Item: 9
Fourteen youth on porch of John Adam's home
Item – Box 3, Item: 10
Gathering on John Adam's porch
Item – Box 3, Item: 11
Another gathering on John Adam's porch
Item – Box 3, Item: 12
John Adam and Dr. Wolfe family groups
Item – Box 3, Item: 13
George Adam sitting under tree in woods
Item – Box 3, Item: 14
George and Nellie (Tuohy) Adam
Item – Box 3, Item: 15
Gareth Hitchcock (child) sitting on top step
Item – Box 3, Item: 16
Bonnie Isabel Adam in wicker baby carriage
Item – Box 3, Item: 17
Bonnie Isabel Adam playing with bootie tie
Item – Box 3, Item: 18
Bonnie Isabel Adam holding doll while asleep
Item – Box 3, Item: 19
Laura & Dorothy Adam, with hired girl, in winter
Item – Box 3, Item: 20
Pennsylvania RR tracks in Van Wert
Item – Box 3, Item: 21
Child in carriage
Item – Box 3, Item: 22
Woman sitting at a table
Item – Box 3, Item: 23
George Adam, one horse and part of buggy
Item – Box 3, Item: 24
George Adam, wearing overcoat
Item – Box 3, Item: 25
John Adam homestead
Item – Box 3, Item: 26
Five women at north side of John Adam's home
Item – Box 3, Item: 27
Jesse Adam standing with horse in front of barn
Item – Box 3, Item: 28
Unknown man, in pensive pose, wearing hat
Item – Box 3, Item: 29
Laura Adam wearing a large hat
Item – Box 3, Item: 30
Men standing in front of Ditto's Store in Wetsel
Item – Box 3, Item: 31
Men standing by W. H. Straley Store, Semersville
Item – Box 3, Item: 32
Elm Grove Methodist Church, Jackson Township
Item – Box 3, Item: 33
Aerial view of granary at John Adam's farm
Item – Box 3, Item: 34
George, Nellie, Jack & Alta Adam in Wetsel, Ohio
Item – Box 3, Item: 35
Nellie & Alta Adam, porch Jack Adam home, Wetsel
Item – Box 3, Item: 36
Group picture, George Adam's home (indiv. Ident.)
Item – Box 3, Item: 37
View of Ditto's Store in Wetsel
Item – Box 3, Item: 38
Spangler School, view from bridge west of school
Item – Box 3, Item: 39
Bonnie Isabel Adam in wicker carriage
Item – Box 3, Item: 40
George Adam between two horses, at John Adam barn
Item – Box 3, Item: 41
Butchering time at John Adam's farm
Item – Box 3, Item: 42
Unidentified baby in coffin
Item – Box 3, Item: 43
Young man holding a book
Item – Box 3, Item: 44
Young man with hands in his lap
Item – Box 3, Item: 45
Young man formal portrait
Item – Box 3, Item: 46
Man standing beside automobile
Item – Box 3, Item: 47
Two babies, photo blurred
Item – Box 3, Item: 48
School group, unidentified
Item – Box 3, Item: 49
Young woman, holding flowers
Item – Box 3, Item: 50
Four young boys
Item – Box 3, Item: 51
Small stream or creek
Item – Box 3, Item: 52
Three children, one on a chair
Item – Box 3, Item: 53
Two men and two women, blurred
Item – Box 3, Item: 54
Small child, photo blurred
Item – Box 3, Item: 55
Two women, holding two babies
Item – Box 3, Item: 56