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BOOHER GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE COLLECTION
INTRODUCTION
The Booher Glass Plate Negative Collection was donated to the Flesh Public Library by the descendents of John and Dwight Booher. The collection Consists of 131 negatives. The negatives are 5x7 glass plates and 4x5 glass plates. There are a few 2¼ x 3¼ celluloid negatives. The negatives generally date from c. 1900 to the late 1920s. The negatives are photographs of the John Booher Farm on Buxton Road and the William Johnston Farm on Aiken Road and are generally family and farm photos.
There are no restrictions on the use of these materials. Block and white contact prints were produced from the negatives and are included in the collection. These contact prints were not part of the original donation. The collection is housed in two Hollinger photo boxes.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Booher Glass Plate Negative Collection is divided into seven series:
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SERIES I: |
Miami & Erie Canal Locks, Great Miami River, and Loramie Creek area. |
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SERIES II: |
Booher and Johnston family photographs |
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SERIES III: |
Photographs or individuals related to or friends of the Booher family |
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SERIES IV: |
Photographs of couples or groups of persons related to or friends of the Booher family |
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SERIES V: |
Houses, Buildings, and Churches |
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SERIES VI: |
Farming and agricultural practices |
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SERIES VII: |
Animals on and around the farm |
BOX INVENTORY
BOX 1
SERIES I: Miami & Erie Canal Locks, Great Miami River, and LoramieCreek area.
File
1 Miami & Erie Canal – Lock 7 – Boys swimming and diving from the lock – Lock 7 is located near Landman Mill Road in northern Miami County – c. 1900.
2 Miami & Erie Canal – Lockington Locks, possibly Lock 6 – c. 1900
3 Miami & Erie Canal – Lockington Locks, possibly Lock 6 – Second negative
4 Great Miami River – Ice break-up and Ice chunks – c. 1900
5 Debris pile – possible flood debris along the Great Miami River – c. 1900
6 Debris pile – possible flood debris along the Great Miami River – c. 1900
7 Debris pile – possible flood debris along the Great Miami River – c. 1900
8 Man exploring a cave – possibly along the Great Miami River in southern Shelby County near Camp Wakonda (former Piqua YMCA camp). – c. 1900
9 Bluff along the Great Miami River – c. 1900
10 Photo of the building of a bridge – possible over Loramie Creek on Landman Mill Road. c. 1900.
11 Photo of the building of a bridge – possibly over Loramie Creek on Landman Mill Road. c. 1900
12 Photo of the building of a bridge – possibly over Loramie Creek on Landman Mill Road – c. 1900
13 Photo of a construction project using limestone blocks – probably southern Shelby County. c. 1900
SERIES II: Booher and Johnston Families
14 Dwight Booher - c. 1900
15 Dwight Booher – c. 1900
16 Helen May Booher with 5 other family members – Helen is seated at the right – c. 1910
17 Dwight Booher – successful hunt – c. 1910
18 Dwight Booher – successful hunt – c. 1910
19 Dwight Booher with camera – c. 1910
20 Dwight Booher in the middle with two other young men – all well dressed – c. 1910
21 Dwight Booher with motorbike – c. 1915
22 Dwight Booher seated on a motorbike – c. 1915
23 Dwight Booher in a cap and long coat – he appears to be on a stage. c. 1915
24 Dwight Booher seated in a wicker chair – c. 1915
25 Glenwood Booher on a horse – probably on the John Booher farm on Buxton Road. c. 1915
26 Photograph of two ladies, one is holding a large box camera. – The lady on the left, holding the camera, is Isa Booher Apple. The photo was taken on the John Booher farm on Buxton Road. c. 1910
SERIES III: Photographs of individuals who are members of the Booher family, relatives of the Booher family, or friends.
27 Young man dressed for church – winter with snow – possibly Dwight Booher – c. 1910
28 Young man holding a string of traps – the photograph is dated 1910.
29 Lady on a horse – sitting side-saddle. c. 1910
30 Infant – propped up in a chair
31 Lady holding a white bird outdoors by a tree. c. 1910
32 Elderly woman – probably a grandmother
33 Man standing next to a brick building with an exposed stone foundation. c. 1900
34 Lady in a hat seated in the grass near a brick building with an exposed stone foundation – probably the same building as in File #33.
35 Man holding a dead rat by the tail.
36 Man in farm bib overalls standing near a road and a white picket fence.
37 Male in his fifties, well dressed with a valise, standing next to a house [probably the John Booher farm house on Buxton Road]. c. 1910
38 Male in his fifties, well dressed with a valise, standing next to a house [probably the John Booher farm house on Buxton Road]. c. 1910
39 Young man – early teens – in knee pants suit – dressed for church – standing next to a house. c. 1910
SERIES IV: Photos of couples or groups of persons related to or friends of the Booher family.
40 Several generations of German immigrants to Miami County, c. 1900 – photograph taken at the William Johnston farm on Aiken Road.
41 Several generations of German immigrants to Miami County, c. 1900 – photograph taken at the William Johnston farm on Aiken Road.
42 Staged outdoor photograph of a pretend holdup – two men with a camera on a tripod in the background. The man holding the gun is probably Dwight Booher.
43 Two young ladies seated in the grass with farm buildings in the background – the photograph was taken on the John Booher farm on Buxton Road. c. 1910
44 Photograph of a large family group, probably a family reunion – c. 1925
45 Photograph of a large family group, probably a family reunion – c. 1925
46 Group of young adults, three males, 2 females, probably brothers and sisters – seated on the ground near a tree – c. 1920
47 Man and woman sitting on a stumps- c. 1920
48 Group of young adults, three males, 3 females, probably brothers and sisters. c. 1910
49 Farm boy (teen) with a lariat around two well dressed young ladies; young boy is in the background. The photograph appears to be taken on the John Booher farm.
50 Man and woman in their early 20s, possibly in costume – c. 1920
51 Farm family – 4 generations – c. 1900
52 Farm children, late teens to approximately 8 years old.Three males and three females. c. 1900
53 Five adults seated in front of a carriage barn with a saw-toothed roof and large cupola – four ladies and one man.
54 Four young adults – two men and two ladies – c. 1900
55 Teens and young adults – three ladies and 3 men – c. 1900
56 Three men seated in front of a brick building with an exposed stone foundation. c. 1910
57 Seven males, children and teenagers. c. 1910 Possibly Dwight Booher on the bottom row second from the left and Glenwood Booher on the top right.
58 Group of young adults – photograph is similar to File #46
59 Group of five young ladies – c. 1920
60 Group of young people – three men and two ladies – c. 1910
61 Large group in front of a brick building (security glass in the windows) – possibly a reunion, or a school group picture. c. 1900
62 Same as File #61
63 Same as File #61
64 Group of boys and girls – elementary age – from first grade to eighth grade – probably a school photo – an adult man is in the photo, probably the teacher. c. 1900
65 Man and older lady standing in front of a brick building, probably a one room school house – c. 1900
66 Group of six, two males [one adult, one teen] and four adult females. c. 1900
67 Three young ladies standing on a debris pile near the Great Miami River. c. 1910
68 Five teenage males – c. 1900
69 Two young boys dressed in similar shirts, ribbon bow ties, and knee pants in front of a brick building with security wire over the windows – the building is probably a one room school. c. 1900
70 Four young men seated on the steps in front of a brick building, possibly a one room school. c. 1900
71 Three young ladies standing outside a house – c. 1910
72 Family group on the porch of the John Booher farm on Buxton Road. The occasion would appear to be a wedding, the men are dressed in black suits and are smiling – c. 1900
SERIES V: Houses, Buildings, and Churches
73 John Booher’s farm on Buxton Road. The mailman on the motorbike is Charles Heitzman. c. 1910
74 John Booher farm – Buxton Road – c. 1910
75 John Booher farm house – Buxton Road – family on the front porch – c. 1900
76 Large dead rattlesnake on the railing of the front porch of the John Booher house – Buxton Road.
77 William Johnston home on Aiken Road – c. 1900
78 William Johnston home on Aiken road – c. 1900
79 Two story farmhouse with a white picket fence
80 Small house – cabin in the woods with a large tent next to it.
81 Same as File #80
82 Two story farmhouse with hip-roof and dormer windows. Exposed stone foundation, frame construction, masonry porch columns and railing.Large decorative front door with two sidelights. House has a basement.
83 Same as File #82
84 Different view of the house in File #82
85 Two-story frame farmhouse – c. 1900
86 One-story frame farm house – c. 1900
87 Dutch colonial house/barn with dormer windows – c. 1910
88 Same as File #87
89 Brick farmhouse with hip roof, dormer, cantilevered front gable and arched windows to the side and stone lintels over the front windows and door. The house appears to be in the finishing stages of construction. c. 1910
90 Large two-story brick house with a straight pitched roof and chimneys at both ends. Stone lintels over the windows and doors.Five double-hung windows on the second floor and four double-hung windows on the first floor with a center door.
91 Charles E. Booher (Mary E. is his wife) Grocery and Milk Depot – 428 W. High Street (east half of the building) north east corner of West High and Broadway. c. 1911
92 Same as File #91
93 Loramie Mill, Landman Mill Road – c. 1915
94 Same as File #93
95 Boat dock extending into a lake, probably Lake St. Mary’s – c. 1910
96 Boat dock, probably on Lake St. Mary’s – c. 1910
97 Brick rural school house – one room with a brick entry and anteroom (cloak room) attached. Teacher and students standing outside. c. 1900
98 Similar to File #97
99 Pope’s Grocery and Lockington, Ohio Post Office – c. late 1920s
100 Wood frame church in a community. Church members standing in front of the church. Probably southern Shelby County, possibly Lockington, Ohio – c. 1900
101 Brick L-shaped church with a prominent steeple. In a community probably in southern Shelby County.Electric power pole in the front. Stained glass windows in the church – c. 1925
BOX 2
SERIES VI: Farming and Agricultural Practices
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1 Cutting wood in a wood lot – c. 1900
2 Raking and loading hay on a wagon – c. 1900
3 Making hay – farm workers, a hay wagon, and a rake loader with two teams of horses – c. 1900
4 Similar to File #3
5 Similar to File #3
6 Similar to File #3
7 Making hay – a loaded hay wagon and an empty wagon with a rake loader and two teams of horses ready to continue – workers standing for the photograph – c. 1900
8 Woman driving a two-horse hitch which is pulling a sickle bar cutter. Corn is being cut for silage or in preparation for being shocked.
9 Woman seated on a disc plow hitched to a team of horses – a third horse is saddled and there is a second woman in the background holding an umbrella – c. 1900
10 Boys standing on an empty hay wagon in front of a barn. An unhitched team of horses stands nearby – c. 1900
11 Same as File #10
12 Farm Wagon loaded with shucked ears of corn – the wagon is hitched to a team of horses – six men are standing for the photograph – a second wagon and team is in the background.
13 Similar to File #12
SERIES VII: Animals on and around the farm
14 Two dogs
15 Young man riding a very shaggy horse – probably spring on the John Booher farm and the horse is losing its winter coat – c. 1900
16 Similar to File #15
17 Chicken
18 Horse
19 Man showing a horse in halter
20 Two horses – rear view
21 Four horses – rear view
22 Four horses – rear view
23 Two white horses in halter
24 Barn Cat
25 Cows
26 Rooster in a cage
27 Prize winning chickens with a ribbon (probably 1st place) Lima Poultry Fanciers association Show in Lima, Ohio – 1912
28 Prize winning chickens with 1st Place ribbon at the Lima Poultry Fanciers Association Show in Lima, Ohio – 1912
29 Prize winning chicken with First Premium Ribbon from the Auglaize county Poultry Association show in Wapakoneta, Ohio – 1912
30 Same as File #29