Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad: Meeting of the Stockholders Clip

Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Clip

Railroad Timetables Clip

Wooster's Pennsylvania & Ohio Passenger Depot, 1908

Rail Road Celebration Clip

County Debts for Railroad Stock Clip

Wooster's Grange
subject: The Railroad
description: Forty-two Grange members working in Grange Hall preparing chickens for the 1957 Wayne County Fair.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Tribute to Wooster"
date: 1957
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image
coverage: 1950s, Grange, Railroad

B&O Trestle
subject: The Railroad
description: Work train on B&O trestle.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
date: 1900s, 1910s
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image
coverage: B&O, Railroad, 1900s, 1910s

Wooster's Pennsylvania & Ohio Passenger Depot, Postcard
subject: The Railroad
description: Colored Postcard showing old Wooster railroad depot on the Pennsylvania Railroad line, which served passenger train riders for many years until it was hit by a train and demolished. The sign tells the miles to Pittsburgh and Chicago.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
date: 1930s
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Postcard
type: image
coverage: 1930s, Railroad

B&O Passenger & Freight Depot, Old
subject: The Railroad
description: Scene of the old B&O passenger and freight depot which was located on Columbus Avenue. Note there are no buildings in this scene. The fairgrounds were built to the west of the depot, and today this building is used as a barbershop.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
date: Late 1800ss/Early 1900s
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image

First Cars Reach Wooster Today Clip
subject: Railroad
description: Wooster Republican Newspaper Clip detailing the celebrations the town entered into once the Interurban line had finished construction and the first cars arrived to town.
source: Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
date: October 7th, 1903.
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Legal under Fair Use.
format: Photograph
type: image

Electric Line Depot Clip
subject: Railroad
description: Wooster Republican Newspaper clip announcing the leasing of space so that the Interurban line could be extended to Wooster.
source: Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
date: October 28, 1903.
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek.
rights: Legal under Fair Use.
format: Photograph
type: Newspaper

Buckeye Aluminum Company 1914, With Railroad Tracks
subject: Railroad
description: Photo of the Buckeye Aluminum Company showing railroad tracks on the side of the building. Photo taken in 1914.
creator: Harry McClarran.
source: Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
date: 1914
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image
coverage: 1910s, Railroad, Industry

Interurban Line Car #10

North Grant and West Liberty Interurban Car Barn
subject: The Railroad
description: Picture of the interurban car barn on the corner of north Grant and West Liberty Streets.
creator: George and Mary McClarran, "Old and New Wooster".
source: Harry McClarran, "A Glimpse From the Front Porch and a Bridge Into the Past"
date: 1920s
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image
coverage: 1920s, Interurban, Railroad

North Grant and West Liberty Interurban Car Barn, Front View

Interurban Color Map
subject: Railroads
source: Wayne County public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
format: Drawing
language: English
type: image
coverage: 1910s, Railroad

Norfolk and Southern Line on Bever

Decommissioning The Depot, 1971
subject: The Railroad
description: This is a 1971 photo of the last passenger train leaving Wooster and Mayor Paul Tilford marching with a group of men as the railroad depot is being decommissioned.
creator: Harry McClarran
source: A Tribute to Wooster
date: 1971
contributor: Scanned by Nicolaus Hajek
rights: Rights held by Harry McClarran. Used with Permission.
format: Photograph
type: image
coverage: 1970s, Railroad

Ohio 20th century Railroads

Ebenezer Lodge old
subject: The Freemasons Come to Wooster
description: Photograph of Masonic Temple in Wooster from Frontier Cornerstone.
source: Roberts, Allen E. Frontier Cornerstone: The Story of Freemasonry in Ohio 1790-1890. Columbus: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, 1980.
publisher: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio
contributor: Scanned by Anna Claspy
rights: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio
relation: Secret Societies
format: Photograph
type: image

Eighth of January Background

Lieutenant Charles Palmer Portrait
subject: Wooster in the First World War: Letters Home
description: Photograph of Lieutenant Charles Palmer, American volunteer in the British Army, from Wooster High School yearbook, 1911
source: Wooster High School Yearbook; Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
publisher: Wooster High School
date: 1911
contributor: Scanned by Brittany Previte
rights: Out of copyright
relation: World War I
format: photograph
type: image
identifier: Charles Palmer_WHS Yearbook 1911

Moose Lodge
subject: Secret Societies in Wooster Today
creator: Anna Claspy
relation: Secret Societies
format: photograph
type: image

Wiley Mausoleum
subject: Cemetery Tour
description: The mausoleum of Aquila Wiley, who served as a colonel with the 41st Ohio during the Civil War and lost his leg during the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
creator: Anna Claspy
date: 2014.06.03
rights: Rights held by Anna Claspy
relation: Cemetery Tour
format: photograph
type: image

Follis Tombstone
subject: Cemetery Tour
description: The tombstone of Charles Follis, nicknamed "The Black Cyclone," who was the first professional African American football player.
creator: Anna Claspy
date: 2014.06.03
rights: Rights held by Anna Claspy
relation: Cemetery Tour
format: photograph
type: image

James Hill Tombstone
subject: Cemetery Tour
description: Tombstone of James Hill. He was born in Scotland and fought for the British Army in the Crimean War. After moving to America, he served in the Civil War and survived Custer's defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn. (Paul Locher, "1st Sgt. James Hill Called Wooster his Hometown," Daily Record, July 3, 2009.)
creator: Anna Claspy
date: 2014.06.03
rights: Rights held by Anna Claspy
relation: Cemetery Tour
format: photograph
type: image

Frederick Douglass Articles
subject: Partisanship and Newspapers
description: A Wooster Republican article (top) and a Wayne County Democrat article (bottom) reporting about Frederick Douglass' speech at Wooster's Arcadome in 1872.
creator: The Wooster Republican and the Wayne County Democrat
source: Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and History Department
publisher: The Wooster Republican and the Wayne County Democrat
date: 1872.01.11 and 1872.01.17
contributor: Scanned by Jake Kowall
rights: Out of copyright
relation: Civic Development
format: microfilm
language: English
type: text

Compton Tombstone
subject: Cemetery Tour
description: Elias Compton served as dean at the College of Wooster and had three sons, Karl, Arthur, and Wilson, who went on to gain distinction.
creator: Anna Claspy
date: 2014.06.03
rights: Rights held by Anna Claspy
relation: Cemetery Tour
format: photograph
type: image

Herman Freedlander Tombstone
subject: Cemetery Tour
description: Herman Freedlander was the proprietor of the immensely important Freedlander’s department store.
creator: Anna Claspy
date: 2014.06.03
rights: Rights held by Anna Claspy
relation: Cemetery Tour
format: photograph
type: image