Digitizing Historical Resources on the Ohio & Erie Canal

Authors

S. Victor Fleischer, The University of AkronFollow

Academic department

University Libraries

Description

Louis Baus, photographer, shot numerous scenes along the Ohio & Erie, Miami & Erie, and the connecting feeder canals. This collection of over 400 photo negatives portrays a sense of canal life during the late 1800s to early 1900s. Found in this collection are images of canal boats, crew and passengers, as well as various locks, businesses and homes along the canal ways.

Included in Data Catalog

Images – Historic photographs, negatives, slides

Funding (Grant Information)

Ohio & Erie Canalway – Strategic Initiative Program

Funding Status (Grant Information)

Awarded

Unstructured Data (Data Management)

Over 400 historic images of the Ohio canals from the Louis Baus Canal Photograph Collection.

Metadata schema (NIH requirements for data sets)

Dublin Core

Size of Data (NIH requirements for data sets)

0.5 cubic feet

Location (NIH requirements for data sets)

Ohio Canal

Document Type

Research Report

Publication Date

2024

Recommended Citation

Fleischer, S. Victor, "Digitizing Historical Resources on the Ohio & Erie Canal" (2024). University Research. 33.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/university_research/33

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