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Shelby Museum Of History
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of Shelby Pictorial History
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- Early
Shelby Photographers and their Photographs
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- Alfred
McEwen - 1903 - 1905
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- Alfred
McEwen was probably born in Wood County, Ohio, c 1873. The son
of Marcus D. and Sarah J. McEwen, Alfred grew up in the Fostoria,
Ohio area. The 1900 Federal census shows Alfred with Myrtle his
wife of four years living close to his father near Fostoria,
Ohio. Alfred stated that his occupation in 1900 was "oil
producer". He was a part of the Wood County oil boom that
started in the late 1880s with a well near North Baltimore, Ohio.
It continued through the next decade into the early 1900s when
the huge oil discovery was made at Spindletop, near Beaumont,
Texas in 1901. The amounts of oil discovered in Texas dwarfed
the dwindling production in Wood County and the 'oil producers"
followed along to the "big" Texas discovery.
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connection between Alfred McEwen, oil producer of Fostoria in
1900 and his being a photographer in Shelby, Ohio by 1904 can
be explained by a fact noted in a Shelby Globe issued July 18,
1905. This article reports Alfred's death in Fostoria on July
15, 1905 after he had spent less than two years as a photographer
in Shelby. It also notes that Alfred was the son of M. D. McEwen
and that he leaves a wife and a 4 year old son. Alfred was educated
at the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio and later took courses
in photography at Effingham, Ill. Shelby's studio was his first
business venture. The 1910 Federal census lists a Myrtle McEwen
(widow) and son Willard (8) living in the Fostoria, Ohio area,
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sole photographic sample that we have at the Shelby Museum is
one that Alfred took of the 1904 Shelby Football team. We are
very interested in viewing any additional Shelby photos by Alfred
McEwen.
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courtesy of the Shelby Museum
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photograph was taken in 1904. The subject was the Shelby, Ohio
High School Football Team.
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is an enlargement of the Alfred McEwen embossed mark (above).
This was done in color because it displays the embossing with
better detail than the enlarged black and white scan.
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courtesy of the Shelby Museum
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an aside, the 1904 Shelby High School football team was one of
many from Shelby that had an outstanding football season. Their
season consisted of 6 games. The first game of the season was
played against an alumni team. The results were: Shelby 0 Alumni
0.
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following 5 games were played against: Galion, Fostoria, Attica,
Scrubs, and Bellville.
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the entire season of 6 games the scoring was: Shelby 25 points,
Opponents 10 points.
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members of the team were as follows:
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- Guy Cramer, LT - Dale Clark, LG - Charles Huber, C - Harry
Truesh, RG - Cletus Briner, RE - Burt Brickley, RT - Howard Hunter,
QB - Henry Lowe, LH - Howard Brightman, RH - Capt. Carl Sutter,
F,- Lawrence Wilhide
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you have questions or if you would like to add information, please
contact :
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Shelby Museum of History
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Sally Maier
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Raymond Ave.
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Ohio 44875
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