Album 1, 1908-1910

This collection is a great resource for the time period of about 1900-1940, as it illustrates what life was like in an average American town and how a middle-class family in the early 20th century lived. Because of the numerous vacation and travel photos the researcher will also see great examples of automobile travel, e.g., roadside rests, monuments, and other attractions.

Each album also contains a printed inventory, provided by the donor. These lists describe the people, place, and date of each photograph in that album.

Album 1, dated 1908 to 1910, includes photographs of the Great Miami River, the Eicher family farm, the courtship of Noah and Edna Weaver, the Paul Farm, the Weaver farm in Miamisburg, OH, the Dayton Fairgrounds, and NCR.

Album 2, dated about 1909 to 1919, contains personal family photos of Noah and Edna Weaver and their son Paul Henry Weaver as a child. During this period, they lived on Main Street in West Carrollton. Other photos document trips to Clifton Gorge, the Eicher homestead in Miami Township, Mansfield Reformatory and Holes Creek, Miami Township.

Album 3, dated 1927 to 1928, is primarily a travel album of the Weaver family and their journeys across the U.S.

Album 4, dated 1928, has photos from the West Carrollton High School graduation in 1928, photographs of Paul Henry Weaver and also several images of West Carrollton locales. The album also covers travel through the southern U.S. states of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Album 5, dated 1932 to 1937, highlights The Ohio State University’s campus and Columbus, OH, during the period of time Paul Henry Weaver attended college there. Also in the album are images of Findlay and Cleveland, Ohio, and trips through Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, and Virginia.

Scanned images of photographs from each album, provided by the donor Thomas Weaver, can be found in the E-Archive.