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IAN_1948_Lamplighters Fair Stand.jpg
Photograph of the Lamplighters Social Club stand at the fair in 1948.

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St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church parochial school's class photo taken in 1912.

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World War I portrait of Venanzo Tomassetti, a member of Company D, 146th Infantry, 37th Ohio Division.

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Photograph of Massaro Avenue, taken in the "East End" neighborhood.

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Photograph of the DiGiacomo building.

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Photograph showing the KKK marching from E Liberty Street onto S Market

Rev. Kevin Franklin on Early Divisions in the German Religious Community.mp3
The Reverend of Trinity United Church of Christ, Dr. Kevin Franklin, talks about early divisions in Wooster's German community.

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An illustration from an 1861 edition of Timothy Shay Arthur's 1854 temperance drama, Ten Nighs in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There. This story was presented in play form in the Quinby Opera House at the height of Wooster's activity in the temperance…

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Engraving of Adelaide Critchfield

Ed Abramson on his Father Coming to America.m4v
Ed Abramson, the historian of the Knesseth Israel Temple, recounts his father's long journey to Wooster from Russia amidst the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

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A Systems Map of the operational Baltimore & Ohio railways during World War II.

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The exterior of the Buckeye Agricultural Museum and Education Center shows that the building is still in development.

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Plaque on Knesseth Israel Temples door, detailing the founding of the Temple

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The facade of Knesseth Israel Temple on Cleveland Road, with the front sign in view

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Photo of the Barnhart Rice Homestead, currently located on the OARDC campus.

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Photo of the Simon Rice Home, now the headquarters of the police at OARDC.

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In the interior lobby of the Trinity United Church of Christ stands the original facade of the church.

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This is what the Trinity United Church of Christ, a congregation that merged the Evangelical Lutherans and English Reformed Church in 1953, looks like today.

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Photo of the front of Salem Lutheran Church, one of the oldest German Lutheran congregations in Wooster.

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Plaque outside of the Salem Lutheran Church stating that the congregation was founded in 1828 by Reverend Weygandt.

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Modern photo of August Imgard's house, the man credited with bringing the Christmas tree to Wooster. The building is now the rectory of St. Mary's Church.

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Photo taken across the street from the remnants of Jacob's Lutheran Church, featuring the junction signs.

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Photo of the Jacob's Lutheran Cemetery and Foundation in Franklin Township.

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John Larwill was among the first surveyors and also holds the title of constructing the house in Wooster, which once stood in a space now occupied by a paint store.

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Photo of a plaque by the door of the Knesseth Israel Temple commemorate the cornerstone of the building in 1950.
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