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The building being used for the Buckeye Agricultural Museum was once known as Harold Cook, Inc.

Photo of Harold Freedlander, one of the founders of the Knesseth Israel Temple, in 1939 with his wife, Lois. Both Harold and Lois were instrumental in making the Knesseth Israel Temple a reality.

Photograph of pioneer home at Hale Farm

Photograph of historical actor at Hale Farm demonstrating candlemaking techniques.

This is an image of an organic product of the Green Field Farms Cooperative.

This is an image of the Green FIeld Farms Logo and "Certified" Seal.

Photograph showing the Grand Army of the Republic pledging allegiance to the flag in 1912.

The Friends of Wayne County Fair has its first annual golfing event, which acts as a fundraiser for the museum.

This is an oral history interview of Glen Grumbling, co-owner of Broken Rocks Cafe & Bakery in Wooster, Ohio. Interviewers and videographers are research assistants Sofia Biegeleisen, Abigail Blinka, Katarina Padavick, and Spencer O'Keefe. This…

William Given, who served as Wooster's judge, organized the recruitment efforts in the city when the Civil War broke out. He hosted meetings to encourage young men to join the Union Army, and later joined himself, serving as the colonel of the 102nd…

Girl hangs 4-H sign

Photograph of Gerstenslager grave showing masonic symbol.

A photo of the gazebo on the northeast corner of the square, with banners advertising events downtown

An image showing the symbol of the Grand Army of the Republic with Civil War soldiers in the background. Text at the bottom reads "Flag of Freedom, grand and glorious, 'Neath the flag we march victorious."

Photograph of a grave showing a symbol for the Grand Army of the Republic.

This piece of innovative technology from the mid-Nineteenth century was captured in a sketch by the Caldwell Atlas of 1873. It features a man cutting lodged and tangled grain with a mower from Cline, Seiberling and Co., of Doylestown, Ohio.

Front page of a pamphlet recording President Lord's Inaugural Address.

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.

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

Each year, the Friends of Wayne County Fair holds a barbecue to bring the community together and raise money for the museum. Notice the different vendors, all of which will help with funds.

Wooster's Civil War monument donated by businessman Jacob Frick in 1892. The monument also brought to Wooster a much needed public drinking fountain.

The Freedlander’s storefront changed around the 1960s and stayed in that style until its closing in 2009.

Although Freedlander’s only sold men’s clothing when it opened, the store expanded to include women’s clothing, a toy department, and a milinery section.

An advertisement for Liberty Bonds, sponsored by Freedlander's Department Store, which appeared in the Wooster Daily Republican in 1917

A Wooster Republican article (top) and a Wayne County Democrat article (bottom) reporting about Frederick Douglass' speech at Wooster's Arcadome in 1872.

This sketch from Caldwell's Atlas of 1873 shows the Fountain Hill Nursery of J. Gardner, two miles west of Orrville on the Wooster Road. As seen in the image, the nursery housed many different crops and animals side-by-side.

In the letter, President Holden thanked people for donations and informed them that they had helped meet the conditions set forth by Andrew Carnegie, which allowed the University to receive $100,000.

The tombstone of Charles Follis, nicknamed "The Black Cyclone," who was the first professional African American football player.

The first staff photo for the Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station's leading men and women, taken in 1895. The man in the middle of the front row is the first director of the OAES, Charles Thorne.

The Larwill brothers, John Bever, and William Henry laid out the town center and main streets of Wooster in 1808.