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This is an image of an Amish family.

This is an image of a corn and hay field taken at the Yoder's Amish home.

An advertisement for the one hundredth Wayne County Fair, which includes a brief history of the fair, as well as a schedule of events. The WCF was designed to be a family affair, as evidence by children having days off from school. Additionally, the…

Engraving of Adelaide Critchfield

A certificate of church membership to the German Reformed Church. According to the Wayne County Genealogy and Local History Department, in 1849 when this document was dated, the German Reformed Church referred to "Salem's Church," now known as Salem…

This is an oral history interview of Adam Nussbaum, owner of The Meatheads Union of Ohio in Wooster, Ohio. Interviewers and videographers are research assistants Sofia Biegeleisen, Abigail Blinka, Katarina Padavick, and Spencer O'Keefe. This…

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

The map shows the land used for organic production in the United States in 2007, according to the U.S. Census of Agriculture.

Naturalization record of Abraham Greenbaum, Wooster’s oldest Jewish resident.

A photo in 1904 of some of the first boys involved in Graham's clubs, formed into small teams of corn growers and tomato growers.

This sketch from Caldwell's Atlas of 1873 focuses on the farm of A.H. and B.C. Byers, located on the west side of Christmas Run south of Wayne Avenue. It was located so close to downtown Wooster that one can even see the steeples of churches in the…

Pictured here is the original wooden structure stadium built for fair attractions and events. Condemned by the state fire marshal in 1935, the Fair Board decided to build a new steel structure over it in 1936. While it seats about 1,100 people, fair…

Program from a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Jewish Community - with David Freedlander and Louis Licofsky. At the founding of the Knesseth Israel Temple in 1953, these two were thought to be the Temple’s first residents.

Photo of West Liberty Street in the 1980s, businesses shown are Barney's Menswear and Crum Drugstore

A Daily Record article describing the 2011 Wayne County farm Tour, featuring both Local Roots and South Market Bistro

A 2009 Daily Record article describing the development of the downtown "entertainment district" and Main Street Wooster's campaign to grant more restaurants liquor licenses, the first of which was Muddy Waters Cafe and Grill

A 2007 Daily Record article about the appeal of downtown lofts

A 1985 Daily Record article discussion a group of Wooster business men, who proposed to build a large shopping complex with an attached parking garage as a means of saving the downtown economy

A 1975 Daily Record article discussing the razing of Second Baptist in preparation for the construction of a new church building

1968 Rubbermaid advertisement depicting a women scooping flour from a "space-saving cannister"

This 1964 Daily Record article, featuring an interview with Reverend Adams, in which he discusses his goals for the new church

A Daily Record article entitled, "Housing is Rated Number One Problem of Wooster's Negroes," discussing the prevalence of housing discrimination in Wooster

A 1964 Daily Record article entitled, "Wooster Negro Buys a Home - Ten Year Story Has a Happy Ending," that tells the story of Richard "Dick" Morrison Jr. and his struggle to buy a home in Wooster

1962 Daily Record article celebrating the 50th anniversary of Dick Morrison's barber shop

1950 Rubbermaid advertisement with the slogan "to lighten & brighten your housework"

An advertisement for the 1923 Wayne County Fair. We are able to see that while livestock is still the most prevalent attraction, cars are becoming popular. (It should be noted that before World War II, cars were an extravagance, so an auto show was…

This map from the 1920 Census of Agriculture highlights the importance of agriculture in Ohio before the Great Depression, when that much of the state's land was used for agriculture.

This map from the 1920 Census of Agriculture shows that most of Ohio's land was in use for agriculture before the Great Depression.

This 1918 Wooster Daily Republican article states that an elderly Wooster woman was arrested for "pro-German talk," and later released with a warning.