The Strobridge Image Gallery

The pictures in this image gallery are from the Harold Strobridge Collection, housed in Archives and Special Collections at the Centennial Library at Cedarville University. Mr. Strobridge was a local resident who documented the activities and people of the village of Cedarville, Ohio, and the surrounding area. This gallery, which contains nearly 1,800 images, can be searched by using the search box in the right-hand sidebar and selecting "in this collection" from the search options.

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Cedarville Homecoming Parade

Note on slide: "College parade" Photo shows several people in back of red convertible pulling a float.
Cedarville Homecoming Parade

Photo shows a float being pulled by a tractor. There is a large paper mache chicken on the float.
Cedarville Homecoming Parade

Note on slide: "C. College Parade. Top of hill" Photo shows people along the street watching the parade.
Cedarville Homecoming Parade

Note on slide: "Ced. College Parade". Photo shows a red convertible with women riding on the back.
Cedarville Indian Mound

Note on back: "Cedarville Indian Mound Summer 1927"
Cedarville Lumber Company

Note on slide: "Cedarville Lumber Company"
Cedarville Lumber Yard Fire

Note on back: "Fire at Cedarville, O. Lumber yard. July 13, 1936. Martin Weimer. Russell Clemans"
Cedarville - Main Street (1939-1940)

Note on slide: "Main St. Down Town. 1939-1940"
Cedarville Map

Note on slide: "Cedarville Map - 40-50"
Cedarville Memorial Day Parade

Note on slide: "Memorial Day Parade" Photo shows an early 1900s parade in downtown Cedarville. A man is carrying a Cedarville College banner followed by a group of people.
Cedarville Memorial Day Parade

Note on slide: "Memorial Day Parade. 1921." Photo shows truck with decorations on the back on Main Street.
Cedarville Memorial Day Parade

Note on slide: "Memorial Day Parade 1921" Photo shows a small band marching by Charley Smith's barber shop.
Cedarville Memorial Day Parade

Note on slide: "Memorial Day parade. 1921." Photo shows young girls marching in downtown Cedarville.
Cedarville Methodist Church

Note on slide: "Cedarville Methodist Church." Photo shows an early view of the Methodist Church, identified in another slide as "M. E. Church".
Cedarville Methodist Church

Note on slide: "Ced.ME." Photo shows the church and the parsonage next door.
Cedarville, Ohio

Note on slide: "Old Cedarville. S. west" The Cedarville Opera House is just barely visible in the upper left corner of the picture.
Cedarville, Ohio, Downtown

Photo taken at the intersection of Main Street and Xenia Avenue. The Cedarville Township House (Opera House) is to the left.
Cedarville, Ohio, Downtown

Note on back: "down town Cedarville brick street. About 1940"
Cedarville, Ohio, Downtown

Note on back: "Down town Cedarville looking North. Jack Gordon Hardware on left. About 1925-29"
Cedarville, Ohio, Downtown (1862)

Note on slide: "Oldest picture of down town Cedarville. 1862" This is a picture of a newspaper clipping which says: "The building in the foreground at the left is what is now the Ridgway Store. Next in the yard is the now Ridgeway residence. The frame at the right, a one story, was the Boyd restaurant which burned some years ago. The two story building is the Cedar Inn. The store building was owned and occupied by J. F. Frazier. Picture taken in 1862. The boy on the horse is Kill Dunlap, then Charles Dunlap, Mrs. Charles Dunlap, then Will Weymouth and at the right is Mrs. Andrew Jackson. The man at the back of the buggy is John Reif. Note the style of the buggies, the uping block and hitching rack. The picture is owned by Mrs. H. L. Nash, Xenia"