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, Ohio, Downtown (1908)

Note on slide: "Cedarville Down Town. 1908" The slide is a photo of a picture that appeared in a newspaper. Betty Lewis provided the paper with the picture.
Cedarville, Ohio, Downtown (c1928-29)

Note on back: "Down town Cedarville looking north. Jack Gordon Hardware on left. About 1928-29"
Cedarville, Ohio, Drug Store

Note on slide: "N.W. Corner of Main and Xenia Ave." Photo shows a drug store with horse and wagon tied to hitching post outside.
Cedarville, Ohio, East Street Bridge

Note on back: "East Street Bridge - West Side. You could drive your car or wagon clear under the bridge. water was about 2 feet deep. HWS."
Cedarville, Ohio, East Street Bridge

Note on back: "East Street - east side. This side of bridge was Cedarville's first car wash. There would be a line of cars on Sunday morning waiting to wash their cars. It was also used by farmers to drive their wagons into the water to make the wooden wheels swell and tighten the metal tire on the wheel. HWS"
Cedarville, Ohio, East Street Bridge

Note on back: "East St. Bridge. Cedarville, O. 1940"
Cedarville, Ohio, Exchange Bank

Note on back: " Old Ced. Exchange Bank-moved to New building . Xenia Ave. and Main St. 1923"
Cedarville, Ohio, Exchange Bank and Evans Restaurant

Note on slide: "Exchange Bank building and Evans Restaurant." Photo shows the building that housed these two businesses.
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Photo shows snow-covered street with horse-drawn buggies and a sleigh.
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "E. Main St. East to west." Photo taken from street next to the old post office looking across Main Street to the Exchange Bank.
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "Main St. North. Cedarville."
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "Main St. 1935. McMillan-Funeral Home 32 Cadillac"
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "Main Street Cedarville 1930's"
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "West side of main street."
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "Main St. 1940-42." Photo shows a clothing store business, a Coca Cola sign, and a "We serve standard ice cream" sign.
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "Main St. looking south. Before 1924 gravel street" The photographer was standing on Main Street near the intersection with Cedar Street.
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "Stop sign in the center of Main Street"
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on back: "Main St. looking South about 1950-51"
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

Note on slide: "Main St. Top of IOOF bld." Photo shows an early 1900s photo of downtown Cedarville taken from on top of a building.
Cedarville, Ohio, Main Street

This photomontage was created by an unknown person from a series of 22 photographs of buildings on the east side of Main Street in Cedarville, Ohio. The photographs, although not all taken at the same time, were probably taken in 1930, as the movie that was showing at the Cedarville Opera House, Parade of the West with Ken Maynard, was released in 1930. The photomontage measures 72" x 2½".