Vintage photos: Unearthed images reveal Northeast Ohio around 1900

A worker carries a load of crates on a horse-drawn wagon labeled the Ohio Injector Co., a Wadsworth company that manufactured locomotive injectors at the turn of the 20th century.

The Silver Lake Park dance pavilion, dining hall and boat landing are pictured about 1900 in Ohio.

The Mayflower of 1900, a steamboat at Silver Lake Park in Ohio, awaits passengers for a summer excursion.

The Kent depot is among the railroad-themed images discovered in a collection of glass plate negatives from Northeast Ohio. This photo is from the late 1890s or early 1900s.

Holding an oil can, a soot-covered engineer blends in with Locomotive No. 1471 in this Ohio photograph from around 1900. A train buff will know the name of the railroad line.

Are these your ancestors? A newspaper headline is used to document the date of a family portrait in Northeast Ohio. Unfortunately, we can't tell if it's the Akron Press or Cleveland Press, and can't figure out the date.

Where is this beautiful house with the gingerbread trim? Notice the woman and toddler in rocking chairs on the porch. This is from the turn of the 20th century.

Perhaps this is the view from the second floor of the home in the preceding photograph? It's circa 1900 from Northeast Ohio.

Yet another view of the same home. It looks like a new wall is going up. Does this house still stand in Northeast Ohio after 125 years?

Men relax outside a hardware store circa 1900 in Ohio. The name A.H. Scoville appears to be painted on a window. Where is this?

Four women take a portrait circa 1900 in Northeast Ohio. Gee, those long dresses and high collars look uncomfortable.

This building looks so familiar, but we can't place it. Is it a church, a school or a town hall? Note the bell tower and American flag. This was taken at the turn of the 20th century.

All is quiet at the Tallmadge depot about 1900. The train schedule is posted out front. This was also a Western Union telegraph office.

Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail Road crew members pose for a photo in the early 20th century. The engine is No. 81.

The front porch is awfully crowded at this Ohio hotel situated along railroad tracks circa 1900. The painted letters at the top appear to say MOREHEAD HOUSE, which indicates this could be Creston in Wayne County. If so, that building was destroyed by a fire in 1912.

J.J. Uplinger offers groceries, provisions and dry goods circa 1900. There is even a post office. Where was this general store in Ohio?

Plows, tobacco and soap are among the goods advertised at this Ohio store circa 1900. Does anyone recognize the location?

A photographer captures a group portrait circa 1900 in Ohio. We don't know the names, but we admire the clothes. The gentleman at right looks really tall.

A woman in a fine hat shows off her bicycle in this home portrait from the late 1890s or early 1900s.

This is the Wadsworth depot circa 1900 in Ohio. The young men appear to enjoy having their picture taken. The depot was torn down in 1981.

A train rumbles past a crossing around 1900 in Ohio.

Snow collects on a sidetracked engine circa 1900 in Ohio. We bet a train buff can tell us more about it.

The image is warped, but we can still admire this summer scene from the turn of the 20th century. There's a band in the pavilion. Who knows where this was taken?

Where were the Mattie Mitchell Co. and the Torrent Pump Co.? Ohio sign painters must have kept busy in the early 1900s.