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Zoar Greenhouse and Garden Photographs

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Title	Zoar Greenhouse and Garden Photographs
Subject	Religion in Ohio Immigration and Ethnic Heritage Society of Separatists of Zoar Communal Societies Greenhouses Gardens
Place	Zoar (Ohio) Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
Description	These three photographs depict the gardens and greenhouse that were kept by the Society of Separatists of Zoar. The first photograph shows two women visitors to Zoar inside a small, glass greenhouse that stood on the east end of the garden. The second image shows two women strolling in the garden. A group of men and boys tending another garden are shown in the final photograph. All three images measure 5" x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm). The Society of Separatists of Zoar were a group of German religious dissenters who immigrated to Ohio in 1817. Finding it difficult to make ends meet on their own, they formed a communal society in 1819 in which all members shared equally. After a few hard years, the group became solvent by helping build seven miles of the Ohio and Erie Canal, which passed through their lands. The canal enabled them to get their produce to market and allowed them to be financially successful. The Zoarites manufactured much of what they needed themselves. The village of Zoar, named for the Biblical city that Lot fled to from Sodom and Gomorrah, included grist mills, a wool factory, iron furnaces, a tannery, a foundry, garden, and store. After leader Joseph Bimeler (1778-1853) died, however, the group experienced a slow decline, since no one could match his business or spiritual leadership. Tourism helped keep the community afloat for a while, but in 1898, the society disbanded and its assets were divided.
Date of Original	1888; 1892; 1895 - 1900 circa; No Date
Collection	Society of Separatists of Zoar Collection http://www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/ohiopix/
Source	Audiovisual material; P 365; AL00861, AL00859, AL00860
Format	picture
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
Date created	2010-06-04

Title	Om395_1088673_004
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om395_1088673_004.tif
Image Height	1805
Image Width	2769
File Size	467.849 KB
Date created	2009-01-22

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