Title	Lawn-rolling for tennis
Subject	Ottawa County (Ohio) Other--Family History Gibraltar Island (Ohio) Games Lawns
Time Period	1880s
Place	Gibraltar Island (Ohio) Ottawa County (Ohio)
Description	Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Jay Cooke III and Edward Lewis rolling the lawn in preparation to play tennis, on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1889. Reverend Henry Cooke looks on from under the tree. Henry Cooke was the son of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility.
Creator	Reverend Henry Cooke (Photographer)
Date of Original	ca. 1889
Collection	Jay Cooke Family Collection
Source	P 117; Box 2, Folder 4C
Format	Picture Photographic Print (Black and White)
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
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
File Name	AL05440.tif
Image Height	2758
Image Width	2758
File Size	14805168 Bytes
Date created	2011-08-03

Lawn-rolling for tennis

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