MS-066

MS-66

 

RAYNER GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE COLLECTION

 

INTRODUCTION

 

John Allen Rayner was born on a farm outside Piqua on December 8, 1864.  He became interested in history and archaeology and spent much of his time collecting artifacts.  He wrote and published The First Century of Piqua in 1917.  Many of the photographs in that book were made from negatives in this collection.  Many of the prehistoric artifacts he collected are owned by the Piqua Historical Museum.  Mr. Rayner also served as a township clerk from 1923 until his death in October, 1929.

 

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

 

The Rayner Glass Plate Negative Collection consists of three Hollinger boxes and sixty-seven file folders.  There are ninety-five glass plate negatives in this collection.  It is divided into five series: First Century of Piqua, Relics, Canal Scenes, Identified Photos, and Miscellaneous.

 

CONTAINER LISTING

 

SERIES I             The First Century of Piqua negatives

Box 1

File

 

1

#1

Henry Kitchen

 

2

#2

John Cleever

 

3

#3

George C. Johnston

 

4

#4, #5

C.B. Jamison & E.B. Rayner

 

5

#6

Some Indian relics

 

6

#7

The Last Canal Boat

 

7

#8,#9,#10

Original Incorporation Papers

 

8

#11

Piqua Gazette -1821

 

9

#12

Colonel Johnston Monument

 

10

#13,# 14

Captain Frank A. Hardy

 

11

#15

William Betz

 

12

#16

Billy Manning

 

13

#17

Charles T. Wiltheiss

 

14

#18

Colonel Thomas B. Van Home

 

15

#19

Charles Hilliard

 

16

#20

William Scott

 

17

#21

Old Town Hall

 

18

#22

Keyt House

 

19

#23

Old Tuttle Hotel

 

20

#24

George Johnston’s powder horn

 

SERIES II  RELICS

Box 2

File

 

1

#25

lithics –arranged

 

2

#26

lithics –arranged

 

3

#27

lithics –arranged

 

4

#28

lithics –arranged

 

5

#29

lithics –arranged

 

6

#30

lithics –arranged

 

7

#31

lithics –arranged

 

8

#32,#37

lithics –arranged

 

9

#33

lithics –arranged

 

10

#34

lithics –arranged

 

11

#35

lithics –arranged

 

12

#36

lithics –arranged

 

13

#38

lithics –arranged

 

14

#39

hafted axes

 

15

#40

single worked stone

 

16

#41,#42

burial

 

SERIES III CANAL SCENES

 

Box 2

File

 

17

#50

Canal Boat Newport

 

18

#51

 

 

19

#52,#53

Boat by lock

 

20

#54

Canal Boat Newport

 

SERIES IV IDENTIFIED PHOTOS

 

Box 3

File

 

1

#43

Stove

 

2

#44

John Johnston Papers

 

3

#46

“J.F. McKinney”

 

4

#47

Matt Jones

 

5

#48,#72,#73

Jimmie Jeems

 

6

#49

Piqua Light Guard 1855

 

7

#55,#56

Billy Snyder and Furs

 

8

#57,#58

Pickawillany

 

9

#59

Johnston Farm Spring House

 

10

#60

Bowdle Shop –March 1917

 

11

#61

Haunted House –March 1917

 

12

#62

“Lorimer Bridge”

 

SERIES V  MISCELLANEOUS

 

Box 3

File

 

13

#63

Rural Scene

 

14

#64,#65

boys in river/canal

 

15

#66,#67

tree

 

16

#68,#69

man sitting by water

 

17

#70,#71

people by a house

 

18

#74,#75

people by a house

 

19

#76,#77

boys outside school

 

20

#78,#79,#80,
#81,#82,#83,#84

Scott Hunt & friend playing

 

21

#85,#86,#87,
#88,#89,#90

Outdoor scenes with people

 

22

#91,#92,#93

Portraits

 

23

#94,#95

Man in office