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Louis Baus Collection
Description: This is a photograph of a gazebo at Woodland Avenue Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, 1880, from the collection of Louis Baus. Woodland Cemetery was the main public cemetery in Cleveland for over 50 years, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Louis Baus, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of over one thousand photographs mounted in eleven albums, showing historic Cleveland, the village of Zoar and Ohio covered bridges and mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B02_A05_487
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Cemeteries; Funeral rites and ceremonies
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)