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Title, side A: John Carroll University-Founded in 1886
Title, side B: Same
Sponsors: John Carroll University and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: Administration Drive
University Heights, 44118
Location: E of the Administration Building across Administration Drive
Latitude: 41.4900527
Longitude: -81.5321852
Subjects: Avon, Farming, Ohio. General Assembly, Physicians, Universities & colleges

Title: Norton S. Townshend
Caption: Dr. Norton Strange Townshend (1815-1895) was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This picture was taken when he was a professor at the Ohio State University, ca. 1890. This cabinet card is from Baker's Art Gallery. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history (AL03129).