Daniel J. Ransohoff Collection

Daniel J. Ransohoff Collection

Daniel J. Ransohoff was a native Cincinnatian who began his career as a documentary photographer. After a stint in the Navy, he returned to Cincinnati to pursue a dual career as a social worker for Family Service of the Cincinnati area, the Community Chest, and the United Way (United Appeal) and as an associate professor of community planning at the University of Cincinnati.

Two unidentified men, n.d.
Daniel J. Ransohoff Collection, Photo SC#22, Box 1.
Cincinnati Historical Society Library, Cincinnati Museum Center.

Ransohoff's collection of over 25,000 prints and negatives documents urban housing, economic, social, and health conditions, children, the elderly, families, and the agencies which try to alleviate the conditions. The collection covers the years 1934 to 1981. The negatives have been reproduced on microfiche, and the prints are arranged by subject. A finding aid for the collection is available in the library. View catalog record Request this

Unidentified woman and baby, n.d.
Daniel J. Ransohoff Collection, Photo SC#22, Box 6.
Cincinnati Historical Society Library, Cincinnati Museum Center.