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8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of a roll of paper in transit on the paper chute in the Akron Beacon Journal Building at the corner of East Market and Summit streets in Akron, Ohio. The print is mounted on linen that is bound in a green softcover album with 23 other photographs of the building. The cover is embossed in gold with the wording "Dwight P. Robinson & Company, Incorporated, Engineers and Constructors." The front cover is detached.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the paper chute at the Akron Beacon Journal Building at the corner of East Market and Summit streets in Akron, Ohio. The print is mounted on linen that is bound in a green softcover album with 23 other photographs of the building. The cover is embossed in gold with the wording "Dwight P. Robinson & Company, Incorporated, Engineers and Constructors." The front cover is detached.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight sitting at his desk and holding papers in his office at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight sitting at his desk in his office at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio holding a folder and looking at the photographer.

3 x 4.75 in. black and white tintype of a studio shot of John S. Knight as a boy posing in a sailor outfit. The tintype is inserted in a decorative orange and cream paper mat.

7.5 X 11 in. sepia toned photographic print of a profile potrait of Charles Landon "C.L." Knight, John S. Knight's father. The print is mounted to a parchment card stock and attached to a brown tri-fold paper enclosure with tissue paper covering the photograph.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) with an unidentified group of people at a cocktail party, probably at the historic Knickerbocker Building in Times Square in New York City. Knight and his associate are wearing paper hats made out of copies of the New York Post newspaper.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) standing with Roy A. Roberts (left) and an unidentified man. Roberts was managing editor, president, editor and general manager of The Kansas City Star who guided the paper during its influential period during the presidencies of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) talking with Roy A. Roberts (left) and an unidentified man. Roberts was managing editor, president, editor and general manager of The Kansas City Star who guided the paper during its influential period during the presidencies of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

14 x 16 in. sepia toned photograph print of Charles Landon "C.L." Knight sitting at a desk and smoking a pipe as he writes on a piece of paper. The signature at the bottom of the photograph reads "Sincerely your friend, Charles L. Knight"

16 x 19 in. sepia toned photograph print of Charles Landon "C.L." Knight sitting at a desk and smoking a pipe as he writes on a piece of paper.

3 x 4 in. sepia toned photographic print of John S. Knight as a child standing on a porch holding a ball. The print is glued and taped to a black piece of paper that appears to have been cut out of a scrapbook or photograph album.

6 x 9 in. black and white photographic print of Charles Landon "C.L." Knight sitting at a desk and smoking a pipe as he writes on a piece of paper.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) standing in a crowd holding a drink and the the hand of an African-American gentleman wearing a large paper-mache head at an event, possibly the Inter-American Press Association Conference in Miami Beach, Florida in November of 1963. Knight wears a name tag that says "Miami Herald" with a ribbon that says "host."

3 x 3.75 in. sepia toned photographic print of John S. Knight as a boy playing with a dog while two unidentified children sit on the steps in the background. The print is mounted to tan paper that appears to have come from a scrapbook or photograph album.

3 x 3.75 in. sepia toned photographic print of John S. Knight as a boy playing with a dog and a ball while an unidentified child sitd on ground in the background. The print is mounted to tan paper that appears to have come from a scrapbook or photograph album.

Papers regarding Akron Convention Bureau

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) speaking to then former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Chairman E.J. Thomas as their wives, Betty Knight and Mildred Thomas, speak together in the background at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in.black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) presenting the 1980 John S. Knight Awards to James Cea (center) and Robert Mitchin (right), both of the Circulation Department of the Akron Beacon Journal, for low net and low gross, repectively. The photograph was taken in John S. Knight's office at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Betty Knight at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) posing with Akronite Elizabeth M. "Libby" Sammeth (1923-1984).

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) posing with Akron Beacon Journal employees and John S. Knight Award recipients (from left to right) Martha Lipford, Sandi Hill (women's bowling), James Cea, and Robert Mitchin (men's golf).

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) posing with the winners of the 1980 John S. Knight Award for women's bowling, which include Akron Beacon Journal employees Martha "Cookie" Lipford (right) of the Accounting Department for Hi Handicap and Sandi Hall (left) of the Classifieds Department for Hi Actual. The photograph was taken in John S. Knight's office at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. color photographic print of the Fourth Estate Stables horse racing team at Gulfstream Park horse race track in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Pictured in the photographs are the owners of the second and third place winners of the race, Painted Shield and Count Prospector, repectively, Baltimore, Maryland businessman and millionaire Harry Meyerhoff and his wife Teresa (misspelled on the image as Tersa) and their oldest son, Tom. Also pictured are trainer Jack J. Weipert and Donald Alan “Don” Brumfield, an American jockey from Kentucky. During his thirty-five-year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1996. Fourth Estate Stables was owned by John S. Knight and his friend and partner Marshall Field who purchased and breed horses and raced them at numerous races around the country.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the crowd watching John S. Knight accept the 1975 Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio. Betty Knight, Mildred Thomas, and E.J. Thomas can be seen sitting in the front row on the left.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) shaking hands with an unidentified man at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) posing with Akronite Elizabeth M. "Libby" Sammeth (1923-1984).

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of a plaque dedicated to John S. Knight for his "service to mankind in all walks of life" from the citizens of Akron, Ohio. The plaque was given to him at a testamonial dinner honoring his 50 years in journalism held at the Sheraton Hotel in Akron, Ohio on November 16, 1964.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Betty Knight, her husband John S. Knight, Mildred Thomas, and her huband E.J. Thomas at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Betty Knight, her husband John S. Knight, Mildred Thomas, and her huband E.J. Thomas at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) speaking with an unidentified woman at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight speaking to the crowd from behind a podium during the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) speaking with an unidentified man at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of two unidentified men at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight and his wife Betty Knight at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Betty Knight (left) speaking with two unidentified people at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio. Akron landmarks Loew's Theatre and the Mayflower Hotel can be seen in the background.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) speaking to a group of unidentified men at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) John S. Knight, his wife Betty Knight, E.J. Thomas, and his wife Mildred Thomas seated in the front row at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) speaking with two unidentified men at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) and retired Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Chairman E.J. Thomas (left) holding the 1975 Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award that was just awared to John S. Knight. The men stand in Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio where the awards ceremony took place.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) speaking with an unidentified man while other unidentified people converse in the background during the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Betty Knight (left) speaking with her son, Charles Landon Knight II, and two unidentified people at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio. Akron landmarks Loew's Theatre and the Mayflower Hotel can be seen in the background.

5 x 7 in. black and white photographic print of a portrait of John S. Knight at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony at Cascade Plaza in downton Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight and his wife Betty Knight at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (second from right) presenting the John S. Knight Trophy to the 1978 winner Jim Shearer (right) with two unidentified men.

8x10 in. black and white photograph of John S. Knight presenting the John S. Knight Trophy awarded to Jim Shearer in 1978

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) posing with the 1978 John S. Knight Trophy with an unidentified man.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) presenting the John S. Knight Trophy to the 1978 winner Jim Shearer.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Betty Knight, her husband John S. Knight, Mildred Thomas, and her huband E.J. Thomas at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) presenting the John S. Knight Trophy to the 1978 winner Jim Shearer (right) with an unidentified man.