Description: Hercules chain made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at car wash, 1929. The location of this car wash is unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01515
Subjects: Automobiles; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: An unknown girl in Quaker costume. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07927
Subjects: Quakers; Children's clothing; Clothing and dress; Dresses
 

Description: Section of a panorama painted by Albert Ruger in the 1880's depicting an event known as the "Great Locomotive Chase" or "Andrews' Raid." In 1862, Secret Service Agent James J. Andrews led volunteer Union soldiers, mostly Ohioans, on a mission to steal a Confederate locomotive and drive from the south to the north, destroying the rail lines along the way. The mission failed shortly after it was begun and several of the captured men were hung while others were later exchanged and some escaped. This scene depicts raiders stopping to tear up tracks. William J. Knight was a private in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who participated in the raid. Knight escaped and in 1878 he began touring and giving lectures describing the raid. Ruger's panorama accompanied him for more than eighteen years. The panorama is now part of the museum collections of the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02942
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862; Ohio--History, Military--19th century; Ruger, A.; Andrews, James J., 1829-1862; Chattanooga Railroad Expedition (1862)
 

Description: Photograph showing an unidentified man posing next to a culvert, which is a drain or pipe allowing water to flow under a structure (e.g. a road). The caption beneath the photograph reads: "East End of Sagamore Creek Culvert. South of Cleveland, O." The attached description located on the back of the page reads: "PHOTOGRAPHS No's 54 and 55. SAGAMORE CREEK CULVERT, CLEVELAND. Photograph 54 shows the new structure built by the Cuyahoga County Commissioners and has a clear span of about 12 feet. Photograph 55 shows the down stream end of this culvert which occupies the portion under the canal and is in a bad condition, it being not more than 1/10 capacity of the up-stream side, as per photo 55, thereby it causes water to back up on private lands entailing considerable damage. The same should be replaced with an appropriate structure and built to conform, with the one under the county highway." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_054
Subjects: Waterworks; Rivers; Canals; Lakes & ponds; Dams; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 14 page booklet contains the text of Governor Richard F. Celeste’s State of the State Address, given on January 16, 1990. Celeste (1937-), a Democrat, served as Ohio’s governor between 1983 and 1991. As governor, he increased the state income tax by 90 percent in order to increase funding for welfare, education, and health programs. Compared to other states, Ohio’s allocated funding for such programs was very low. However, he was criticized for several executive appointments; investigations led to criminal charges and brought Celeste close to indictment. Celeste also served terms as director of the Peace Corps and ambassador to India. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3631_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Presidents and Politics; Governors
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic postcard depicting power line damage with men shoveling snow after a storm that struck Cleveland and northeastern Ohio in November 1913. The heavy snowfall was part of an early winter storm that was called "the Great Lakes Hurricane," "the Ultimate Storm" and "the Big Blow." 18 to 25 inches of snow fell in two days across northeastern Ohio, covering telephone, telegraph and electrical wires. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03882
Subjects: Natural disasters--United States; Blizzards; Winter; Snow
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Northeastern Ohio
 

Description: Blue enameled graniteware canning kettle pictured without lid, made ca. 1940-1950. Inside is a metal rack to hold the canning jars. Canning involves cooking food, sealing it in a sterilized container, and boiling the container to kill any remaining bacteria. It is designed to extend the shelf-life for many types of foods. This kettle could be used to sterilize jars both before and after filling using boiling water. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05415
Subjects: Canning and preserving; Kitchen utensils
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This cotton flag features a white minuteman surrounded by a circle of thirteen stars against a rectangular blue field. A white letter "T" is sewn on to the bottom right corner. There are silver-colored metal grommets reinforce holes along one side of the flag. The minuteman flags were awarded during World War II to factories in which 90% of the employees committed at least 10% of their wages to the purchase of war bonds. This flag flew across the Ohio River from Marietta, Ohio, at the Blaw-Knox Company in New Martinsville, West Virginia. This flag dates from 1943. The dimensions of this flag are 220 cm by 128 cm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H51984_001
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; War bonds; Textile--cotton
 

Description: Six contestants round the race track curve in the 1974 Motorcycle Races at Glen Este in Clermont County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07901
Subjects: Sports; Racing; Motorcycles
Places: Glen Este (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 195th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02177
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: A double image on a single plate glass negative showing a mother with her children. In both cases the mother is seated while the children are arranged around her. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b04_f271
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Pictured is an engraving of Squirrel Hunters crossing the Ohio River in Brown County. Squirrel Hunters were civilian men who assisted the federal government in defending Cincinnati, Ohio from Confederate attack in 1862. Their name was derived from the type of weapons they armed themselves with, which were normally used to hunt squirrels. Despite their lack of military training, they helped to defend Ohio from Confederate invasion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06215
Subjects: Civil War 1861-1865; Squirrel Hunters; Ohio--Militia;
Places: Brown County (Ohio)