Description: Completed in 1805 by Zachariah DeWitt, this two-story log homestead is the oldest building in Oxford Township and one of the oldest remaining log structures in Ohio. Located on Miami University land and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it has been under the care of the Oxford Museum Association since 1973. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07520
Subjects: National Register of Historic Places; Land settlement--Ohio; Log cabins;
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph shows the site of Major John Mills grave in Greenville, Ohio. Mills was a part of General Anthony Wayne's soldiers in the Revolutionary War. In late 1793, Wayne ordered the construction of Fort Greene Ville, named for his friend and comrade in the American Revolution Nathaniel Greene. Wayne's army was marching against Native Americans along the Maumee River. Wayne sought to punish the natives for St. Clair's Defeat in 1791. The fortification was located roughly five miles north of Fort Jefferson at what is now Greenville, Ohio. The fort had walls that were ten feet high, and the stockade enclosed roughly fifty acres of land. Wayne used Fort Greene Ville as his encampment during the winter of 1793-1794 and as a staging area and supply depot for his attacks against the natives in 1794. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F05_015_001
Subjects: Cemeteries; Graves; Memorial rites and ceremonies
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts men and women working behind their homes in Depression relief gardens, which were promoted by the federal government in order to relieve households of the economic pinch of the Great Depression by providing more food as well as work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F87_015
Subjects: Great Depression; Gardening; Agricultural laborers
 

Description: A hand-written letter to Ada Young from her daughter “Kikik,” describing to her mother the activities at school since the other pupils was on Holiday. Her father, Col. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. In 1918, after being forced into retirement, due to health concerns, he rode on horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio to Washington D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American women; Horses; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Photograph showing the pool and recreation area at Longview State Hospital, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Longview State Hospital, originally called the Cincinnati Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, was established by the professors and administrators of the Cincinnati Medical College as a treatment and residence center for the mentally ill. The hospital underwent several name changes over the years. From 1822 to 1851 it was known as the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum. Beginning in 1859 it was called the Longview Asylum and later the Longview State Hospital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV61_B1F2_008
Subjects: Longview Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio); Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio--Cincinnati; Swimming;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This paper book bound in fabric contains 'Volkskalendar' materials. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8420
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Books
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a young man wearing a hat and short pants, holding a Daisy Air Rifle and standing by his dog. A marking on the negative reads: "AJ Huffman Mt Zion WVA April 25, 1902." 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: AL06640
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Dogs; Children; Clothing and dress
Places: Mt. Zion (West Virginia)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Pike County Courthouse. During the 1830s a local citizen swayed voters to move the county seat of Pike County from Piketon to Waverly, and subsequently a new courthouse was constructed from 1865 to 1866. The eclectic two-story brick building was placed in the city's business district. A later three-story addition in 1909 significantly increased the front of the building whose main feature is a large Palladian window. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_395
Subjects: Courthouses; arches;
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio); 100 E. 2nd
 

Description: A view of the Netherland Plaza Hotel at night, from the block bounded by Fifth, Race, Sixth and Elm Sts., downtown Cincinnati. Colby shoes, Grayson and Lerner shops visible in foreground. Located 35 W 5th St., downtown Cincinnati, currently the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. The Art Deco complex by Walter W. Ahlschlager and William Delano, comprised the Netherland Plaza Hotel, the Carew Office Tower and the Emery Arcade. The ground level shopping arcade, which served as the main lobby of the complex, spanned the distance of a city block, connecting to the offices on one end and the hotel on the other. Conceived by civic leader John J. Emery, Jr to revive the downtown area as a city center, the complex took the place of an Emery hotel, an Emery shopping arcade, and a popular department store. The structure was constructed and decorated in a little over a year, and completed in 1931 during the Great Depression. Designated National Historic Landmark, 1994-82003578. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_014
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ahlschlager, Walter W.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 324th Field Artillery Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 96 cm high by 120 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 324th U.S. Field Artillery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02274
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918
 

Description: This is an image of a black and brown, iron and wood gouge. This gouge is convex shaped and has a handle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73391
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment; Cutting tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General James Birdseye McPherson, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. He fought at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Atlanta. During the Battle of Atlanta, he was killed while trying to escape skirmishers attempting to capture him. He was the highest-ranked Union officer killed during the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_25
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Clyde (Ohio)