Description: The original description reads: "Fleischmann's Gardens-This view shows the lily pool at Fleischmann's Gardens, which was the original site of the home of the Fleischmann family, of yeast-manufacturing fame. These botanical gardens, which were donated to the City of Cincinnati by the heirs of the Fleischmann estate, are noted locally for their seasonal display of tulips and dahlias. Location: Forest and Washington Avenues, Avondale." This four-acre park features beautifully landscaped gardens and the largest ginkgo tree in the state. On the site of the home of Charles Fleischmann, founder of the Fleischmann Yeast Company, the park was given to the city in 1925 by his heirs and expanded in 1976. The Washington Avenue entrance is marked by ornamental iron gates topped with an old-fashioned gaslight fixture. A stone path flanked by holly trees leads down steps to an evergreen maze. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F09_011_1
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Catherine S. Zint machine pieced and hand tied this wool comforter between 1890 and 1910. She and her husband operated Zint's Home Restaurant in Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio, during that time. She pieced both the log cabin blocks and the strip blocks on cotton foundations, some of which was mattress ticking. The backing is made of red/orange cotton. The comforter is tied with cream thread. The edges are finished without binding in a knife-edge (top and bottom fabrics turned under and sewn to each other). It is 164cm x 175cm (65 x 69 inches). This comforter is a good example of using sturdy, heavy wool fabric of the period to make a utilitarian quilt that looks very contemporary. The top and back are showing wear-and-tear from daily use and age. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3459_6643189_001
Subjects: Daily life; Quilts; Textiles
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery A. This silk Stars and Stripes guidon with gold fringe was taken into battle by Battery C of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. Its blue canton once bore 35 stars in a grid of 5 columns and 7 rows but has since been torn away. Its fourth red stripe holds the remnants gold lettering which read: 1st Ohio Artillery Battery, A. The regiment was called upon April 21, 1861 in a letter to Colonel James Barnett from the Governor, William Dennison. Each Battery of the 1st has its own history and operated independently in battle. Their initial appointment was for three months, though most served an additional campaign for three to five years. Battery A was quickly appointed to another 3 year campaign at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati and mustered into service on September 9, 1861. Major engagements in which the battery took part include Mill Springs, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea. The battery was mustered out at Camp Cleveland on June 15, 1865. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02313
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865; 1st Regiment, Battery A, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; Statehouse--Ohio;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Protestors demonstrating against the Ku Klux Klan and Apartheid on the steps of City Hall, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1980-1989. This photograph was taken by a photographer for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. After a period of decline during the Jim Crow years, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) emerged again during the 1910s. This reversal was partly due to the Great Migration, when hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to the North, seeking jobs in the North's industrialized cities, including many cities in Ohio. The Ku Klux Klan was especially strong in Ohio during the 1910s and 1920s. In Summit County the Klan claimed to have fifty thousand members, making it the largest local chapter in the United States. By the mid 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan began to decline in popularity, but saw a revival once again during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Ku Klux Klan continues to exist in the twenty-first century. It is, however, at present quite small in both numbers and influence. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01090
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Social movements; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Demonstrations; Ku Klux Klan (1915- );
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Parade of moving vans, Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio Historical Society." This photograph is a reproduction of a photograph from an unknown period. It depicts a caravan of moving 'vans' , or horse drawn wagons. A sign on the first wagon reads: "General Cartage & Storage Co., Moving, Packing, Storage." Behind the wagons is the George Worthington Company hardware store, located at 820 Saint Clair Avenue. Generating annual revenues in excess of $1 million within a few years of its founding in 1829, the George Worthington Co. constantly required relocation to larger facilities. In 1882, the hardware wholesale turned industrial supply company moved into its last building on 820 St. Clair Avenue. Designed by the Cleveland architectural firm of Cuddell and Richardson, The George Worthington Building is noted as a "highly decorative brick structure notable for its unusually wide window bays grouped in two multi-story arched ranks, a brick cornice, recessed spandrels and finials." Having fallen into disrepair in the later half of the 20th century, the George Worthington Building was rehabilitated as modern loft apartments in 1996 on what is today Worthington Square, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as well as being a Cleveland Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_07_01
Subjects: Moving, Household United States; Caravans of covered wagons; Geo. Worthington Company; Worthington, Geo., Company, Cleveland;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This cotton banner features a red Latin Cross, a sword, and a shield. The shield displays a red Swedish St. George's Cross against a black and white ascending diagonal division (Ginstyckad). Generally recognized as the cross of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, it was adopted in 1928 by the King of Sweden (red St George's cross with triangular arms). More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65408_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Textile--cotton; St. George --Sweden; Christianity; Coat of Arms
 

Description: National colors of the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Text on flag reads: Silver C[?] Britton's [?] Port Gibson. Raymond. Jackson. Champion. Presented by the Ladies of Brown Co. to the 4th O.V.C. Co. Big Black Br[idge]. Vicksburg. Resacca. Dallas. Kenesaw. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01849
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Inscription reads: "William Medill, born New Castle County Del. AD. 1802. Removed to Ohio and commenced practice of law in Lancaster, 1830. During a long and honorable life, he was widely known as a distinguished citizen and able statesman, having held the important public trusts of Member of the Legislature, Speaker of the House, Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, and President of that body, Lieut. Gov. Speaker of the Senate and Governor of the State, Four years in Congress, Assistant Post Mas. General, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Comptroller of U.S. Treasury, all of which were administered with signal success. In private life he was kind, courteous and honorable while the purity of his public character was illustrated by preeminent ability, strict integrity, and devotion to the public good." William Medill's monument, in the shape of an obelisk, is located in Elmwood Cemetery in Lancaster. Medill was a dedicated public servant and held the following posts during his illustrious career: Member of the Ohio Legislature from 1835 - 1838; Democrat for Ohio's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1839 -1843; Assistant Post Master General of Ohio in 1845; Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1845 - 1850, under President James K. Polk; Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1850; President of the Ohio State Constitutional Convention in 1850; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1852, under Governor Reuben Wood; Acting Governor of Ohio, serving a six months beginning on July 13, 1853 when Wood resigned to become the U.S. Consulate to Chile; Governor of Ohio (22nd) from 1853 - 1856; First Comptroller of the United States Treasury in 1857 - 1861; and other posts as mentioned in the inscription above. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_054
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio; Obelisks; Governors--Ohio; Ohio. House of Representatives; United States. Postmaster General; United States. First Comptroller of the Treasury; Medill, William, 1802-1865
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Ellen 'Nellie' Scroggins Tocus, grandmother of Hallie Q. Brown. Hallie Quinn Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B10F05_C
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American Educators; African American women; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute
Places: Tuskegee (Alabama); Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Save Your Cans," a War Production Board poster promoting governmental recycling during World War II, ca. 1940-1945. This style of poster was aimed at promoting conservation of resources during World War II by showing civilians how they could contribute to the war effort through their everyday activities. The graphic of the poster shows food cans turning into ammunition being used by soldiers, and underneath the illustration the text reads "Prepare your tin cans for war 1. Remove tops and bottoms 2 Take off paper labels 3 Wash thoroughly 4 Flatten firmly." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04755
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: 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_B14_F736
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Families
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Alexander McDonald estate in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. Alexander and his brother James settled in Cincinnati in the late 1860s and played a prominent role in the petroleum industry by establishing the Consolidated Tank Line Company. In 1890, they exchanged their stock in the Consolidated Tank Line Company for stock in the Standard Oil Company and Alexander McDonald became president of the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky. In the nineteenth century, mansions with set in extensive park land, woodlands, and gardens were built in this area. The McDonald mansion was designed by Samuel Hannaford in the later part of the 19th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F08_001_1
Subjects: Mansions--Ohio; Federal Writers' Project; Oil industry; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)