Description: Lulu Martin making soap, Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00033
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Lt. Col. William S. Wilson, who served with the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Before rising to his rank, he commanded Company H as a Captain. Company H was recruited from Meigs County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f13_31
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1861-1865) Company H; Military Ohio
Places: Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two children, one sitting and the older standing, pose near the porch of the house. 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_b01_f102
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Sheep shearing contest at the Ohio State Fair, 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00799
Subjects: Animals; Popular culture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Homecoming celebration after the moon landing in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Neil Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, Governor James Rhodes, Mayor Donald Wittwer, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F6_053
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two crushers made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, are shown on exhibit at the American Mining Congress in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01573
Subjects: Crushing machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio)
 

Description: Monument to first Protestant sermon in the Northwest Territory by Reverend David Zeisberger, March 14, 1771, Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00416
Subjects: Memorials--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Newcomerstown (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a tavern at Coon Island in Washington County, Pennsylvania, that served as a hiding place for fugitive slaves that had escaped from Virginia. This photograph was taken by Earle R. Forrest. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03017
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Coon Island, Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Portrait of Albert Belmont Graham at 31 years old, Springfield, Ohio, 1905. Based on his experiences as a school superintendent in rural Ohio, Graham advocated for the consolidation of rural schools and promoted agricultural education. He is best known as the founder of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs which became the 4-H organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01112
Subjects: Education
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this is a photograph of an attic in disarray in Athens County, Ohio, as identified by a caption on the reverse which reads "Athens Co. Attic." This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F14_005_001
Subjects: Attics--History; Athens (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Eva Walker on the campus at Wilberforce University. She was the wife of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, 10th president of Wilberforce University and 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Eva and Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker were the parents of Yvonne Walker-Taylor who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_C_3
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Portrait of Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), who was the ninth governor of Ohio. Morrow served from 1822 to 1826. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04012
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government