Description: "King of Tompkins County Apple" is an illustration from "The Specimen Book of Fruits, Flowers and Ornamental Trees. Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature for the Use of Nurserymen" (Rochester: D.M. Dewey, 1872). The image is of a bright red apple with leaves and a broken stem set against an off-white background. The words "M. Dewey's Series colored from nature" are printed in the lower left corner; in the lower right corner is printed "American Fruits and Flowers." Penciled notations include "1/4" "W" and "g." Dellon Marcus Dewey (1819-1889) was a bookseller and publisher in Rochester, New York. He recognized an opportunity in the booming horticulture industry of the mid- to late 1800s. Beginning in the late 1850s Dewey produced "plates," brightly colored illustrations of fruits, flowers, and ornamental trees. Traveling sales representatives from nurseries used these plates to market their company's products to consumers. By the 1870s Dewey began compiling portfolios and custom plate books and portfolios for customers. He employed a staff of artists and other workers to create the images. In 1888 Dewey merged his company with Rochester Lithographing and Printing Company, a firm noted for its expertise in chromolithography. Dewey died late the following year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05787
Subjects: Dewey, Dellon Marcus, 1819-1889; Nurseries (Horticulture)--Catalogs; Trade catalogs; Botany
Places: Rochester (New York)
 

Description: On this engraved silver medal awarded by the Ohio State Fair in 1856, raised letters read: "The Ohio State Board of Agriculture Awarded to D. Kelley for Best Collection of different varieties of seed corn. Wm. H. Ladd, Pres. 1856." The award features the seal of Ohio and a Greek woman as decorative elements. The medal measures 2 inches (5.1 cm) in diameter. The Ohio State Fair was an important opportunity for farmers to promote their crops and livestock and to learn about advances in agricultural machinery. The first state fair was held in Cincinnati in 1850. In the ten years that followed, Newark, Sandusky, Zanesville and Cleveland hosted the fair, before it settled permanently in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1469_1534142_001
Subjects: Agriculture; Arts and entertainment; Medals; Expositions and fairs; Ohio State Fair
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the birthplace of Governor William Bebb and the Ohio Historical Marker denoting the site. It was here that William Bebb was born on December 8, 1802, the first white child born in Butler County west of the Great Miami River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06841
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio--Politics and government; Historic sites Ohio; Historical Marker
Places: Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: The is a photograph of a painting of Guidon of the 9th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. The flag is a swallowtail flag with a square blue field with 34 stars. These stars represent the states in the Union at the beginning of the Civil War. It was painted by Rob Needham. The 9th Volunteer Cavalry was formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1861 of primarily men of German descent. They fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. They were mustered out in 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02330
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military flags; Communication artifact; Ceremonial artifact
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Fayette County courthouse. It was built between 1882 and 1885 by architect David Gibbs in an eclectic architectural style, features of which included an arched entrance, pedimented pavilion, and central belfry surmounted by a statue of Justice. Renowned for its Willard murals located outside the entrance to the courtroom, the mural's themes of electricity, telegraphy, and mail represent the early progress of Fayette County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_137
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio); 110 E. Court
 

Description: Soldiers of the 37th U.S. Army Division at a dance at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1941. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08606
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; United States, Army, Infantry Division, 37th
Places: Camp Shelby (Mississippi)
 

Description: Farms are home to a large number of animals, and domestic animals are often free to roam the grounds. Here a kitten has wandered to a fence and is being licked by a young calf, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1968. Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B01_F03_JPG003
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Beef cattle; Livestock; Cats
Places: Phoenix (Arizona)
 

Description: The United States flag has 44 stars and was flown from 1896 to 1908. The colors are red, white and blue. The dimensions are 130 by 240 cm and the fabric is wool. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65440_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Stars and Stripes; Communication artifacts; Ceremonial artifact
 

Description: Parade down Auglaize Street celebrating Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F1_053
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph from the collection of Louis Baus showing the Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio, a branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, whose headquarters were at No. 95 Bank Street, Cleveland, Ohio. The Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio operated under the auspices of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, but originally grew out of the Ladies' Aid Society, organized in Cleveland in 1861. The LAS merged with other area charities to form the Soldiers' Aid Society, and worked to provide medical care, clothing, supplies and food to Union soldiers during the Civil War. Louis Baus, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B01_A02_107
Subjects: Cities and towns; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers--Ohio;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governor James A. Rhodes on the floor of the House Chamber in the Ohio Statehouse, January 5, 1971. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00561
Subjects: Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard illustrating Princess Red Feather. Born Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone, Princess Red Feather was of Cherokee descent and became a famous mezzo-soprano opera singer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F84_A_1
Subjects: Indians of North America; Native American history and society; Musicians; Singers; Cherokee Indians