Description: This photograph shows the exterior northwest corner of the State Office Building (now the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1935. A car is parked on the street next to the building. The tower-like structure (or pylon) that dominates the photograph is a tribute to the pioneers of the Northwest Territory. A carved bas-relief sculpture above the tall inset window shows a group of figures surrounding what appears to be a table; a caption reads: "Northwest Territory." At the top of the pylon is the citation "Their gift to posterity a rich heritage," which is framed by two bas-relief sculptures, one titled "Campus Martius" and the other called "Fort Washington." Below the window balcony is another citation, "Founders of Liberty." Construction of the building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story, white marble structure, designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake is a classic example of the Art Moderne style. The interior of the building includes public spaces decorated with murals, mosaics and bas-reliefs that tell the history of Ohio and its industries. The building underwent a historic renovation that was completed in 2004, when it became the Ohio Judicial Center, permanent home of the Ohio Supreme Court. In 2011 the court renamed the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest-serving chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05758
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture; Ohio. Supreme Court; Ohio Judicial Center (Columbus); Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Art Deco
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Main Bldg. of Otterbein College Campus in Westerville, O". Otterbein was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethern in Christ. In 1968, it became affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The founding minister was Rev. Phillip William Otterbein. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_011_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Otterbein College
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken from an engraving that is the earliest published portrait of William Penn. Drawn in 1770 in Phladelphia. He was the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania after he had become a Quaker. The King of England granted Penn 45,000 square miles of land, making him the land owner of the largest tract of land in the world. He granted the land to Quakers and other persecuted religious people. William Penn returned to England. He died on July 30, 1715 near Twyford in Berkshire, England. President Ronald Reagan made William Penn an honorary citizen of the United States of America on November 28, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07936
Subjects: Quakers; Drawings (visual works); Portraits; Artists; Penn, William, 1644-1718
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: A winding river bending alongside a hillside. Along the hillside appears to run a small country road. The river appears to have a small island in the middle of it. The river is surrounded by plentiful trees and vast fields. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_044_001
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Trees--Ohio--1930-1940; Valleys Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This branding iron is made of cast iron. It has an open loop and forked handle. This item is in the Knittle Collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H61536
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 134th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 90 cm high by 121 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 134th (1st Ohio) Field Artillery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02240
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918
 

Description: The East Hall at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. The hospital facility was a former Union Hospital site during the Civil War. Before the use of this hospital there did not exist any hospitals for epileptics within the United States. The reason for this hospital was to provide for those who were afflicted with epilepsy who could not find support or support themselves. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06814
Subjects: Hospitals; Medicine--History;
Places: Gallipolis (Ohio); Gallia County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Photograph showing a house sitting above a water-gate near Millport, Ohio. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Sluce Gate, Millport, Ohio, 1916." 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_102
Subjects: Waterworks; Rivers; Canals; Lakes & ponds; Dams; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Summitville (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a waterfall and small building along the Ohio and Erie Canal near Circleville, Ohio. Today, a three mile stretch of the canal remains near Circleville. Work began on the Ohio and Erie Canal on July 4, 1825, at Licking Summit, just south of Newark, Ohio, and was completed in 1833. The Ohio and Erie Canal cost approximately ten thousand dollars per mile to complete, and the Miami and Erie Canal cost roughly twelve thousand dollars per mile to finish. The canals nearly bankrupted the state government, but they allowed Ohioans to prosper beginning in the 1830s all the way to the Civil War. Many recent immigrants to the United States, especially the Irish, survived thanks to jobs on the canals. Other people, like the residents of the communal society at Zoar, also helped construct canals to assist the survival of their community. Many of Ohio’s communities today, including Akron, began as towns for the canal workers. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s. There is a short stretch in the Muskingum Valley near Zanesville still in operation today. By the 1850s, however, canals were losing business to the railroads. 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_B10F13_006_001
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Circleville (Ohio)--History; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: The bucket elevator used on this sand machine was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. Powered by a steam engine, the bucket elevator raised sand to the top of the machine where it was screened and deposited into a railroad car on the right. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01621
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: The present Shelby County Courthouse was completed in 1883 by architect George Maetzel. The courthouse is surrounded by impressive buildings in multiple architectural styles with its central location in the business district. It represents the Second Empire style and features four identical facades, as well as a centrally placed clock tower that rises from the mansard roof. This image shows the front and side facades. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_438
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Sidney (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio); 129 E. Court St.
 

Description: The Bicentennial barn-painting program was an inexpensive, grassroots marketing campaign that painted the official logo of the Ohio Bicentennial on a highly visible historic barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties. Over 2,000 farmers and landowners submitted their barn descriptions to the committee for consideration. Beginning in 1998, artist Scott Hagan spent five years painting the logos, tailored to every barn's unique character. Typically, the barn owners hosted a celebration at the completion of their barn painting. This photograph is an exterior view of Barn #37, the 37th barn that Hagan painted, located at 21157 U.S. 20A in Archbold, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08577
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Barns; Ohio Bicentennial, 2003
Places: Archbold (Ohio); Fulton County (Ohio)