Description: Reverse reads "John H. Patterson. 1844-1922. Born Dayton, O. A.B. Dartmouth, 1867. President, mgr., and principal owner of the National Cash Register Co. 1884-1922. Industrialist, citizen, educator. Decorated by French government with the Legion of Honor for his "enterprise--and his efforts for the benefit of his employees." This is a portrait photograph of John H. Patterson (1844-1922), the president, manager and owner of the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. Hoping the machines could save him money by reducing accounting errors in his supply business, he purchased the patent rights to the cash register from James Ritty in 1884. Within six months, he reduced his debt and showed a profit. Patterson built the first National Cash Register factory on his family's farm in Dayton in 1888. By the turn of the century, the company had become one of the largest employers in Dayton. Known for his strict training program for salespeople and health and education programs for employees, Patterson was closely involved in the daily lives of many of his workers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_009_1
Subjects: Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922; Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; National Cash Register Company; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Finley B. McGrew (1790?-1865), who was an early emancipationist from Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio. 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: AL03145
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Edwin Ward. No Edwin Ward listed in roster of the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. May actually be James E. Ward, musician, who served with Company D. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f16_21
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 77th (1861-1866) Company D
Places: Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing crowds waiting as Red Cross relief supplies are unloaded in McConnelsville, Ohio, following the flood of 1913. In late March 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and the water levels rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns suffered disastrous flooding. When the flood waters receded, tons of mud and debris covered the streets, homes, businesses and factories of towns like McConnelsville, along the Muskingum River. The death toll for the disaster stood at 361, and property damages were well over $100,000,000 and 65,000 were forced to temporarily leave their homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC330_F01_01
Subjects: Climate and weather; Floods; Natural disasters; American Red Cross; McConnelsville (Ohio);
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio);
 

Description: A 1962 aerial photograph of Lazarus Westland, located at West Broad Street and Georgesville Road. This store location opened on August 16, 1962, and offered parking for 1200 cars. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04383
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Aerial photographs; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Main Street, Centerburg, Knox County, Ohio, ca. 1900-1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00473
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Stores and shops; Automobiles; Small business--Ohio;
Places: Centerburg (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio)
 

Description: The inside of a stove is constructed with special checker-work bricks. This structure provides multiple small passages through which recycled blast furnace gas circulates after it has been cleaned. This unidentified stove, photographed ca. 1930-1939, is typical of the stoves found in Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company plants. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05602
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Blast furnaces; Factories
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a general shop view of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1895. Seen are generator armatures at various stages of assembly. Exposed electrical wires for lighting are attached to wooden beams, a common, but dangerous, practice at that time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01214
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Unidentified workers prepare to hoist a steel coil at Republic Steel Corporation's Cleveland district cold strip mill. This series of negatives was logged into the Central Alloy District files on June 9, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F095_01
Subjects: Steel Industry and trade; Republic Steel Corporation--Ohio; Cold strip steel
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This circa-1890 view looking north on High Street from the viaduct in Columbus, Ohio, captures arches over High Street. The arches, for which Columbus was well-known, span the street, which is crowded with pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and street cars. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01718
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Flank Marker of the 80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02040
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Flags
 

Description: Photo titled: "Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink." The caption reads: "Portsmouth as it looked to J. Otis Garber, deputy administrator of WPA in Ohio, left, and City Manager Frank E. Sheehan, during the 1937 flood. To prevent a recurrence of the water famine WPA workmen have completed a high futy water works which will function at a 90-foot flood stage. The 1937 flood reached a height of 74 feet." Photographed and descriped by the Information Unit WPA in OHIO, Clinton Building, Columbus, Ohio. The photo is from the "Portsmouth, Ohio, flood of 1937", SC 381. This collection contains 37 photographic black and white prints, 21 x 26cm or smaller; and 4 postcards in black in white, 9 x 14 cm. Photographs document the flood damage in Portsmouth, including sandbagging, floodwall construction, and WPA rescue efforts. In 1937, southern Ohio faced one of the worst floods in its history, known today as the "Great Flood of 1937." The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February. In Cincinnati, the flood was particularly difficult for the city, where flood levels reached its crest of 79.99 feet on Tuesday, January 26, 1937. Communities along the Ohio River in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois also faced serious problems. Many people lost their homes as a result of the flood. The Ohio River Flood of 1937 caused more than twenty million dollars in damages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc381_10_01
Subjects: Floods--Ohio River; Portsmouth (Ohio)--Flood, 1937
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)