Description: 3"x 4" photograph of a steel truss bridge from a collection of models for the Ohio State School for the Blind. The model is a replica of a highway bridge over the Wabash river in Mercer County, Ohio. The model is length 59.5", width 15", height 13.5". Photographs and descriptions of models were included in the book "Models for the Blind," compiled by workers of the Ohio Writers' Program. The book was meant as a guide, to be used in the building and study of models, and as documentation of the achievements at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The models were a result of research, design and construction by employees of the Works Projects Administration. Models were made of durable materials to withstand regular usage. The average cost of labor for larger models was $45. A special room was built to store the models where teachers could borrow them to be used in classroom instruction. In 1837, the Ohio government established the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio State School for the Blind. It was the first public school for the blind in the United States. It was the first in the nation to be created and maintained entirely by the State government. The school opened its doors in 1839, and it was located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution. Eleven students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind this first year. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but upon moving to a new building in 1874, more than three hundred students could attend at one time. Between 1839 and 1901, 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s, the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953, the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education (kindergarten through high school) at the institution. In addition, the Ohio State School for the Blind offered vocational training for its students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_019_001
Subjects: United States. Work Projects Administration; Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Truss Bridges Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is most likely the Libbey Glass Company Plant in Toledo, which manufactures tumblers, cut-glass, thin-blown stemware, engraved and decorated glass. A workman sits at a table, cutting or polishing a small glass object. It could also be the Anchor-Hocking Glass Company in Lancaster or any of the other glass making plants in Ohio The Libbey Glass Company Plant, located at 1000 (now 940) Ash Street in Toledo, Ohio was an affiliate of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company from 1933 until it was spun off as Libbey Inc. in 1993. The company, owned by William L. Libbey, moved to Toledo in 1888 with the city providing a 4 acre factory and 50 lots for employee homes. The company changed their name from W. L. Libbey & Sons Company to Libbey Glass Company in 1892, the same year they secured a contract from Edison General Electric to produce hand blown light bulbs. Michael J. Owens, in charge of the Toledo plant, designed machines to produce things such as light bulbs and tumblers and in 1903 he invented the automatic bottle blowing machine. The company’s growing success was stifled by the Depression, which resulted in Owens-Illinois buying Libbey. With better management of the plant, the company was able to pull Libbey out of its financial problems. With the onset of World War II, the company began producing tubes for x-ray machines and other electronic equipment, as well as preparing to the postwar market. Libbey continued to be a profitable part of the Owen-Illinois company until the 1990’s. Spinning off the division in 1993 was a way to free Libbey of the constraints of being part of a large company, and unburden the large debts that were piling up. In 2001, Libbey attempted to buy Anchor-Hocking, but the Federal Trade Commission opposed the deal. As of 2004, it was the United States' largest manufacturer of glass dinnerware, with plants in Louisiana, California, and Ohio, as well as in the Netherlands. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_029_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Glass blowing and working--United States; Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co; Libbey, William, 1855-1927; Owens, Michael Joseph, 1859-1923; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Libbey Inc
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Home of American Legion: situated on East Main Street hill, overlooking the business section. Particularly good example of Colonial architecture. Lancaster, Ohio" This home was built by Daniel Sifford for himself, but he ran out of money to furnish the home. It was then finished by A. I. Vorys, who added the large porch. It was later purchased by the American Legion, who sold the building to private individuals in 2005. It is no longer open to the public. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F01_007_1
Subjects: Lancaster (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; American Legion
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an infant seated on the lap of its mother, who is covered head to toe in a quilt. This technique, referred to as the "Hidden Mother," was often used in turn-of-the-century child photography. The 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. s. 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_b06_f353
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Hidden Mother
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: The caption reads: "N.Y.A. youth learn by doing." They are building a stone wall at the entrance of Fort Laurens Park in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The National Youth Administration was a part of the Works Progress Administration, developed to help youth learn a vocation. Both the youth and their families received payment for the work and job training. The NYA was in operating from 1935 to 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F02_030_001
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); NYA
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Springfield Post Office Bldg, S.E. corner of Limestone and North Sts. is a modern classic building of stone and concrete, costing $750,000. At the top two corners of main division of building fronting on Limestone St. are mounted two 18-foot eagles, one on each side of the entrance facade, said to be the world's largest fully-molded eagles and used in ornamental construction." This photograph is of the U.S. Post Office located at 150 North Limestone Street, Springfield, Ohio 45501. Construction began on this Art Deco style building in 1934 and has several murals by artist Herman Henry Wessel. In the 1970's these mural were covered up during energy conservation remodeling on the building, but in 2009, restoration began to restore these murals and the two story skylight. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_021_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Springfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Post office buildings Ohio; Ohio Government; Post offices; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Postal service
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of regimental colors of the 13th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02364
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Events at this picnic held by the Muskingum County Pioneer Association on August 6, 1887, included songs, readings, speeches an invocation by Reverend Frank S. Brush and an "Old Folks' Talk." Also featured were current and future staff members of Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Pioneer Association is the predecessor to the Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS559_B13F19_003_1
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Picnics; Societies and clubs; Historical societies;
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: The flag of the state of Ohio is the only swallowtail state flag. The colors are red, white and blue. It has five stripes in red and white and seventeen stars in a blue field. The stripes signify the roads and water ways and the stars are represent Ohio as the seventeenth state admitted to the union. The dimensions are 150 by 242 and the fabric is wool. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65275_001
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; State Flags; Communication artifacts; Ceremonial artifact
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Taken at the end of the first Persian Gulf War in 1991, this photograph from the Rodger Cuccio Collection shows security police watching a C-130 take off from the Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City. The 3rd Armored Division soldiers on board were bound for the United States. Rodger Cuccio was a member of the 356th Tactical Airlift Squadron stationed at Rickenbacker Air Force Base near Columbus. His unit, along with four others, was attached to the 907th Tactical Airlift Group, U.S. Airforce Reserve. This squadron, made up of over 250 servicemen and women, served in the Gulf War from January to June of 1991. While in Kuwait, Cuccio’s unit flew over 2,000 sorties, hauled over 4,400 tons of cargo and moved more than 13,000 people during Operation Desert Storm. Additional missions of the 907th squadron included resupplying Kuwait City after its liberation, redeployment of troops from Iraq to Saudi Arabia following the signing of the United Nations peace treaty, and evacuation of Shiite Muslims from southern Iraq. The men and women of the 907th Tactical Airlift Group returned to Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts on June 14, 1991, after 141 days overseas. Other photographs in the Cuccio Collection depict camp life for U.S. soldiers, old artillery and military aircraft, Kuwaiti refugees, and Kuwait City and the surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3216_3813089_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Transportation; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Soldiers; Aircraft; Flags; Jeep automobiles; Military police
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Kuwait City (Kuwait);
 

Description: The Muskingum County Courthouse combines elements of both Italianate and the Second Empire architectural styles. It is made of limestone and has a mansard roof, hood moldings and a tower that rises to 156 feet. The clock tower is topped with a dome and a weathervane. This image shows the building's front facade and clock tower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_367
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio); 401 Main St.
 

Description: A portrait sketch of Abraham Lincoln in black ink inspired from a photograph taken by Mathew Brady in the early 1860s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F07_006
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works