Description: Chintz Room at the F. & R. Lazarus Company, 1953. 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: AL04404
Subjects: Restaurants; Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This flag represents the national colors of the 26th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. The flag is badly damaged and the only visible text on flag reads: 26th Ohio Vet. [?]. It has not been cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01913
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows an unidentified worker operating a lathe at the National Cash Register Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_030_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of three (living) young children with the body of a deceased child, likely their sibling. Postmortem photographs, sometimes called memorial portraiture or memento mori, were used as a way to remember the deceased and peaked in popularity around the end of the 19th century. 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: AL06341
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; Portrait photography--United States--History; Photography of the dead; Postmortem photography
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Reverse reads: "State Fair 1937" The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_04_001
Subjects: Federal Writers' Project--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1950; Ohio State Fair
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows men and women producing calendars, probably for Brethren in Christ Church. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Downes? Prudent BIC calendar Cleveland?" The Brethren in Christ Church began about 1778 in Pennsylvania. The Brethren in Christ trace their denomination back to a group of Mennonites who lived just north of Marietta, Pennsylvania on the east side of the Susquehanna River. 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_B12F08_019_001
Subjects: Brethren in Christ Church; Calendars; Workers
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This 22 page booklet contains the text of Governor Frank B. Willis’ message to the 82nd General Assembly on Jan. 1, 1917. Willis (1871-1928), a Republican, was governor of Ohio from 1915 to 1917, between the administrations of James Cox. Willis and his party recognized the progressive attitude of their constituents, and incorporated some reforms, such as the eight-hour work day, into the gubernatorial campaign. As governor, he hoped to protect the traditional American free system of government. Willis’ actions were direct and efficient, as, among other things, he updated road laws, restructured the militia, and reorganized the civil service commission. Following his position as governor, Willis went on to represent Ohio in the U. S. Senate. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Ohio Government; Governors
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker holding a toddler and surrounded by a group of unidentified individuals while visiting St. Vincent in the West Indies. Bishop Walker was the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940’s and father of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F10_P_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
 

Description: Groundbreaking for the Ohio State Office Building took place on November 19, 1929. The building, located at 65 South Front Street in downtown Columbus, took the site of 34 businesses. The building, designed by architects Harry Hake, Frank Bail and Alfred Hahn, is noted as an excellent example of architecture from the Art Deco period. Construction began on October 31, 1930 and the cornerstone was laid on May 16, 1931. The explosion occurred shortly after three o'clock on the afternoon of April 14, 1932. The building eventually opened on March 27, 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05530
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group carrying a "Stonewall Union, Columbus, Ohio" banner on High Street in the Short North neighborhood of Columbus, ca. 1993, possibly during the Gay Pride parade. Stonewall Union is a gay rights group that was formed in 1981 for political lobbying, community building and education. The group organized the city's first gay pride parade, held in 1982, which is now an annual event in support of the LGBTQ community. This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05855
Subjects: Social movements; Activists; Parades & processions; Gay rights; LGBTQ Community;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 178th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02589
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This flag shows the divisional colors of the 83rd Infantry Division. It is a rectangular flag measuring 131 cm high by 185 cm wide. The text on flag reads: "83". Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02252
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918
Places: Ohio