Description: This 10-page booklet contains the text of Governor Ethan Allen Brown’s message to the 18th General Assembly of Ohio on January 20, 1820. Brown (1776-1852), a Democratic-Republican, served as the seventh governor of Ohio, from 1818 to 1822. When he took office, Ohio was suffering from an economic depression, and Brown worked to bring the state toward financial recovery. In addition, he strongly advocated internal improvements, such as the canal system. Brown also served on the Ohio Supreme Court and represented 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);
 

Description: Photograph of the doorway of the Sherwood-Davidson House in Newark, Ohio. The site is now run as the Sherwood-Davidson House Museum by the Licking County Historical Society View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F08_009
Subjects: Architecture; Doorways
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a stone of the Ross County Courthouse. The inscription on the stone indicates that it had been a part of Ohio's first capitol building, built in 1801. This courthouse was intended to resemble the county’s previous 1801 courthouse, that had served as both county courthouse and statehouse. It was destroyed in 1852 to make room for the present building, which has one story wings on either side of the two story central structure. This is a unique building, reflecting trends in antebellum East Coast architecture. Additions were made to the building in 1929 and 1961. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_423
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); 2 N. Paint St.
 

Description: Photograph of key punch machines at the F. & R. Lazarus Company, 1956. 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: AL04414
Subjects: Women--Employment; Lazarus Department Store; Employees; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Benjamin Harrison who served as President from 1889-1893. Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was born on his family's farm in North Bend, Ohio. He attended Farmer's College near Cincinnati and later transferred to Miami University in Oxford. He graduated from that institution in 1852 and went on to read law in Cincinnati. In 1853, Harrison married Caroline Scott and the couple moved to Indianapolis, where Benjamin Harrison set up a successful law practice. He also became involved in the newly formed Republican Party. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Harrison helped to raise the 70th Indiana Infantry regiment and served with distinction. When the war ended, Harrison returned to Indianapolis and resumed his law practice and political activities. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Indiana in 1876 and was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1881. Harrison was chosen as the Republican nominee for President in 1888. During the campaign he supported a high tariff to protect American industries against foreign competition. Harrison won the election and during his term in office, Congress raised the tariff and passed acts relating to coining silver money and regulating monopolies. The United States also became more involved in foreign affairs. Harrison ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 1892. Many of his policies had proved unpopular and his wife was terminally ill, which limited his campaigning. Harrison died in 1901. Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) was a native of Xenia. Like Harrison, he was also a graduate of Miami University. He gained acclaim as a newspaper man and wrote for papers in Xenia and Cincinnati before becoming the managing editor of the New York Tribune. Later in life, Reid served as ambassador to Great Britain. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01076
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
 

Description: This brown-glazed ceramic bean pot has a handle and spout. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8781
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: During the late nineteenth century, Cleveland became an important industrial city. Located along numerous transportation routes as well as near large deposits of coal and iron ore, the city prospered. John D. Rockefeller and his partners began the Standard Oil Company in Cleveland during the 1860s. At the same time, Samuel Mather began steel production and enhanced Cleveland's economic importance. In 1880, twenty-eight percent of Cleveland's workforce found work in the steel mills. Cleveland emerged as an important industrial center, but its citizens sometimes suffered. During the Great Depression, both the steel and oil companies endured difficult financial times. To stay afloat, many businesses laid off workers. By 1933, roughly one-third of Cleveland's workers were unemployed during the third full year of the Great Depression. Reverse reads: "Cleveland Lakefront. Taken from Terminal Tower. Notice coal dock near freighter and railroad freight cars drawn up around it. Project photographer Frank Jaffa, 1940." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F10_35_01
Subjects: Shipping--Erie, Lake; Cleveland (Ohio)--Harbor; Harbors--Ohio--Cleveland; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Aerial Photography; Business and Labor; Industries--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General James H. Wilson, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. After spending much of the war serving as an engineer, he became a cavalry commander, and fought with great distinction under Sheridan in the Shenendoah Valley, led a large and mostly successful cavalry raid attacking Confederate supply lines near Petersburg, defeated noted Confederate cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest at the Battle of Franklin, and captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis who was fleeing through Georgia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_10
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; Wilson, James H., 1837-1925
Places: Shawneetown (Illinois)
 

Description: Caption reads: " Superior Avenue at East 6th Street (Site of the Hollenden Hotel). About 1880." The 8-story Hollenden Hotel was built at this location and was the first large commercial hotel east of Public Square when it opened on June 7, 1885 in Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_020_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Roads; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Hotels
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Anthony Wayne, ca. 1795. General Wayne led a military campaign against Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory that culminated with the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the signing of the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. These events allowed for white settlement in the Northwest Territory which included Indiana and Ohio. Next to Jacket Button: "Trumbull" On Jacket Sleeve: "Forest" Below Image: BRIGR [superscript over period]. GEN. ANTHONY WAYNE. [Anthony Wayne signature] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02896
Subjects: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795; Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794; American Indians; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Ohio; Northwest Territory
 

Description: Painting of regimental colors of the 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 183 cm high by 202 cm wide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02452
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This handmade wooden rolling pin has only one handle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73856
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)