Description: Pulleys and sprockets made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio inside the factory, 1934. The round pulleys were probably to be used in a conveyor system. The parts were sent to the Grand Coulee Dam being built on the Columbia River in Washington state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01555
Subjects: Machinery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio State Office Building under construction, portion of steel frame, with the Scioto River in the background. The architect was Harry Hake and the general contractor was Struck Construction Co., both of Cincinnati, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05476
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: John A. Roebling suspension bridge, seen in the background, was completed in 1866 and connects Cincinnati, Ohio to Covington, Kentucky. The boat in this photo was part of Greene Line Steamers. The company was established in 1890 by Captain Gordon C. Greene and his wife, Captain Mary Greene. Based in Cincinnati, their steamships traveled primarily on the Ohio River, tranporting freight between the east and west. In the 1920's, as railroads took over most freight transport, Greene Line Steamers survived by building larger and more modern steamships, limiting their transport to shorter trade routes, and by pioneering the business of passenger pleasure cruises. The company is perhaps most notable for purchasing the 'Delta Queen' in 1946, the last original and operational sternwheel steamboat that is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. After Tom Greene, son of Gordon C. Greene, died unexpectedly in 1950, Greene Line Steamers came under hard financial times and eventually folded in 1958. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_011_001
Subjects: Greene Line Steamers, Inc.; Steamboats--Ohio River; Roebling Suspension Bridge (Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Ky.)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This shows the front facade of the Vinton County Courthouse located at 100 East Main Street. The Works Progress Administration provided most of the funds for the construction of this courthouse in 1938-1939. It is the second courthouse on this site after it replaced the first one which had burned down. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_479
Subjects: Courthouses; piers (supporting elements); United States. Works Progress Administration
Places: McArthur (Ohio); Vinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Left half of a panoramic photograph taken at Charles Young's funeral service at the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS3a
Subjects: African American soldiers; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; African American men; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
 

Description: A photograph shows a group of six women sitting outdoors at a picnic table while two other women are looking on while standing. The women are working on sewing and craft projects. Two children are playing in the background. The women and children are dressed for summer weather. A park trail winds past in the background. On the reverse of the photograph, there is a caption: "Warren County, Lebanon, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1936 / Sewing and Handcraft Class / Mrs. May Israel, Teacher" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_049_001
Subjects: Sewing; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Teaching; Crafts & decorating
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of a red shelf. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8030
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Bishop Philander Chase (1775-1852) was an Episcopalian minister who traveled throughout the American frontier establishing numerous parishes. He served as Kenyon College's first president. This image is from the 1909 edition of Henry Howe's "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03944
Subjects: Clergy; Kenyon College; University presidents; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
 

Description: William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), prominent military leader from Ohio, helped to lead the Union Army to victory in the Civil War. In this portrait photograph he is shown in old age. His hair and beard are white, and he is wearing civilian attire. His signature appears at the bottom of the portrait. Below the signature is the name and business address of a photography studio: "C. Parker / 447 Penn. Ave. Washington, D.C." Sherman was born on February 8, 1820, in Lancaster, Ohio. He was named after Tecumseh, the famous Shawnee leader. Sherman's father died in 1829. Sherman's mother could not take care of all of her children and had several of them adopted into other families. Thomas Ewing, a neighbor and close family friend, raised William Sherman as a foster son. Sherman attended common schools and received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1836. He graduated in 1840, ranking sixth in a class of forty-two students. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of artillery. He participated in the Seminole War from 1840 to 1842. During the late 1840s, he was stationed in California and helped Californians secure their independence from Mexico in the Mexican-American War. He resigned his commission in 1853 and went into banking, at which he was not successful. n 1859, Sherman became the superintendent of the Louisiana Military Academy. He also served as a professor of engineering, architecture, and drawing. At the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861 Louisiana's seceded from the Union. Sherman resigned his position and returned to the North. In May 1861, Sherman joined the Union army and was immediately commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers. He commanded the Third Brigade, First Division, of the Army of Northeastern Virginia at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. His men suffered numerous casualties in the battle. He was transferred to the Department of the Cumberland in August 1861, and Sherman assumed command of that department in October of that year. In this position, Sherman played a vital role in securing Kentucky for the Union. Following the fall of Atlanta, Sherman set out on a "March to the Sea." He determined to break the will of the Southern population between Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia. Sherman left his wagon train behind and ordered his men to feed themselves with what they could find along the way. The Northerners even requisitioned food from the slave population. Sherman realized that the civilian population was supplying the Confederate military with food and other supplies. He decided that one way to win the war was to break the will of the civilian population and to end its ability and desire to equip an army. He left Atlanta on November 15, 1864, and traveled the more than two hundred miles to Savannah by December 21. He faced little resistance from the Confederate military. In 1865, Sherman led his army into the Carolinas, using the same tactics that he had used on the "March to the Sea." General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered at Durham Station, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865 and the Civil War soon came to an end. Sherman remained in the military following the Civil War, serving first as the commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi and then commander of the Military Division of the Missouri. When Ulysses S. Grant became President of the United States in 1869, Sherman replaced him as General of the United States Army. He retired on November 1, 1883, and was succeeded by General Philip Sheridan. Sherman moved to New York City in 1886. He died on February 14, 1891, and was buried in St. Louis, Missouri. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06605
Subjects: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Portraits
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Clyde M. Rutter identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F071_21
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The Joseph E. Wing Memorial Library, located at 60 South Main Street in Mechanicsburg, was built in 1940. The brick building honors this former resident, who was one of the first to identify, promote and grow alfalfa as a forage crop for farm animals, east of the Mississippi River, which greatly improved agricultural efficiency. It remains standing and in use, and appears to have had at least one addition, but more information is needed about the library's history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F13_004_1
Subjects: Public libraries--Ohio; Agriculture--Ohio; Wing, Joseph E. (Joseph Elwyn), 1861-1915; Alfalfa as feed
Places: Mechanicsburg (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown in Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. Received at Lima, Ohio airport by Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes and Mayor Donald Wittwer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F1_020
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)