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: 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: 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)
 

Description: Photograph of "Characteristic Local Scenes in Portsmouth," a four panel painted by Clarence H. Carter in 1938. Carter was an American painter, designer and etcher born in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1904. The painting is located at the post office in Portsmouth, Ohio in Scioto County. Photographed by Connie Girard in 1988. The photo is from the Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection, AV 48. The collection represents thirty murals or plaster reliefs installed in twenty-five Ohio post offices between 1937 and 1943. In 1988, Connie Girard photographed the artwork. Photos were published in the article “Not By Bread Alone, Post Office Art of the New Deal.” Timeline. June-July 1989, p. 2-19 by Gerald Markowitz and Marlene Park. In 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President he promised Americans a "New Deal" and created public works programs to provide jobs for the millions of unemployed people, including artists. Ten thousand unknown and established artists were commissioned by the government to create murals, paintings, photographs, posters, prints and sculpture. The goal was not only to employ artists, but also to bring fine art into the daily lives of all people. The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) was funded for six months in 1933 – 1934. The PWAP was succeeded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Organized in 1934 the Section of Painting and Sculpture operated until 1943. Under the auspices of this organization sixty-six new Ohio post offices received artwork. The majority of the post offices were located in small towns. Post offices were chosen as a location for artwork because, particularly in small towns, they were centers of community activity. Most of the painted murals or murals in plaster relief created are realistic images reflecting the history, common activities or major industries of the communities in which the post offices are located. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: av48_b2_f22_04
Subjects: Post office stations and branches--Ohio--Photographs; Public art--Ohio--Photographs; Public Works of Art Project (United States); New Deal art
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 323rd Field Artillery Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 99 cm high by 127 cm wide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02265
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918