Description: This is a brochure for the Royal Arcanum, a fraternal benefit society. The society was organized on June 23, 1877, in Boston, Massachusetts. Hope Council No. 82 in Zanesville was instituted April 16, 1878. The brochure lists officers, members and trustees, and provides information about membership. Organizations like this one served as early forms of insurance companies, as members paid into the society in exchange for coverage in case of illness, injury or death. Royal Arcanum still exists today, offering social and fraternal benefits to its members. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS559_B13F21_005_1
Subjects: Fraternal organizations; Insurance; Social services--Ohio; Zanesville (Ohio)
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Cinci., O., Feb. 1938. Copy from Thompson Album" This photograph shows the lily pond at Laurel Court. Laurel Court was built for Peter G. Thomson, founder of The Champion Coated Paper Company. Started in 1902 and completed in 1907, it is one of America’s best surviving examples of the opulent homes built during the “gilded age”. Upon its completion, Laurel Court was described as "the most sumptuous and palatial in this part of the country….finished with all good taste can command." Laurel Court, located in the Cincinnati community of College Hill, was built on an estate of approximately 23 acres, on the highest point in Hamilton County (greater Cincinnati). Laurel Court was listed on the National Historic Register in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F05_037_001
Subjects: Landscapes; Gardens--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Thomson, Peter G. (Peter Gibson), 1851-1931
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a dam at Port Jefferson. The caption underneath the photograph reads: "Port Jefferson Dam,| July, 1916." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_022
Subjects: Waterworks; Bridges; Canals; Rivers; Lakes & ponds; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Port Jefferson (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio)
 

Description: This compass was made from walnut and glass, and is painted green. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8410_closed
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Cleveland School of Art taken circa 1923-1924. It measures 5.5" x 3.5" (12.7 x 8.89 cm). In 1891 the Cleveland School of Art was chartered as a private, independent art school. By 1906, the Cleveland School of Art had established a department of teacher training, and, in 1911, Western Reserve University's College for Women and the Cleveland School of Art offered their first joint degree. The Cleveland Board of Education established a cooperative program with the University in 1920 to supply teacher training. The collaborative arrangement with the School of Art (soon to be renamed the Cleveland Institute of Art) continued to mature, and, by the mid 1940s, the two institutions were collaborating on a number of educator-training degree options. By the 1970s, a joint CWRU/CIA master's degree program had been added, as had various specific teacher-certification programs. The CWRU/CIA program had become the region's premier training ground for elementary and secondary art teachers. The photographs were taken by Ihna Thayer Frary. The Ihna Thayer Frary Audiovisual Collection was given to the Ohio Historical Society by Mr. Frary in two sections. One was in March of 1963 and the remainder in May of 1965 by his sons, Dr. Spencer G. and Allen T. Frary following their father's death. I.T. Frary (1873-1965) was the publicity and membership secretary for the Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. He taught for many years at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He did much research of Ohio and American architecture and was the author of seven major works and numerous scholarly articles on architectural and art history. One of his major works was Early Homes of Ohio published in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3376_5837587_001
Subjects: Architecture; Arts and entertainment; Education;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a portrait of Mordecai Bartley (1783-1870) who served as Ohio's eighteenth governor from 1844-1846. He was inaugurated on December 3, 1844. Bartley succeeded his own son, Thomas Bartley, who became Ohio's seventeenth governor upon Wilson Shannon's resignation from the office. Although Mordecai Bartley only served one term as governor, his administration was very active. The Whigs held the majority within the state legislature. As a result of this, they were able to pass the Kelley Bank Bill of 1845, which stabilized the state's banking system. They also reformed the state's taxation policy. Bartley also became known for his position on fugitive slave laws. Bartley not only opposed these laws but also advocated the repeal of Ohio laws that deprived African Americans of basic rights. Bartley was governor when the United States became involved in the U.S.-Mexican War. He personally opposed the war but felt that it was his duty as governor to provide Ohio troops for the war effort. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: R_382-2_Bartley
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio--Governors--Portraits
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of the 2nd La. Colored Regiment at the Battle of Fort Hudson, titled "Assault of the Second Louisiana (Colored) Regiment on the Confederate Works at Fort Hudson, May 27th, 1863." Caption reads: "From a Sketch by F. B. Schell." ALTERNATE TEXT: A Union troop of African American solders charge uphill towards Rebel soldiers in a chaotic battle scene. The field is covered in grass and the sky is filled with smoke and dust from the battle. A red and white "11 Rgt Louisiana" flag can be seen to the middle left of the fight. The soldiers carry guns with bayonets while some soldiers carry swords. Injured and or dead men are laying around the ground as a result of the violence. A man towards the right side of the scene carries an American flag near a Confederate soldier wielding a Confederate flag. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS21_secondlouisiana_1
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: These are the national colors of the 48th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Corinth. C[?] Shiloh. Siege [?] Arkansas Post. Port Gibson. [?] Bla[c]k R[iv]er Bridge. Vicksburg. J[?]. The 48th was formed in September 1861 and was mustered out on May 9, 1866. The flag has deteriorated and much of it is missing. It has not been cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01973
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: An inside view of Lunken Airport, the municipal commercial airport of Cincinnati in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Owned by the city of Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is about 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati. Situated in the Little Miami River Valley near Columbia, the first Cincinnati area settlement in 1788, this airport served as a commercial airport from the 1920s to the 1940s. At the time of the dedication in 1925, the 1, 000 acre airport was the largest municipal airport in the world. Following the catastrophic flooding of the Ohio River in 1947, the municipal airport was removed to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_22_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Edward Hill, who served with Company D of the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI). The photograph is mounted inside a hard case. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b01_30
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 77th (1861-1866) Company D
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Charles Young’s Vouchers for Services Receipts – July-Sept. 1912 (some with reference to Lt. B.O. Davis, 10th Cav.)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: Page1
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American women; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows an area of the lower basin in Newton Township, Pike County, known as the Ghost Orchard basin. A caption on the photograph's reverse reads "Below Jasper. See "folklore" sent in by Mrs Davis. see letter attached "Ghost Orchard Basin." 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_B11F10_017_001
Subjects: Canals; Nature; Landscapes; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)