Description: This photograph depicts mechanical vibrating conveyors, or MV conveyors, made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Ohio, being used at a metal casting foundry in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1955. The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, also known as the Jeffrey Mining Corporate Center, was established in 1876 as the Lechner Mining Machine Company in Columbus, Ohio by Joseph Jeffrey and Francis Lechner. The company was the number one manufacturer of coal mining machinery worldwide until the mid-twentieth century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00955
Subjects: African Americans; Coal mines and mining; Inventions; Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Inventors--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Square dancers dressed in pioneer costumes for the centennial celebration held in Bryan, Ohio, August 8, 1940. They stand before a small log cabin with a banner announcing the centennial of the town. The names of the dancers, listed from left to right, are Edna Mae Krill, Mike Snyder, Avis Besancon, Anna Kerr, and Albert Snyder. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02683
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Popular culture; Costumes
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts screening machinery at a coke plant. Coke plants burn coal in order to purify it and transform it into coke; then, blast furnaces burn layers of coke and iron ore to produce pig iron, the first step of the steelmaking process. This photograph is from the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Audiovisual Archives, so it likely depicts a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F70_003
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Coke plants
 

Description: Author Paul Laurence Dunbar, pictured in the center of the back row, with friends, ca. 1890-1906. A note on the back of the photograph describes the men and women pictured as Dunbar's "English friends and advisors." Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. He attended Dayton Central High School and was the sole African American student at that time. Following his high school graduation, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice and writer of dialect poetry, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. He is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05267
Subjects: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; American poetry--Ohio; Literary Ohio; African American Ohioans; Poets; Authors
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tintype photograph of bearded Civil War Sergeant. Subject is probably from the Washington County, Ohio area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_21
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Front of Curt Teich postcard No. 33, featuring the Ohio State Capitol and McKinley Memorial in Columbus, the seal of Ohio, red carnation, cardinal, buckeye, and Ohio flag. The postcard was sold at the variety store of W. E. Ayres on 1049 Livingston Ave. in Columbus and was sent from Frances E. Gauger of Columbus to Lillian Netick of Almont, Colorado, 1946. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05441
Subjects: Ohio History; Ohio state symbols; Correspondence
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: 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: AV71_B16_F1033
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Musical instruments
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This black wool skirt was machine-made from dyed wool. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9299
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Clothing & dress
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Letter sent to Governor Voinovich, and forwarded to Ohio State Fair Director Billy Inmon, complaining about Stonewall Union's distribution of gay and lesbian informational materials at the Ohio State Fair, sent in March 1992. The sender's information has been redacted. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1150AV_B02_F19_04
Subjects: Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI); Columbus (Ohio); Gay activists; Ohio State Fair;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of General Ulysses S. Grant and soldiers crossing a river and establishing a camp while doing reconnaissance near Columbus, Kentucky, as published in "Civil War in Pictures" by Fletcher Pratt. Caption reads: "Grant's reconnaissance toward Columbus." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04600
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals--United States; Camps
Places: Columbus (Kentucky)
 

Description: Janet Armstrong, wife of Neil Armstrong, stands for applause in a banquet hall at an event during the homecoming celebration held for Neil in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. The words "Welcome Home Neil," are written on the wall behind her. More than 80, 000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_074
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the facade of the Benjamin Russel Hanby Home in Westerville, Ohio. The house was built in 1846 and occupied by the Hanby family from 1853 to 1870. Hanby (1833-1867) was a famous composer from Westerville who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" The Hanby House has been open to the public since 1937. it was added to the National Register of Historical Places on November 10, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06568
Subjects: Popular culture; Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and entertainment
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)