Description: Portrait of Senator Robert A. Taft at his desk, 1949. Taft served as United States Senator from Ohio from 1939 until 1953 when he died in office. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01078
Subjects: Legislators--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
 

Description: Reverse reads in type: "K.K. Colvin, Supervisor, Federal Writers' Projects 1311 W. 80 St., Cleveland, Ohio. General View, Nela Park (National Electric Lamp Association of the General Electric Co.), Taylor Rd. south of Euclid Ave., East Cleveland, Ohio." Reverse reads: "Industry can [underlined] be aesthetic." Photograph shows an aerial view of Nela Park and the surrounding houses in East Cleveland, Ohio. Contrary to the caption, the road that bifurcates the image is Noble Road; Taylor Road is located four blocks south. Nela Park is the headquarters of GE Lighting, and is located in East Cleveland, Ohio. Today, GE Lighting is a part of GE's Consumer and Industrial business, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Nela Park still serves as the operating headquarters of the lighting division. Development of the site was started in 1911, when the National Electric Lamp Company (NELA) was dissolved and absorbed into General Electric. It was the first industrial park in the world and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The campus emulates a university setting, and the dominant architectural style is Georgian Revival. The 92-acre (370,000 square mile) campus is home to GE's Lighting & Electrical Institute, which was founded in 1933. Each December, Nela Park features a world-famous Christmas lighting display, which culminates in a miniature version of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., designed by GE Lighting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_026_1
Subjects: National Electric Lamp Association; Cleveland (Ohio)--Aerial views; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; General Electric Company--History
Places: East Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad and worked as a station agent in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. This image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03093
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Rochester (New York)
 

Description: Brick conveyor made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Diamond Brick and Tile Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1902. Conveyor is mounted just below the roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01637
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Kansas City (Missouri)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building in Brooklyn, New York designed by the Wurts Brothers Company designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager. Steel door and frames made from Youngstown sheet were used. On the photo is written: "WILLIAMSBURGH SAVINGS BANK BLDG. BROOKLYN. N.Y. STEEL DOORS & FRAMES YOUNGSTOWN SHEET" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F43_023
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry and trade--New York (State)--New York; Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. : Broadway); Wurts Brothers (New York, N.Y.)
Places: Brooklyn (New York)
 

Description: Portrait of Yvonne Walker-Taylor and her husband Robert Harvey Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Reverend Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_G
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women; African American men
 

Description: Caption on front reads: "5. Bird's-eye View of Ohio River Showing Panhandle R.R. and Fort Steuben Bridges, Steubenville, Ohio." On the Reverse "' C.T. Art-Colortone' Reg. U.S. Pat. Off." with a Quality Co. Chicago symbol and "Sapirstein Greeting Card Company, Cleveland, Ohio" along the left edge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_012_001
Subjects: Postcards--Ohio--Steubenville
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of construction of the Liberty Street subway station under the old Miami and Erie canal bed in Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1920-1928. Construction of the subway began during the construction of the Cincinnati Central Parkway over the canal bed in the early 1920s. The project was partly financed by the Ohio Department of Public Works. The canal bed was deepened to form the subway tube, but the rapid-transit system was never completed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02898
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History; Ohio. Dept. of Public Works; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Subway stations--1920-1930
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of John M. Pattison, born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1847. Pattison was a Civil War veteran who served with the 153rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected governor in 1905 and inaugurated January 8, 1906. Due to poor health he left office in April and passed away in June 1906. Lieutenant Governor Andrew L. Harris completed the rest of Pattison's term. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04505
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Prohibition
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Girls' Industrial School inmates nursing other inmates in the school hospital, ca. 1910-1919. The purpose of the school was "the reformation of exposed, helpless, evil disposed, and vicious girls." In 1878, the term "incorrigible" was added. A five-member board of trustees purchased a piece of property known as the Ohio White Sulphur Springs Resort, eighteen miles north of Columbus. The first six girls were admitted to the school in October 1869. The inmates spent their mornings performing domestic chores. They also learned various vocational trades, including basket-making, music, sewing, and stenography. In the afternoons, the girls attended school, where they studied, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, literature, and United States history among other topics. The girls remained at the school until they reached seventeen years of age or completed their sentence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00212
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women--Education - Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Company employees in line at the employee cafeteria at the F. & R. Lazarus Company, located on the second floor of the building at South Front and West Town Streets, ca. 1950-1959. 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: AL04400
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin 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