Description: This home, built by Captain John Barrett in Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, was used during the days of the Underground Railroad. This postcard was published at the Eastern Illustrating Company in Belfast, Maine. The 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: AL03217
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Vermont; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Grafton (Vermont); Windham County (Vermont)
 

Description: This image depicts the facade of the Corwin estate in Lebanon, Ohio. One of the most effective political orators of his era, Tom Corwin (nicknamed "the Wagon Boy" for his War of 1812 service) resided here from 1839 until his death. A Whig stump speaker known for his wit and eloquence, he was elected governor of Ohio in 1840 and campaigned for William Henry Harrison in his presidential victory that year. Corwin served six terms in Congress and one in the Senate, where he spoke out against the Mexican War in 1847. He also served as secretary of the treasury in the Fillmore administration and as President Lincoln's minister to Mexico. Built and first occupied by Corwin's brother-in-law Phineas Ross in 1818, the Corwin House is representative of Federal-style architecture of this period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06463
Subjects: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio); Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: This doll has a China head and limbs with a cloth body made of linen and wool. The doll was machine sewn. The doll has black hair and blue eyes. Her clothing includes a white and red print dress, a large black bow, red wool petticoat, white cotton drawers and petticoat and a bussel underneath the dress. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9200
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Toys
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is an image of Cincinnati Reds outfielder Harry Craft in action, running to catch the ball. His best year was his rookie year, 1938. His playing career ended in 1942 when he left the Reds to join the Navy. Later, he became a manager, working for Kansas City Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and Houston Colts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06180
Subjects: Baseball; Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Union Terminal, built in 1933 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Presently, the Union Terminal houses the Cincinnati Museum Center. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00352
Subjects: Architecture
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 54-year-old mechanic Bennie Collins. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Collins, convicted of murdering 25-year-old Hattery after an automobile accident, was the 307th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 307 Bennie Collins Lucas County, Legally Electrocuted December 19, 1958. For the Murder of Donald Eugene Hattery.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. Bennie Collins, of Lucas County, was legally electrocuted December 19, 1958, for the Murder of Donald Eugene Hattery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08359
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio; Portrait photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Chickamauga. Brown's Ferry. Orchard [?]. Missionary Ridg[e]. Rocky Face Ridge. 124th Regt O.V.I. Resacca. Pickett Mills. Kenesaw Mountain. Atlant[a]. Franklin. Nashville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02111
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1865. He served as president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He was re-elected for a second term, but it was cut short when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. The portrait is illustrated with scenes and images along the edges. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04603
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
 

Description: This is a photograph of a guidon of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. It is a fragmented swallowtail flag with a square blue field with 34 stars representing the states of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War. There are 12 stars in the inner circle, 18 stars in the outer circle and one in each corner. It is a photograph of the reverse side of the flag and it appears that there is writing on the front. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01844
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A woman sits sidesaddle on a horse as her picture is taken in the middle of the road. 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_b06_f344
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Animals
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: In 1885, the Ohio Penitentiary became the site of all executions for prisoners on death row; formerly, executions had taken place in the county where the crime was committed. In 1896, the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the state’s only form of capital punishment. Altogether there were 315 people who were electrocuted at the Ohio Penitentiary, their deaths occurring between 1897 and 1963. This photograph shows 32-year-old William Hobbs, the 208th prisoner in Ohio to be executed in this manner. Hobbs’s portrait was displayed in the east annex of the Ohio Penitentiary along with hundreds of other photographs of prisoners who were executed by the state of Ohio. These were housed in the same area of the penitentiary as death row and the execution chamber itself. The caption at the bottom of his photograph reads: “No. 208, William Hobbs of Butler County, Electrocuted July 6th, 1938 for the Murder of Patrolman Arthur Sponsel at Hamilton, Ohio.” Officer Sponsel was killed during a restaurant burglary committed by Hobbs and two accomplices, Charles Vincent Boss and John Agnew. Only Hobbs, the gunman, received the death penalty. Boss and Agnew, also convicted for first degree murder of Sponsel, received life sentences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08262
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Butler County (Ohio); Hamilton (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles Rehfled. Electrocuted May 28, 1921, for the Murder of Dr. Benson, of Norwalk, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08116
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography