Description: Regimental colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 179 cm high by 195 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 78th Ohio. Vet. Vol. Regiment, Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02039
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Original description reads: "Greenville treaty marker, Fallen Timbers State Park, 12 miles S.W. of Toledo near US route 24." Near the site of the battle of Fallen Timbers (1794), this small park contains a monument (pictured here) honoring Major General Anthony Wayne as well as smaller monuments to the soldiers and Native Americans who died in the battle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_031_001
Subjects: Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site (Maumee, Ohio); Monuments--Ohio
Places: Maumee (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts workers brushing steel conduit to prepare it for the galvanizing process, in which it will be coated with zinc to protect its surface. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F79_009
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Steel workers
 

Description: Photograph of George White (1872-1953), who was governor of Ohio from 1931 to 1935. In 1902, White settled in Marietta, Ohio, and quickly embarked on a political career, winning election to the Ohio legislature as a Democrat. In 1910, he won election to the U.S. House, serving several terms over the next ten years. In 1930, White returned to politics, winning Ohio's governor's seat. He took office in 1931, and won reelection in 1932. As governor, White had to deal with the Great Depression. He attempted to create numerous relief programs, but he faced opposition from the Republican-controlled legislature, as well as from some opponents within his own party. Upon taking office, White successfully reduced the state budget by twenty million dollars, a 15% reduction. He also created the Ohio Highway Patrol and implemented sales taxes on cosmetics, cigarettes, and other non-essential items to increase state revenues. In addition to these successes, the governor also implemented the State Relief Commission. In 1934, White sought reelection, but he lost the contest to Republican Martin L. Davey. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04362
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Great Depression; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Juvenile Dancer appearing with Theater Project,Dayton,O.June 26,1936 For office file only Do not remove" This is a photo of a unidentified child dancer in Dayton, Ohio. She is in costume and is posing for the camera. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_006_001
Subjects: Dancers; Children; Recreation; Music and dance; Dance--1930-1950; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 14 page booklet contains the text of Governor Thomas Corwin’s message to the 40th General Assembly of Ohio on Dec. 7, 1841. Corwin (1794-1865), a Whig, was the 14th governor of Ohio, serving from 1840 to 1842. During his administration, he proposed various banking reforms, such as the establishment of a state bank, but he was unsuccessful in passing these proposals due to a largely Democratic assembly. Corwin was also a member of the U. S. House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate in addition to a position as Secretary of the Treasury for President Fillmore. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Ohio Government; Governors
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "University Hall Tower. Toledo University." Though Toledo University was officially founded in 1872 as a private arts and trades school, the first building at the modern University of Toledo, University Hall, was not built until 1931. It had existed between 1872 and 1931 in various locations around Toledo and often had to close due to lack of funds. In 1884, the university became a municipal school, but it was not a state-funded university until 1967 when it became known as the University of Toledo. University Hall was designed by Henry J. Doermann to be seen from anywhere on campus. It took eleven months and 400 workers to complete. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_002_1
Subjects: Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; University of Toledo; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, from a yearbook dated from 1940, shows Brilliant High School. Brilliant High School was located at 2nd Street in Brilliant, Ohio, in Jefferson County, Ohio. In 1952, a new building was opened at 1004 3rd Street. In 1972, Brilliant High School merged with Smithfield High School, to become Buckeye North High School. Finally, in 1990, the three schools in the district merged together to form the Buckeye Local High School in Rayland, Ohio. 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_B08F06_032_001
Subjects: High school; School buildings--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Architecture; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Brilliant (Ohio); Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02107
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This walnut table had its legs lathe turned. After it was assembled, the entire table was varnished. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47906
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: To accommodate the raw materials coming into the plant, and the finished product going out, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company maintained an extensive rail system. Cars carrying up to 100 tons transported coal, iron ore, and limestone to the plant around the clock. This photograph was taken at the Campbell Works looking west from Wilson Avenue, East Youngstown (Campbell), Ohio, ca. 1920. In the background is the tube mill for converting semi-finished steel into pipes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05584
Subjects: Steel industry and trade--Ohio; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Railroads; Factories
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: 3" x 4" photograph of a plow from a collection of models for the Ohio State School for the Blind. The plow is one of man's most important tools, used to break the ground for planting. In earliest form, the plow was little more than a sharp stick. A major advance in plow design was the moldboard plow, a general purpose plow, also known as a walking plow. As shown in the model, the largest part of its blade is called the moldboard, to which is attached the plow's actual point, the share. The share bites into the ground while the rear moldboard, the larger part of the plow blade, turns the earth aside. The moldboard plow reduced the amount of time needed to prepare a field, in effect, it allowed a farmer to work a larger area of land. The model is length 11.5", width 3.5", height 4". Photographs and descriptions of models were included in the book "Models for the Blind," compiled by workers of the Ohio Writers' Program. The book was meant as a guide, to be used in the building and study of models, and as documentation of the achievements at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The models were a result of research, design and construction by employees of the Works Projects Administration. Models were made of durable materials to withstand regular usage. The average cost of labor for larger models was $45. A special room was built to store the models where teachers could borrow them to be used in classroom instruction. In 1837, the Ohio government established the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio State School for the Blind. It was the first public school for the blind in the United States. It was the first in the nation to be created and maintained entirely by the State government. The school opened its doors in 1839, and it was located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution. Eleven students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind this first year. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but upon moving to a new building in 1874, more than three hundred students could attend at one time. Between 1839 and 1901, 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s, the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953, the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education (kindergarten through high school) at the institution. In addition, the Ohio State School for the Blind offered vocational training for its students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_032_001
Subjects: United States. Work Projects Administration; Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Plows
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)