Description: Photomechanical reproduction of an image of Corson Hall, built by George Corson for abolition meetings and to conceal fugitive slaves at Plymouth Meeting in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 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: AL03204
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Plymouth Meeting (Pennsylvania); Montgomery County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Oscar A. Bamberger identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F069_12
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads "Birdseye View of S. Western part of Cincinnati showing 8th street Viaduct-6th st Viaduct-C. & O. Bridge, Ohio River and Covington Ky." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_012_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two men holding a sign that reads "Homosexuals for Nixon, We Love Dick," ca. 1972. The photograph was taken by a photographer for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05854
Subjects: Social movements; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Presidents--United States;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Probably dated to the 1930s, this photograph shows Red Cross first aid instructor A.W. Hoover. This photograph is one of many visual materials collected for publication 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_B08F20_004_1
Subjects: American Red Cross; First aid; Health education; Emergency medical personnel; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Middleport (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 33rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 179 cm high by 186 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 33rd Regt. O.V.V.I. This blue silk flag served as the regimental colors of the 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The flag was manufactured in the United States between 1861 and 1863. The United States arms is painted in the flag's center. The arms consists of a bald eagle holding an olive branch in its left talon and a bundle of arrows in its right talon. The eagle holds in its beak a scroll with the motto "E Pluribus Unum" (Latin for "one out of many"). A shield emblazoned with red and white stripes and a blue upper portion is positioned on the eagle's breast. Thirty-four gold stars are arranged in a double-arc pattern above the arms. A red banner positioned below the arms features gold text that reads: "33rd. REGT. O.V.V.I." The flag has gold fringe on its top, right, and bottom sides. The dimensions are 179 by 186 cm. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01942
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Exterior image of the Waldschmidt House. The Waldschmidt house was built by Christian Waldschmidt in 1804. During the Civil War, it served a the headquarters of General Joshua Bates. The area was called Camp Dennison and served as a recruiting depot, training center and hospital. it is currently owned by the Ohio Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06214
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio; Civil War 1861-1865; Military Ohio
Places: Camp Dennison (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographs of Yvonne Walker-Taylor as a child with her grandmother Eva Walker, of Walker-Taylor in her grandmother’s yard and of unidentified individuals. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and 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 president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_01_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait photograph of Hannah Simpson Grant, mother of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, ca. 1860's. The Grant family lived in Georgetown, Ohio, where Jesse Grant operated a tannery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04537
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Places: Georgetown (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Negative image of 80 ton hot metal kling car built by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B02F45_006
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Str. Gordon. C. Greene making landing at Shiloh Battlefield enroute to Muscle Shoals, Ala. Greene Line Steamer" I torn tag on the back of the photo seems to credit the Indianapolis Star with the photo. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_039_001
Subjects: Shiloh, Battle of, 1862; Steamboats
Places: Tennessee
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting a supply car used by the Cleveland Railway entering the car barn, Lakewood, Ohio, ca. 1930-1950. The Cleveland Railway was the city's system of public transit from 1910 to 1942, and consisted of over 1,700 streetcars and buses. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02692
Subjects: Street-railroads--Ohio; Street-cars; Transportation--Ohio--History
Places: Lakewood (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)