Description: Reverse reads "Cinci., O., Sept 1937. Palm House on Grandin Road." This photograph shows a two story brick Tudor style home, much overgrown with ivy. More information needed View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_005_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Before the Ohio Penitentiary’s closing in 1979, the execution chamber within the facility housed and displayed photographs of many of the prisoners sentenced to death throughout the state’s history. This portrait of Henry Loudermilk is one of them. Loudermilk was the leader and organizer of a small, ragtag gang of Columbus residents. He was the mastermind behind the robbery and murder of John M. Kidney, a 75-year-old farmer and blacksmith from Monroe Township. He coordinated this violent crime with the intention of stealing roughly $60,000, which was rumored to be hidden somewhere on Kidney’s property. On December 10, 1931 Loudermilk’s gang invaded Kidney’s home where they viciously beat and tortured the residents inside, Kidney himself and his elderly sister, Sarah. They scoured the house in search of the hidden money but were only able to find $446, a small fraction of the sum they had originally anticipated. Disappointed, the assailants fled the crime scene, leaving the Kidney siblings to die. The Kidneys were later discovered and assisted by a visiting neighbor. However, John’s injuries were too severe and he died while in the care of his neighbor and the county sheriff. Sarah, on the other hand, was eventually able to recover. And she later testified against her attackers in court. Loudermilk was the second person involved in Kidney’s murder to be executed. The caption at the bottom of his photograph reads, “No. 166, Henry Loudermilk of Pickaway County, Electrocuted June 3rd, 1932, for the murder of John Kidney of Pickaway County, Ohio.” Loudermilk was married with six children and worked as an interior decorator in Columbus before his conviction and subsequent execution. He was electrocuted at the age of 47. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08225
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: Pickaway County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Alabama Governor George Wallace at the Luken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio, pictured with Miss Cincinnati, September 13, 1968. George Wallace was a candidate for United State President in 1968 on the American Independent Party ticket, whose platform was strongly in favor of racial segregation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05191
Subjects: Presidential elections; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Presbyterian Manse." A manse is a house provided by a church, usually Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or United Church, for the minister and his family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_009_001
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Presbyterian;
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Notes: Sinclair - Valentine Graunne(?) Green Black #03774-B. top photo: Cincinnati's public landing looking upstream. Notes: New England E. V. White 60# bottom photo: Wharf at Cincinnati (public landing) looking downstream with Roebling Suspension Bridge in the background. Cincinnati's Public Landing, located at the end of Broadway, is a granite slab extending down the bank. During the Riverboat Era Cincinnati was the largest city west of Pittsburgh. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F09_006_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Steamboats; Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker attending the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s General Conference, the supreme body of the Church that meets every four years. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F07_R_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men
Places: Nashville (Tennessee)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a model extension ladder built for the Ohio State School for the Blind as a teaching tool. An extension ladder is divided into two or more lengths for easier storage. It slides apart for maximum length. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_067_001
Subjects: Models; Ladders; Schools--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "View taking from Mt. Adams at the top of the Incline. Cincinnati." This photograph shows the view from the Mount Adams Incline, looking south, towards the Ohio River and the Central Bridge. The Central Bridge or Cincinnati & Newport Bridge, was finished in 1890 and was the first "standard" cantilever truss bridge to be built. Located next to the L&N Bridge seen in the background, the Central Bridge had a similar type and length of approach spans to that of the L&N bridge, with the piers built from identical stone. Demolished in 1992, the bridge was replaced by the Taylor-Southgate Bridge in 1995. Mount Adams Incline, extending from Lock St. to Rookwood Pl. and Celestial St., was the more important of the two local inclines. The inclines comprised two stilted, cable-drawn platforms that raised wagons and pedestrians, and later the Zoo-Eden Streetcars and automobiles 268 feet from Lock Street to the hilltop on an inclined track 945 feet long. The understructure, over house tops and streets, is made of stout lumber and had a track gauge of 4 feet 8.5 inches. The funicular railway, completed in 1875, was closed in 1948, and I-471 now runs through the location at the base of the hill. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_27_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Funicular railroads; Inclined planes; Bridges--Ohio--Cincinnati; Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Aerial view of the Columbus Auto Parts Company factory in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1960-1969. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07947
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy; Automobile industry
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a canal boat named "St. Louis of Dayton" on the Miami Canal Basin, Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1850. Men are standing on the roof of the hold, and kegs or barrels are arranged in rows on the roof. Also visible in the image is a warehouse owned by Robert Chambers, which was located on the east side of the basin between First and Third Streets. The Miami Canal, which connected Cincinnati to Dayton, was the first segment of the Miami and Erie Canal to be completed. It was constructed between 1825 and 1829. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06116
Subjects: Canals; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Miami Canal (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "The Globe Iron Co, the largest manufacturers of Hi-Scilicon Iron in the U.S. They employ 200." This is an external view of the The Globe Iron Company buildings in Jackson, Ohio. Globe Furnace was founded in 1872, near the present day intersection of Main and South Streets, in Jackson, Ohio by Captain Lewis Davis. In 1873 the company merged with the local Fulton Furnace Company and renamed as Globe Iron Company. A chance discovery was made around 1887 of silvery pig iron, an alloy of iron, manganese and silicon. It was found that this alloy was useful in many different applications and became so successful that they paid all their debts and eventually began making improvements to the facilities, both in 1901 and 1912. A new blast furnace was erected in 1929, but with the onset of the Depression, the company experienced a downturn in sales which lasted until World War II, when the demand for pig iron greatly increased. In 1956, Globe merged with Interlake Iron Corporation. On September 4, 1960 a large explosion shook the iron plant with damage so widespread that the blast furnace never reopened. By the late 1960s, the plant had been leveled and the Jackson Square Shopping Center built on the land. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F11_007_1
Subjects: Iron industry and trade--Ohio; Jackson County (Ohio)--History; Industries--Ohio; Pig-iron; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Portion of the finished Grading at State Mound near Miamisburg. 1936." This photograph shows driveway, parking area and burial mound in Miamisburg. The Miamisburg Mound is the largest conical burial mound in the state of Ohio and possibly in the eastern U. S. Archaeological investigations of the surrounding area suggest that it was constructed by the prehistoric Adena Culture (800 BC - AD 100). Built on a 100-foot-high bluff, the mound measures 877 feet in circumference. It was originally more than 70 feet high. Visitors may climb the 116 steps from its base to the summit for a view of the surrounding park. The 37-acre park has picnic tables and a playground. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F04_002_001
Subjects: Earthworks (Archaeology)--Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100)
Places: Miamisburg (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)