Description: Homecoming celebration held for Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F4_016
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Mather Mansion in Cleveland, Ohio. Now named University Hall, it is on the campus of Cleveland State University. The mansion, with 45 rooms, was completed in 1910 and belonged to the Samuel Mather family. He was an iron ore shipping magnate. It is on the Euclid Avenue in the Millionaire's Row. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07259
Subjects: Mansions; Iron industry
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Wide shot of the first floor clock, The F. & R. Lazarus Company, 1926. 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: AL04463
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Elizabeth Green, a refugee of the mine fire in New Straitsville, Ohio, ca. 1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00027
Subjects: Perry County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: New Straitsville (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor and Herbert Jeffrey, aka Herb Jefferies, the first African American singing cowboy. His first film was "Harlem on the Prairie" which was considered the first black western following the inauguration of the talkies. Herbert Jefferies sang his own songs in "The Bronze Buckaroo" and "Harlem Rides the Range." Following his movie career, Jefferies returned to singing and recorded "The Flamingo" with Duke Ellington. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_09_1_2
Subjects: Musicians; Music; Actors; African American men
 

Description: Berkeley Plantation in Charles County, Virginia, ca. 1920-1960. It was the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States. Harrison was born on February 9, 1773. His father was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06230
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Charles City County (Virginia)
 

Description: Boy posed with his Grand Champion Steer at the Ohio State Fair, 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00795
Subjects: Cows; Popular culture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a guidon of the 16th Independent Battery, Ohio Veteran Volunteer Light Artillery. The text on flag reads: 16th Ohio Batter[y] Port Gibson, [?] Vicksburg [?]. This unit was engaged in the Battle of Port Gibson in Mississippi and in the Siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi. A guidon, usually a swallowtail flag, is carried by an artillery or cavalry company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01825
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: C.T. Weber created this painting of Levi Coffin and his wife "Aunt Katie" (Catherine Coffin) receiving a company of fugitive slaves outside of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. The painting was done in 1893 for the Columbian World's Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. 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: AL03134
Subjects: Women abolitionists - Ohio; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Activists
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The round object on the right is an Aerodyne mine ventilation fan made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was used at the Island Creek Coal Company, Holden, West Virginia, 1936. Ventilation fans forced fresh air into underground mines for miners to breathe and to dissipate poisonous gasses. In the background is a Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive and tender. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01568
Subjects: Locomotives; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Holden (West Virginia)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 88th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Eighty Eighth Regt., Ohio. Vol. Infty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02507
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Photograph of the 1940 Wilberforce University football team. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: WilberforceFootballteamphoto1940
Subjects: Wilberforce University; Sports
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)