Description: Reproduction of a photograph of two women working as telephone switchboard operators at Central Union Telephone Company, Canton, Ohio, 1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00129
Subjects: Telephone operators; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women--Employment
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: These postcards show a recreation of the pioneer landing that originally took place at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers on April 7, 1788, in present-day Marietta. The 1938 celebrations included the re-enactment as well as a parade, all celebrating the 150-year anniversary of the arrival of 48 settlers by way of flatboat from New England. Under the Ordinance of 1787 and led by General Rufus Putnam, the Ohio Company of Associates settlers established Marietta as the first organized American community in the Northwest Territory. Many of the settlers were former officers of the Revolutionary War, who had been paid for their service with warrants for land by the fledgling United States government as a result of the scarcity of cash after the war. By the end of 1788, approximately 137 people inhabited the area, presided over by Governor Arthur St. Clair. The six postcards measure approximately 5.5 by 3.5 inches (13.97 by 8.89 cm). Located within the Marietta settlement, Campus Martius was a fort that served as a home for some of the pioneers and provided protection against attacks from Native Americans. It was named for the ancient Field of Mars, where the Roman military trained. The present-day Campus Martius Museum became a part of the Ohio Historical Society in 1918, focusing on the subject of migration in Ohio's history. The restored home of Rufus Putnam, which was a part of the original fort, was later enclosed within a wing of the museum. The Ohio Company's Land Office is located behind the museum. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3389_5759486_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Celebrations; Floats (Parades); Forts & fortifications; Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio); Land Grants; Muskingum River (Ohio); Ohio River; Parades & processions
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 318 East Fourth St. (Fourth and Sycamore), Cincinnati. Christ Church congregation was founded 1817 by early settlers of Cincinnati, among them William Henry Harrison. Building visible here is the 1835 edifice, demolished 1957. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_002
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Episcopal Church--Ohio.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo showing E.E. Eisenbarth's first showboat, with crew standing on the roof. The side reads "Eisenbarth's Combined Wild West and Opera." Ellsworth Eugene Eisenbarth was born October 22, 1864, in Ironton, Ohio. The family later moved to Wetzel County, West Virginia. By 1889, Eisenbarth was traveling the mid-Atlantic states in "The Oregon Indian Medicine Show," which featured such entertainment as real cowboys and “Indians.” He next bought a floating store, which he refitted as a showboat and christened "The Eisenbarth Wild West & Floating Opera." The endeavor lasted from 1891 to 1895. By the late 1890s, Eisenbarth and his wife Julia had founded "The Eisenbarth & Henderson Mammoth and Combined Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company," complete with calliope, band and orchestra, which also traveled throughout the middle states by rail. In February of 1900, E.E. and Julia converted a glass barge named the E.V. Poke No. 2 into "The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre, Temple of Amusement." This showboat and its successor ("The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement") were devoted to bringing Shakespearean plays and other dramas, such as “Human Hearts” to the waterways. Eisenbarth also worked with a traveling company of players, perhaps to remain off the rivers during the winter months. The Temple cleared more money than almost any other boat on the Ohio River, even though it only played four nights a week and never on Sunday. Julia Eisenbarth died sometime after, and E.E. remarried in 1908 to Jennie Salina Brown. In 1909, he presented his last show on a riverboat, “The Castle.” He sold The Temple showboat to the Needham-Steiner Amusement Company that year, and although he made bids on other boats, these proved unsuccessful and The Temple ended up being his last showboat. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07542
Subjects: Popular culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio
Places: Ohio River; Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: United States national flag dates from 1862. The hand-woven wool flag has seven red and six white stripes and a blue canton with 35 white stars sewn on, arranged in five rows of seven. A tag attached to the flag reads: "Hand woven, bullet-ridden American flag, containing 35 stars. Carried by 31st Regiment O.V.I. in Battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro, Tennessee December 31, 1862." The flag is made of wool and measures 125 by 190 cm. The Ohio Historical Society purchased this flag from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois, in 1948. The seller acquired the flag from the grandson of Colonel William T. Coggeshall, who was the military secretary to Ohio Governor William Dennison during the Civil War. The Ohio Historical Society purchased this flag from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois, in 1948. The seller acquired the flag from the grandson of Colonel William T. Coggeshall, who was the military secretary to Ohio Governor William Dennison during the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65273_001
Subjects: Civil War 1861-1865; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865; Flags--OhioUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This scoop was handmade from tin. It is black in color. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72420
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting Belmont Furnace in Belmont County, Ohio from the opposite bank of the Ohio River, ca. 1900 - 1935. Belmont furnace was constructed in 1857. Wilbur Stout, former chemist at the Columbus Iron and Steel Company and Ohio's state geologist, researched and collected photographs of blast furnaces in Ohio. He received this photograph from the National Geographic Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00808
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Cleveland Museum of Art, seen from Wade Park Lagoon." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F09_13_01
Subjects: Art museums--Cleveland (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a portrait of a well-dressed young woman sitting in front of an American flag which bears the images of President William McKinley and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Handwriting on the negative appears to identify the woman as Miss Rachel Riddle. 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: AL06259
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Women Suffrage; Political campaigns; Political posters; Flags--United States; McKinley, William, 1843- 1901
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph of the foreman quarters at Fort Ancient. Fort Ancient features 18, 000 feet of earthen walls built 2, 000 years ago by American Indians who used the shoulder blades of deer, split elk antler, clam shell hoes and digging sticks to dig the dirt. They then carried the soil in baskets holding 35 to 40 pounds. Portions of the walls were used in conjunction with the sun and moon to provide a calendar system for the peoples. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_22_06
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Ancient State Memorial (Ohio); Buildings
Places: Fort Ancient (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne, Martha and Junior and a photograph of Elizabeth Carter of New Bedford, Massachusetts. 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_05_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
Places: Massachusetts; New Bedford (Massachusetts)
 

Description: This Bible has a leather cover. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8407_closed
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Religion in Ohio
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)