Description: Photographic reproduction of a print depicting Fort Harmar in 1790. The original print was published in the American Pioneer, volume 1, 1842. Colonel Josiah Harmar was sent to the Ohio frontier to discourage illegal settlers from moving into Ohio. He ordered Fort Harmar to be built in October 1785. The fort was built near present-day Marietta on the north side of the Ohio River by the mouth of the Muskingum River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02986
Subjects: Land settlement--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Fort Harmar (Ohio); Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a scenic picture of the Little Miami River and railroad tracks taken from Lookout Point in Fort Ancient in Warren County, Ohio. Fort Ancient is a collection of American Indian earthworks built by the Hopewell people located about 7 miles southeast of Lebanon, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_027_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio); Lebanon (Ohio); Fort Ancient (Ohio); Little Miami River (Ohio); Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400)
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1943, this photograph shows the Baldwin Homestead, built 1817-1820 by William Baldwin. The photograph's caption reads "William's father, Joseph, traded his Virginia Tannery for the original 120 acres in Moorefield Township; to which William later added about 2000 acres. At William's death, the estate was inherited by his father, and at the later's death by his eldest son, Judge Samuel Vance Baldwin, and at his death, the present site was inherited by his eldest son, William Baldwin, Esq., deceased, whose daughter and her husband have been the owners since 1924. The present owners, together with their daughter and grand-son, (sixth generation) occupy the homestead during the summer. 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_B01F10_040
Subjects: Architecture; Houses; Summer; Architecture
Places: Moorefield Township (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This jelly cupboard was handmade of walnut and poplar and finished with brown stain. It is only plainly decorated. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73803
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the airports and air routes in Ohio in 1936. It was a part of the Ohio Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_029
Subjects: Ohio Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The photograph shows the front exterior of the first courthouse in Hancock County. The two-story frame structure has 8/12 windows, five on the second floor and four on the first floor. Just to the right of the front door is an Ohio Historical Marker that reads: “First Courthouse of Hancock County. This ‘temporary courthouse’ was authorized by the county commissioners in 1831, completed in 1833 and in use until 1842. The building then served many functions such as a school, church, hotel, dentist office, store and residence. It has been moved twice, 1862 and 1913, from its original location on the southwest corner of South Main and West Crawford Streets. First County Court Session, March 14, 1828. First Court of Common Pleas, June, 1828. First Lawyer, Edson Goit, June, 1828. First Courthouse, 1833. Second Courthouse, 1842. Present Courthouse, 1888 Findlay/Hancock County Bar Association, March 27, 1899.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07009
Subjects: Architecture; Courthouses
Places: Findlay (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts steelworkers observing a sign that reads, "VOTE FOR CHAS. VAUGHN". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F89_003
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Steel workers
 

Description: Governor John J. Gilligan on the floor of the House Chamber in the Ohio Statehouse, March 3, 1972. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00562
Subjects: Gilligan, John Joyce, 1921-; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Governors
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: John Campbell, of pig iron fame, established the city of Ironton and subsequently brought an economic boom to the area. He also aided in the escape of slaves to Canada on the Underground Railroad. Scorching marks behind the front door of the residence are alleged to be the product of a horrific accident. A Campbell daughter died of burn injury after a chandelier fell. In mourning, another daughter postponed her marriage for a year. From 1935 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) through its Federal Writers' Project created The American Guide Series, which included forty-eight state guides, as well as supplemental guides for large cities, etc. The state guides are divided into three sections. In the first section are general essays about the state on things such as agriculture, culture, history, industry, religion, etc. The second section contains an overview of the various cities and towns around the state, as well as enumerating various points of interest. The last section is dedicated to various tours around the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_082
Subjects: Ironton; Underground Railroad; Book Illustration; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ironton Ohio; Ohio River; Lawrence County
 

Description: Photograph of a young boy and girl standing behind a dog sitting in a chair. Negative is marked "Henry Whippy White Pine WVA." 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: AL06677
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Dogs; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Children; Clothing and dress; Photography--History
Places: White Pine (West Virginia)
 

Description: This blue silk flag served as the regimental colors of the 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The flag was manufactured in the United States between 1861 and 1865. The United States arms is painted in the flag's center. The arms consists of a bald eagle holding an olive branch in its right talon and a bundle of six arrows in its left 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. Thirteen gold-painted stars are arranged in two arcs above the arms. Above the stars is a gray cloud with five groups of rays extending above the cloud. A gold-outlined banner below the arms features gold text that reads:"14th REGIMENT O.V.U.S.A." The flag has gold fringe on its top, right, and bottom sides. The dimensions are 182 by 165 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: AL01899
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of a girl and woman at easel, ca. 1890-1899. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03773
Subjects: Children; Art and Artists