Description: Reverse reads, "Seagrave corp." An unidentified man works on a coulter machine at the Seagrave corporation in Columbus, Ohio. The coulter is a type of metalworking machine tool that was created by the Automatic Machine Co. based in Bridgeport, Conn. It is used for planing new brasses and planing slide valves for reseating. Seagrave Corporation eventually became Seagrave Fire Apparatus, and is now the oldest' continuous manufacturer of fire apparatus in North America. The company was founded in 1881 in Detroit, Michigan, by Frederic Seagrave, and moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1891. In 1963, it moved to Clintonville, Wisconsin where it is still located today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_014_1
Subjects: Seagrave Fire Apparatus (Firm); Electric apparatus and appliances--Fires and fire prevention; Industries--Ohio--History--Pictorial works; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: C. W. DeWalt 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_B01F080_09
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Walter H. Blocker 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_B01F080_15
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Painting of regimental colors of the 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 180 cm high by 183 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 125th Regiment OVI. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02575
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Photograph of the memorial for Ohio Governor and United States President William McKinley in front of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. McKinley was president from 1897 to 1901. He was assassinated in the first year of his second presidential term while on a cross-country tour. The dedication ceremony was held on September 14, 1906, the five-year anniversary of McKinley's death, and was attended by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05239
Subjects: Monuments & memorials; Ohio History--State and Local Government; McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This banner is comprised of rectangular panels of blue, yellow and white cotton stitched together. The banner is stamped "2 1/2 x 4" and has brass grommets and white cotton twill on one side. The banner was displayed on showboats and dates from around 1930. The dimensions are 120 cm by 70 cm. The banner was probably flown on the Eisenbarth showboats. Mrs. E. E. Eisenbarth of Marietta, Ohio, donated this banner to the Ohio Historical Society in 1986. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H59978_001
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The Hayes Memorial Library and Museum was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1916 in the Spiegel Grove State Park, Fremont, Ohio. The four-page program lists the morning and afternoon programs. At 8:00 am the building was "thrown open...for the exclusive use of the school children and teachers of the Public Schools and of St. Ann's and St. Joseph's Parochial Schools, on the way to the cemeteries to decorate the graves of Soldiers." Governor Frank B. Willis made a presentation, as did George Kinney, mayor of Fremont, and United States Senator Warren G. Harding. The front cover includes an image of the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum and the back depicts Spiegel Grove. The program measures 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.8 cm). The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center contains the residence of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States, a library and museum, and the tomb of the president and his wife Lucy Webb Hayes. The library and museum building houses the personal papers and mementos of the Hayes family, the Civil War, and the White House. The tomb is encased in a monument of Vermont granite from the president's father's farm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3207_3831309_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Architecture; Arts and entertainment; Literary Ohio; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; Presidents; Building dedications; Monuments & memorials; Libraries; Galleries & museums
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing Major General Robert Beightler, Commanding General, 37th Infantry Division, presenting a medal to an unidentified soldier. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P295_B02_F13_01
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio
 

Description: This handmade wooden peg rack has a decorative planed edge. It is brown in color. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73837
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cabinet card portrait of a young woman posed with a bicycle, Zanesville, Ohio, ca. 1896-1897. The card advertises the Lauck Brothers Art Gallery at 77 Main St., Second Floor, Zanesville, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02731
Subjects: Bicycles; Cabinet photographs; Portrait photography--United States--History--19th century
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02490
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: There is no record of who made this quilt but the initials "D.K.H." are embroidered on it. It is thought to have been made for the 1910 Amish wedding of Deliah Kempf and Abner Helmuth in Holmes County, Ohio. The quilt is pieced in a double four-patch pattern using solid colors of brown, brown-red, blue, gold and tan wool. The blocks are placed on point with alternating plain blocks. The back is tan cotton. The quilting is done in a diamond grid through the center and in a quadruple cable in the one border. The binding is blue. This quilt has the typical dark plain colors preferred by the Amish. The donor purchased this quilt from their daughter. The size of the quilt is 185cm x 154cm (73 x 61 inches). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3472_6643241_001
Subjects: Daily life; Ohio Women; Quilts; Amish;