Description: Two men in a sailboat of the coast of Lake Erie, with many other sailboats in the background. This could be in the Sandusky Bay. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_003_1
Subjects: Lake Erie; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Erie, Lake
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of a deceased man in open casket. The casket appears to be outdoors and is surrounded by boughs and wreaths of flowers. 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: AL03852
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States; Postmortem photography; Death--United States
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This pinstriped woolen shaw is blue and white in color and features a decorative fringe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8708
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Clothing & dress
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Eden Park, one of the most noted Cincinnati parks, has 185 acres of rolling lawns, steep hills, winding drives, and a miniature lake, at the time one of the reservoirs of the city's water system. The park was designed by landscape architect Adolph Strauch; the original plot of land was purchased by the city in 1859. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_030_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio). Water Dept.; Parks--United States--History.; Strauch, Adolph, 1822-1883.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the aftermath of the Moulton, Ohio, tornado of 1920. In this photograph, three unidentified people are standing in the middle of a dirt road. Visible behind them is a demolished building and skeletal trees stripped of branches. On March 28, 1920 (Palm Sunday), an outbreak of 30 tornadoes across eight states killed 153 persons, ranking it among the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. Four killer tornadoes moved into western Ohio from Indiana and another moved across Wood and Ottawa Counties. There were 29 deaths from these tornadoes in Ohio. The community of Moulton, Ohio, west of Wapakoneta, was leveled and three people were killed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05948
Subjects: Tornadoes--Ohio; Tornado damage; Natural disasters;
Places: Moulton (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a citizenship class that was taught by people who were employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) agency. The photo shows several immigrant people (most likely of European dissent) who are seated, and most of them are women. The two women who are standing are presumed to be employed by the WPA. There is also a man seated in the back of the photo. He is also presumed to be employed by the WPA and could possibly be the actual instructor. Citizenship classes, also called Americanization classes, were focused on teaching immigrants how to speak, read, and write the English language to allow them to then find work and become active members in society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_002_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; United States. Works Progress Administration; Americanization; Citizenship--America; Fashion; Classroom environment; Immigrant women; Immigrant men; Working class women
Places: Toledo(Ohio); Lucas County(Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts an accident at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Campbell boiler shop involving a plate shears case. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F02_001
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Parade down Auglaize Street celebrating Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F1_058
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads "Kennedy Ledges Portage County" The Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park is located in Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio. The 167 acre park was established by the Ohio Department of Parks and Recreation in 1949. The nearest town is Garrettsville, Ohio. Popular for picnicking and hiking, the park contains sandstone cliffs 50 to 60 feet high and depressions 60 feet deep. The cliff formations are the result of erosion - wind, water, freezing and thawing that wore away the soft stone. The approximately three miles of hiking trails are color coded with white being moderately easy. yellow and blue are moderately difficult and red is extremely difficult. There are more trails are unmarked and very dangerous. The forest is mainly beech and maple with a few more uncommon cooler climate trees such as Canadian hemlock, Canada yew and yellow birch. Some trees cling to the side of the rocks with the roots searching for every crevice. Under the canopy of the trees is maidenhair fern and Christmas fern. Also found is the less common marginal shield fern, grape fern and common polypody. The trees are home to a variety of song birds and other parts of the park are home to skunks, raccoons and fox squirrels. Because of the cliffs and the hazardous trail, the park is open only from dawn to dusk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F15_001_001
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

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)