Description: Pamphlet containing remarks made in the House of Representatives by representatives John Armor Bingham (1815-1900) and Noah Davis (1818-1902) concerning the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment, May 1870. Bingham and Davis were Republican congressman from Ohio and New York, respectively. The Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote under the Constitution, and stated "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified in 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04236
Subjects: Abolitionists; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Constitutions; Activists
Places: Washington D.C.
 

Description: Photograph of a Mr. Dickey in his private office. Image is from a collection of glass plate negatives of various Trumbull County and northeastern Ohio scenes, places, people and events taken by John E. Pickering and Edward D. Pickering from the 1880s to the 1910s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08467
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Office buildings
Places: Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 65th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02007
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This color image is a closeup of a paper sign taped to the door of a blue car. The sign reads: "Ohio State School for the Blind / 20 / Braille Rallye." A Braille Rallye is a competitive event in which a blind or visually impaired navigator is paired with a sighted driver. Driving directions and descriptions of landmarks are written in Braille, which the navigator reads and then imparts to the driver as they proceed along the course. Results of the competition are based on navigation and timekeeping. In 1835 Dr. William Awl of Columbus and Dr. Daniel Drake of Cincinnati recommended to the Ohio General Assembly that a residential school for the blind be established. On April 3, 1837, Ohio governor Duncan McArthur signed the legislation that created the nation's first public school for the blind. The Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind opened on July 3, 1837, with five students. It was the predecessor of the Ohio State School for the Blind. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution, which was located in downtown Columbus. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but upon moving to a new building in 1874, more than three hundred students could attend at one time. Between 1839 and 1901, 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953 the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home at 5220 North High Street. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education, kindergarten through high school, at the institution. In addition, the Ohio State School for the Blind offered vocational training for its students. William Awl (1799-1876) was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and, in 1825, established a practice in Lancaster, Ohio. As a physician, Awl sought to improve medical care for the imprisoned, the blind, and the mentally ill. In 1833, the Ohio legislature appointed Awl as the physician of the Ohio Penitentiary. Two years later Awl helped organize the Ohio Medical Association. This organization lobbied the Ohio legislature to establish a state hospital for the mentally ill and a school for the blind. In 1837, they succeeded in convincing the legislature to establish the Ohio Lunatic Asylum. Awl served as the director of this institution until 1850. He believed that mental health problems were illnesses that physicians could treat. In 1868 he became the physician for the Ohio Institution for the Blind. Daniel Drake (1785-1852) was in New Jersey. His family was very poor and moved to Kentucky in 1788, hoping to improve its lot on the frontier. In 1798, Drake became a student of Dr. William Goforth, one of the first physicians in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1805 he received the first medical diploma granted west of the Appalachian Mountains. Drake played a major role in establishing the Medical College of Ohio, founded in 1819. He also helped create the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum for the State of Ohio in 1820. Drake contributed greatly to Ohio's development. His work helped provide Ohioans with capable doctors. He played a leading role in establishing several institutions of higher education. Drake also wrote numerous books on Ohio's animals, plants, and diseases. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06955
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Education for the blind; Awl, William M. (William Maclay), 1799-1876; Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852; Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a manuscript typed on unlined paper by Paul Laurence Dunbar for a poem entitled "Spring Song." The words "14-47 Miss Russell" are handwritten in the top left corner. Originally published in "Lyrics of a Lowly Life" in 1898. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS114_B10_F01_035
Subjects: Poetry; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; Spring--Poetry; African American Ohioans; Authors
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pvt. Michael Petrucci (right) and an unidentified Marine on board a ship to Kobe, Japan, en route to Korea in September of 1953. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07476
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
 

Description: Edition of "The Doughboy," dated March 1, 1919. This newspaper was published by and for the soldiers of the 7th Infantry Brigade stationed with the occupying forces in Adenau, Germany, shortly after World War I. The paper was intended to entertain and inform the soldiers. This edition includes humorous poems and cartoons, news stories about the 7th Brigade's military maneuvers, a brigade horse show and basketball tournament, wages for Germans in the area, military awards and more. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS7311
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Occupied territories; United States. Army. Infantry Brigade, 7th; Newspapers;
Places: Adenau (Germany)
 

Description: Advertisement for "The New Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre," announcing its double show of vaudeville and a comedy-drama called "Her Fatal Step." 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 Amuse View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS930AV_B03F03_01_01
Subjects: Popular culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio; Posters; Advertisements;
Places: Ohio River; Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: 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. This silk Stars and Stripes guidon was taken into battle by Battery G of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. Its blue canton bears 34 stars in a configuration of 5-6-6-6-6-5 rows. 30 cm long streamers of red an white are attached by a straight pin to the top of the canton. Text on flag reads: Battery. G 1ST RGT. OVA; Battle of Shiloh; Battle of Stone River; Chickamauga; Chattanooga. The regiment was called upon April 21, 1861 in a letter to Colonel James Barnett from the Governor, William Dennison. Each Battery of the 1st has its own history and operated independently in battle. Their initial appointment was for three months, though most served an additional campaign for three to five years. Battery G was quickly appointed to another 3 year campaign at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati and mustered into service on December 17, 1861. Major engagements in which the battery took part include Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Franklin and Nashville. The battery was mustered out at Camp Cleveland on August 31, 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02315
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865; 1st Regiment, Battery G, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; Statehouse--Ohio; Textile--silk;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Produce stand at author-conservationist Louis Bromfield's Malabar Farm, Richland County, Ohio, 1954. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00657
Subjects: Farm life -- Ohio; Ohio Economy -- Agriculture
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group photograph of the Newbern, West Virginia, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The I.O.O.F. are an international fraternal order open to both men and women with the goal of social good. The negative has "I.O.O.F. NEWBERN W.VA April 26, 1908." inscribed in white. 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: AV71_b04_f273
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Fraternal organizations
Places: West Virginia
 

Description: A passenger in a car pays the toll attendant to cross the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in this 1959 photograph by Joe Munroe. Tolls are instituted to raise money for maintenance of roads and bridges with a high traffic volume. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B29_F1065_JPG195a
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Toll bridges; People; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
Places: San Francisco (California)