Description: This photograph shows a map of downtown Cincinnati of an area bounded by Liberty Street on the north side, Main Street on the east side, Third Street on the south side and Union Terminal on the west side. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F03_28_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Maps--Facsimiles
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The gentleman in this photograph is setting concrete blocks at the stadium in City Park in Greenville, Ohio. Within the seven acres of City Park, there are seven fishing lakes, a swimming pool with a 150-foot water slide, an athletic field, nine tennis courts, 18 horseshoe courts, shuffle board courts, ten covered shelters and many more activities for the entire family. The park is located at 610 Harmon Drive in Greenville, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F09_008_001
Subjects: Greenville (Ohio); Construction; Parks
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Timken Vocational High School, Canton- Photograph by courtesy of Canton Public Schools; This photo must be returned to OHIO WRITERS' PROJECT, 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." This is a photograph of Timken Vocational High School in Canton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_026_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Schools--Ohio; School buildings--Ohio; Vocational education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 66th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 66th Reg't O.V.I.U.S.A. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02476
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Allen County Courthouse. The present courthouse is Allen County's third since its inception in 1832. It was built from 1881-1884 at a cost of $360,000. The building, designed by architect George Maetzel, is an elaborate French Second Empire Style. Mansard-roofed towers frame it with a projecting entrance pavilion located in the center. The Justice Center, a complex built in 1990 containing a jail, courts, and sheriff offices, is located just north of the courthouse and is connected by an overhead walkway. The seamless blending of the two buildings creates an impressive complex for the citizens of Allen County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_009
Subjects: Courthouses; mansard roofs; stringcourses; quoins; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio); 301 N. Main St.
 

Description: Original description reads: "Works Progress Administration in Ohio. Federal Writers Project. 902 Municipal Building Akron. Sept 11, 1937. Lorain County. POI & Educational Institutions. First Congregational Church-Oberlin, Ohio (1842- ). See 'Oberlin College Alumni Catalogue 1833 - 1936' Page 20. for full description of this church. Dist. 6 files." "Erected 1842 A.D." can be seen, in stone, above the main entrance to the square brick building. The construction of the First Congregational Church was begun in 1842, and the building was enclosed that year. The Oberlin College commencement exercises were held in the building in August, 1843, although it was still unfinished. It was completed in August, 1844, and at that time it was the largest building west of the Allegheny mountains. Its total cost was $12,000. It was built of brick and was characterized by rare simplicity and proportion. the audience room furnished seating capacity for 1400 people, and upon many occasions more than 2000 people have been crowded into it. It was used for church services, the Commencement and other public exercises of the Institute and College, and for town meetings. It was the church home for all Oberlin people from 1843 to 1860. In 1860 a membership of 1545 seemed to make necessary a division, resulting in the organization of a second church, called the Second Congreational Church. In 1908, and again in 1927, extensive repairs, alterations and replacements were made. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F16_001_1
Subjects: Church buildings--Ohio; Oberlin College
Places: Oberlin (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo depicts a student standing on a chair, reaching for a book on the top shelf of a bookshelf in the stacks at the OSU Main Library. The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, anchoring the western end of The Oval, is the Ohio State University’s main branch and single largest repository. Also called the Main Library, it was named after the university’s fifth president. The Thompson Library, designed by the Boston firm of Allen and Collens in the Italianate Renaissance Revival style was opened January 6, 1913. Its placement on the Oval was suggested by the Olmsted brothers who had designed New York City's Central Park. The library has been renovated or expanded three times since its original date of construction. The first addition, a massive extension of the original three-floor structure, the addition of a 10-story tower, as well as single story extensions to the north and south ends of the east entrance. This first renovation was completed on June 2, 1951. The second expansion added an unadorned modern extension to the west wing, finished on January 5, 1977. In July 2006, the library closed to begin the $108 million dollar renovation of the building started on January 10, 2007. The 2007-09 renovation included hazardous materials abatement, replacement and expansion of the 1977 addition, and restoration of the building's original east facade. The library reopened on August 3, 2009, and it was officially dedicated on September 24, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04_010_1
Subjects: Education; Universities & colleges--United States--1890-1940; Ohio State University. Library; Ohio State University. William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library; William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library; Ohio State University; Thompson, W. O. (William Oxley), 1855-1933
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "A Plaque of David Linton Dayton Ohio Montgomery co Ohio" David Linton (1815-1889) was a founder of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity founded at Miami University in 1839. The letters of Beta Theta Pi are seen on this monument. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_034_1
Subjects: Beta Theta Pi; Monuments; Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of Major Martin R. Delany while an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War printed in "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Delany helped recruit African Americans for the draft in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_10
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: This photograph shows what appears to be a husband and wife, surrounded by their ten children and pet dog. It 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_b02_f145
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Animals; Children; Families
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

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_203B2F2_026
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Greyhound Bus Depot and a lunch counter in Ironton, Ohio, probably on 3rd Street, during the 1937 Ohio River flood, also referred to as the Great Flood. A sign is visible for the lunch counter advertising five cent hamburgers, lunch, and beer. In January and February of 1937, weeks of heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River to flood parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, causing $500 million in property damages, and displacing and killing hundreds. By the end of January, the Ohio River measured 80 feet deep in Cincinnati, one of the areas most affected. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched thousands of relief workers from the Works Progress Administration to rescue flood victims and restore affected cities. 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 unemploye View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_012_013
Subjects: Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Transportation--Ohio; Works Progress Administration
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio); Ohio River