Description: This photograph of Representative Adelaide Sterling Ott was taken around 1923 or 1924. Adelaide Sterling Ott served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1922 to 1928. She was one of only two women from Mahoning County to serve in the House in the twentieth century. During World War I, Ott worked for the Red Cross and the American Legion. She also was president of the Women's Division of the First Baptist Church in Youngstown. The photograph measures 6" x 4" (15.24 x 10.16 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3104_3675559_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Ohio Women; Politicians; Women legislators
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Congress approved an enabling act on April 30, 1802, empowering the Ohio territory to begin the process of becoming a state. Thirty-five delegates were elected on November 1 to form a consitutional convention. Among them were Edward Tiffin, James Sargent, Francis Dunlavy, Bazaleel Wells, Nathaniel Massie, Thomas Worthington, Samuel Huntington, Ephraim Cutler, and Rufus Putnam. The delegates assembled in Chillicothe to write a constitution composed of sections from other state constitutions. This document was approved by Congress on February 10, 1803 and Ohio was admitted as the seventeenth state. The constitution is 19 pages and measures 9" x 14" (22.86 cm x 35.56 cm). The 1802 Ohio constitution gave virtually all power to the legislature. The Senate and House of Representatives appointed the Supreme Court and the governor had no veto power. Although the constitution did ban slavery in Ohio, a motion to grant African Americans the right to vote failed by one vote in the constitutional convention. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1352_1167800_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Civil liberties; African American Ohioans; Constitutions
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows the pediment and cornice of the Adath Israel Temple, also referred to as the Avondale Synagogue, a neo-classical revival synagogue built in 1926 by Oscar Schwartz, located at 3556 Reading Road in the Avondale neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. 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_B02F16_017
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Synagogues--Ohio--Cincinnati; Schwartz, Oscar, fl. 1916-1931; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This art deco style illustration for “Chillicothe” was used in The Ohio Guide. It depicts the Ross County courthouse, which became Ohio’s first statehouse. A signature of the artist “Homer H. Seay” can also be seen. This illustration is a photographic reproduction of a drawing. It is one of a series produced as possible chapter headings for The Ohio Guide. 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. The tourist is taken from city to city, with turn by turn directions, and descriptions of what can be seen along the way. While much of the country has grown and changed since the guides were written, it is surprising how much remains, and sometimes more surprising what has been lost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F16_040
Subjects: Books Chapter-headings; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Greene County - Yellow Springs, Ohio Oct 13, 1936. State 14-29-193 WPS 4036 Installing Sewer System" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F09_004_1
Subjects: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is of a group of people standing by an old covered bridge in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_047_001
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Covered Bridges Ohio
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Code:K12; Class.: Human Interest; Ident.: Hunter Asleep; Caption: Sportsman's Paradise or Asleep at the Post. This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project, 78 E. Chestnut St. Columbus, Ohio." This is a photograph of a hunter sleeping against the trunk of a tree somewhere in the woods of Ohio. There is squirrel to the right of his head and a piece of straw in his mouth. He has ammunition around his waist and a gun leaning on his leg. There is also a river or pond behind him in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_029_001
Subjects: Hunting--Ohio; Forest animals; Forests and Forestry; Naps (Sleep); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Williams County Courthouse. The clock tower of this building has a copper-covered pyramidal roof and is 160 feet high and 26 feet square, reflecting the "overall massiveness" of the Romanesque Revival architectural style. The courthouse is made of stone and red brick. There are many towers and turrets that are rounded, "pepper-pot" and square. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_506
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio); 1 Courthouse Square
 

Description: Carte de visite of Pvt. Jeremiah Hoit, who served with Company H of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Company H was recruited from Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, and was also known as the "Newton Guards." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f12_03
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865) Company H
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ladies attending private reception during homecoming celebration after the moon landing in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Neil Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, Governor James Rhodes, Mayor Donald Wittwer, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F6_019
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a rebuilt version of an original mill built on this site in the 1840s by Noah Hoover, President Herbert Hoover's great-uncle. The mill features a 27-foot waterwheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00382
Subjects: Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Miami County (Ohio); Agricultural machinery;
Places: West Milton (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Home of abolitionist John Rankin in Ripley, Ohio, ca. 1950-1970. The house, built in 1828, sits on a hill overlooking the Ohio River and served as an important stop on the Underground Railroad. Rankin and his wife Jane (identified in some later records as Jean) worked with their neighbors to assist thousands of slaves to escape to freedom. The house was purchased by the state of Ohio in 1938 and ten years later the Ohio Historical Society opened the refurbished site to the public. It is now a National Historic Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01027
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Other--Ohio Historical Society; Abolitionists; Anti-slavery; Activists; Abolition
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)