Description: The photograph shows a portion of a large silo complex. Six joined circular concrete silos can be seen in the photograph. The silos belonged to the Quaker Oats Company and are located in downtown Akron. The Quaker Oats Company Plant was located at the southwest corner of Mill and Howard Streets. A second plant, housed in a 10-story brick building at Mill Street and South Broadway, receives the grain, which was washed and then whisked through underground tubes beneath three downtown streets to the Howard Street plant, where it was processed and packed. The company's expansion program, under way in 1939, included the construction of an elevator with a capacity of 400,000 bushels. The Howard Street plant stood on the site of the Old Stone Mill, completed in 1833 and operated by power from a race that brought water from the Little Cuyahoga River. Quaker Oats built 36 grain silos in 1932. Each silo was 120 feet tall and 24 feet in diameter, and together they housed 1,500,000 bushels of grain. Quaker Oats terminated production in Akron in 1970. The facility was repurposed in March 1973, and reopened 1 April 1975 with four shops and an ice cream parlor. The entire complex is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The silos were converted into a Hilton Hotel which opened in 1980. Later it became a Crowne Plaza hotel. The hotel is built into the suite of silos and is famed for its 196 completely round rooms. In mid-June 2007 the University of Akron bought the complex for $22,679,000 with plans to convert it into student housing and office space. The university planned to house more than 400 students in the converted hotel starting with the 2008 spring semester. As of January 2008, the university has begun to use the upper floors of the hotel as a residence hall. Under contract with UA, RDA Management of Fairlawn will operate 95 hotel rooms on the four bottom floors of the silos for the next two years. The university agreed to keep those rooms available to the public for that period to give the city an opportunity to secure more hotel space for downtown visitors and tourists. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F08_022_1
Subjects: Quaker Oats Company; Silos;
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This gray kerosene lantern was handmade from tin. Lanterns are handheld, which is why this has a handle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9433
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Lighting--Architectural and decorative
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the fragmented flag from 1861-1863. It has red and white strips with a blue canton with 34 stars. It is made of wool and measures 180 by 180 cm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65417_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: This mortised bootjack is made from wood with leather edges. Bootjacks were used to help pull boots off. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8908
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Clothing & dress; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This furniture molding pattern is made of poplar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47945
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of a round, half gallon, soldered tin dinner pail with a bail handle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73907
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Lunchboxes
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Greene County Courthouse. The building was completed in 1902 by architects Samuel Hannaford and Sons. It was constructed of Bedford stone with unique architectural features such as an asymmetrical square clock tower, round-arched openings and corbelled cornice. It is an example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F03_169
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Xenia (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio); 45 N. Detroit St.
 

Description: This photograph shows the welcome home celebration for Neil Armstrong after NASA mission Gemini 8; Gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_068
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Santas Christmas Circus window display in the Lazarus department store in downtown Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1950-1959. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00725
Subjects: Lazarus Department Store; Retail trade--Ohio--Columbus; Christmas; The F. & R. Lazarus Company (Columbus, Ohio);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A woman poses for a portrait photograph outside. 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_f253
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Reproduction of a portrait of abolitionist John Rankin of Ripley, Ohio, ca. 1850-1880. 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. His house in Ripley, situated at the top of a hill overlooking the Ohio River, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01174
Subjects: Abolitionists; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Activists
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Eva Walker standing with an unidentified individual in front of the Payne Theological Seminary / Holy Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church. Eva was the wife of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, 10th president of Wilberforce University and 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Eva and Bishop Dougal O.B. Walker were the parents of Yvonne Walker-Taylor who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_D_2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women