Description: Entry form for the 1987 Mr. Gay Columbus contest, sponsored by Stonewall Union. The contest was held April 12th at 8 PM, at The Tradewinds II, and the year's winner was Danny Spears. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1150AV_B04_F44_01
Subjects: Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI); Columbus (Ohio); Gay culture; Stonewall Union;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Modern photograph made from a glass plate negative depicting the wooden Coliseum built on the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus for the Ohio Centennial Exposition of 1888. The Centennial celebration was in honor of the 100th anniversary of the first European settlers arriving in Marietta, Ohio, in 1788. It formally opened on September 4, 1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03292
Subjects: Ohio History; Ohio--Centennial exhibitions, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 5th Reg't. O.V.I. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01869
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 91st Regt. OV.I. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02072
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor’s cousin Grace Lyttle. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_S
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: "Americans! Share the Meat as a wartime necessity," a 1942 Office of War Information poster about rationing of meat. This style of poster was aimed at promoting conservation of resources during World War II by showing civilians how they could contribute to the war effort through their everyday activities. It is identified as OWI Poster No. 10, distributed by the Foods Requirement Committee of the War Production Board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04763
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio; Rationing
 

Description: Farmers buying and selling produce and household goods at an auction in Berlin, Ohio, ca. 1930-1939. Some people pictured are members of the Amish religious order. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03303
Subjects: Agriculture; Amish
Places: Berlin (Ohio); Holmes County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of two men on horseback. A marking on the negative reads: "C.F. Hasey Purdy WVA." 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: AL06489
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Horses; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Horseback riding
Places: Purdy (West Virginia)
 

Description: Engraved portrait of Colonel John Johnston (1775-1861), who helped negotiate the Treaty of Upper Sandusky in 1842 and was a strong advocate of the Whig party. President James Madison selected Johnston as the Indian Agent overseeing the native reservations in northwestern Ohio. Johnston helped found Kenyon College and also served on the board of trustees of Miami University, in addition to publishing one of the earliest histories of the Native Americans that once called Ohio home. The portrait is taken from "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03983
Subjects: Piqua (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Wyandot Indians--History; Miami University; Kenyon College
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a window of the Logan County Courthouse. This Italianate and Second Empire structure is the county’s third courthouse. Its tower is 135 feet tall and has a statue of justice. It sits on the site of the county’s former courthouse, in the public square and cost $125,000 to build. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_276
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; hood moldings; mansard roofs; dormers; Second Empire; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Bellefontaine (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio); 101 S. Main St.
 

Description: "This May Happen!" World War II Fifth Region Office of Civil Defense poster promoting defense of the United States within its borders and civilian preparation for enemy attacks, ca. 1940-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04773
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio
 

Description: Carte de visite of unidentified Civil War Corporal, probably from Southeastern Ohio. Subject is seated, with full beard, wearing unbuttoned uniform jacket and wide-brimmed hat. Taken by John Brown, of Wheeling, West Virginia View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f30_17
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; Military Ohio
Places: Ohio; Wheeling (West Virginia)