Description: A monument for the U.S.S. Shenandoah. The Shenandoah crashed in Noble County on September 3, 1925. The airship was scheduled to fly over several county fairs, but was caught in a thunderstorm over Noble County and was torn apart. Of the 43 crew members, 29 survived. It was the 57th flight for the U.S.S. Shenandoah. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06872
Subjects: Shenandoah (Airship); Noble County (Ohio); Airplanes
Places: Ava (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a monument to the U.S.S. Shenandoah, located on U. S. Route. 21 near Ava, Ohio. The Shenandoah was the first gas-filled rigid airship built in America, and the first airship inflated with helium, an inert gas, instead of hydrogen, which is potentially explosive. On the morning of September 3, 1925, the airship was caught in a storm over Ava, Ohio. It broke apart and crashed, killing 14 crew members, including its captain, Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne (1888-1925), a native of Greenville, Ohio. The photograph measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3038_3655072_001
Subjects: Transportation; Airships; Shenandoah (Airship); Aircraft accidents; Monuments & memorials
Places: Ava (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio)
 

Description: These three views show the wreckage of the U.S.S. Shenandoah airship in Ava, Noble County, Ohio. The crash site drew many curious onlookers and relic hunters. Each photograph measures 3.5" by 5.75" (8.89 by 14.61 cm). The Shenandoah was the first gas-filled rigid airship to be built in America, and the first airship inflated with helium, an inert gas, instead of hydrogen, which is potentially explosive. On the morning of September 3, 1925, the Shenandoah was caught in a storm over Ava, Ohio. It broke apart and crashed, killing 14 crew members, including its captain, Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne (1888-1925), a native of Greenville, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1497_1160706_001
Subjects: Transportation; Disasters; Airships; Aircraft; Shenandoah (Airship)
Places: Ava (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photographs show a bookmobile in Noble County, Ohio. Operated by the State Library of Ohio, the bookmobile visited rural parts of southeastern Ohio. The first photograph shows people waiting in line for the bookmobile, while the second photograph shows the interior of the library on wheels. A group of children are shown reading outside the bookmobile in the final photograph. The photographs measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). The State Library of Ohio was established in 1817 to provide services to legislators. The State Library began providing funding to establish libraries in rural areas of Ohio in the 1930s. By 1953, the library operated 53 bookmobiles in 37 counties. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3039_3655078_001
Subjects: Transportation; Literary Ohio; Bookmobiles; Libraries; Books
Places: Ava (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio)
 

Description: These five fragments of the U.S.S. Shenandoah were collected by souvenir hunters after the rigid airship crashed in Noble County in 1925. The first image shows a girder fragment that measures 11.41 by 3.93 by .78 inches (29 by 10 by 2 cm). The girder was part of the metal "skeleton" of the airships. Fabric was attached to the metal frame so that the balloon held its shape. Girders set apart rigid airships from vehicles like hot air balloons (which have no skeleton on the inside, allowing the balloon change shape frequently). This girder fragment is made out of duraluminium, a special type of aluminum meant to be more durable. The second image is a wooden brace fragment that was likely part of the gondola (passenger section) of the airship. It measures 9" by 3" by 0.2" (24 by 8.5 by 0.5 cm). The third image is a clock, most likely one of the pilot's instruments. It measures 3.14 by 3.14 inches (8 by 8 cm). The fourth image shows a fragment of a flashlight from the Shenandoah that measures 2" by 3" (5.5 by 7 cm). The final image shows a pressed paper "sanispoon," a spoon most likely found in a medical kit. It measures 5" by 1.2" (13.5 by 3.1 cm). The U.S.S. Shenandoah was the first gas-filled rigid airship built in America, and the first airship inflated with helium, an inert gas, instead of hydrogen, which is potentially explosive. On the morning of September 3, 1925, the Shenandoah was caught in a storm over Ava, Ohio. It broke apart and crashed, killing 14 crew members, including its captain, Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne (1888-1925), a native of Greenville, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1483_1534190_001
Subjects: Transportation; Airships; Shenandoah (Airship); Clocks & watches; Spoons; Aircraft accidents
Places: Ava (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of Louis Andrew Tullius and Catherine Offenburger Tullius and family. It was taken in Lowell either in 1902 or 1903. The family left Lowell and moved to Norman, Oklahoma in 1903. Their oldest daughter, Mary Helen Tullius Neader was already married and remained in Marietta, Ohio. Peter, Michael and Louis Tullius were three sons of the original German immigrant Andreas (Andereas) Tullius and Elisabetha Fickinger. Andreas and Elisabetha are buried in the Ava Maria Cemetery in Watertown Township, Washington County, Ohio. Louis and Catherine had one additional child in Oklahoma. Catherine gave birth to 15 children, with 12 living into adulthood. Those pictured in the photo are as follows: (front row, seated from left) Louis, Paul, Sylvester, Raymond, Herman and Clarence Tullius, Leo is standing; (middle row from left) standing is daughter Annie or Clara, Louis Tullius, Catherine Offenburger Tullius holding Helen, Mary Helen Tullius, Clara or Annie, and Frank Tullius; (top row from left) Michael Tullius, unknown, Peter Tullius. This photograph of a large family posed outside a home was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, between 1902 and 1903. 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_B10_F558
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a photograph of the family of Louis Lang and Mary Francis Kern. Louis Lang was a German immigrant who settled in Lowell, Ohio. He and Mary Francis Kern Lang are buried at the Ava Maria Cemetery in Watertown Township, Washington County, Ohio. Those pictured in the photo are as follows: (front row from left) Louis Leo Lang, Joseph Lang, Mary Frances Kern Lang, Ludwig "Louis" Lang; (second row from left) Mary Philomena Lang, Elizabeth Lang, Philomena Lang, Jacob Lang, John Leo Lang, and Anna Catherine Lang. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in the region of southeastern Ohio and 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B22_F1817
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Families
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a photograph of Louis Andrew Tullius and Catherine Offenburger Tullius and family. It was taken in Lowell either in 1902 or 1903. The family left Lowell and moved to Norman, Oklahoma in 1903. Their oldest daughter, Mary Helen Tullius Neader was already married and remained in Marietta, Ohio. Peter, Michael and Louis Tullius were three sons of the original German immigrant Andreas (Andereas) Tullius and Elisabetha Fickinger. Andreas and Elisabetha are buried in the Ava Maria Cemetery in Watertown Township, Washington County, Ohio. Louis and Catherine had one additional child in Oklahoma. Catherine gave birth to 15 children, with 12 living into adulthood. Those pictured in the photo are as follows: (front row, seated from left) Louis, Paul, Sylvester, Raymond, Herman and Clarence Tullius, Leo is standing; (middle row from left) standing is daughter Annie or Clara, Louis Tullius, Catherine Offenburger Tullius holding Helen, Mary Helen Tullius, Clara or Annie, and Frank Tullius; (top row from left) Michael Tullius, unknown, Peter Tullius. Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1902-1903, this photograph shows a well-dressed family including four men, five women, and eight children, posing outside their two-story frame house. 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_b12_f661
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families; Rural life
Places: Ohio; West Virginia