Description: Reverse reads: "Delaware County Delaware Co Willis Hi School" This photograph shows Frank B. Willis High School located in Delaware, Ohio, ca. 1935. The Willis School was named after Frank B. Willis, who was born in Delaware County and died in the City of Delaware on March 30, 1928. Willis served the citizens of Delaware and the State of Ohio in the Ohio House of Representatives (1900-1904), the U.S. House of Representatives (1911-1915), as Governor of Ohio (1915-1917), and as Ohio’s senator in the U.S. Senate from 1920 until his death in 1928. Willis School, which housed grades 7-12, opened in 1932 and was named to honor Delaware's native son. The first graduating class was in 1933; the last was in 1962. From 1962 until the present, Willis School housed a middle school for the City of Delaware. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_021_001
Subjects: School buildings--Ohio; Education--Ohio; Governors--Ohio
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows members of the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment recruited in Ohio during the Civil War. The regiment was formed in 1863, and was subsequently designated as the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. The photograph was taken in Delaware, Ohio, on Sandusky Street near the Ft. Delaware Hotel. In May 1863, Massachusetts became the first state to organize a regiment of African Americans. Because Ohio did not then allow black men to join its regiments, many Ohioans enlisted in the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments. In the summer of 1863, Ohio Governor David Tod authorized the recruitment of African Americans, and the 127th was formed in Delaware, Ohio, between August and November 1863 as an African American regiment organized under white officers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03355
Subjects: African American soldiers; Delaware County (Ohio); Civil War; 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); 5th Regiment United States Colored Troops
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio);
 

Description: The Delaware flag was adopted on July 24, 1913. The flag has a colonial blue background with a buff color diamond in the center. In the center is the Delaware coat of arms showing a farmer, soldier, ship cow and corn. On the banner under the decoration, is written "Liberty and Independence" Under the coat of arms is written December 7, 1787 which is the date Delaware ratified the United States constitution, making it the first state in the Union. The dimensions of the flag are 95 by 155 cm and the fabric is cotton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65490_001
Subjects: State Flags; Communication artifact; Ceremonial artifact
Places: Delaware
 

Description: The caption reads: "Dahlia farm, near Delaware." The photograph shows a man and a woman caring for a field of dahlias. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_009_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Delaware (Ohio)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Wesleyan University, founded in 1842, is located in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca.1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00337
Subjects: Delaware County (Ohio); Ohio Wesleyan University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Delaware County Courthouse, located at 91 N. Sandusky. The building was completed in 1869 by architect Robert Jones, sits at the edge of Delaware's business district, and it is surrounded mostly by homes rather than commercial establishments. A statue of Justice sits atop the Italianate style building and ornamental iron cresting runs along the edges of its roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_118
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; cornices; cupolas; arches; hood moldings; hip roofs; brackets (structural elements); quoins; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Delaware County Courthouse, located at 91 N. Sandusky. The building was completed in 1869 by architect Robert Jones, sits at the edge of Delaware's business district, and it is surrounded mostly by homes rather than commercial establishments. A statue of Justice sits atop the Italianate style building and ornamental iron cresting runs along the edges of its roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_124
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; cornices; cupolas; arches; hood moldings; hip roofs; brackets (structural elements); quoins; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Delaware County Courthouse, located at 91 N. Sandusky. The building was completed in 1869 by architect Robert Jones, sits at the edge of Delaware's business district, and it is surrounded mostly by homes rather than commercial establishments. A statue of Justice sits atop the Italianate style building and ornamental iron cresting runs along the edges of its roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_123
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; cornices; cupolas; arches; hood moldings; hip roofs; brackets (structural elements); quoins; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows one of the windows of the Delaware County Courthouse, located at 91 N. Sandusky. The building was completed in 1869 by architect Robert Jones, sits at the edge of Delaware's business district, and it is surrounded mostly by homes rather than commercial establishments. A statue of Justice sits atop the Italianate style building and ornamental iron cresting runs along the edges of its roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_125
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; cornices; cupolas; arches; hood moldings; hip roofs; brackets (structural elements); quoins; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the rear facade of the Delaware County Courthouse, located at 91 N. Sandusky. The building was completed in 1869 by architect Robert Jones, sits at the edge of Delaware's business district, and it is surrounded mostly by homes rather than commercial establishments. A statue of Justice sits atop the Italianate style building and ornamental iron cresting runs along the edges of its roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_119
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; cornices; cupolas; arches; hood moldings; hip roofs; brackets (structural elements); quoins; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Delaware County Courthouse, located at 91 N. Sandusky. The building was completed in 1869 by architect Robert Jones, sits at the edge of Delaware's business district, and it is surrounded mostly by homes rather than commercial establishments. A statue of Justice sits atop the Italianate style building and ornamental iron cresting runs along the edges of its roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_122
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; cornices; cupolas; arches; hood moldings; hip roofs; brackets (structural elements); quoins; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Delaware County Courthouse, located at 91 N. Sandusky. The building was completed in 1869 by architect Robert Jones, sits at the edge of Delaware's business district, and it is surrounded mostly by homes rather than commercial establishments. A statue of Justice sits atop the Italianate style building and ornamental iron cresting runs along the edges of its roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_121
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; cornices; cupolas; arches; hood moldings; hip roofs; brackets (structural elements); quoins; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)