Description: This color map documents Franklin County's housing patterns, with information about the African American population distribution by census tract in 1970. On the reverse side of the map is the numerical 1970 census information indicating African American population in Franklin County by census tract. This map may have been useful to track any patterns of civil rights violations in Franklin County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS785_B02F01_01_01
Subjects: Maps--Ohio; African Americans--Ohio; Housing--Ohio--Columbus; Civil rights;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Farm scene in Franklin County, Ohio, ca. 1886-1888. This photograph is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching the 1889 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00249
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a map of Franklin County, Ohio drawn in 1937. It shows points of interest, railroads, U. S. routes and state routes. The map also features townships in Franklin County as well as the outlying suburbs of Columbus. The drawing was done for the Ohio Writers' Projects of the Works Progress Administration for possible use in the Ohio Guide book. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_067
Subjects: Books; Chapter headings; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project; Maps; Franklin County (Ohio)
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Farms are shown in Franklin County, District Six View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04_022_1
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio)--History; Farming;
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Map of Franklin County dated 1842, engraved and published by H.F. Wheeler. The map shows a breakdown of the county into 18 townships, including property lines and land ownership, an illustration of the County Court House, and a chart of the population of Franklin County in 1840. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0151_2
Subjects: Maps; Cities and towns--Ohio; Real property; Courthouses;
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Belle Coit Kelton of Columbus, Ohio. Kelton (1855-1956) was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Belle Coit Kelton was an early pioneer in suffrage movements and president of the Franklin County Suffrage Association. She was one of the organizers of the Franklin County League of Women Voters, its president for two years and is now its honorary president." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_BelleCoitKelton
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism; Franklin County Woman Suffrage Association;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Map of Columbus titled "City of Columbus Franklin County Ohio," 1856. Beneath the title is "Surveyed & Published by Hart & Mapother, Civil Engineers. N.W. cor. of Trinity Pl. & Thames St. N.Y." Inset illustrations include the Ohio Statehouse, the residence of W.A. Gill, Franklin County courts and offices, the residence of Dr. J.W. Baker, Starling Medical College, and the Esther Institute. Other notable Columbus locations include the Ohio Institution for the Blind, Goodale Park, the Ohio Penitentiary, the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, the Franklin County Infirmary, the Capitol, and the State Fairground (southwest of Franklinton). Five separate "ward" are also identified by color around the central part of the city. Wards are subdivisions of a city or other locality, often designated for electoral purposes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM0112_2_1
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--19th century; Maps--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Capitals;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Giving is fighting, too," a World War II War Chest of Franklin County poster promoting financial support of the war effort through the purchase of government war bonds and stamps. The poster encourages civilians to give "two days' pay or more" (presumably per paycheck) to the local war chest. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04809
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio; Franklin County (Ohio)
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Map showing Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, in 1923. The corporation of Columbus is delineated by a thick black line. The map also shows property ownership for Columbus and the surrounding county. Columbus was first laid out in 1812 and incorporated in 1816. Columbus was not the original capital, but the state legislature chose to move the state government there after its location for a short time at both Chillicothe and Zanesville. Columbus was chosen as the site for the new capital because of its central location within the state and access by way of major transportation routes (primarily rivers) at that time. By 1923, Columbus had a population of around 240,000, while Franklin County as a whole had approximately 283,000 citizens. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM_0074F
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Maps; Cities and towns--Ohio; Surveying;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Blain Snouffer, of Franklin County, was electrocuted December 12, 1917, for the Murder of Augusta Sickles. On April 10, 1917, Blair Snouffer broke into the house in Worthington, Ohio, where Sickles, his girlfriend, was staying and slit her throat. Afterward he went home, was confronted by the police, and surrendered. Snouffer allegedly killed Sickles after she broke off their relationship. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08099
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio; Franklin County (Ohio); Portrait photography
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This rectangular woodworking plane was made by the Ohio Tool Company in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Manufactured in approximately 1860, this wooden plane has a center hole, two vertical spikes and a slanted blade. The Ohio Historical Society received this plane from Professor Charles Foulk of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, in 1938. His relative, Elias James Foulk, purchased this old-style plane around 1860. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73463
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Otis Loveland of Franklin County. Electrocuted November25, 1904, for the Murder of George Geyer. Loveland was accused pf taking part in the murder of farmer George Geyer, who was robbed and shot in Alton, Ohio. Miles Wallingford and Lewis Harmon were also accused of taking part in the murder. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08072
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio; Franklin County (Ohio)
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)