Description: Leo Halterman, of Fayette County, electrocuted June 17, 1927, for the Murder of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Halterman of South Solon, Ohio. He was a white male, twenty seven years old and his occupation is listed as a farm hand. Charles Halterman was his half brother. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08182
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Fayette County (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sandstone petroglyphs at Leo Petroglyph State Memorial park, attributed to the Fort Ancient Indians, 900 AD-1500 AD. The Leo Petroglyph is an Ohio Historical Society site located northwest of Leo, Jackson County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00354
Subjects: Fort Ancient Culture (A.D. 1000–1650); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Leo (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: The body of Leo Frank, lynched 2 miles from Marietta, Georgia. Leo Max Frank was born on April 17, 1884 in Cuero, Texas. He received an engineering degree from Cornell University and became a superintendent in his uncle's pencil factory in Atlanta, Georgia. He was convicted of the murder of 13 year old Mary Phagan. He was convicted of the murder on August 25, 1913 and sentenced to hang on August 26, 1913. The sentence was commuted to life in prison on June 21, 1915. On August 17, 1915 he was hung by a lynch mob which was planned and led by prominent citizens of Marietta. He was posthumously pardoned in 1986. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08526
Subjects: Other--Non Ohio; Lynching
Places: Marietta (Georgia)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Leo Murphy, Cincinnati WPA artist is shown here at work on a mural in the Greenhills Community Building". The community building is a 8 Enfield Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_036_001
Subjects: Ohio; Mural painting and decoration--United States.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: National Colors of General Leo Kreber, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 90 cm high by 126 cm wide. National colors of Brigadier General Leo M. Kreber, Commanding General of 37th Infantry Division's Artillery. The national flag of the United States consists of 48 white appliqued stars arranged in six rows of eight on a blue canton measuring 50 cm high by 61 cm wide. There are thirteen stripes, seven red and six white, 8 cm high. A gold, plied, cut-end fringe, 6 cm long surrounds the flag. The shape is rectangular. hio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02296
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: National Colors of General Leo Kreber, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 87 cm high by 150 cm wide. This flag shows the national colors of General Leo Kreber of the 37th Infantry Division. The 48 gold embroidered stars are arranged in six rows of eight stars on a blue canton. It is 65 cm high by 50 cm wide with 13 stripes, 7 red and 6 white, all 7 cm high. The fringe is gold with self-plied loops which are 5 cm long. The shape is rectangular. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02297
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "Picture of Leo the Lion at Zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio." On September 18, 1875, the Cincinnati Zoological Garden (now known as the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden) opened its doors. The zoo’s collection was very small, originally consisting of just eight monkeys, two grizzly bears, three deer, six raccoons, two elk, a buffalo, a hyena, a tiger, an alligator, a circus elephant, and over four hundred birds, including a talking crow. The zoo began earlier in the decade through the efforts of Andrew Erkenbrecher, a German immigrant. Influenced by European zoos, Erkenbrecher and the other trustees planned to place their animals in naturalistic, more rural settings than the menageries of New York or Chicago. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F04_005_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Arts and Entertainment; Zoos; Zoo animals; Lions
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Colors of Brigadier General Leo E Kreber, 37th Infantry Division Artillery. This red wool flag has a white star charge indicating rank. Born in Ohio in 1896, Kreber entered West Point in 1915, graduating a year early in 1918 at the outbreak of World War I. In 1936 he took command of the 136th Field Artillery Regiment. In 1940 he took command of the 37th's artillery (an Ohio National Guard division) . During World War II, the 37th's (the "Buckeye Division") Pacific campaigns included Fiji Islands, Guadalcanal, Munda, Bougainville, Luzon Campaign, and Manila. Kreber received the Silver Star, a Purple Heart, the Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit. In January 1949, Governor Lausche appointed Kreber to Ohio Adjutant General, giving him the two top positions in the Ohio National Guard, which he would hold until mobilization in 1952. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02294
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio, World War 1939-1945; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 37th; Statehouse--Ohio; Textile--wool
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The sandy "beach" area at Olentangy Park Pool, Columbus, Ohio. Olentangy Park was an amusement park that opened in 1893 by Robert M. Turner, originally called The Villa. It was bought in 1896 by the Columbus Street and Railroad Company, and then again by the Dusenbury brothers in 1899. The brothers constructed a theater, a merry-go-round, and other rides like Loop-the-Loop roller coaster. The property was sold again in 1926 to the Olentangy Amusement Company, then to Leo and Elmer Haenlein in 1929. At this point a zoo and a ballroom were added to the park. Olentangy Park closed in 1937 after being purchased by the L. L. Leveque Company. The Gooding Amusement Company bought the Ferris wheel, airplane ride, rifle range, and the carousel, which is now located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The park was located along the banks of the Olentangy River on land which, as of 2014, was owned by the Olentangy Village Apartments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07726
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks; Pools;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Leo A. Wise identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F080_08
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Picture of the boat house at Olentangy Park. The boats used naphtha engines, a type of engine used to power small boats in the early 1900s. Olentangy Park was an amusement park that opened in 1893 by Robert M. Turner, originally called The Villa. It was bought in 1896 by the Columbus Street and Railroad Company, and then again by the Dusenbury brothers in 1899. The brothers constructed a theater, a merry-go-round, and other rides like Loop-the-Loop roller coaster. The property was sold again in 1926 to the Olentangy Amusement Company, then to Leo and Elmer Haenlein in 1929. At this point a zoo and a ballroom were added to the park. Olentangy Park closed in 1937 after being purchased by the L. L. Leveque Company. The Gooding Amusement Company bought the Ferris wheel, airplane ride, rifle range, and the carousel, which is now located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The park was located along the banks of the Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio, on land which, as of 2014, was owned by the Olentangy Village Apartments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07725
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks; Olentangy River (Ohio); Boats
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin 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