Description: Carte de visite of General Frederick West Lander, who served the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Salem, Massachusetts, Lander conducted secret mission for General McClellan, and was eventually promoted and tasked with protecting the upper Potomac River. After being wounded during fighting near Hancock, Maryland, Lander caught pneumonia. After hearing no response from command regarding being relieved due to health issues, Lander died on March 2nd, 1862 in Paw Paw, West Virginia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_20
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Ohio; Salem (Massachusetts)
 

Description: This image shows the Edwin Coppock Memorial, errected by Daniel Howell Hise in Salem, Ohio. The engraving reads "Edwin Coppock 'A martyr to the cause of liberty' Born in Butler Township near Salem, Ohio. June 30, 1835. Was one of John Brown's Company in his attempt to liberate the slaves at Harpers Ferry, VA. October 1859. Was executed at Charleston, VA. December 16, 1859." John Brown was an abolitionists whose obsession with ending slavery led him to violence and his eventual death. Under the influence of his father, Brown decided to dedicate his life to destroying the institution of slavery, and he spent time serving as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Brown gained national attention in 1859 when he led a group of twenty-one men on a raid of Harper's Ferry, Virginia (modern-day West Virginia). A federal arsenal was in the town, and Brown hoped to capture the buildings and the weapons stored inside of them. He then intended to distribute the guns and ammunition to slaves in the region, hoping to create an army of African Americans that would march through the South and force slave-owners to release their slaves. Brown and his men succeeded in capturing the arsenal, but local residents surrounded the buildings, trapping the abolitionists inside. A detachment of United States Marines arrived and stormed the arsenal on October 18, capturing seven men, including Brown. The court found Brown guilty and sentenced him to death, along with his comrades. John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid raised issues for the presidential election of 1860. It was also one of the events that led to the eventual dissolution of the United States and the Civil War that followed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06500
Subjects: Slavery; Abolition movement--1850-1860; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History John Brown's Raid, 1859; Memorials--Ohio
Places: Salem (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the Salem China Company, located in Salem, Ohio, removing plates from a machine used to spray glaze on the dishes, ca. 1930-1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01119
Subjects: Pottery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Salem (Ohio)
 

Description: Employee of the Salem China Company, located in Salem, Ohio, removing a creamer a mold following the casting of the piece, 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01120
Subjects: Pottery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Salem (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the Salem China Company, located in Salem, Ohio, unloading dishes from a periodic kiln, ca. 1930-1950. The basket is filled with dishware that has been fired. The worker in the forefront is carrying and holding on his head containers called 'scaggers', which are used to hold dishware while it is being fired. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01121
Subjects: Pottery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Salem (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the Salem China Company, located in Salem, Ohio, removing processed clay from a pug mill before it is formed into dishware, ca. 1930-1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01123
Subjects: Pottery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Salem (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial to Edwin Coppock, who was executed in Charleston, Virginia, in 1859 for being a member of John Brown's Raiders at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The memorial is in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. This photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. John Brown gained national attention when, on October 16, 1859, he led a group of twenty one men on a raid of Harper's Ferry, Virginia (modern-day West Virginia). A federal arsenal was in the town, and Brown hoped to capture the buildings and the weapons stored inside. He then intended to distribute the guns and ammunition to slaves in the region, creating an army of African Americans that would march through the South and force slaveholders to release their slaves. Brown and his men succeeded in capturing the arsenal, but local residents surrounded the buildings, trapping the abolitionists inside. A detachment of U.S. Marines arrived and stormed the arsenal on October 18, capturing seven men, including Brown. He was charged with treason by the state of Virginia, found guilty and sentenced to death. On December 2, 1859, Brown was hanged. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00326
Subjects: Memorials -- Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History; John Brown's Raid, 1859; Abolitionists -- Ohio
Places: Salem (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: Steam engine built by the Sharps, Davis and Bonsall Company in Salem, Ohio, 1856. The company, established in 1847, became the Buckeye Engine Company in 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00767
Subjects: Steam engines; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Salem (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employee of the Salem China Company, located in Salem, Ohio, pouring liquid clay, also called slip, into molds, ca. 1930-1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01122
Subjects: Pottery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Salem (Ohio)
 

Description: Broadside for the funeral of Edwin Coppock held in Salem, Ohio, on December 30, 1859. Coppock was executed in Charleston, Virginia, for being a member of John Brown's Raiders at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The names of 24 men are listed under the funeral announcement, presumably his fellow raiders. John Brown gained national attention when, on October 16, 1859, he led a group of twenty one men on a raid of Harper's Ferry, Virginia (modern-day West Virginia). A federal arsenal was in the town, and Brown hoped to capture the buildings and the weapons stored inside. He then intended to distribute the guns and ammunition to slaves in the region, creating an army of African Americans that would march through the South and force slaveholders to release their slaves. Brown and his men succeeded in capturing the arsenal, but local residents surrounded the buildings, trapping the abolitionists inside. A detachment of U.S. Marines arrived and stormed the arsenal on October 18, capturing seven men, including Brown. He was charged with treason by the state of Virginia, found guilty and sentenced to death. On December 2, 1859, Brown was hanged. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04685
Subjects: Columbiana County (Ohio); Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History; John Brown's Raid, 1859; Abolitionists -- Ohio
Places: Salem (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: This lock of hair enclosed in a frame measuring 5.7" by 7.8" (14.6 by 19.8 cm) is from Edwin Coppoc of Salem, Ohio. Also enclosed in the frame is a statement that appears to have been printed by the Ohio Historical Society indicating that the hair was donated by a cousin of Coppoc's in 1921. Coppoc joined a small group of abolitionists led by John Brown on October 16, 1859. They seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in hopes of inspiring and arming a slave insurrection. Both Brown and Coppoc were captured, tried, and convicted of treason. Coppoc was executed on December 16, 1859. John Brown, although born in Torrington, Connecticut, spent more than half his life in Ohio. Like many other "free soil" Ohioans, Brown went in the 1850s to the Kansas Territory, where he employed violence to prevent slavery from spreading. While his raid on Harper's Ferry was unsuccessful, his actions had important consequences. In the opinion of antislavery activist Frederick Douglass, "John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic. His zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine. I could live for the slave, but he could die for him." Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1488_1535225_001
Subjects: Daily Life; Civil Liberties; Abolitionists; Hair; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History John Brown's Raid, 1859
Places: Salem (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Sharps, Davis and Bonsall Company built this steam engine in Salem, Ohio in 1856. The firm was formed in 1851 by mechanics Joel Sharp, Simeon Sharp, Milton Davis, and Joel S. Bonsall. The company, which initially had twelve employees, produced engines to replace oxen or water-power for grain or saw mills, became the largest manufacturing concern in the county. In 1870 the name of the firm was changed to the Buckeye Engine Company. Their engines were sold nationally and internationally. By the turn of the century, Buckeye Engine Company employed 300 workers. The company was sold to the Bliss Company in 1924. Bliss ceased operations in 2000. An ambrotype is an early photograph created by imaging a negative on glass backed by a dark surface. This example measures 5" by 6.75" (12.70 by 17.15 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1452_1160744_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Equipment; Steam-engines
Places: Salem (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)