Description: Photograph of Julia Dent Grant, wife of Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant, taken at the beginning of the war, ca. 1861. The couple met in Missouri in 1844, when Grant was stationed with Dent's brother at the United States Army base at Jefferson Barracks. Within one year, the couple was secretly engaged, as Julia's father, Frederick Dent, initially opposed the marriage due to Grant's lower economic status. Soon, Mr. Dent relented, but the United States had entered into the U.S.-Mexican War, further postponing the marriage. With the war's conclusion, Dent and Grant were married on August 22, 1848. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04539
Subjects: Presidents' spouses--United States; Other--Family History; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: The image is a black and white portrait of Abraham Lincoln. In the photograph, Lincoln is positioned sitting on a chair next to a small table. His arms are rested on the chair's arms. The right hand is placed on his lap. The photograph was taken in Washington, D.C. by Alexander Gardner on February 24, 1861. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F06_010_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
 

Description: President and Mrs. Harding traveled along the Alaskan coastline on board the U.S.S. Henderson in 1923. They began their cross-country journey from Washington, D. C. to Alaska on June 20, 1923, in spite of the president's failing health. Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was born in Corsica (now called Blooming Grove), a small town in Morrow County, Ohio. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College in Iberia at the age of sixteen. His family moved to Marion, where Harding taught school and briefly studied law. He worked occasionally as a reporter for a local paper before buying the Marion Star in 1884. Within five years, the Star was one of the most successful small-town newspapers in the state. Harding became popular as the leader of the Citizen's Coronet Band, which played at political rallies, and for his skill as an orator. Willing to follow the lead of political bosses, Harding advanced rapidly in Ohio politics, serving as state senator and lieutenant governor. In 1914 Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate. He launched his famous "front porch" 1920 presidential campaign from the porch of his Victorian home in Marion, Ohio. He won the presidency with sixty percent of the popular vote, promising a "return to normalcy" following the wave of reforms begun during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. As President, Harding appointed several friends to federal office who proved untrustworthy. His administration was tainted by corruption, and the infamous "Teapot Dome" scandal (in which Harding's secretary of the interior leased a U.S. petroleum reserve to a private oil company) nearly destroyed his presidency. After he died in office in August 1923, countless scandals were uncovered tarnishing Harding's reputation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1441_1154065_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; First ladies; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio); Washington (District of Columbia); Alaska
 

Description: A jumbo postcard contains a black and white profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln. On the back on the postcard reads, “Abraham Lincoln. Photograph by Mathew B. Brady, made in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1864. Brady made many photographs of the President during this visit. Brady was our best-known photographer of the period. He had set up a studio in New York in 1842 and later established a branch in Washington. During the Civil War he was given permission to travel with armies and take pictures in the field. Lincoln was planning changes in command that were to prepare for the final stages of the war. Within a month he was to summon Ulysses S. Grant to Washington to become commander of all the Union armies. This photograph is known as the “Brady Profile.” The face on the Lincoln penny is based on this photograph. This photograph is identified as Meserve No. 82, taking its name from Frederick Hill Meserve of New York, the distinguished collector who has devoted the major portion of his life to the collecting and identification of all known Lincoln photographs.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F06_021_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
 

Description: A photograph shows a replica of John Quincy Adams Ward's statue, "Indian Hunter," which was the first statue by an American artist placed in New York City's Central Park. This replica marks Ward's grave in the Oak Dale Cemetery in Urbana, Ohio. The statue was commissioned by Ward's wife in 1910, and completed in 1914. Ward (1830-1910) was born in Urbana, Ohio. He moved to New York in 1849 to study under sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. In 1861 he established a studio and began working on pieces with distinctly American themes. The Indian Hunter was his first public work and one of several pieces placed in Central Park in New York. He also created statues of George Washington and James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C. Ward also created the pediment statues at the New York Stock Exchange, focusing on figures signifying American wealth and commerce. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F12_004_001
Subjects: Statues; Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Labeled photographs of Clarence Clinkscales from Orangeburg, South Carolina; Horace B. Rains from Columbus, Ohio; Herbert Hughes from Cincinnati, Ohio; Turner from Washington, D. C.; and Paris Vaughn Sterrett from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_04_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men; African American Ohioans; African American women
 

Description: A photograph of the United States Capitol building, located in Washington DC. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. 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_b04_f250
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Landscape photography; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Places: Washington DC
 

Description: A black and white photograph, cut in an oval shape, features the exterior image of the Lincoln Memorial located in Washington, D.C at the west end of the National Mall. Finished in 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was built in memory of President Abraham Lincoln. The memorial was designed by architect Henry Bacon. The exterior, inspired by ancient Greece architecture, features 36 columns (19 columns are shown in the photograph). Above the columns, among the carved embellishments are the carved names of the 36 Union states and the dates when they joined the Union. On the top frieze, inscribed in the marble are the names of the 48 states presented, in 1922, at the time of the dedication of the memorial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F05_021_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Washington, D.C.
 

Description: A black and white photograph features the exterior image of the front view Lincoln Memorial located in Washington, D.C at the west end of the National Mall. Finished in 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was built in memory of President Abraham Lincoln. The memorial was designed by architect Henry Bacon. The exterior, inspired by ancient Greece architecture, features 36 columns (the 12 columns located in front are clearly visible). Above the columns, among the carved embellishments are the carved names of the 36 Union states and the dates when they joined the Union. On the top frieze, inscribed in the marble are the names of the 48 states presented, in 1922, at the time of the dedication of the memorial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F05_025_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Washington, D.C.
 

Description: This photograph shows a street scene of William Harrison's inauguration. William Henry Harrison was an American political and military leader and the ninth President of the United States. He was born in Charles County, Virginia, on February 9, 1773. He attended and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and, at his father's insistence, studied medicine from 1790 to 1791 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Upon his father's death in 1791, Harrison immediately joined the United States Army. Harrison continued to serve in the military until 1798, when he resigned and accepted a new position as the Secretary of the Northwest Territory. He held this position until 1799. Because of Harrison's excellent political skills, President John Adams selected him to be the governor of the Indiana Territory on May 12, 1800. The Indiana Territory included modern-day Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. He held this office until 1813. In 1812, the War of 1812 began between the United States and Great Britain. President James Madison promoted Harrison to the rank of brigadier-general and put him in command of the Army of the Northwest. In October 1813, Harrison led the Army of the Northwest against a combined British and Native American force led by General Henry Proctor and Tecumseh. Known as the Battle of the Thames, the United States emerged victorious. The British ran from the battlefield, leaving the Native Americans to fight on alone. The Americans defeated the Native Americans, killing Tecumseh. Following the War of 1812, Harrison returned to politics. He made his home at North Bend just west of Cincinnati, Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Congress for two terms. He also served as the United States ambassador to Colombia in 1828 and 1829. In 1836, he ran as a member of the Whig Party against Democrat Martin Van Buren for the Presidency of the United States. Van Buren, Vice President under Andrew Jackson, won the election. In 1840, Harrison ran against the incumbent. He emphasized his military record against Tecumseh and the British in the War of 1812 with John Tyler of Virginia as his running mate. His campaign slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too." The sixty-eight-year-old Harrison was inaugurated into office on March 4, 1841, on a cold, overcast day. His speech was one of the longest inauguration speeches in presidential history at 8,445 words. He served the shortest time in office of any man elected to the presidency. He died from pneumonia on April 4, 1841, one month after taking office. John Tyler was his Vice president and successor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07698
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidents--Inauguration--United States; Politicians
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: Followers of labor leader Jacob S. Coxey, known as Coxey's Army, on a march to Washington, D.C. in 1894 to protest the federal government's response to the economic depression of the 1890s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01139
Subjects: Social movements; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Hagerstown (Maryland)
 

Description: An acclamation paying tribute to Charles D. Young for his service by Matthew G. Bevin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F05_D
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Frankfort (Kentucky)