Description: The photograph shows a Massillon High School player, in a white jersey, leaping above several South High School players from Akron, Ohio. The Massillon player, an African-American, is working to pull in a rebound in front of a large crowd on the bleachers of the gymnasium. On the back of the photograph, a typed description reads: "Not a jumping jack, but the white-shirted young man is really up in the air. It's Odel Gillom, Massillon forward, with Alex Ellesin (No. 47) trying to scale the same heights. Massillon beat South, 34-15, to eliminate the Akron team from cage tourney." There is also a had written note reading, "Basketball, Massillon High School vs. South High School, Akron" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_001_001
Subjects: Basketball; Basketball players; High school athletes; Massillon (Ohio)--History; High school boys; Basketball--1940-1950; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Massillon (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group of boys playing basketball at recess, Bethel Township High School, Miami County, Ohio, ca. 1900-1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01147
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Boys; Basketball--Ohio--History; Sports; Schools; Education
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken weeks before resigning as head basketball coach of Ohio State University, this photograph shows Fred Taylor sitting in his office at the St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio. He leans back in his office chair with his head in his hand. The image was submitted by photographer Jeffrey A. Rycus of Columbus, Ohio, in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B03F10_05_1
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Basketball--Ohio--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Beryl Drummond at Great Lakes Training Station Boot Camp, 1941. Born June 16, 1918, Beryl Esco Drummond was a member of the "Waterloo Wonders" high school basketball team, of Waterloo, Ohio. They were the second Ohio high school basketball team in Class B to win consecutive state championships, in 1934 and 1935. After high school, Drummond continued to play semi-professional basketball with teams such as the Whiskered Wizards and the Acme Aviators (sponsored by the Acme Pattern & Toll Company of Dayton, Ohio). He played his last basketball game in the winter of 1952, after a disappointing game at the Knights of Columbus gym in Columbus, Ohio. He later worked as assistant superintendent at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Brecksville, Ohio and at the Green Acres Country Club in Florida. He died April 26, 1982. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06028
Subjects: Waterloo (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio; Basketball--Ohio--History
Places: Waterloo (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio); Great Lakes (Illinois)
 

Description: Photograph of Beryl Drummond as a member of the Whiskered Wizards semi-professional basketball team, ca. 1948-1949. Born June 16, 1918, Beryl Esco Drummond was a member of the "Waterloo Wonders" high school basketball team, of Waterloo, Ohio, after transferring to the high school from nearby Cadmus. The team was the second Ohio high school basketball team in Class B to win consecutive state championships, in 1934 and 1935, and was considered one of the finest teams in the state. After high school, Drummond continued to play semi-professional basketball with teams such as the Whiskered Wizards and the Acme Aviators (sponsored by the Acme Pattern & Toll Company of Dayton, Ohio). He played his last basketball game in the winter of 1952, after a disappointing game at the Knights of Columbus gym in Columbus, Ohio. He later worked as assistant superintendent at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Brecksville, Ohio, and at the Green Acres Country Club in Florida. He died April 26, 1982. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06026
Subjects: Waterloo (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Basketball--Ohio--History
Places: Waterloo (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio); Cadmus (Ohio); Gallia County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Eden (Ohio) High School boys' basketball team. One boy holds a basketball reading "EHS 1922." Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07834
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Basketball teams; Basketball--Ohio--History
Places: Eden (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Team photograph of six members of the Eden (Ohio) High School basketball team, 1922. The girls wear matching uniforms and headbands that read "Eden," and the girl in the front row center holds a ball that reads "EHS 1922." Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07835
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Women athletes--Ohio; Basketball--Ohio--History; Sports
Places: Eden (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing members of the Clintonville high school basketball team, taken from the school's paper, The Clintonian, ca. 1916. The boys are identified as (left to right): Isbell, Hollenback, Manager Jacobs, Captain Zuber, Shapter, Long, Spangler, Coach. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_137
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; School buildings; Education--Ohio; Basketball teams; Sports--Ohio--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Beryl Drummond with his hunting dogs, Blue and Bugler, Waterloo, Ohio, 1941. Born June 16, 1918, Beryl Esco Drummond was a member of the "Waterloo Wonders" high school basketball team, of Waterloo, Ohio. They were the second Ohio high school basketball team in Class B to win consecutive state championships, in 1934 and 1935. After high school, Drummond continued to play semi-professional basketball with teams such as the Whiskered Wizards and the Acme Aviators (sponsored by the Acme Pattern & Toll Company of Dayton, Ohio). He played his last basketball game in the winter of 1952, after a disappointing game at the Knights of Columbus gym in Columbus, Ohio. He later worked as assistant superintendent at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Brecksville, Ohio and at the Green Acres Country Club in Florida. He died April 26, 1982. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06027
Subjects: Waterloo (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Basketball--Ohio--History; Dogs; Animals; Hunting
Places: Waterloo (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio); Cadmus (Ohio); Gallia County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, from a yearbook dated from 1940, shows the Brilliant High School basketball team. The front row of boys are sitting on a bench in their uniforms with the majority of the back row wearing what looks to be the warm-up outfits. Brilliant High School was located at 2nd Street in Brilliant, Ohio, in Jefferson County, Ohio. In 1952, a new building was opened at 1004 3rd Street. In 1972, Brilliant High School merged with Smithfield High School, to become Buckeye North High School. Finally, in 1990, the three schools in the district merged together to form the Buckeye Local High School in Rayland, Ohio. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_023_001
Subjects: Basketball teams; Athletes; Athletics; Basketball--Ohio--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers Project
Places: Brilliant (Ohio); Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a high school-aged Beryl Drummond in his Waterloo Wonders uniform posed for a portrait. Born June 16, 1918, Beryl Esco Drummond was a member of the "Waterloo Wonders" high school basketball team, of Waterloo, Ohio, after transferring to the high school from nearby Cadmus. The team was the second Ohio high school basketball team in Class B to win consecutive state championships, in 1934 and 1935, and was considered one of the finest teams in the state, known for its crowd-pleasing antics and entertaining playing style. After high school, Drummond continued to play semi-professional basketball with teams such as the Whiskered Wizards and the Acme Aviators (sponsored by the Acme Pattern & Toll Company of Dayton, Ohio). He played his last basketball game in the winter of 1952, after a disappointing game at the Knights of Columbus gym in Columbus, Ohio. He later worked as assistant superintendent at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Brecksville, Ohio, and at the Green Acres Country Club in Florida. He died April 26, 1982. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS911_B03F01_001
Subjects: Basketball--Ohio--History; Sports--Ohio--History; Waterloo (Ohio); Athletes;
Places: Waterloo (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: University of Cincinnati vs. Hamilton-Middleton View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07822
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Universities and colleges; Basketball--Ohio--history; Athletes; Cultural Ohio--Ohio sports