Description: This photograph shows a hot-air balloon on exhibit at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, ca. 1963-1983. The balloon bears the image of a cardinal, the state bird of Ohio since 1933. Text on the base of the balloon reads: “State of Ohio” and “Your passport to Ohio.” Visible in the photograph’s bottom is a sign titled “State of Ohio” that lists the name of the governor (James A. Rhodes). Passersby are stopping to look at the balloon. A woman appears to be sitting inside an enclosure surrounding the base of the balloon. The origins of the Ohio State Fair date back to the 1840s. In 1846 the Board of Agriculture was formed. The first state fair was scheduled for 1849, but it was delayed for a year by an outbreak of cholera. After another year-long delay, the fair was held in Cincinnati. Originally the fair was held in a different location every year, due to the difficulty in traveling long distances. In 1874, Columbus was chosen as the state fair’s permanent site because transportation around the state had become much easier. Only rarely has the fair been cancelled (the only examples being a few years during World War II, when the fairgrounds was being used by the U.S. military). After 1945, the state fair resumed its annual schedule. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06669
Subjects: Hot air balloons; Ohio State Fair (Columbus, Ohio); Birds--Ohio; Cardinals (Birds); Tourism; Ohio state symbols
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A printed illustration compliments of Hunter & Welty showing a scarlet tanager perched on a very large egg. Hunter & Welty was likely a local Zanesville, Ohio, business. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS559_B13F02_007
Subjects: Advertising; Birds--Ohio; Illustrations; Business--Ohio;
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Produced by Seymour Lindsey between 1876-1927, this paper cut-out depicts two trees, two dogs, a rabbit, and birds in the trees and flying above. The white and gray cut paper is mounted to a blue background and is stored in a frame under glass. A handwritten note on the back of the piece reads "#158 from Harry Hartman 1965 / From Garth Oberlander Collection / Oct. 25, 26, 1968 Lot #495." Lindsay (1848-1927) was a self-taught folk artist who was born and lived near Lexington, Ohio, in Richland County. Along with paper-cutting, he left his mark through work including barn murals, interior painting, woodcarving and painted signs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H23123
Subjects: Paper; Folk art; Art, American--Ohio; Dogs; Trees; Birds; Nature
Places: Lexington (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1883, this is a birth announcement for Helen V. Sanders of Bellaire, Ohio, born October 1883, which is handwritten on the right side of the card. The card features a drawing of a stork bird delivering a baby in its beak to a house, with the viewer looking from inside the house to the outside. There is a narrative at the bottom of the card authored by Geo. (George) Macdonald which reads "Where did you come from, Baby dear?, 'Out of the Everywhere into the Here.' But how did you come to us, you Dear?, 'God thought of you, and so I am here!'" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM5933_07
Subjects: Greeting cards; Infants; Birds; Children--Ohio
Places: Bellaire (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1936, this is a photograph of a painting by Albert Loose which is one of a series of six panels representing various stages of organic evolutions. This painting shows four birds, the wood thrush, parrot, California cuckoo, and kinglet. Painted in the spring of 1936 by the Works Progress Administration Art Project in Dayton, Ohio, these oil paintings measured 36 inches x 30 inches. The photograph is embossed by the photographer, Sam R. Kremer. 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_B12F09_047_001
Subjects: Federal Art Project; Art, American--Ohio--20th century--Exhibitions; Birds--North America--Pictorial works
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: A family feeds the pigeons on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, which is located at the corner of Broad and High Streets in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Completed in 1861, this Greek Revival building houses the Ohio legislature and the ceremonial offices of the executive branch of government. In the background is a sundial dedicated in 1941 by the Daughters of the Union, an auxiliary branch of the Grand Army of the Republic. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B04F099_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Downtowns; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Birds; Families
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)