Description: Photograph showing boats and crowds gathered at Olentangy Park for a "Regatta Day." Olentangy Park was an amusement park which operated from the 1890s until 1938. It was located between North High Street and the Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio. 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_005
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Olentangy River (Ohio); Amusement parks; Boats and boating;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing boats outside the boathouse at Olentangy Park. Olentangy Park was an amusement park which operated from the 1890s until 1938, located between North High Street and the Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio. 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_006
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Olentangy River (Ohio); Amusement parks; Boats and boating;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows two boats in a river. One boat is a small rowboat with four passengers, and the other is a small canoe with only one person in it. The photographer stands above the river looking down on the boaters, most likely from a bridge. Trees and shrubs crowd either side of the river and reflect in the water. 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 store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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: AV30_B05F05_60
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Boats and boating; Landscape photography; Sports and leisure
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows boats docked, probably at a marina. This was probably taken somewhere in the Sandusky Bay / Lake Erie Island area, as it was grouped with other photos of the area. The boat just right of center has the number "41J514" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_008_001
Subjects: Marinas--Erie, Lake; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Ohio
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 and boating
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows full boxes of fish on a fishing boat somewhere on Lake Erie View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_036_1
Subjects: Lake Erie; Boats and boating--Erie, Lake; Fishing boats--United States
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The photograph shows three young men picnicking beside a river. They sit in the shade of trees on a blanket eating sandwiches. A fire puts out smoke in the foreground and paper and a basket sit around it. A small motor boat sits tied up in the river. Photographer Harry Kinley's brother George sits in the middle. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. 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 traveling 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: AV30_B05F05_56
Subjects: Picnics; Rivers--Ohio; Boats and boating;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: The photograph shows two men in a small motor boat at the fork of a river. One man sits in the back driving and one sits in the front pointing a gun ahead of them. 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 store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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: AV30_B05F05_59
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Boats and boating; Landscape photography; Sports and leisure
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photographs documenting a Fourth of July parade of boats held on Buckeye Lake in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1969. Buckeye Lake near Millersport, Ohio, was built in 1826 as a feeder lake for the canal system. Recreation was a popular activity at the lake in the 19th century, and many people visited Buckeye Lake Amusement Park, which operated in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1949, Buckeye Lake State Park was created. Independence Day, celebrated on July 4th, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although Congress voted for independence on July 2nd, the declaration was dated July 4th. In 1777, Philadelphia marked the occasion by adjourning Congress and celebrating with bonfires, bells, and fireworks, and the custom eventually spread to other towns. During the Revolutionary War, the holiday was celebrated by rifle and cannon salutes, setting a precedent for booming noises. Independence Day celebrations traditionally include fireworks, parades, picnics, speeches, and military displays. Observations throughout the nation became even more common at the end of the War of 1812. In 1941, Congress declared July 4th a federal holiday. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3251_4435708_002
Subjects: Sports; Fourth of July celebrations; Boats and boating; Parades;
Places: Millersport (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Buckeye Lake (Ohio);
 

Description: Two photographs show boats in the marina at Grand Lake St. Marys in Mercer and Auglaize counties. Grand Lake St. Marys was the largest man-made lake in the world when it was built in 1845. The 13,500-acre lake was built to feed water into the Miami-Erie Canal when water levels fell below five feet. The lake took seven years to build and includes fifty miles of shoreline. It became a state park in 1949. The photographs measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3036_3654652_001
Subjects: Transportation; Arts and entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources; Boats and boating; Lakes & ponds
Places: Celina (Ohio); Mercer County (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a large number of sailboats in a harbor in Lake Erie and others at dock. This photograph was probably taken around the Sandusky Bay or Lake Erie Islands area, though more information is needed to be certain. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_002_1
Subjects: Lake Erie; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Erie, Lake
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Two men in a sailboat of the coast of Lake Erie, with many other sailboats in the background. This could be in the Sandusky Bay. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_003_1
Subjects: Lake Erie; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Erie, Lake
Places: Ohio