Description: 19th century postcard showing several African Americans participating in a "cakewalk" dance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_SC17_B01F17
Subjects: African American men; African American women; Dancers; Correspondence
Places: Brooklyn (New York)
 

Description: Portrait of Colonel Charles Young in uniform. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_SC3_B01F03
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Newspapers; Correspondence; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Photograph of Ada Young, the wife of Charles Young, with Lucienne Dalencour and Winnifred Scott. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B06F21_B
Subjects: African American women; African American men; African American soldiers; Military officers; Correspondence; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Portrait of very young Union soldier identified as H. Berdell, wearing a kepi or fatigue hat, shoulder scales and blouse with stand-up collar. A note written inside the case reads, "Mother ain't you afraid Dick will be jealous, H. Berdell, cant see U - May 10, 1863." The ambrotype is housed in a gilt foil liner with an oval glass opening. This item is featured in "Over Here, Over There," an exhibit that opened at the Ohio History Center on July 1, 2011. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AP1457_01
Subjects: Portrait photography--United States--History--19th century; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military uniforms; Soldiers--Correspondence
 

Description: Front of Curt Teich postcard No. 33, featuring the Ohio State Capitol and McKinley Memorial in Columbus, the seal of Ohio, red carnation, cardinal, buckeye, and Ohio flag. The postcard was sold at the variety store of W. E. Ayres on 1049 Livingston Ave. in Columbus and was sent from Frances E. Gauger of Columbus to Lillian Netick of Almont, Colorado, 1946. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05441
Subjects: Ohio History; Ohio state symbols; Correspondence
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Back of Curt Teich postcard No. 33, featuring the Ohio State Capitol and McKinley Memorial in Columbus, the seal of Ohio, red carnation, cardinal, buckeye, and Ohio flag. The postcard was sold at the variety store of W. E. Ayres on 1049 Livingston Ave. in Columbus and was sent from Frances E. Gauger of Columbus to Lillian Netick of Almont, Colorado, 1946. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05442
Subjects: Ohio History; Ohio state symbols; Correspondence
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Valentine card signed "from Anna Miller" and dated 1942. The cut-out card features a boy with rosy cheeks in a cowboy costume. He holds a lasso with a message inside reading, "You can't escape this--You're my Valentine!" Early American Valentine cards were handmade, and it wasn't until the mid-1800s that cards began to be manufactured on a larger scale. By the 1940s, colorful Valentines like the one seen here were mass produced for the public, often with "mechanical" pieces that moved and humorous messages to the recipient. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: E14_valentine_03
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Valentines; Holidays; Correspondence;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Valentine to an unknown recipient, addressed from Vernon Dale Schilling of Pike County, Ohio. The card features a daydreaming boy with the message, "Dear Valentine, If my dream of love comes true/ Someday you will say 'I DO.'" Early American Valentine cards were handmade, and it wasn't until the mid-1800s that cards began to be manufactured on a larger scale. By the 1940s, colorful Valentines like the one seen here were mass produced for the public, often with "mechanical" pieces that moved and humorous messages to the recipient. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: E14_valentine_04
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Valentines; Holidays; Correspondence;
Places: Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: Valentine card to Thelma Jane Armintrout from Jesse E. Shy, both of Piketon, Ohio, 1938. The card features a boy and girl seated on a moveable raft with the message, "What a raft of fun we'd have if you'd be my Valentine." Early American Valentine cards were handmade, and it wasn't until the mid-1800s that cards began to be manufactured on a larger scale. By the 1940s, colorful Valentines like the one seen here were mass produced for the public, often with "mechanical" pieces that moved and humorous messages to the recipient. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: E14_valentine_05
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Valentines; Holidays; Correspondence;
Places: Piketon (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: Color advertisement of New Year's cards available for the year 1880 from Charles Stewart, a Cincinnati printer and paper dealer. Stewart was based at 141 and 143 Walnut Street in Cincinnati. The advertisement shows six examples of cards and explains their use, decoration, paper finish and price, as well as available discounts. The card designs featured include Baby New Year, a cherub with trumpet, a chiming clock tower, a hand holding an hourglass, a chick hatching from an egg, and a winter scene of birds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1240
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Correspondence; Printing industry and trade--Ohio;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Advertisement of New Year's cards for the year 1881, produced by the Cleveland Paper Company. Described as "The Latest Style New Year Cards, " the designs labeled No. A through No. K feature Baby New Year, a snowy cabin, a ship in harbor, a woodland scene and more. Prices and ordering instructions are also given. Incorporated in 1860, the company was operating four paper mills by 1886, as well as a four-story headquarters and warehouse at 128 St. Clair Street, with approximately 550 employees. It was acquired by the Mead Corporation in 1957. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1241
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Correspondence; Printing industry and trade--Ohio;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Queenie E. Edmonds, a friend or relative of Colonel Charles Young. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B10F04_A
Subjects: African American women; African American soldiers; African American men; Newspapers; Correspondence; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.