Description: Photographic reproduction of a drawing by Henry Howe depicting Ohio University at Athens, Ohio in 1846. Ohio University, founded in 1804, was the first institution of higher education established west of the Allegheny Mountains. This photographic reproduction of Howe's drawing dates ca. 1970-1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00219
Subjects: Athens County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Grandstand and race track at the Wyandot County Fair, with a crowd waiting in anticipation. 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 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: AL07778
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Fairgrounds; Fairs--Ohio; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two horses during a harness race at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. The first Wyandot County Fair was held in 1851 on the Thompson farm, (now the site of the Fairhaven Community on Marseilles Avenue) in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The fair was held in that location until 1856 when the current fairgrounds site was purchased. 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 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: AL07802
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Horse racing; Fairgrounds; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cartoonist Billy Ireland looking out the window from his office at the Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910-1930. Ireland entertained readers with his full page, color comic strip "The Passing Show," which ran in the Sunday edition of the newspaper from 1908 to 1935. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01774
Subjects: Ireland, Billy, 1880-1935; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Cartoonists; Newspapers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows Zane Grey and his wife Dolly in field of flowers, 1906. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00491
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Places: Lackawaxen (Pennsylvania); Pike County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This photograph shows Zane Grey and his son Romer listening for hounds while hunting, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00493
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
 

Description: This photograph shows Zane Grey posing with world record yellowtail fish near Bay of Islands, New Zealand, ca. 1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00494
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Places: Bay of Islands (New Zealand)
 

Description: Photograph of Boy Scouts trying on gas masks as they visit a United States Army Reserve Center, ca. 1952-1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03779
Subjects: Children--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Boy Scouts of America
Places: Whitehall (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Print showing campus buildings at Marietta College, from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1847. Marietta College was established by Ohio's Congregationalists in 1835 and is one of Ohio's oldest continually-operating institutions of higher education. It was originally known as the Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary, View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03999
Subjects: Education--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Art, American--Ohio; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Medical College of Ohio was founded by Daniel Drake in 1819 in Cincinnati. In 1920, the college changed its name to the College of Medicine of the University of Cincinnati. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04006
Subjects: Education--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Art, American--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jacob Zint's saloon and staff in Wapakoneta, Ohio, ca. 1906. A group portrait of one boy, several men, and a dog inside the Zint saloon, which was located on the southeast corner of Blackhoof and Auglaize Streets. Standing behind the bar at the far left, next to an ornate cash register, is Jacob Christian Zint, proprietor, who is wearing a tie and vest with a watch chain. The young boy seated on the bar is Frederick Joseph Zint, his eldest child, who went on to become a musician and vaudeville performer. Jacob Zint also owned a shoe store and candy store in Wapakoneta, and his children formed the Zint Family Orchestra. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05895
Subjects: Wapakoneta (Ohio)--Biography--Pictorial works; Families; Small business--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Bartenders;
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: The interior of Zint Candy Kitchen, Wapakoneta, Ohio, ca. 1905. The store was located on the east side of Blackhoof Street, across the alley from the Western Ohio Electric Station. Catherine F. Schmidt Zint, wife of proprietor and local businessman Jacob Zint, stands at the far left. Also visible are two men, one wearing a white apron and long jacket and the other clad in a suit and hat. The display counters and bins are full of items for sale. Jacob Zint also owned a saloon and a shoe store. The children of Jacob and Catherine Zint formed the Zint Family Orchestra; the eldest child, Frederick, went on to have a career in music and vaudeville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05896
Subjects: Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Small business--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)