Description: Taken in the 1910s, this photograph shows a group of Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company employees, probably both conductors and engineers, and four African American women. This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B01F24
Subjects: Portrait photography; Ohio economy--Transportation and development; Electric utilities; African American women; Employees; Railway workers; Streetcars
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a billboard advertisement, managed by The Columbus Bill Posting Company, which is divided into three panels with each featuring a different company. The left panel advertises "The Light from St. Agnes" at B.F. Keith's Theatre featuring Bertha Kalich. The center panel advertises a performance by the Anderson Gaiety Company at the Hartman Theatre. The right panel promotes electricity in Columbus homes with the caption "Electricity in the Home; Just press the button, easy, quick, clean; Now on, see demonstration of everything electrical, 104 North Third Street." This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the Company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B01F25
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Electric utilities; Advertisements; Theater--Ohio; Arts and entertainment;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken March 8, 1916, this photograph shows flat car 1206 looking south, with P. Mc. K & Y 80190 painted on the back of the streetcar. To the right, a man stands next to the wooden platform facing a woman in a horse-drawn buggy pulling a wagon of straw bales. This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B01F30
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Ohio economy--Transportation and development; Electric utilities; Winter; Streetcars; Street railroads
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in the 1910s, this photograph shows a series of billboard advertisements managed by The Columbus Bill Posting Company in Columbus, Ohio. The billboard on the left advertises a performance by the Al. G. Minstrels at Hartman Theatre. The billboard on the left is divided into two panels, with the left panel promoting electricity in Columbus homes with the caption "Electricity in the Home; Just press the button, easy, quick, clean; Now on, see demonstration of everything electrical, 104 North Third Street." The right panel advertises Garland Furnaces sold at Geo. Snyder & Son. This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B01F37
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Electric utilities; Advertisements; Theater--Ohio; Arts and entertainment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken on February 9, 1906, this photograph shows an electric pole with a broken cross arm which caused a man named Whitney Davis to fall from the top of the pole. This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B02F01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Electric utilities; Ohio economy--Transportation and development; Accidents; Winter; Horse-drawn vehicles
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken on February 9, 1906, this photograph shows an electric pole with a broken cross arm which caused a man named Whitney Davis to fall from the top of the pole. This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B02F02
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Electric utilities; Ohio economy--Transportation and development; Accidents; Winter; Horse-drawn vehicles
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken between 1905 and 1930, this photograph shows the corner of High and Town Streets in downtown Columbus, Ohio, with a streetcar on the left side. This photograph is part of the Columbus Railway, Power, and Light Company collection, consisting of 53 glass plate negatives with images related to the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid to late nineteenth century, there were many power and streetcar companies in Columbus, Ohio. These companies eventually merged into four main companies, and by 1914 all the remaining companies merged to form the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company. In 1933, with 1,509 employees, the company was the largest employer in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV118_B02F06
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Ohio economy--Transportation and development; Electric utilities; Street railroads; Streetcars; City and town life
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, looking south down High Street from Broad Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio, shows the effects of a brownout in the city in response to a nationwide coal strike that was underway. In response to wage disputes following the end of World War II, union mineworkers walked out en masse, and much of the country was forced to shut down industry and heavily reduce its power usage in response to the diminishing supply of coal. Several Columbus businesses can be seen lining High Street across the street from the Ohio Statehouse, including the Neil House Hotel and Neil Tavern. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_01_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Downtowns; Labor unions; Strikes; Electric utilities;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Picture of part of a system of transformers and disconnects at the plant of the Ohio Power Company, off state 77, south of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. Electric power transmission or "high voltage electric transmission" is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to substations located near to population centers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F05_005_001
Subjects: Utilities; Muskingum County (Ohio); Transformers, Electric; Electric substations
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio); Zanesville (Ohio)
 

Description: This picture shows part of a system of transformers and disconnects at the plant of the Ohio Power Company, off state 77, south of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. Electric power transmission or "high voltage electric transmission" is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to substations located near to population centers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F05_009_001
Subjects: Utilities; Muskingum County (Ohio); Transformers, Electric; Electric substations
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio); Zanesville (Ohio)
 

Description: This picture shows part of a system of transformers and disconnects at the plant of the Ohio Power Company, off state 77, south of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. Electric power transmission or "high voltage electric transmission" is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to substations located near to population centers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F05_006_001
Subjects: Utilities; Muskingum County (Ohio); Transformers, Electric; Electric substations
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio); Zanesville (Ohio)