Description: Memorial Hall Photograph in Columbus Ohio. It was once used as the COSI building before it relocated. It now houses the Franklin County Board of Health. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_020_1
Subjects: Ohio Government; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Science and Technology; Health; Galleries and museums
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This home, also known as the Baum-Longworth-Taft House, was built in 1820 for Martin Baum, was later occupied by Nicholas Longworth and finally was the home of Charles P. Taft, the half-brother of William Howard Taft. In 1908, William Howard Taft accepted the presidential nomination while standing underneath the home's portico. The house and the Tafts' art collection was bequeathed to the city of Cincinnati in 1927. After the deaths of Charles and his wife in 1929 and 1931, the house was remodeled and reopened as the Taft Museum in 1932. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F10_001_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Buildings; Galleries & museums
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: " Art Ins. Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County." The Dayton Art Institute Italian Renaissance building was modeled after the Villa d'Este, near Rome, and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola in Italy. It was built in 1930, after the Dayton Museum of Fine Arts outgrew its former location. The building, which overlooks the Great Miami River just west of Dayton, was designed by architect Edward B. Green of Buffalo. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_025_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Galleries and museums; Art museums
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This home, also known as the Baum-Longworth-Taft House, was built in 1820 for Martin Baum, was later occupied by Nicholas Longworth and finally was the home of Charles P. Taft, the half-brother of William Howard Taft. In 1908, William Howard Taft accepted the presidential nomination while standing underneath the home's portico. The house and the Tafts' art collection was bequeathed to the city of Cincinnati in 1927. After the deaths of Charles and his wife in 1929 and 1931, the house was remodeled and reopened as the Taft Museum in 1932. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_001_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Buildings; Galleries & museums
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Baum - Longworth - Taft House, was built in 1820 for Martin Baum, was later occupied by Nicholas Longworth and finally was the home of Charles P. Taft, the half-brother of William Howard Taft. In 1908, William Howard Taft accepted the presidential nomination while standing underneath the home's portico. The house and the Tafts' art collection was bequeathed to the city of Cincinnati in 1927. After the deaths of Charles and his wife in 1929 and 1931, the house was remodeled and reopened as the Taft Museum in 1932. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_002_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Buildings; Galleries & museums
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the rear view of the home, also known as the Baum-Longworth-Taft House, was built in 1820 for Martin Baum, was later occupied by Nicholas Longworth and finally was the home of Charles P. Taft, the half-brother of William Howard Taft. In 1908, William Howard Taft accepted the presidential nomination while standing underneath the home's portico. The house and the Tafts' art collection was bequeathed to the city of Cincinnati in 1927. After the deaths of Charles and his wife in 1929 and 1931, the house was remodeled and reopened as the Taft Museum in 1932. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_003_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Buildings; Galleries & museums
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Baum - Longworth - Taft House, was built in 1820 for Martin Baum, was later occupied by Nicholas Longworth and finally was the home of Charles P. Taft, the half-brother of William Howard Taft. In 1908, William Howard Taft accepted the presidential nomination while standing underneath the home's portico. The house and the Tafts' art collection was bequeathed to the city of Cincinnati in 1927. After the deaths of Charles and his wife in 1929 and 1931, the house was remodeled and reopened as the Taft Museum in 1932. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_004_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Buildings; Galleries & museums
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This home, also known as the Baum-Longworth-Taft House, was built in 1820 for Martin Baum, was later occupied by Nicholas Longworth and finally was the home of Charles P. Taft, the half-brother of William Howard Taft. In 1908, William Howard Taft accepted the presidential nomination while standing underneath the home's portico. The house and the Tafts' art collection was bequeathed to the city of Cincinnati in 1927. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_005_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Buildings; Galleries & museums
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Frank Duveneck (1848-1919) was one of the America's most influential realist painters in the 19th Century and the best known painter in Cincinnati. His painting "The Cobbler's Apprentice", painted in 1877 on oil canvas, hangs in the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_006_1
Subjects: Taft Museum of Art; Paintings; Arts and Entertainment; Galleries & museums; Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was an influential English painter of the 18th century who specialized in portraits, promoting the "Grand Style" in painting, which depended on the idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first president of the Royal Academy. In his appreciation of his work, George III knighted him in 1769. His painting of Mrs John Weyland and her son John hangs in the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_007_1
Subjects: Taft Museum of Art; Paintings; Arts and Entertainment; Galleries & museums; Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "(feng-huang) ? on rocks amidst clouds. ? ? European. Please return to: Taft Museum, 316 Price Street" From the Taft Museum: Title: Phoenix Ewer Accession Number: 1931.18 Artist: Chinese (Ming dynasty) Date Completed: 1570-80 Date Acquired: 1931 Description: H. 11-3/4 in. Porcelain with silver-gilt mounts Fenghuang are East Asian mythological birds which are both male and female. It is sometimes called the "August Rooster" or the Chinese Phoenix. Its multicolored body symbolizes the six celestial bodies (sky, sun, moon, wind, earth and planets) and is a composite of many creatures, some of which might include the rooster, swallow, fowl, snake, goose, tortoise, stag, fish, pheasant, duck, peacock, crane, and/or parrot. It is sometimes a symbol of virtue and grace or loyalty and honesty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_008_1
Subjects: Taft Museum of Art; Paintings; Arts and Entertainment; Galleries & museums; Ewers; Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919. Ming dynasty collection
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Taft Museum. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Artist Hooch, Pieter de, School Dutch, 1628-1683, Subject The Music Lesson, Negative Number 1931.395 Reproduction of this image must be accompanied by the words: Taft Museum" This is a photograph of an oil painting which depicts a woman standing, with one foot raised on a short stool, and playing a musical instrument, maybe a lute. A gentleman sits at a tapestry draped table nearby, while holding a book. Taft Museum has titled this "Title: A Woman with a Cittern and a Singing Couple at a Table." It measures 27 7/8 inches by 22 3/4 inches and was completed around 1667. The artist sometimes goes by Pieter de Hoogh. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_009_1
Subjects: Taft Museum of Art; Arts and Entertainment; Galleries & museums; Hooch, Pieter de; Music; Paintings
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)