Description: This United States flag with 34 stars in red white and blue was flown from 1861 through 1862. It is rectangular with dimensions of 110 by 200 cm. The fabric is silk. It was captured by the Confederates at Shiloh and returned to the State of Ohio and Deposited in the Museum by Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65561_001
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; National Flag--United States; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated September 1937, this photograph shows a dirt road and grassy area at Camp Preble, a Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camp in Eaton in Preble County, Ohio. Camp Preble seems to have been started by the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) on September 9, 1935. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "View toward main entrance from cap, showing driveway lined with white painted stones. The truck at the left is being loaded with workers returning to their job of weed cutting after their lunch period." The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F11_016_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Trucks; United States flags; Federal Writers' Project; New Deal
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 1937, this photograph shows a view of Camp Warren from the highway, including camp buildings, flag pole, and stone-lined walking paths. The stones in front of the United States Flag read "Army Navy Marines Co. 1572 Vet CCC." Camp Warren was a Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camp in Lebanon in Warren County, Ohio, which was first occupied by the CCC on August 17, 1935. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F11_043_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil Conservation Service; United States Flags; Federal Writers' Project; New Deal
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows barracks numbers 1 and 2, end of the mess hall, and end of the recreation hall at Camp Bryan, a camp near Yellow Springs, Ohio, now John Bryan State Park, that was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 12, 1935. The typed caption reads "Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps. Camp Bryan,S.P. 16 - Co. 553. Yellow Springs, Ohio. Left to right: Barracks #2, #1, End of Mess Hall, End of Recreation Hall. Enlargement by Federal Writers' Project from negative loaned by C. T. Clifton, Educational Director." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F11_046_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil Conservation Service; United States Flags
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color image shows a worker manufacturing a U.S. flag. Using a mallet and setting tool, the worker is inserting a grommet into the flag's binding. Only the person's arms and hands are clearly visible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06965
Subjects: Flags--United States; Eyelets (Metal-work); Manufacturing processes; Tools
 

Description: This color images shows a group of women manufacturing U.S. flags in a factory. In the foreground a dark-haired woman wearing a blue uniform is sewing a stripe on the flag. She is using a black sewing machine and a large spool of red thread. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06966
Subjects: Flags--United States; Manufacturing processes; Sewing; Sewing machines; Tools
 

Description: United States flag has 46 white stars on a blue canton along with seven red and six white stripes. The flag is made of wool and dates from 1908-1912. n 1869, the Grand Army of the Republic, a veterans' organization of Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War, established the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in a rented building in Xenia, Ohio. In 1869, Xenia residents provided the GAR with one hundred acres of land to build a permanent facility. In 1870, the state of Ohio assumed control of the home. Originally, the institution provided homes for Ohio children who lost their fathers in the Civil War. Eventually, the state opened the home to orphans of all military conflicts and the children of all veterans, including ones who had not died on the battlefield. Children at the home received a traditional education, as well as training in various occupations. The boys also received some military training and several of them later joined the armed forces. In 1901, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was the largest institution of its kind in the world. In 1978, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home became known as the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1997, the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home ceased operation. Mrs. Bell McCappin of Hillsboro, Ohio, donated this flag in 1953. The donor's sister, Miss Blanche McCappin, used the flag in school rooms at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Xenia, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65281_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Grand Army of the Republic; Flags--support; Veterans
 

Description: This is a photograph of two guidons of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. At left is the Stars and Stripes guidon that was taken into battle by an unknown Battery of the 1st O.V.L.A. Its blue canton bears 34 stars in rows of 7-7-6-7-7. The represents the states of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War. At the right, below crossed cannons is red text on a gold field reading, "LADY CLEVLAND". A horizontal line runs through the middle of the flag separating it horizontally. This flag was manufactured in the United States before 1861. These flags have not been cataloged. The regiment was called upon April 21, 1861 in a letter to Colonel James Barnett from the Governor, William Dennison. Each Battery of the 1st has its own history and operated independently in battle. Their initial appointment was for three months, though most returned for a 3-5 year campaign Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01813
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; Military flags; Communication artifact; Ceremonial artifact
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This United States flag has 35 painted gold stars on a blue field and thirteen stripes in red and white. The rectangular flag measures 54 by 65 and is made of silk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65544_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Civil War 1861-1865; Stars and Stripes; Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This is a photograph of a guidon of the 88th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The text on flag reads: 88th O.V.I. It is a swallowtail flag with a square field of blue with 34 stars. The stars represent the states in the Union at the beginning of the Civil War. There are 12 stars in the inner circle, 18 in the outer circle and one in each corver View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02042
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military flags; Communication artifact; Ceremonial artifact
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Battle Flags of the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, ca. 1864-1865. One flag lists Civil War battles that the regiment participated in, from Romney in 1862 to Cold Harbor in 1864. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03356
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Flags; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: This a photograph of a guidon of the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The text on flag reads: 95 Ohio. The 95th O.V.I. was formed at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio on August 19, 1862 for a three year term. Their engagements were: Battle of Richmond, Vicksburg Campaign, Siege of Vicksburg May 19 & 22, Siege of Jackson, Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Battle of Nashville, and the Battle of Fort Blakely. They were mustered out on August 19, 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02060
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military flags; Communication artifact; Ceremonial artifact
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)