Description: Two photographs show the crowning of the Carnation Festival Queen in Alliance, Ohio. The photographs were taken in the 1960s. Alliance became known as the "Carnation City" in 1876, when Dr. Levi Lamborn began giving William McKinley a carnation prior to their congressional debates. McKinley, who was a close friend of Lamborn, considered the carnation a good luck charm and wore them throughout his career as Ohio governor and later president of the United States. The carnation became the state flower of Ohio in 1904 in remembrance of the assassinated president. In 1959, Alliance was officially designated "Carnation City" and the first Carnation Festival was held the following summer in 1960. The photographs measure View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3294_4563746_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Arts and Entertainment; Plants and Animals; Flowers; Festivals; Ohio state symbols
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photographs document the annual Carnation Festival parade in Alliance, Ohio. The photographs were taken in the 1960s. Alliance became known as the "Carnation City" in 1876, when Dr. Levi L. Lamborn began giving William McKinley a carnation prior to their congressional debates. McKinley, who was a close friend of Lamborn, considered the carnation a good luck charm and wore them throughout his career as Ohio governor and later as president of the United States. The carnation became the state flower of Ohio in 1904 in remembrance of the assassinated president. In 1959, Alliance was officially designated "Carnation City" and the first Carnation Festival was held the following summer in 1960. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3294_4563693_003
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Plants and Animals; Flowers; Festivals; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Ohio state symbols
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "District #5, 902 Municipal Bldg. Akron, November 19, 1937. Public square, Alliance, Ohio, showing First National Bank Building and World War Memorial." This photograph depicts downtown from the public square in Alliance, Ohio. There is a statue on the right side of the frame and several people standing on the sidewalk. Some of the storefronts include Vale's Drug Store, C.C. Crawford Co., and the Suburban Power Co. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F07_006_001
Subjects: Central business districts; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Alliance (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Repaving and laying bricks on East Main Street in Alliance, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F03_031_001
Subjects: Alliance (Roads--Ohio
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows three men welding a portion of a trolley crane. This shows the Morgan Engineering Company factory in Alliance, Ohio. The Morgan Engineering Company Plant was one of the largest manufactures of electric cranes and rolling-mill machinery in the world. Some of the company's products include: punching and shearing machines, cranes of all types and sizes and other heavy machinery equipment. The company was founded in 1868 by Thomas Rees Morgan, Sr. who originally began in Pittsburgh making steam hammers. He moved to Alliance, under the name Marchand & Morgan in 1871. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_016_1
Subjects: Industries; Factories; Electric cranes; Welding
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Elliott Hall is a residence hall at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Construction on this building began in 1913 after a donation from Armita V. Thompson Elliott of Canton. The dormitory is for upperclass female students and is located near the campus lakes. In 1943, when the campus was used as a training facility for the Air Corps, some of the cadets stayed in Elliott Hall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_033_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Education; Universities and colleges; Dormitories; Mount Union College
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Japanese American Mae Takasugi with a parasol, taken in 1943 by Charles Buxton in Alliance, Ohio. The photograph was taken before Mae Takasugi and her husband Kingo left for an incarceration camp in California. Originally residents of California, the couple moved to Alliance in 1940 for Kingo's engineering job. Because the couple still listed California as their place of residency, they were ordered to an incarceration camp in California in 1943, along with Mae's extended family. Mae and Kingo were good friends with Buxton, an amateur photographer. Before the couple left Alliance, Buxton took this portrait of Mae, and when they were forced to leave, Mae gave the parasol and portrait to Buxton as a token of friendship. When they were released, Mae and Kingo moved to Southern California where Kingo continued to work as an engineer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS7471
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; Incarceration camps; Japanese Americans
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows the Hantz farm owned by J.M. Hantz near Alliance, Ohio. On 70 acres, Hantz grew peaches, oats, corn, wheat, soy beans, potatoes, and tomatoes among other crops. A college graduate, Hantz had special interest in the dairy industry and for several years served on the State Board of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F09_001_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Barns; Rural Life
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows the Hantz farm family home owned by J.M. Hantz near Alliance, Ohio. On 70 acres, Hantz grew peaches, oats, corn, wheat, soy beans, potatoes, and tomatoes among other crops. A college graduate, Hantz had special interest in the dairy industry and for several years served on the State Board of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F09_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Farmhouses; Rural Life
Places: Stark County (Ohio); Alliance (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows a barn on Hantz farm owned by J.M. Hantz near Alliance, Ohio. On 70 acres, Hantz grew peaches, oats, corn, wheat, soy beans, potatoes, and tomatoes among other crops. A college graduate, Hantz had special interest in the dairy industry and for several years served on the State Board of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F09_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Barns; Rural Life
Places: Stark County (Ohio); Alliance (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows the Hantz farm owned by J.M. Hantz near Alliance, Ohio. On 70 acres, Hantz grew peaches, oats, corn, wheat, soy beans, potatoes, and tomatoes among other crops. A college graduate, Hantz had special interest in the dairy industry and for several years served on the State Board of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F09_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Rural Life; Barns; Farmhouses
Places: Stark County (Ohio); Alliance (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows the Hantz farm family home owned by J.M. Hantz near Alliance, Ohio. On 70 acres, Hantz grew peaches, oats, corn, wheat, soy beans, potatoes, and tomatoes among other crops. A college graduate, Hantz had special interest in the dairy industry and for several years served on the State Board of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F09_005_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Farmhouses; Rural life
Places: Stark County (Ohio); Alliance (Ohio)