Description: Strip mining operation in Apex, Ohio, ca. 1930-1939. Visible in the background is a large shovel for moving earth. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01040
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Mining machinery
Places: Apex (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Strip coal mining. Apex, O. Largest shovel in World in background. Photo by Miller and Son, 436 Market Street, Steubenville, Ohio." This photograph is most likely of The Apex Coal Company. A similar photograph is shown in The Ohio Guide and the words "Industrial Coal ???" appear on the vehicle that is in the background of this photograph. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_054_001
Subjects: Coal mines and mining--Ohio
Places: Apex (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: The red, white and blue Ohio flag is the only state flag a non rectangular shape. It has five stripes, three red and two white signifying the rivers and roads. The canton is blue with seventeen five pointed stars. The white circle implies Ohio and the thirteen stars grouped around the circle,are for the original colonies. The added four in the apex of the triangle reference Ohio as the seventeenth state added to the Union. The wool flag measures 150 cm by 245. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65271_001
Subjects: State Flags; Flags--Ohio; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This is a view of Nippert Stadium, University of Cincinnati, taken from the apex of the horseshoe portion of the stadium looking North. Nippert stadium, home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone numerous expansions and renovations throughout its history. Completed in 1924, the stadium seated 12,000 fans. After the first expansion in 1935-1936, the seating capacity was doubled. Currently, seating capacity is 35,000, with more expansions almost certainly on the horizon. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_08_01
Subjects: Football stadiums--Cincinnati (Ohio); University of Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two unidentified men are working on a truss inside Grant's Cabin at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, in 1936. One man in overalls is standing near the apex of the truss; the second man is below him and to the side. U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born in this cabin in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant. The cabin, in poor condition, was dismantled and relocated in February 1936. It has been restored with period furniture and opened for public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena (Illinois) and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05776
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)