Description: Several young adults lead a march carrying a banner that reads "Houston or Bust In God We Trust" along North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio. The University District includes the small neighborhoods to the east and south of The Ohio State University campus on either side of the High Street corridor. The message on this banner is likely in reference to an event called "Millennium ’73" which took place at the Houston Astrodome in November 1973. This three-day New Age spiritual happening was hosted by the Divine Light Mission and featured a 15-year-old guru named Maharaj Ji from India. Prior to the Houston event, a caravan of hundreds of attendees traveled from the East Coast holding promotional events in eight cities along the way, which included Columbus. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B12F311_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Parades & processions; Banners;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The banner was made in 1938 for the sesquicentennial celebration of the Northwest Territory ordinance. There are three vertical strips, red on both ends and white in the center. A Conestoga wagon pulled by oxen is in the center. Above the wagon is written "Welcome" and below it is written "150 Anniversary Northwest Territory". The dimensions are 78 by 167 and the fabric is cotton. Carl Givler of Wabash, Indiana, donated this banner in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H76667_001
Subjects: Banners; Communication artifact; Ceremonial artifact
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows a Warren G. Harding presidential campaign rally outside the Harding home in Marion, Ohio. Supporters are singing, holding "Harding" pennants, and wearing ribbons on the left side of their jackets. Some ribbons read "Franklin County." This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P04_002
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Campaign Banners; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a banner at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, photographed by Tom Zamaria, 1980. The banner reads, "Thank you, God, for answering our prayers for the safe release of the hostages." The message is likely in reference to the Iran hostage crisis, View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P364_B01_F01_01_01
Subjects: Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Downtowns; Banners; International relations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Banner was taken from the catafalque carrying the body of President James A. Garfield in the funeral procession in Chicago, Illinois, on September 26, 1881. This rectangular banner is made of gray wool and has black painted letters that read "In Memoriam James Abram Garfield Sage, Statesman, Patriot, Born Nov. 19th A.D. 1831 - Died Sept. 19th A.D. 1881. Requiescat in Pace." A catafalque is an ornamental platform often used for state funerals. David Garfield Stockman of Ravenna, Ohio, donated this banner to the Ohio Historical Society in 1926. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65046_001
Subjects: United States presidents; Monuments and memorials; Banners
 

Description: This two piece hand-painted cotton banner commemorates the Civil War battles fought by soldiers of the Union Army, possibly a particular unit. Titled "Foot prints of our Armies," it lists 28 battles, sieges and campaigns. Banner 1 (H 65549.001) reads "Chicamauga, Look Out Mountain, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, McAlister, Savannah, Charleston, Fort Fisher, Wilmington, Fayettecille, Goldboro and Pilot Knob." Banner 2 (H 65549.002) reads "The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, Opequan, Five Forks, Richmond, Amelia C.H. [Courthouse] and Appomattox C.H. [Courthouse]." This banner was likely created in the decades following the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65549-1_001
Subjects: Banners; Civil War, 1861-1865; Monuments and memorials