Description: Photograph showing employees of the Ohio Department of Highways at Blaine Hill in Belmont County, Ohio, November 3, 1932. A handwritten title on the reverse reads "Big Shots," and the men are identified left to right as Charlie Smith, D. Henry Overman and Bill Freemoth. The photograph was collected in the D. Henry Overman Bridge Collection, which documents the career of Overman, a native of Waverly, Ohio, and a resident of Columbus. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1923 with a degree in civil engineering. Overman joined the Ohio Department of Highways (now the Ohio Department of Transportation) on June 10, 1918, where he was employed until his retirement in 1964, serving as assistant chief for the Bureau of Bridges for nine years, and as the chief of the Bureau for his last eight years on the job. During his approximately 45 year career, Overman designed a number of bridges in Ohio, including the stone-faced bridge over the Scioto River at Routes 161 and 33 in Dublin, and the Lorain Avenue Viaduct, a steel bridge in Cleveland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV184_B01F11_02
Subjects: Bridges; Engineering; Ohio Department of Highways; Transportation--Ohio--History; Employees;
Places: Blaine (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Looking east along the old National Road at Stop 32 in Blaine, Ohio, July 4, 1941. Railroad tracks run parallel to the road. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00257
Subjects: Belmont County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Blaine (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Electric locomotives made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Blaine Mine, Lorain Coal and Dock Company, Bridgeport, Ohio, 1922. On the left is a 15-ton electric haulage locomotive. This type of locomotive was used to pull long trains of coal cars from mines. The top speed of these locomotives was about 5 miles per hour. Power was supplied from an overhead electrical cable and trolley pickup arm to the locomotive. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01432
Subjects: Bridgeport (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Bridgeport (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is a black-and-white reproduction of "The Crown Prince," a political cartoon that graced the cover of "Puck" magazine (v. 60, no. 1535, August 1, 1906). The original illustration, in vibrant color, shows President Theodore Roosevelt (1831-1878) garbed in royal robes and holding on his left shoulder a chubby, pint-sized William Howard Taft (1857-1930) of Ohio, his political "heir apparent." Taft wears a tiny crown and a medallion emblazoned with his last name. According to the Library of Congress, the “throng in the background includes Charles W. Fairbanks, Leslie M. Shaw, Thomas C. Platt, and Joseph G. Cannon.” The artist, Udo J. Keppler (1872-1956), was the son of Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (1838-1894), an Austrian-born cartoonist who emigrated to the United States in 1867. The elder Keppler and a partner, Adolph Schwarzmann, founded “Puck Magazine” in 1871 as a German-language weekly published in St. Louis, Missouri. The magazine soon failed, but in 1876 Keppler and Schwarzmann resurrected “Puck” in New York City as a German-language weekly. A year later they began publishing an English-language edition, whose circulation slowly increased until it reached 80,000 copies per week by the 1880s. Udo Keppler, also a talented cartoonist, joined the staff of “Puck” in 1891, three years before his father died. In honor of his father, the son changed his name to Joseph Keppler, Jr. The biting caricatures in “Puck” skewered many politicians, institutions, and social movements. Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, James Blaine, Joseph Pulitzer, Pope Leo XIII and the Catholic Church, Tammany Hall, and woman suffrage were just a few of its targets. Udo Keppler became interested in Native American causes and remained an activist until his death. In 1899 the Seneca tribe made him an honorary chief. William Randolph Heart purchased “Puck” in 1917, but his efforts to increase circulation failed. It ceased publication in 1918. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05830
Subjects: Cartoons (Commentary)--1900-1910; Political cartoons; Periodical illustration; Cartoonists; Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930; Magazine covers; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1831-1878; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
 

Description: In this cartoon, President Benjamin Harrison (in office 1888-1892) is shown defending American honor against those who would usurp it. It refers to the Valparaiso Incident, in which two American sailors were killed in a fight while ashore in Valparaiso, Chile. Harrison had his foreign minister, James G. Blaine, send a letter threatening to terminate diplomatic relations. The Chilean government apologized and send reparations for the incident. The cartoon also shows that the rift caused by the Civil War was still a factor in national political life. Though the allegorical figures of North and South are united behind the President in his demands, they are still shown as separate factions within the republic. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: CA12_F01_01
Subjects: Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901; Presidents--United States; International relations; Political cartoons