Description: Lenzy Traylor was electrocuted August 7, 1925, for the Murder of Edward Funk, New Boston, Ohio, Scioto County. He was a white male, forty five years old and his occupation was a plumber. He was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08163
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: New Boston (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal through Summit County, between stations 983 and 1120. The Cuyahoga River, Stumpy Basin and a portion of the community of Boston are shown, and properties, bridges, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4907_008
Subjects: Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio; Bridges--Ohio
Places: Boston (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Front view of quart-sized Wan-Eta canning jar, made of brown glass with a screw top lid. It was made in Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1930-1960. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05413
Subjects: Canning and preserving; Kitchen utensils--United States--History; Daily life; Agriculture
Places: Boston (Massachusetts)
 

Description: The McKinley Memorial in Canton and the tombs of William and Ida McKinley. Construction for the McKinley Memorial began in 1906 and was completed in 1907, and dedicated in 1941. McKinley was born on January 29. 1843 in Niles, Ohio. After returning from the Civil War, he open his law practice in Canton, Ohio. He became the 25th President of the United States in 1897. Just six months after his inauguration for a second term as president, McKinley was visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on September 1, 1901, when he was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz during a public reception. Though he initially appeared to be recovering well, his health took a turn for the worse and he succumbed to his injuries in the early morning hours of September 14th. His death meant the third successful presidential assassination in our country’s history, and the second for a president from Ohio. He died on September 14 in Boston, New York. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06586
Subjects: McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Memorials--Ohio; Presidents--Death and burial
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Poster advertisement for Goodyear Pneumatic Cord Tires for trucks. The poster features black-and-white photographs of trucks using the pneumatic cord tires while making an 8-day round trip between Akron, Ohio, and Boston, Massachusetts, in 1918. Pneumatic tires rely on a network of cords to provide their shape and enough tensile strength to maintain sufficient inflation. Frank Seiberling (1859-1955) founded the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1898. Located on the banks of the Little Cuyahoga River in Akron, the company operated in a converted strawboard factory with thirteen employees. Although its main product was tires, the company also made rubber poker chips, fire hoses, and horseshoe pads. By 1926 it had become the largest rubber company in the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS7660
Subjects: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Tire industry; Rubber industry; Automotive technology; Transportation--Ohio;
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the Campus Martius House in Marietta, Ohio. This house was built 1788-1790 by General Rufus Putnam of the Ohio Company of Associates during the early settlement of Ohio. The Ohio Company was formed in Boston on March 3, 1786. The primary purpose was to settle the Northwest Territory. Rufus Putnam was an organizer of the Ohio Company. He had served as a General in the American Revolutionary War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06438
Subjects: Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio); Ohio Company (1786-1795); Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of a lithograph done by Alonzo Chappel, a 19th Century American painter. The lithograph shows the scene of the Boston Massacre in 1770, with the Old State House building in the background. The scene shows a melee between British soldiers and colonists, with muskets being fired, and hand to hand combat. Several bodies lie on the ground. One victim of the event was Crispus Attucks, who died at the scene. The back of the pencil written text, "Crispus Attacks - 1st Shot Amer Rev - Boston." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F12_005_001
Subjects: Boston Massacre, 1770; Attucks, Crispus, d. 1770; Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a broadside advertisement dated July 12 (year unknown) offering a $150 reward for the apprehension of an escaped slave named Tom. A physical description is provided of the fugitive, as well as information about a reward for his capture and return to B. L. Boston of Fayette County, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02706
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Fugitive slaves--Ohio--History; Fugitive slaves;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This Easter greeting card was sent out by the Boston One Price Clothing House of Zanesville, Ohio. It shows three children in formal dress seated under a large eggshell and looking at an Easter basket with colored eggs. This store, which was opened and operated by proprietor A. E. Starr, was situated at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets in downtown Zanesville. "One Price" clothing houses could be found around the country and Starr popularized the practice in the Zanesville area, as well as the use of the cash payment system. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS559_B13F10_003
Subjects: Advertisements; Holidays; Stores and shops; Retail trade;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This Easter greeting card was sent out by the Boston One Price Clothing House of Zanesville, Ohio. It shows a girl wearing a large eggshell on her back filled with daisies. This store, which was opened and operated by proprietor A. E. Starr, was situated at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets in downtown Zanesville. "One Price" clothing houses could be found around the country and Starr popularized the practice in the Zanesville area, as well as the use of the cash payment system. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS559_B13F10_004
Subjects: Advertisements; Holidays; Stores and shops; Retail trade;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Abandoned Coal Tripple at Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio. Evening on Pomeroy Bend. Code: F15, Class: Industry. Ident: Abandonded Coal Tipple. Location: Pomeroy. District 3." View of Pomeroy Bend and an anabanadoned coal tipple, along the Ohio River. Pomeroy is located in southeastern Ohio, along the Ohio River. It was named for Samuel Pomeroy, a Boston merchant who in 1804 purchased 262 acres of land on the site of the city. As early as 1770 coal was discovered near by, but it was 1809 before Nicholas Roosevelt opened a mine along the river to provide fuel for the steamboats about to appear on the Ohio. In 1832 the coal seams on the Samuel Pomeroy tract were opened and 1,000 bushels of coal were shipped down the river. The next year Pomeroy formed a company which, having acquired four miles of the river front, began to mine and distribute coal on a large scale. Prior to 1850 Pomeroy was the only town in Ohio shipping large quantities of coal down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. By 1880, when Ohio was the Nation’s third-ranking bituminous coal Sate, Meigs County, of which Pomeroy is the seat, stood fifth among some 30 coal producing counties. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F20_001_1
Subjects: Ohio River; Coal trade--Ohio River Valley--History
Places: Pomeroy (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Excelsior Salt Co. view of new warehouse adjoining main plant, Pomeroy." Pomeroy is located in southeastern Ohio along the Ohio River. It was named for Samuel Pomeroy, a Boston merchant who in 1804 purchased 262 acres of land on the site of the city. Salt making became a local industry in 1825 with the drilling of a well along Leading Creek. After 1850, when evaporating pans were put into use, the industry became really important. At the close of the Civil War salt was selling for $2.50 a barrel, and there were salt works here and at the near-by villages of Dabney, Excelsior, Buckeye, Minersville, Sutton, Riverside, Sugar Run, and Windsor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F20_006_1
Subjects: Salt mines and mining--History; Warehouses
Places: Pomeroy (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)