Description: Photograph of a fireman as seen through a broken greenhouse window and surrounded by smoke in Columbia Township, Ohio, and titled "Portrait of a Fireman." The image was submitted by photographer John G. Kenney of Elyria, Ohio, in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photograph Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B03F06_08_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Fire fighters; Greenhouses;
Places: Columbia Township (Ohio); Columbia (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio);
 

Description: Carte de visite of Cpl. Ralph W. Cuthbert, in civilian clothes. Cuthbert served with Company K of the 175th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The reverse reads: "Parents from England. Born Lawrence Township, Washington County. Died at Columbia, Tennessee" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f20_02
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 175th (1864-1865) Company K
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Monument reads, "The Baptists of Columbia Township 1889 Erect this Pillar to commemorate the Heroism and Piety of the Baptists Pinoeers of 1788-90. The First Church in the Nortwest Territory was the Columbia Baptist Church organized Jan. 20, 1790. Constiment (sp?) Members: Benjamin Davis, Marv Davis, John Ferris, Elizabeth Ferris. Jonah Reynolds, Amy Reynolds, John S. Gano, Thomas G. Wade, Isaac Ferris Deacon." Once called Columbia Baptist Cemetery, the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery is located at 333 Wilmer Avenue in the Columbia - Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Columbia was settled in 1788, and is the oldest in Hamilton County, having been established one month prior to Losantiville (later called Cincinnati). The cemetery occupies the site of the Columbia Baptist Church, founded in 1790. This cemetery not only has Revolutionary and Cival War veterans, but also Benjamin Stites, the founder of Columbia. The Corinthian column was added in 1888, and was once part of the 1856 Cincinnati Post Office, designed by James Keys Wilson. In 1967 a restoration project was begun by Supervision Horticulturist for the Park Board, Frederick L. Payne, which took four years to complete. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places Austust 29, 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_011_001
Subjects: Cemeteries--Ohio--Hamilton County; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)