Description: This drawing titled 'Soldier's Memorial, Spanish-American War of 1898' lists members of Company A of the 4th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The list of soldiers is divided into three panels: a center panel lists officers and field staff, flanked by two panels listing the privates. A small box at the bottom of the drawing reads "Mustered into the United States Service at Columbus, O., May 9, 1898." The panels are surrounded by drawings of military scenes or the life of a soldier, with a battle scene featured below. In the bottom two corners are two portraits of young men inserted into the drawing, probably young men who were mustered in for the Spanish-American War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS5494
Subjects: Spanish American War; War memorials; Drawings (visual works); Military Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1962 architect's view of Columbus in 1992. This image accompanied an article entitled "Columbus Looks Ahead," published in the Columbus Dispatch Magazine, October 14, 1962. Columbus celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1962. Three architectural firms created futuristic drawings envisioning the Columbus of 1992. Image caption reads: "The Holroyd and Myers version of Columbus 1992 shows view from Broad Street looking north." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05644
Subjects: Cityscapes; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Architectural drawings
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This drawing provides an aerial view of Cedar Point amusement park, located on a peninsula along Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio. Major structures on the park grounds include the Breakers Hotel and its interconnected wings (far right); the Coliseum, which featured a large ballroom; the Grand Pavilion (center foreground); and several roller-coasters. In the distance, steamboats are visible at the dock and out on the lake. In the foreground, swimmers are enjoying the water. Cedar Point became a popular beach resort in the late 1870s, when visitors traveled to the peninsula by steamboat from Sandusky. The Grand Pavilion (1888), the oldest building in the park, dates from this era. Promoter George Boeckling formed the Cedar Point Pleasure Resort Company in 1897 and vastly expanded the resort's attractions. During the first decade of the 1900s, he built the lagoons, an amusement circle, and several hotels, including the landmark Breakers in 1905. The Coliseum, opened in 1906, became the centerpiece of the park and hosted many of the famous big bands through the Depression and World War II years. In the late 1950s, Cedar Point began its transformation into a modern amusement park. Today it still is one of the area's major attractions. Cedar Point includes several buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06173
Subjects: Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio: Amusement park); Amusement parks--Ohio; Aerial views; Drawings and graphics; Sandusky (Ohio)
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Robert Roy Reeves Sr., was born on June 21, 1886, in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, for two years. In 1908 he obtained his architecture degree from Carnegie Technical Institute where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1911 he married Helen Gest; the couple had a son, Robert Roy Reeves Jr., who also became an architect. The elder Reeves worked in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Frank C. Packard from 1908 to 1916. He subsequently formed the partnership Miller and Reeves with Orlando C. Miller until 1928. After Miller left the firm it was known as Robert R. Reeves, Architect. Among the best known examples of Reeves's work is the YMCA at 65 South Fourth Street, a Georgian design which won the architect award in the Groswold Memorial Competition in 1923. The following year, Reeves was commissioned to construct a hospice in Montfaucon, France, as a war memorial for the Ohio 37th Division. From 1927 to 1932, Reeves designed a residential development on East Broad Street in Bexley, Ohio, known as Sessions Village, heavily inspired by the layout of historic European villages. The location, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, features cobblestone streets, a stone enclosure, and a "village center" with a traditional fountain. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS871_B01_F05_01
Subjects: Reeves, Robert R. (Robert Roy), 1886-1937; Architectural drawings; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Planned communities;
Places: Bexley (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This drawing by Lt. Henry O. Dwight depicts the confrontation between his unit, the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the veteran 7th Texas Infantry Regiment on May 12, 1863, during the Battle of Raymond (Mississippi). Dwight, an amateur artist, titled his drawing "A Question of Right of Way - 20th Ohio VS. 7th Texas." In the foreground, Ohio soldiers lie on the ground in a row, firing at the Texans, who are barely visible behind a curtain of smoke, trees, and brush. The body of one casualty from the Ohio unit lays face down (lower right foreground). Two men from the 20th each have taken cover behind a tree. The figure that commands the viewer's attention, however, is that of the Ohio officer who calmly refills his meerschaum pipe while standing in clear view of the enemy. Dwight later wrote a compelling account of the battle that was published in the "New York Semi-Weekly Tribune" on November 19, 1886. In this article he recalls the episode of the pipe-smoking officer: "All this time we were hanging on to the bank of the brook with those fellows pouring gun smoke in our faces and we answering back so fast that the worst game of football is nothing to the fatigue of it. As for the noise of that discussion between the 20th Ohio and the 7th Texas, a clap of thunder is nowhere. It was more like a sheet of thunder, a wicked roar with no separation between the bolts, and all the time the Johnnies made it hot for us in flank and rear as well as in front. "The Johnnies seemed rather to like it. We could see them tumble over pretty often, but those who were left didn't mid it. One officer, not more than thirty feet from where I stood quietly loaded up an old meerschaum [pipe] and lit a match. His pistol was hanging from his wrist. When he got his pipe agoing, he got hold of his pistol and went on popping away at us as leisurely as if he had been shooting rats." The Battle of Raymond was one episode in the Vicksburg Campaign, whose success was a major victory for the Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Maj. General Ulysses S. Grant. The Union Army thus gained control of the Mississippi River, and the Confederacy was split in two. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06950
Subjects: Drawings (visual works); Civil War 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; Dwight, Henry Otis, 1843-1917; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865); Battlefields
Places: Raymond (Mississippi)
 

Description: This is a landscape drawing by Ulysses S. Grant, drawn while he was a cadet at West Point in New York, ca. 1840. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Upon entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, he attempted to change his name from Hiram Ulysses to Ulysses Hiram but found that his name had already been mistakenly recorded at West Point as Ulysses Simpson Grant, which he never corrected. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), Grant was promoted to the rank of general and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H83983_01
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Civil War 1861-1865; Military Ohio; Presidents--United States; Drawings (visual works)
Places: West Point (New York)
 

Description: This black and white graphite drawing on paper, by artist Katherine McCoy, shows a landscape with horses and cows by a stream and a man riding on a horse to the right. The landscape is covered in trees, with houses in the distance. A man fishes on the banks of the stream and people walk along a path in the lower left quadrant of the drawing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H24902
Subjects: Drawings (visual works); Women artists--Ohio; Landscapes; Rural Life; Sports and leisure; Livestock
Places: Ohio
 

Description: 1962 architect's view of Columbus in 1992. This image accompanied an article entitled "Columbus Looks Ahead," published in the Columbus Dispatch Magazine, October 14, 1962. Columbus celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1962. Three architectural firms created futuristic drawings envisioning the Columbus of 1992. Image caption reads: "Holroyd and Myers give view of governmental complex in 1992. Slightly left of center is a monorail sub-station." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05645
Subjects: Cityscapes; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Architectural drawings
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1962 architect's view of Columbus in 1992. This image accompanied an article entitled "Columbus Looks Ahead," published in the Columbus Dispatch Magazine, October 14, 1962. Columbus celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1962. Three architectural firms created futuristic drawings envisioning the Columbus of 1992. Image caption reads: "Architects Brooks and Coddington see the Columbus of 1992 like this. A spindle-top restaurant will be a festive attraction, and many parking areas will be underground." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05646
Subjects: Cityscapes; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Architectural drawings
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1962 architect's view of Columbus in 1992. This image accompanied an article entitled "Columbus Looks Ahead" published in the Columbus Dispatch Magazine, October 14, 1962. Columbus celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1962. Three architectural firms created futuristic drawings envisioning the Columbus of 1992. Image caption reads: "Tibbels-Crumley-Musson architects see Columbus of 1992 with elevated streets and with buildings which float freely in the air but are moored to the ground." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05647
Subjects: Cityscapes; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Architectural drawings
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a crayon drawing by Francis Place (1647-1728). Francis Place was an English gentleman, potter, engraver and print maker. In 1680 he became interested in art. William Penn was born on October 14, 1644 in London, England. He was the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania after he had become a Quaker. The King of England granted Penn 45,000 square miles of land, making him the land owner of the largest tract of land in the world. He granted the land to Quakers and other persecuted religious people. William Penn returned to England. He died on July 30, 1715 near Twyford in Berkshire, England President Ronald Reagan madeWilliam Penn an honorary citizen of the United States of America November 28, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07935
Subjects: Quakers; Drawings (visual works); Portraits; Artists; Penn, William, 1644-1718
 

Description: Taken from an engraving that is the earliest published portrait of William Penn. Drawn in 1770 in Phladelphia. He was the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania after he had become a Quaker. The King of England granted Penn 45,000 square miles of land, making him the land owner of the largest tract of land in the world. He granted the land to Quakers and other persecuted religious people. William Penn returned to England. He died on July 30, 1715 near Twyford in Berkshire, England. President Ronald Reagan made William Penn an honorary citizen of the United States of America on November 28, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07936
Subjects: Quakers; Drawings (visual works); Portraits; Artists; Penn, William, 1644-1718
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)