Description: Two photographs show Smokey Bear, who made his debut at the 1944 Ohio State Fair in Columbus. Sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the bear "talks" to kids about fire prevention. Smokey Bear stands 14.5 feet tall. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). The Ohio State Fair provides an important opportunity for farmers to promote their crops and livestock and to learn about advances in agricultural machinery. The first state fair was held in Cincinnati in 1850. In the ten years that followed, Newark, Sandusky, Zanesville and Cleveland hosted the fair, before it settled permanently in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3062_3670073_001
Subjects: Agriculture; Arts and Entertainment; Fire prevention; Safety; Expositions and fairs; Bears
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two workers maintain a fire hydrant 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 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_B12F309_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Fire prevention;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a fire hydrant painted in red, white and blue for the United States Bicentennial in May 1976, with a top hat resting on top. The image was submitted by photographer Ralph Miller in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. Miller also provided the following information: "Taken on North Green Street, Georgetown, Ohio, May, 1976. The Young Citizens of Georgetown painted all fireplugs in the Bicentennial theme. This one is across the street from my home. Our town was beautifully restored for the Bicentennial. Come see & enjoy it." 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_B02F104_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Public art; Community organizations; Fire prevention;
Places: Georgetown (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing veterans of Cleveland's volunteer fire department in 1890, from the collection of Louis Baus. Baus, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of over one thousand photographs mounted in eleven albums, showing historic Cleveland, the village of Zoar and Ohio covered bridges and mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B03_A08_778
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); Fire fighters; Fire engines & equipment; Fire prevention
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a girl posed with a fire hydrant which has been painted as a man in uniform named "Fernando," taken by Randolph Rohm of Fremont, Ohio. The image was one of ten to win Honorable Mention in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo 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_B01_14
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Children; Public art; Fire prevention;
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a young boy posed with a fire hydrant which has been painted to celebrate the United States Bicentennial. A caption on the back indicates the location as Eastland Mall in Columbus, Ohio, and highlights the boy's t-shirt from the Freedom Train that reads "Happy Birthday America." He also wears a Cincinnati Reds baseball hat. The image was taken by photographer Irma M. Sanders of Columbus and submitted in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo 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_B02F134_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Children; Public art; Fire prevention
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A forest ranger in Wayne National Forest completes a form while wearing a pair of headphones in the Shawnee Lookout Tower. A caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Fire Fighting Station (Tower)," while an accompanying caption describes the image as "Shawnee Tower forest ranger. Near Haydenville." The form being completed gives the date as Saturday, April 23, 1938, and is signed D. B. Blankenship. The Shawnee Lookout Tower was one of four lookout towers built in the Wayne National Forest area during the 1930s. This particular tower was built in 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and was located off Sand Run--New Straitsville Road near New Straitsville in Hocking County. It is the only one of the four that remains standing. In the earlier part of the 2000s the tower was open to the public, but it was closed in 2004 due to wind damage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_020_1
Subjects: Wayne National Forest; Forests; Geography and Natural Resources; Parks; Fire prevention
Places: Shawnee Tower; Wayne National Forest; Hocking County (Ohio); Nelsonville (Ohio);
 

Description: A forest ranger in Wayne National Forest completes a form while wearing a pair of headphones in the Shawnee Lookout Tower. A caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Shawnee Tower forest ranger. Near Haydenville." The form being completed gives the date as Saturday, April 23, 1938, and is signed D. B. Blankenship. The Shawnee Lookout Tower was one of four lookout towers built in the Wayne National Forest area during the 1930s. This particular tower was built in 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and was located off Sand Run--New Straitsville Road near New Straitsville in Hocking County. It is the only one of the four that remains standing. In the earlier part of the 2000s the tower was open to the public, but it was closed in 2004 due to wind damage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_021_1
Subjects: Wayne National Forest; Forests; Geography and Natural Resources; Parks; Fire prevention
Places: Shawnee Tower; Wayne National Forest; Hocking County (Ohio); Nelsonville (Ohio);
 

Description: A forest ranger in Wayne National Forest completes a form while wearing a pair of headphones in the Shawnee Lookout Tower. A caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Fire Fighting Station (Tower)." The form being completed gives the date as Saturday, April 23, 1938, and is signed D. B. Blankenship. The Shawnee Lookout Tower was one of four lookout towers built in the Wayne National Forest area during the 1930s. This particular tower was built in 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and was located off Sand Run--New Straitsville Road near New Straitsville in Hocking County. It is the only one of the four that remains standing. In the earlier part of the 2000s the tower was open to the public, but it was closed in 2004 due to wind damage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_024_1
Subjects: Wayne National Forest; Forests; Geography and Natural Resources; Parks; Fire prevention
Places: Shawnee Tower; Wayne National Forest; Hocking County (Ohio); Nelsonville (Ohio);
 

Description: Hand-colored photograph showing six firemen in Circleville, Ohio, ca. 1850-1859. The men seated in front are holding firefighting trumpets, which were used to "call out" or announce the fire to assemble the call men, who were local citizens who assisted regular firefighters in putting out fires. They received a small payment for each fire they attended. In 1853, the city of Cincinnati became the first to employ a professional fire department, made up of 100% full-time, paid employees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04118
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Fire fighters; Fire engines & equipment; Fire prevention
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads, "Seagrave corp." An unidentified man works on a coulter machine at the Seagrave corporation in Columbus, Ohio. The coulter is a type of metalworking machine tool that was created by the Automatic Machine Co. based in Bridgeport, Conn. It is used for planing new brasses and planing slide valves for reseating. Seagrave Corporation eventually became Seagrave Fire Apparatus, and is now the oldest' continuous manufacturer of fire apparatus in North America. The company was founded in 1881 in Detroit, Michigan, by Frederic Seagrave, and moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1891. In 1963, it moved to Clintonville, Wisconsin where it is still located today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_014_1
Subjects: Seagrave Fire Apparatus (Firm); Electric apparatus and appliances--Fires and fire prevention; Industries--Ohio--History--Pictorial works; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Shawnee Lookout Tower in 1939 to protect the Wayne National Forest from fire. It was used for fire protection until the 1970s. The 100-foot-tall steel tower was restored in the 1990s and is listed on the National Historic Lookout Register. The photograph is 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). The Wayne National Forest has three parts spread across twelve southeastern counties. The centers of each district are in Athens, Ironton, and Marietta. It is the only national forest in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3020_3636490_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Towers; Watch towers; Fire prevention; Forest reserves
Places: Murray City (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio); New Straitsville (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)