Description: In 1887, Ohioans celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the passage of the Northwest Ordinance, from which the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin were created. This photograph shows the blockade of horse cars on High Street during one of the parades held during this celebration. The new courthouse was formally dedicated on July 13, 1887, the exact anniversary of the ordinance's passage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04C_004_1
Subjects: Northwest Territory; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photographs document the annual Carnation Festival parade in Alliance, Ohio. The photographs were taken in the 1960s. Alliance became known as the "Carnation City" in 1876, when Dr. Levi L. Lamborn began giving William McKinley a carnation prior to their congressional debates. McKinley, who was a close friend of Lamborn, considered the carnation a good luck charm and wore them throughout his career as Ohio governor and later as president of the United States. The carnation became the state flower of Ohio in 1904 in remembrance of the assassinated president. In 1959, Alliance was officially designated "Carnation City" and the first Carnation Festival was held the following summer in 1960. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3294_4563693_003
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Plants and Animals; Flowers; Festivals; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Ohio state symbols
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Seven photographs document the 1968 Pumpkin Festival in Circleville, Ohio. The photographs include cars, floats, and Miss Pumpkin in the Pumpkin Festival Parade. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). George R. Haswell, mayor of Circleville, held the first pumpkin show in the city in 1903. The show expanded and in 1949 the non-profit group Circleville Pumpkin Show, Inc. was established to manage it. In addition to displays of pumpkins and other agricultural crops, the Circleville Pumpkin Festival has grown to include pageants for Miss Pumpkin and Little Miss Pumpkin, and contests for baking, pie-eating, and hog-calling. Parades, rides and concerts are also part of the festival, held the third week of October. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3058_3669969_006
Subjects: Transportation; Agriculture; Arts and Entertainment; Pumpkins; Festivals; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Automobiles
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing children gathered for the Columbus Division of Recreation and Parks' Lantern Parade in Schiller Park, in Columbus' German Village neighborhood, 1958. Their sign reads, "Krumm Park says, 'Welcome Alaska Our 49th State," and the children are showing off a handmade float shaped like an igloo. Krumm Park Recreation Center is now called the William H. Adams Community Center, located on Alton Avenue in Columbus. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Commission was created in 1972 with the merger of the Franklin Park Commission and Recreation Commission, two separate commissions which were founded in the early twentieth century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA6508AV_B02_F84_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Children--Ohio; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption below the photograph reads: "View of a special day parade, showing horse car blockade." Caption on back of the photograph reads: "One of numerous parades during Northwest Terr. Centenial Celebration (1888). Shows blockade of horse cars on High St." In 1888, Ohioans celebrated the centennial of the land that would become the State of Ohio. 1888 marked the centennial of an important event in Ohio's history -- the creation of the Northwest Territory. Ohio became the first state formed from the Northwest Territory in 1803. Ohio cancelled the State Fair in 1888 and held a celebration of the centennial of the Northwest Territory in its place. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04C_004_1
Subjects: Northwest Territory; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: These five photographs were taken at the annual Holiday Parade in Washington Court House, Ohio in 1968. The photographs show Santa Claus and parade floats. The first photograph shows a child with Santa Claus and Flippo, the King of Clowns, played by comic and musician Bob Marvin. Flippo was a well-known television personality in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Between 1952 and 1977 he starred in "Tip Top Bandwagon," "Flippo's Big Show," and "The Early Show" on WBNS-TV, the CBS affiliate station in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3290_4538325_001
Subjects: Daily Life; Arts and Entertainment; Holidays; Christmas; Celebrations; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Clowns
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: Four photographs document events in Canton, Ohio that marked the 50th anniversary of the death of President William McKinley. The anniversary was marked by the rededication of the McKinley Memorial and a parade. The parade followed the route taken by the McKinley funeral procession in 1901. Various industries were invited to participate in the parade. Among the floats was "Remember the Maine," sponsored by the Timken Roller Bearing Company. The final image shows the end of the parade at the memorial. The photographs measure between 2.5" x 6" (6.35 x 15.24 cm) and 5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm). William McKinley (1843-1901), the twenty-fifth president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio. He enlisted in the army at the outbreak of the Civil War and, after being mustered out, studied law and opened a law office in Canton, Ohio. McKinley served in the U.S. Congress for 14 years, and became president in 1897, largely due to the influence of Marcus Hanna, boss of the Cleveland political machine. McKinley was most noted for his foreign policy and the conduct of the Spanish-American War in 1898. It was during McKinley's administration that the U.S. acquired its first overseas possessions in the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. He was re-elected in 1900, but was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in 1901. President McKinley was shot in Buffalo, New York on September 6th, died there on September 11th and was buried in Canton on September 19, 1901. His running mate, Theodore Roosevelt, then became president. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3233_4401940_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Architecture; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Presidents; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Monuments & memorials; Building dedications; Anniversaries; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Horses; Crowds
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Five photographs document the Van Wert Peony Festival in the 1950s. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Van Wert became known as the "peony capital of the world" due to the large number of peony farms in the area. In 1902, the first Sunday in June was named "Peony Sunday," and later became the Peony Festival. Peonies are a type of shrub that in the spring produce large double blooms of red, white, or yellow flowers. The photographs measure 5" x 4" (12.7 x 10.16 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3299_5938361_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Agriculture; Flowers; Festivals; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades)
Places: Van Wert (Ohio); Van Wert County (Ohio)
 

Description: Four 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm) photographs document floats in the New Straitsville Moonshine Festival Parade in Perry County, Ohio. Held over Memorial Day weekend, the New Straitsville Moonshine Festival began in 1971. The year before, a homecoming celebration was held in honor of the town's centennial. The event was a success, and residents decided to hold the event every year. It was named the Moonshine Festival in honor of New Straitsville's history as a producer of bootleg moonshine during the Great Depression, when many of the region's coal mines were closed. The Moonshine Festival includes a parade, crowning of "Miss Moonshine," and the distilling of moonshine. While the sale of moonshine is illegal in Ohio, moonshine is made for demonstration purposes at the festival and later dumped. Moonshine is a type of whiskey distilled from corn mash (a mixture of corn, sugar, water, and yeast). The result is a high-proof whiskey, which was often made at night "by light of the moon" to avoid prosecution by law enforcement agencies. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3113_3737134_003
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Parades & processions; Stills (Distilleries); Floats (Parades); Festivals; Alcoholic beverages
Places: New Straitsville (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm) photographs show "Miss Moonshine Festival" and her court, crowned at the New Straitsville Moonshine Festival in Perry County, Ohio. Held over Memorial Day weekend, the New Straitsville Moonshine Festival began in 1971. The year before, a homecoming celebration was held in honor of the town's centennial. The event was a success, and residents decided to hold the event every year. It was named the Moonshine Festival in honor of New Straitsville's history as a producer of bootleg moonshine during the Great Depression, when many of the region's coal mines were closed. The Moonshine Festival includes a parade, crowning of "Miss Moonshine" and the distilling of moonshine. While the sale of moonshine is illegal in Ohio, moonshine is made for demonstration purposes at the festival and later dumped. Moonshine is a type of whiskey distilled from corn mash (a mixture of corn, sugar, water, and yeast). The result is a high-proof whiskey, which was often made at night "by light of the moon" to avoid prosecution by law enforcement agencies. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3113_3737124_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Parades & processions; Stills (Distilleries); Floats (Parades); Festivals; Alcoholic beverages
Places: New Straitsville (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: These postcards show a recreation of the pioneer landing that originally took place at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers on April 7, 1788, in present-day Marietta. The 1938 celebrations included the re-enactment as well as a parade, all celebrating the 150-year anniversary of the arrival of 48 settlers by way of flatboat from New England. Under the Ordinance of 1787 and led by General Rufus Putnam, the Ohio Company of Associates settlers established Marietta as the first organized American community in the Northwest Territory. Many of the settlers were former officers of the Revolutionary War, who had been paid for their service with warrants for land by the fledgling United States government as a result of the scarcity of cash after the war. By the end of 1788, approximately 137 people inhabited the area, presided over by Governor Arthur St. Clair. The six postcards measure approximately 5.5 by 3.5 inches (13.97 by 8.89 cm). Located within the Marietta settlement, Campus Martius was a fort that served as a home for some of the pioneers and provided protection against attacks from Native Americans. It was named for the ancient Field of Mars, where the Roman military trained. The present-day Campus Martius Museum became a part of the Ohio Historical Society in 1918, focusing on the subject of migration in Ohio's history. The restored home of Rufus Putnam, which was a part of the original fort, was later enclosed within a wing of the museum. The Ohio Company's Land Office is located behind the museum. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3389_5759486_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Anniversaries; Celebrations; Floats (Parades); Forts & fortifications; Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio); Land Grants; Muskingum River (Ohio); Ohio River; Parades & processions
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Float built by the Sprinkle Piano Dealer of Hillsboro, Ohio for the Wilmington and Clinton County Centennial Home-Coming parade held on August 26, 1910. The Ladies Orchestra rode on the float and played "Home Sweet Home." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01134
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Floats (Parades); Celebrations
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)