Description: This image shows the area where a ferry lands in Fly, Ohio. The ferry takes travelers from Ohio to West Virginia. This ferry was used to take passengers back and forth for nearly 200 years and shut down in the early 2000s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06744
Subjects: Travel; Transportation--Ohio--History; Ohio River
Places: Fly (Ohio); Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Fighter jets fly by downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio during the homecoming celebration held for Neil Armstrong on September 6, 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_035
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Fly! For Her Liberty and Yours," a 1943 poster recruiting for the armed forces and civil defense during World War II, illustrated by Ohio artist Howard Chandler Christy. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04791
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio; Recruiting and enlistment;
 

Description: This image is of a portrait of Orville Wright. Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871 in Dayton, Ohio. He, along with his brother Wilber built the first aircraft with controls to make a fixed-wing aircraft fly. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06439
Subjects: Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Airplanes; Aviation--History; Science and Technology; Inventors--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Gathering on a hill to fly kites photographed by the Works Progress Administration sometime between 1935-1943 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_017_001
Subjects: Recreation; Works Progress Administration; New Deal
Places: Ohio
 

Description: "You Buy 'em, We'll Fly 'em!" A 1942 Defense Savings Stamps poster promoting financial support of the war effort through the purchasing of government war bonds and stamps. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04794
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio
 

Description: Postcard of Daniel Emmett and his home in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Emmett is considered to be the author of the antebellum song "Dixie," written in 1859, which became the unofficial song of the Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. He was born in Mount Vernon in 1815 and taught himself the fiddle, and later became associated with minstrel shows and helped to define that genre. Minstrel shows traveled around the United States, presenting skits and musical performances. Emmett also composed many other songs, including "Old Dan Tucker," "Turkey in the Straw," and "The Blue Tail Fly." He died in 1904. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04104
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Literary Ohio; Songs; Musicians
Places: Mount Vernon (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Harry Craft. Red center fielder at Cincinnati, Ohio." This is a photo of Harry Craft, a Cincinnati Reds center fielder, running for a fly ball at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Craft was a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937-1942. In 1938 he caught an important fly ball that led to Johnny Vander Meer consecutively pitching 2 no-hit games. After joining the navy in 1942, Craft turned to managing and over the course of his career worked as a coach or manager for the Kansas City Athletics, the Chicago Cubs and the Houston Colt .45s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_002_001
Subjects: Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team); Center fielders (Baseball); Baseball players; Crosley Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Code - F77; Class - Industry; Ident - Iron and Steel." This photograph probably shows the interior of a steel mill. This is most likely a ladle full of motel metal being poured. Sparks fly over steel ingots. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_013_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Factories; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption attached to photo reads: "MAY FESTIVAL AT ST. XAVIER STADIUM The Shoo Fly Song, some 3,000 school children participated. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer. Federal Project No. 1. (Writers') Cincinnati, Ohio. District #16. 5-15-36" Xavier University demolished its football stadium in 1988. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F06_016_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)--History; Children
Places: Norwood (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "MAY FESTIVAL AT ST. XAVIER STADIUM. The Shoo Fly song, some 3,000 school children participated. Photo by W.P.A Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. (Writers') Cincinnati, Ohio. District # 16. 5-15-36." This is a photograph of over 3,000 children performing the "Shoo Fly Song" as part of the May Day festivities at St. Xavier stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. May Day, celebrated on May 1, is a traditional spring holiday for many cultures around the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F04_027_001
Subjects: May Day--United States--History; Universities and colleges; Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio); College campuses; Music and dance; Children--Ohio; Festivals and holidays; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of famous female pilot Amelia Earhart in November 1928. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Earhart was known for her aviation feats, including being the first female passenger on a transatlantic flight and being the first person to fly solo in the Pacific. In June 1937, Earhart began her first around-the-world flight, but along with her navigator Frederick Noonan, vanished on July 2. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02915
Subjects: Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937; Women air pilots--United States--History--20th century