Description: This printed New Year's greeting from the Fostoria Bicycle Club of Fostoria, Ohio, features a gilt print poem with an image of a young man and woman on bicycles, and "1892, Fostoria Bicycling Club, A Happy New Year" on the horizon. It is printed on a pale green celluloid card. The illustration is credited to P.W. Shephard of Fostoria, and the poem was written by George MacDonald. The Fostoria Bicycle Club was a men's cycling group organized in the early 1880s, which regularly held regional races and took long cycling trips throughout Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM4801
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Bicycles and bicycling;
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)
 

Description: This elevated view of the town of Fostoria, in Seneca County, Ohio, shows a general view of the houses and businesses of the town. Streets, public buildings and churches are labelled. Bird's eye view drawings like this one were popular in late-19th century America. As the country became increasingly urbanized, many towns had pictures such as this one drawn as an expression of civic pride. Also note the plumes of smoke rising from small manufacturing plants and the three railroads running through this rural-seeming town. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4163
Subjects: Cities and towns--Ohio; Aerial views; Streets -- Ohio; Churches;
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lawrence Dull, of Seneca County, was electrocuted for the Murder of Roy Tish, of Fostoria, Ohio. He was a white male, age 25 and his occupation is listed as an escaped convict. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08201
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Seneca Motorcar Company factory, Fostoria, Ohio, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00699
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the Seneca Motorcar Company in Fostoria, Ohio assembling an automobile, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00700
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: An eight passenger touring car built by the Seneca Motorcar Company in Fostoria, Ohio on display at an auto show, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00701
Subjects: Seneca Motorcar Company (Fostoria, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Dated ca. 1886-1888, this photograph shows a street in winter in downtown Fostoria in Seneca County, Ohio. The snow covered street is lined with local businesses including Chas. Hays. Drugs, Toilet Goods, Tobacco, and Cigars, [?]rell and Godfrey's Drug Store, a bakery, and other shops. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00438
Subjects: Central business district; Stores and shops; Winter; Streets--Ohio
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Woman sitting in a car built by the Seneca Motorcar Company on display in the Gillette Automobile Co. show room, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00698
Subjects: Seneca Motorcar Company (Fostoria, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Dated 1880, this broadside advertises the consecration of Reverend John A. Watterson as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday, August 8th, 1880. The advertisement also describes a special train schedule for the event provided by the Columbus & Toledo Railroad Company. John Ambrose Watterson (1844 – 1899) served as Bishop of Columbus from 1880 until his death, and is the namesake of Bishop Watterson High School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4023
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Religious services; Clergy; Railroads--Ohio; Rites and ceremonies
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)