Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Scioto County between stations 2431 and 2553. Bridges, railroads, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4919_009
Subjects: Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio);
Places: Scioto County (Ohio);
 

Description: This is a photographic reproduction of an engraved portrait depicting William Holmes McGuffey. McGuffey, who was from Tuscarawas County, Ohio, was a professor at Miami University from 1826 to 1836. Between 1836 and 1845 he served as president of three Ohio institutions: Cincinnati College, Ohio University and Woodward College in Cincinnati. In 1845 McGuffey became a professor at the University of Virginia, where he taught until his death in 1873. He is best known as the author of the popular series of children's textbooks called McGuffey Readers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03317
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Education, Higher--Ohio--History; McGuffey readers; University presidents
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: "The Sky's the Limit," 1944 War Finance Division poster promoting financial support of the war effort through the purchasing of government war bonds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04780
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio
 

Description: Print showing the Miami and Erie Canal passing below the John Johnston Farm in Piqua, Ohio, from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1907. Johnston served as a local Indian Agent in the early years after Ohio's founding. He was appointed by President James Madison and held the position until the 1840s. His responsibility was to help Native Americans interact with settlers, which filled a need left by the state and Federal government when it came to Native American rights. He was also notable for helping to found Kenyon College, and forming the first Sunday School in Miami County. The Ohio Historical Society now maintains John Johnston's farm as a state memorial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04009
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Kenyon College
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Steel frame of the State Office Building, 1931. Construction of the building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story, white marble building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Modernistic style. The building was later known as the Ohio Judicial Center until 2011, when the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05684
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture--Ohio; Rivers--Ohio; Construction
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: An image purveying Riverside Park in Findlay. Riverside Park was a popular destination in the early part of the 20th century as a place for people from all parts of Ohio to come and relax. Among other things, the park had places for people to swim, and dancing along with live music. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06743
Subjects: Recreation; Amusement parks--Ohio; Findlay (Ohio)
Places: Findlay (Ohio)
 

Description: A smiling little boy and girl. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08504
Subjects: Cultural Ohio; Photography--Ohio; Children--Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke in uniform standing on the side of a road near a pond or lake. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F01_006
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; United States Air Force; Air pilots, Military
 

Description: Six 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm) photographs document a homecoming parade held for astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, who invented the polio vaccine. Hope joked with the crowd that Armstrong was adjusting well to life on Earth after his space visit, "but he keeps throwing his shoes out the window and eating toothpaste," referring to the system of trash disposal on early flights and the practice of packaging astronauts' food in tubes. Neil A. Armstrong (b. 1930), the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta. He received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University. After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. For the next 17 years he worked for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As a research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, he was a project pilot on many pioneering high-speed aircraft. Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962 and was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission, which was launched on March 16, 1966. As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3101_3737076_007
Subjects: Science and Technology; Arts and Entertainment; Celebrations; Parades & processions; Hope, Bob, 1903-2003; Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Flight; Aeronautics; Sabin, Albert B. (Albert Bruce), 1906-1993; Astronauts
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image, taken from the town square, shows the front facades of both the old and new Medina County courthouses, located at 99 Public Square. The old courthouse was originally built in 1841 and over the years, it has transformed to incorporate multiple architectural styles, including Greek Revival and Second Empire. It is connected by a passageway to a newer building, also called the Medina County Courthouse, which was built in 1969. It serves as a second Common Pleas Court. D.H. Weed was contractor for original building (1840); T. Dudley Allen was architect for renovation (1873). The new courthouse was built next to the original 1841 county courthouse to accommodate the growing county. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_314
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; porticoes; mansard roofs; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); cornices; Greek Revival; Second Empire
Places: Medina (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Alfred Pleasonton, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a cavalry commander.. A native of Washington, D.C., Pleasonton fought at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station and Gettysburg. He is best known for commanding the troopers at Brandy Station, the largest cavalry battle of the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_50
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Ohio; Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: These six photographs are views of the Collinwood Memorial Garden. This garden was created as a memorial to the children who lost their lives during the Lakeview Elementary School fire in Collinwood Village (near Cleveland) in 1908. The Collinwood School Fire occurred on March 4, 1908, killing 172 children and 2 teachers. The fire began shortly after 9 am when an overheated steam pipe came in contact with wooden joists under the front stairs. Only 194 of the 366 students enrolled escaped the blaze. The others were trapped inside the rear first-floor exit, and by the time volunteer firemen arrived, nothing could be done to save them. Nineteen bodies could not be identified and were buried in a common grave in Lake View Cemetery, along with 150 students whose identity was known. The photographs were taken by Ihna Thayer Frary. The Ihna Thayer Frary Audiovisual Collection was given to the Ohio Historical Society by Mr. Frary in two sections. One was in March of 1963 and the remainder in May of 1965 by his sons, Dr. Spencer G. and Allen T. Frary following their father's death. I.T. Frary (1873-1965) was the publicity and membership secretary for the Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. He taught for many years at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He did much research of Ohio and American architecture and was the author of seven major works and numerous scholarly articles on architectural and art history. One of his major works was Early Homes of Ohio published in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3346_4834620_001
Subjects: Education; Plants and Animals; Schools; Fires; Cleveland Public Schools; Disasters
Places: Collinwood (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)