Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows four women sitting on a bench, and two men standing next to them, outside Warren G. Harding's home in Marion, Ohio. The man on the right is wearing a Harding campaign ribbon. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P40_001
Subjects: Presidential campaigns; Historic houses; Ohio women
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Scioto County between stations 2000 and 2117. The Scioto River, bridges, 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_005
Subjects: Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Rivers--Ohio
Places: Scioto County (Ohio);
 

Description: The Mountaineer is a stripping shovel built by the Marion Power Shovel Company, based in Marion, Ohio, ca. 1955. Stripping shovels remove overburden, which is dirt lying above a seam of coal; this allows the coal to be mined. The Mountaineer was operated near Cadiz in Harrison County, Ohio, from 1956 to 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03324
Subjects: Marion (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Marion Power Shovel Company--History; Strip mining
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio); Cadiz (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Build for the Future," a 1945 War Finance Division poster promoting financial support of the war effort through the purchasing of government war (or victory) bonds. The poster includes an illustration of George Washington Carver with his quotation, "Without vision there is no hope. Protect your country...and your future." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04781
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio
 

Description: Founded in 1809, Miami University is one of the oldest and best-known universities in the State of Ohio. Located in Oxford, Ohio, it was named after the Miami Indians who once resided in the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04010
Subjects: Miami University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Art, American--Ohio; Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Riverfront from the west bank above Broad St. bridge, ca. 1935. Pictured center is the Ohio State Office Building that was completed in 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05685
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture--Ohio; Rivers--Ohio; Automobiles
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

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: Six young men with fishing rods. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08505
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Fishing--Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke standing in front of a curved staircase by a stream or lake. The location of this photograph is unknown, but a Huth Seed store is visible in the background. Huth Seed Company was a major distributor of floral seeds and hardware in the 19th and early 20th centuries. 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_005
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; Staircases; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots, Military
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Old Medina County Courthouse, 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). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_317
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 Ivan V. Turchaninov, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Born to a Cossack family in Russia, Turchaninov fought at Huntsville, Chattanooga, and Chickamauga. He is most remembered for the infamous "Rape of Athens" where he permitted his troops to plunder a town whose citizens had participated in a previous defeat. While condemned, his actions presaged the "total war" tactics of Sherman and Grant later in the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_51
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; Russia
 

Description: Photograph of the Joshua Reed Giddings Law Office, a National Historic Landmark in Jefferson, Ohio. Giddings (1795-1864) was a prominent abolitionist as well as a member of the U.S. Congress. The office was constructed adjacent to his home, the porch of which can be seen on the left-hand side of the image. The text of the historical marker reads "Joshua Reed Giddings here wrote the Republican party's first national platform, adopted at Philadelphia, June 17th, 1856. Member of Congress 1838-1858. In 1842 he defied the Atherton Gag Rule, prohibiting discussion of slavery on the floor. Censured by the House, given no opportunity for defense, he resigned. His overwhelming re-election five weeks later, and renewed defiance, restored Constitutional freedom of speech in our American Congress. Pioneer, soldier, author, patriot and statesman, a founder of the National Republican Party." The structure is alternately identified as the Law Office of Wade & Jefferson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00311
Subjects: Ashtabula County (Ohio); Abolitionists -- Ohio; Law offices--Ohio; United States. Congress. House; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Jefferson (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)