Description: This image is of a cookie sheet. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8254
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Cooking tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photographic reproduction shows the shoe shop on Fourth Street in Zoar, Ohio, ca. 1885-1895. The man in the doorway may be shoemaker Jacob Sylvan. From 1817 to 1820 this building was the cabin of Joseph M. Bimeler, the first leader of the Society of Separatists of Zoar, and also served as the Society's first meeting house. Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Additional modifications to the society's organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the Separatists experienced economic prosperity. The community was almost entirely self-sufficient and sold any surpluses to the outside world. In addition to agriculture, Zoar residents also worked in a number of industries, including flour mills, textiles, a tin shop, copper, wagon maker, two iron foundries, and several stores. The society also made money by contracting to build a seven-mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The canal crossed over Zoar's property, and the society owned several canal boats. The canal traffic also brought other people into the community, who bought Zoar residents' goods. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the community was quite prosperous. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00849
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Log cabins; Communal societies; Small businesses
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This handmade poplar pattern is handmade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73264
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Noted author and farmer Louis Bromfield at his farm in Lucas, Ohio, 1950. Bromfield was an early proponent of organic and self-sustaining gardening, and life on Malabar Farm reflected these beliefs. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B05F01_744_25_1
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm; Louis Bromfield
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Lucas County, between stations 645 and 895. The Maumee River and the community of Waterville are pictured, and properties, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are 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). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4923_005
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Waterville (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This poster was produced during World War II with the slogan, "Am I Proud, I'm Fighting Famine by Canning Food at Home." During the war people were encouraged to grow and can vegetables to increase the country's food supply. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02645
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: Five Ohio Governors gathered for the inauguration of C. William O'Neill in 1957. Pictured from left to right, the governors are Myers Cooper, John Bricker, Thomas Herbert, John W. Brown and C. William O'Neill. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03589
Subjects: Inaugurations--Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a back view of a white cotton textured pattern dress dated ca. 1810. The dress is embroidered all over, with two tucks in skirt and a puffy ruffle, with scalloped eyelet added, and a bodice with lace insets. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05023
Subjects: Dresses; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Clothing and dress
 

Description: Map showing the seat of war during the Civil War, 1861-65, from "The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant," 1885. The American Civil War was one of the greatest conflicts in American history. It began on April 12, 1861, with the Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The conflict resulted from tensions between the North and the South, principally over the issues of slavery and its expansion, state's rights, and regional economic competition. During 1864, Grant assumed command of all Union forces. To win the war, he believed that the Union military had to defeat the Confederate military and force it to surrender, so in the face of major losses, he repeatedly attacked, refusing to retreat like earlier Union armies had done. Grant's strategy was successful, and Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865. Following the war, Ohio veterans Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and William McKinley all were elected to the presidency of the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04225
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maps--United States; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: United States
 

Description: The interior of Zint Brothers Shoe Store, Wapakoneta, Ohio, ca. 1920. Pictured left to right are proprietor Jacob C. Zint; an unidentified man; and Zint's sons William and Arthur. Visible in this image are rows of shoeboxes on shelves that line the walls. Two rows of back-to-back wooden seats bisect the image vertically. Jacob Zint also owned a saloon and a candy store. Together with five siblings, Arthur performed in the Zint Family Band. His eldest brother, Frederick, went on to have a career in music and vaudeville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05897
Subjects: Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Small business--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular culture
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group of men and a dog posed with two automobiles on the town square in Bucurus, Ohio, 1916. The Bucyrus City Bank and the Royal Hotel are among the businesses that can be seen in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07268
Subjects: Crawford County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Cities and towns--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cabinet card photograph showing a man pictured with his own head on a platter, taken in Windsor, Great Britain, ca. 1880. The back of the photograph identifies the creator as W. Runicles, a photographic artist with a studio at 7 High St., Eton, in Windsor (the two are twin towns in southeastern England). The image was likely created by taking two separate exposures of the seated man, possibly Runicles himself, holding a plate. Taking the two negative images, one head was cut out and placed over the plate while the original head was painted over, then the altered negative was developed. Runicles likely created the image as a show of skill and advertisement for his studio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P332_B1_F3_1_1
Subjects: Photography--History; Trick photography; Portraits;
Places: Windsor (England); Eton (England)