Description: Photograph showing extensive flood damage to homes around Glenwood Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, during the 1913 Flood. In late March 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and water levels all over Ohio rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns, including Columbus, suffered disastrous flooding. The statewide extent of death and destruction in the Flood of 1913 exceeds all other weather events in Ohio history, justifying the title of “Ohio’s greatest weather disaster.” Rainfall over the state totaled 6-11 inches and no section was unaffected. The death toll was 467 and more than 40,000 homes were flooded. Approximately 100 died in Columbus when the Scioto River reached record levels and poured 9 to 17 feet deep through neighborhoods. Many Columbus residents escaped to the safety of rooftops and trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B05F02_11_01
Subjects: Floods--Ohio--Columbus; Climate and Weather; Natural disasters; Scioto River (Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Design of the Ohio state flag created by architect John Eisenmann in 1901. Prior to 1901, Ohio did not have an official flag. This particular design attracted the attention of Ohio's House of Representatives. In 1901, a bill was enacted and by May 9, 1902 the design was signed into law as the state flag. The swallow-tailed pennant is steeped with Ohio symbolism. Triangles formed by the main lines represent Ohio's hills and valleys, while the stripes represent Ohio's roads and waterways. The stars indicate the thirteen original states of the Union and are grouped around a circle or O, which symbolizes the Northwest Territory. The four stars on the other side of the O denote that Ohio was the fourth new state to enter the Union. Added together, the seventeen stars signify that Ohio was the seventeenth state in the Union. The white circle with its red center represents the initial letter of Ohio and suggests a buckeye, since Ohio is known as the "Buckeye State." Text at top reads "THE OHIO STATE FLAG DESIGNED BY JOHN EISENMANN ARCHITECT & ENGINEER FOR THE OHIO STATE COMMISSIONERS TO THE PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3243_4435154_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; State flags (United States); Architects; Eisenmann, John (American architect, 1851-1924); Ohio state symbols
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This print shows Samuel Swan Walker sitting in his Cincinnati studio surrounded by paintings and personal belongings. A native of Butler County, Ohio, Samuel Swan Walker (1806-1848) was an itinerant miniaturist during the late 1830s and 1840s. A trained doctor, he made his living traveling throughout the western and northwestern parts of the state painting portraits of well-known Ohioans and giving art lessons to wealthy patrons. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1489_1500534_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Artists; Physicians
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: The present Union County Courthouse was designed in 1883 and is identical to the Henry County Courthouse. The building is positioned in the middle of a large square, and is made of brick and cut stone with galvanized iron trimmings. The tower bells play tunes like "America the Beautiful" every hour. It is Second Empire style. This image shows the front and side facades. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_471
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; mansard roofs; towers (building divisions); porticoes; pediments; pilasters; clock towers; Second Empire
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio); 5th and Court Streets
 

Description: View of Main Street in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, ca. 1886-1888. This photograph is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching the 1889 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00508
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This canning machine used conveyors made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. The machine was powered by an overhead drive shaft and belt in the Jeffrey factory, 1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01274
Subjects: Machinery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Opening Game. Cin. Ball Park- Apr.15, 1941. Cin. Reds and St. Louis players also band leaving flag raising in center field to start game." This photograph shows the Cincinnati Reds, the St. Louis Cardinals and the marching band leaving the field after the flag raising ceremony during opening game at Crosley Field on April 15, 1941. The Reds ended up losing to St. Louis 3-7. Crosley Field was located at the corner of Western Avenue and Findley Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally named Redland Field, this steel and concrete Major League Baseball park was designed by architect Henry Hake and cost $225,000 to build. It was renamed Crosley Field in 1934, when the team was bought by local businessman Powel Crosley Jr. Crosley Field was one of the smallest parks in the MLB, in both capacity and field size, and was notorious for "the terrace", a fifteen degree incline in left field. The last game at Crosley Field was played June 24, 1970, and the team moved to Riverfront Stadium. It was destroyed on April 19, 1972, and today seven buildings and a street occupy the place where it stood. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_012_001
Subjects: Crosley Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team); St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team); Baseball--Ohio--Cincinnati; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows a bridge in Dayton, Ohio, and a building in the top right corner which has signs that read "Krug Bread" and "Krug's Bakeries." This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_013
Subjects: Bridges Ohio; Dayton (Ohio); Business and Labor; Public works
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montogomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci.,O., Sept.1937 RIVER from BRIDGE in EDEN PARK" Located between Gilbert Avenue and Columbia Parkway (U.S.) and comprised of about 185 acres in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eden Park was assembled by a series of purchases beginning in 1859. The name came, naturally, from the Garden of Eden and was given by Nicholas Longworth who owned a large tract which constitutes the main portion of the park. Eden Park is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Academy, the Navigation Monument, the Capitoline Wolf Statue, and the Irwin M. Krohn (Eden Park) Conservatory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F12_020_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Diesel powered cargo train at the West High Street crossing in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Front of train is marked with the serial number 6138. Reverse reads: "Railroad, W. High St. crossing New Phila, Wesley Green Photographers, Nellie E. Kaltenbaugh, Ohio Writers Project, New Phila." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F14_002_1
Subjects: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Trains; Transportation--Ohio; Railroads
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of the Memorial Hospital in Fremont, Ohio. the hospital is located at 715 South Taft Avenue. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_013_1
Subjects: Sandusky County (Ohio); Fremont (Ohio); Hospitals--History--Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a view of the Horse Shoe bend on Ohio State route # 39 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_014_001
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)