Description: Taken by photographer Louis Baus, this photographic reproduction shows August Burkhardt weaving a blanket at the woolen mill operated by members of the Society of Separatists of Zoar in Zoar, Ohio, 1898. 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: AL00873
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Mills; Wool industry; Communal societies
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This handmade poplar pattern was used to make tables. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73269
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Henry County and into Defiance County, between stations 2360 and 2530. The Maumee River and the community of Florida are pictured, and properties, bridges, 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_013
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Florida (Ohio); Henry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Lenora C. Lane and an unidentified couple standing in front of a house during winter. The location and date are unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_Lane_aaeo_88-3_005
Subjects: African Americans; Couples;
 

Description: Photograph of Ohio Governor James Rhodes with President Richard Nixon, April 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03594
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Governors--Ohio; Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
 

Description: This photograph shows a front 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: AL05032
Subjects: Dresses; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Clothing and dress
 

Description: Broadside satirizing the "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats) by listing the activities to occur at a fictitious July 4th celebration sponsored by the group at Marietta, Ohio, in 1863. Copperheads or Peace Democrats were people who opposed the Union's attempts to reunite the nation during the American Civil War. During the American Civil War, a majority of Ohioans supported the war effort and the Republican Party, although there was a sizable minority who opposed the conflict. Many of the opponents of the war were members of the "Peace" section of the Democratic Party. They and other opponents of the war often came to be called "Copperheads." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04230
Subjects: Marietta (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Political parties; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of 2nd Lt. Henry O. Dwight of the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H. The clean-shaven young man is in his late teens or early twenties. Wearing his officer's uniform and sword, he stands slightly in front of a studio drapery and next to a small covered table. His right hand rests on the table, and with his left hand he holds his plumed hat. Henry Otis Dwight (1843-1917) was born in Constantinople to Harrison G. Otis Dwight and Mary Lane Wright, who were American missionaries in Turkey. The younger Dwight was educated in Turkey but returned to the United States to attend college. He enrolled in Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, but in September 1861 he joined the 20th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During the next four years his regiment participated in nearly every major battle in the Western Theater during the U.S. Civil War, including Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Raymond, Port Gibson, and Vicksburg, among others. The 20th Ohio also marched with Sherman through Georgia and South Carolina. Dwight enlisted as a private but was promoted successively to sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and brevetted captain. He declined an appointment as a captain in the regular army and was mustered out on July 19, 1865, in Columbus, Ohio. During his time with the 20th Ohio, Dwight created drawings of battles, camp life, and scenes from his unit's travels. He also wrote a partial narrative of his time in the Union Army. In 1864 the "New York Times" and "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" published his accounts of the Battle of Atlanta. Two decades later his account of the Battle of Raymond was published in the "New York Daily Tribune." In May 1863, Dwight and other Union soldiers passed through Claiborne County, Mississippi, on their way to Port Gibson. During the journey Dwight made a sketch in his diary of nearby Windsor Plantation, a magnificent antebellum mansion. His sketch bears the caption "May 1st 1863. Residence Near Bruinsburg Miss." In February 1890 a fire destroyed the home, leaving only 23 stately columns to mark its site. Years later Dwight's diary and the sketch of Windsor Plantation were discovered in the Ohio State Archives, Columbus, Ohio. Before that discovery, all known renderings of Windsor Plantation had been based on oral descriptions. Dwight actually had seen the home, so his sketch has the authority of an eyewitness report. Dwight returned to Constantinople in 1867 as a business agent for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In March 1867 he married Mary Bliss, the daughter of an American missionary working in Turkey. In 1872 he began working as an editor in the board's publications' department. From the mid-1870s to early 1890s he was a correspondent in Constantinople for the "New York Daily Tribune." Dwight also wrote several books on Turkey and Turkish life. In 1880 Dwight was ordained a minister in the Congregational Church. He resigned his commission as a minister in 1901 and returned to the United States. In 1907 he became recording secretary of the American Bible Society, a post he held until his death on June 19, 1917, in Roselle, New Jersey. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06951
Subjects: Dwight, Henry Otis, 1843-1917; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865); Portrait photography; Military officers; Military Ohio
Places: United States
 

Description: Pvt. Michael Petrucci lying prone with M-1 rifle waiting for the "cattle car" to the rifle range. This photograph was taken in Summer 1952 at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07472
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Cherry Point (North Carolina)
 

Description: Portrait of Captain E.E. Eisenbarth, from a nitrate negative. Ellsworth Eugene Eisenbarth was born October 22, 1864, in Ironton, Ohio. The family later moved to Wetzel County, West Virginia. By 1889, Eisenbarth was traveling the mid-Atlantic states in "The Oregon Indian Medicine Show," which featured such entertainment as real cowboys and “Indians.” He next bought a floating store, which he refitted as a showboat and christened "The Eisenbarth Wild West & Floating Opera." The endeavor lasted from 1891 to 1895. By the late 1890s, Eisenbarth and his wife Julia had founded "The Eisenbarth & Henderson Mammoth and Combined Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company," complete with calliope, band and orchestra, which also traveled throughout the middle states by rail. In February of 1900, E.E. and Julia converted a glass barge named the E.V. Poke No. 2 into "The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre, Temple of Amusement." This showboat and its successor ("The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement")were devoted to bringing Shakespearean plays and other dramas, such as “Human Hearts” to the waterways. Eisenbarth also worked with a traveling company of players, perhaps to remain off the rivers during the winter months. The Temple cleared more money than almost any other boat on the Ohio River, even though it only played four nights a week and never on Sunday. Julia Eisenbarth died sometime after, and E.E. remarried in 1908 to Jennie Salina Brown. In 1909, he presented his last show on a riverboat, “The Castle.” He sold The Temple showboat to the Needham-Steiner Amusement Company that year, and although he made bids on other boats, these proved unsuccessful and The Temple ended up being his last showboat. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS930AV_01
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio
Places: Ohio River; Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the sign at the entrance to the Ohio Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf, in Westerville, Ohio, ca. 1953. On the stone pillar holding the sign is the inscription, "In Memory of Herbert C. Volp July 1951." The Ohio School for the Deaf held its first annual reunion in 1870, and at this time, the OSD Alumni Association decided to build a home for the state's aged deaf, many of whom were living in social isolation in various county infirmaries. Fundraising finally began in 1892, and in 1896, the first residents moved into the new home in Westerville, Ohio. Over the following decades, the Ohio Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf expanded, eventually including a farm, a men's dormitory and a rest home. After being renamed The Columbus Colony in 1980, the residential community grew to include ten cottages, a modern nursing home, and an apartment complex on adjacent property. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P_262_B01_F02_28
Subjects: Social services--Ohio; Ohio School for the Deaf; Deaf--Societies, etc.; Nursing homes--Ohio
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts crowds gathering at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The attendees were awaiting the start of the Herb Alpert concert. The Blossom Music Center opened in 1968, and serves as the summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra. Over the years it has earned a reputation as a popular venue for performers across musical genres. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B01_00001_18
Subjects: Musicians--United States--Pictorial works; Concerts
Places: Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio);