Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This is the Lentz family farm home, owned by George S. Lentz near St. Clairsville, Ohio. Spanning 195 acres, Lentz's farm grew wheat and had a number of horses. The farm was converted into an agriculture experiment station in 1917, where experiments were conducted with various crops and livestock. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F04_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Farmhouses; Rural Life; Agricultural experimentation--Ohio
Places: Belmont County (Ohio); St. Clairsville (Ohio);
 

Description: Taken by the Ohio Turnpike Commission, this aerial photograph show the results of the 1978 Blizzard on Ohio Turnpike traffic, January 1978. In January and February 1978, a series of three storms hit the Midwest and Northeast United States. These storms were some of the most severe winter events to occur in recent history, and collectively are known as the Blizzard of 1978. The second storm found Ohio in its path. From January 25 to 27, between one and three feet of snow fell across Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Winds averaged between fifty and seventy miles per hour, creating snowdrifts as deep as twenty-five feet. With temperatures already hovering near zero, the wind chill was deadly, reaching sixty degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Created by the Ohio Turnpike Act of 1949, the Ohio Turnpike Commission was authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a turnpike (and related projects) for the State of Ohio. The groundbreaking took place on October 27, 1952, and on December 1, 1954, the first section of the turnpike to be completed (the Niles-Youngstown to the Pennsylvania border) was opened to the public. The remaining portions of the road were completed by October 1, 1955. Over the following decades, various maintenance projects were undertaken and improvements made. In 2013, the 130th General Assembly passed H.B. 51, which renamed the Ohio Turnpike Commission the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA7617AV_B22_Blizzard01
Subjects: Blizzards; Natural disasters; Climate and Weather; Transportation--Ohio;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Shoppers and volunteers are pictured in an aisle with bulk food items at the Olentangy Cooperative Grocery, located at 2647 North High Street in Columbus, Ohio. Grocery or food cooperatives (or co-ops) are generally non-profit storefronts where shoppers can purchase membership and volunteer monthly hours in exchange for food and other products at discounted prices. This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper by photographer Allen Zak. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F14_02
Subjects: Businesses; Grocery stores; Shopping; Social movements;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Homer (left) and Margaret (center) Castor, parents of Annie Glenn née Castor, ride in a motorcade during a parade in New Concord, Ohio. On March 3, 1962, the parade celebrated the homecoming of astronaut John Glenn after his successful Friendship 7 flight earlier that year, making him the first American in orbit. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F03_09A
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Parades; Motorcades; Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)
Places: New Concord (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of Lincoln's funeral train car stopped at Union Station in Columbus, Ohio on April 29, 1865. Lincoln's casket was moved to the Ohio Statehouse for viewing and later that day brought back to the funeral train in order to continue its journey to Springfield, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F03_004_001
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Banner reads "Welcome Home Neil". 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. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_024
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Form I (first grade) class at the Columbus School for Girls, December 1, 1957. Columbus School for Girls was established in 1898 by Mary Bole Scott and Florence Kelley, a school whose curriculum was specifically designed to prepare young women for college. The original campus was located at 662 East Town Street, but the current campus is located at 65 South Drexel Avenue. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00108
Subjects: Columbus School for Girls (Columbus, Ohio); Education; Classrooms; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 19, 1936, this photograph shows young ladies who are students of the Butler County Emergency School's homemaking class. Butler County Emergency School was a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler County Emergency Schools. Elm St., Oxford, Ohio, Mrs. Viola Smith, Teacher. Class in Homemaking- Cooking, Food Values, Meal Planning, Sewing, Quilting, Basketry. This class wrote a play and dramatized it in Stewart High School. From the proceeds they purchased materials to make aprons and dresses so they might learn more about sewing, designing and finishing garments." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. 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_B02F04_006_1
Subjects: African Americans; Home economics--Ohio; Schools--Ohio; Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: From the sketch by "Farney", this photograph shows Wielert's Saloon at 11408-1410 Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. This saloon was opened in 1873 and became the finest saloon in Cincinnati, as well as the largest. It was opened by Heinrich (Henry) Wielert (1826-1892) who served as a Union Soldier in the Civil War. He was a native of Hanover, Germany. The saloon had a block long beer garden in the rear that had a roof, but was open on the sides. Inside there were busts of German composers and writers along the perimeter. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_005_001
Subjects: Saloons; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Cary-Bird, a stern-wheel paddle boat, anchored on the Ohio River. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "A Close-Up of the Cary-Bird; Photography: E.P. Moody- Ohio River- Dist 4.- Cincinnati." 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_B12F02_013_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "'Leafing Through Pages of the Miami Valley Album' Photo copied by F.W.P., Dayton, Ohio, 4/22/38" This photo was most likely taken from an old issue of the Dayton Daily News. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_020_001
Subjects: Horses; Ohio History -- Settlement and Early Statehood; Montgomery County (Ohio); Cities and towns--Ohio;
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "People at work." These people were taking a break. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_021_01
Subjects: Ohio Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration
Places: Ohio