Description: Carte de visite of General John Pope, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Pope, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, had a successful chain of battles on the Mississippi, including Island No. 10 and Corinth. However, once in command in the East, Pope performed poorly, suffering major defeats at Cedar Mountain and Second Bull Run. Pope was relieved of command, and spent the rest of the war commanding the Minnesota Military District. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_49
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; Louisville (Kentucky)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Robert Anderson, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Anderson, originally from Louisville, Kentucky, was a pro-slavery, former slave owner, but remained loyal to the Union. He is primarily known as being the commander of Fort Sumter, the fortress bombarded by the Confederacy to begin the war. After Fort Sumter, he primarily worked to recruit soldiers to the Union cause. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_30
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; Louisville (Kentucky)
 

Description: Photograph of "Farm and Mill" painted by Herschel Levit in 1941. The painting is located in the post office in Louisville, Ohio in Stark County. Photographed by Connie Girard in 1988. The photo is from the Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection, AV 48. The collection represents thirty murals or plaster reliefs installed in twenty-five Ohio post offices between 1937 and 1943. In 1988, Connie Girard photographed the artwork. Photos were published in the article “Not By Bread Alone, Post Office Art of the New Deal.” Timeline. June-July 1989, p. 2-19 by Gerald Markowitz and Marlene Park. In 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President he promised Americans a "New Deal" and created public works programs to provide jobs for the millions of unemployed people, including artists. Ten thousand unknown and established artists were commissioned by the government to create murals, paintings, photographs, posters, prints and sculpture. The goal was not only to employ artists, but also to bring fine art into the daily lives of all people. The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) was funded for six months in 1933 – 1934. The PWAP was succeeded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Organized in 1934 the Section of Painting and Sculpture operated until 1943. Under the auspices of this organization sixty-six new Ohio post offices received artwork. The majority of the post offices were located in small towns. Post offices were chosen as a location for artwork because, particularly in small towns, they were centers of community activity. Most of the painted murals or murals in plaster relief created are realistic images reflecting the history, common activities or major industries of the communities in which the post offices are located. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: av48_b2_f06_01
Subjects: Post office stations and branches--Ohio--Photographs; Public art--Ohio--Photographs; Public Works of Art Project (United States); New Deal art
Places: Louisville (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This a photograph of a guidon of the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The text on flag reads: 95 Ohio. The 95th O.V.I. was formed at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio on August 19, 1862 for a three year term. Their engagements were: Battle of Richmond, Vicksburg Campaign, Siege of Vicksburg May 19 & 22, Siege of Jackson, Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Battle of Nashville, and the Battle of Fort Blakely. They were mustered out on August 19, 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02060
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military flags; Communication artifact; Ceremonial artifact
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jacquelyn Mayer of Sandusky, Ohio, who won the Miss America Pageant in 1962 and served as Miss America 1963. She is pictured exiting an airplane, possibly in Louisville, Kentucky, during her reign as Miss America. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07810
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Miss America Pageant
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait of William Clarke Quantrill was taken from "Quantrill and the Border Wars" by William Elsey Connelley, 1910. The image caption reads "WILLIAM CLARKE QUANTRILL THE GUERILLA CHIEF" Born in Canal Dover (now Dover), Ohio, Quantrill led The Quantrill Raiders, Confederate soldiers who operated in the border area between Kansas and Missouri during the American Civil War. This group was known for targeting Union forces and sympathizers. Quantrill's tactics and brutality scared Confederate leaders and he was never fully sanctioned by them. Among his raiders were Frank and Jesse James. Quantrill was severely wounded during a raid in Kentucky in May 1865. He died on June 6, 1865, in Louisville, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04278
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America
Places: Dover (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This Vernier surveyor's compass which measures 14" by 7" (36 by 18 cm) was used by Joel Wright to plat the city of Columbus prior to its founding in 1812. The typical 19th-century brass and wooden compass was made in Winchester, Virginia. Joel Wright (1750-1829) was a Quaker born in Menallen, Pennsylvania, who first came to Ohio in 1788 as part of a team to survey the Northwest Territory. He surveyed the Muskingum, Scioto, and Great Miami valleys, and eventually settled in Ohio in 1806 in an area near present-day Waynesville. While a resident of Ohio, Wright platted the towns of Columbus, Dayton, and Springboro, Ohio, and Louisville, Kentucky. He was also the first surveyor of Warren County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1487_1535360_001
Subjects: Land settlement--Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources; Surveying; Surveying equipment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This appears to be an office for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad operated freight and passenger services. The railroad that was once called the Louisville and Nashville Railroad changed its name to CSX Transportation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_014_001
Subjects: Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Typewriters; Offices
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This is a painting of Guidon of the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The text on flag reads: 95 Ohio. The 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio on August 19, 1862 for a three year term. They were engaged in the following: Battle of Richmond, Vicksburg Campaign, Siege of Vicksburg May 19 & 22 assaults, Siege of Jackson, Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Battle of Nashville and the Battle of Fort Blakley. They were mustered out on August 19, 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02520
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags
Places: Columbus (Ohio; Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: On June 4, 1898, a memorial service was held at the Confederate Cemetery, formerly Camp Chase. Camp Chase was a military prison located 4 miles away from Columbus for captured Confederate soldiers. This cemetery was the burial ground for confederate soldiers who died in prison. The Confederate Glee Club of Louisville, Kentucky is pictured here. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04C_016_1
Subjects: Cemeteries; Camp Chase (Ohio); Veterans; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cemeteries--Confederate.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Plant was located on West High Street, between Wittenberg and Lowry Avenues in Springfield, Ohio and was one of the largest publishing houses in the world. John Crowell (1850 – 1921), a printer from Louisville, Kentucky, came to Springfield, Ohio in 1878 to edit Farm and Fireside magazine. He founded the company Mast, Crowell & and Kirkpatrick. By 1902 the company was publishing a number of magazines and was incorporated as The Crowell Publishing Company in 1906. Peter Fenelon Collier (1849-1909) began publishing in 1873, beginning with Roman Catholic books, Bibles, and the magazine ‘Collier’s Once a Week’. In 1895, the name was changed to ‘Collier’s Weekly’, which was purchased by Crowell publishing in 1919. P.F. Collier & Sons was taken over by Robert Collier when his father Peter died in 1909. Though the two companies worked together since 1919, they didn’t become Crowell Collier Publishing Company until 1939, having merged in 1934. They printed four nationally known magazines: Collier’s, Woman’s Home Companion, American Magazine and Country Home. Though having begun 1877 in a tiny one-room establishment with a simple hand press and evolving into a massive factory complex incorporating 7 buildings, including an 8-story plant covering an entire city block, the company began going downhill. The plant began dissolving in 1956 and the Springfield plant was sold in 1957. Crowell-Collier merged with Macmillan of New York in 1960 and in 1965 the name Crowell Collier & MacMillian began being used, though the titled was eventually changed to MacMillian, Inc. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_010_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Springfield; Publishers and publishing--Ohio--History; Crowell Publishing Company; P.F. Collier & Son Company; Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. P.F. Collier & Son Corporation; Crowell-Collier Publishing Company; Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. Macmillan Company
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads in type: "K.K. Colvin, Supervisor, Federal Writers' Projects 1311 W. 80 St., Cleveland, Ohio. General View, Nela Park (National Electric Lamp Association of the General Electric Co.), Taylor Rd. south of Euclid Ave., East Cleveland, Ohio." Reverse reads: "Industry can [underlined] be aesthetic." Photograph shows an aerial view of Nela Park and the surrounding houses in East Cleveland, Ohio. Contrary to the caption, the road that bifurcates the image is Noble Road; Taylor Road is located four blocks south. Nela Park is the headquarters of GE Lighting, and is located in East Cleveland, Ohio. Today, GE Lighting is a part of GE's Consumer and Industrial business, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Nela Park still serves as the operating headquarters of the lighting division. Development of the site was started in 1911, when the National Electric Lamp Company (NELA) was dissolved and absorbed into General Electric. It was the first industrial park in the world and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The campus emulates a university setting, and the dominant architectural style is Georgian Revival. The 92-acre (370,000 square mile) campus is home to GE's Lighting & Electrical Institute, which was founded in 1933. Each December, Nela Park features a world-famous Christmas lighting display, which culminates in a miniature version of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., designed by GE Lighting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_026_1
Subjects: National Electric Lamp Association; Cleveland (Ohio)--Aerial views; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; General Electric Company--History
Places: East Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)