Description: This cotton Montana State Flag was acquired between 1950 and 1970. Design consists of the state seal on a blue field with gold fringe. Maker's mark indicates it was made by Emerson Manufacturing Company The state seal, designed in 1865, pictures a plow, pickaxe, and shovel, below which is a scroll. The text reads: "Oro y Plata", Spanish for 'gold and silver'. In the background lie the Rocky Mountains, a river, and forests illuminating Montana's contribution of agriculture and stores of natural resources. Montana's (in Spanish, montaña) nicknames are Treasure State, and Big Sky Country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65497_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Textile--cotton; State Flags --Montana;
Places: Montana; United States
 

Description: A Montana plow is captured at work in this 1960 photograph by Joe Munroe. The post-war years saw great leaps in technologies like farm equipment, making the job of the farmer much easier and more efficient and thereby increasing production. 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_B30_F2038_JPG105
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm equipment, Farming;
Places: Montana
 

Description: 1955 calendar advertising and themed around Ohio author and conservation advocate Louis Bromfield's famed Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio. The full-color twelve-month calendar includes color photographs by Joe Munroe and short caption essays by Louis Bromfield. Calendar verso pages feature longer essays on the history and rehabilitation of Malabar and vignettes of farm life also written by Bromfield. The Friends of the Land Collection (1930-1960) contains the papers of the Friends of the Land (1940-1959), a prominent national soil conservation education organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. FOTL produced an international literary arts quarterly, THE LAND (edited by New Deal agriculture writer Russell Lord) in addition to several members' only publications (LAND LETTER) and informational pamphlets. They also hosted annual conferences; ran conservation tours, teacher training labs, and workshops; and operated as a national clearinghouse for conservation information. Ohio farmer and novelist Louis Bromfield was active in the organization. Much of the collection reflects the career and interests of FOTL Executive Secretary Ollie Fink, who was a prominent conservation education pioneer in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Conservation education; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Agriculture; Soil science; Malabar Farm
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is of models of maps of a portion of the United States. They were made for the Ohio State School for the Blind as teaching tools. The map on the left is Washington, Oregon and California. The map on the right is Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_072_001
Subjects: Models; Maps; Schools--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: James Ashley was a prominent politician, newspaper editor, and businessman during the nineteenth century. He was born on November 24, 1822, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1851, Ashley settled in Toledo, Ohio, where he became active in local politics and helped organize the Republican Party in the community. In 1858, he served as the chairman of the Ohio Republican Convention. That same year, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Ashley served in the United States Congress from 1859 to 1869, during which time he introduced the first constitutional amendment to abolish slavery and initiated impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson. After leaving Congress, Ashley served as the territorial governor of Montana, and the president of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad. James Ashley died in Alma, Michigan, on September 16, 1896. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04208
Subjects: Politicians; United States. Congress. House; Newspaper editors; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: A statue memorial to George A. Custer. George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, one of seven children. He was born on December 5, 1839 and died in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Montana on June 25, 1876. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06557
Subjects: Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876; 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: New Rumley (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: A statue memorial to George A. Custer. George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839. H spent much of his young life in Monroe, Michigan at the home of his half-sister. In 1858, he was admitted to West Point, where he graduated last in his class. During the Civil Was, he was first assigned as an aid to General George McClellan. He later was give the temporary rank of Brevet Brevadier General, but returning to the rank of Captain after the war. On February 9, 1864, he married Elizabeth Clift Bacon. They had no children. Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Little Bighorn, Montana on June 25, 1876. He was initially buried on the battlefield, but his body was later removed to the cemetery at West Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06557
Subjects: Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876; Memorials--Ohio; Harrison County (Ohio)
Places: New Rumley (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: A portrait of George A. Custer. George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839. He spend much of his young life with his half-sister in Monroe, Michigan. In 1858, he received an appointment to West Point, where he graduated last in his class. During the Civil War, he was assigned as an aid to General George McClellan. He eventually was granted a temporary Brevet Brigadier General, returning to Captain after the war was over. On February 9, 1864, he married Elizabeth Clift Bacon. They had no children. Custer died at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Little Bighorn, Montana on June 25, 1876. He was initially buried on the battle field. Later his body was removed to the cemetery at West Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06558
Subjects: Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876; Memorials--Ohio; Harrison County (Ohio)
Places: New Rumley (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: A portrait of George A. Custer. George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839. He spent much of his youth with his half-sister in Monroe, Michigan. In 1858, he was admitted to West Point, where he graduated last in his class. During the Civil War, he served as an aid to General George McClellan. He was moved up the ranks, finally becoming a temporary Brevet Brigadiar General, but returning to Captain after the war. On February 9, 1864, he married Elizabeth Clift Bacon. They had no children. Custer died at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Little Bighorn, Montana on June 25, 1876. He was initially buried on the battlefield, but his body was later removed to the cemetery at West Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06559
Subjects: Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876; Harrison County (Ohio); Portraits
Places: New Rumley (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: A statue memorial to George A. Custer. George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839. He spend much of his youth living with his half-sister in Monroe, Michigan. In 1858, he received an appointment to West Point, where he graduated last in his class. During the Civil War, he was assigned as an aid to General George McClellan. He served with distinction and moved up the ranks to the temporary rank of Brevet Brigadier General, returning to the rank of Captain after the was was over. On February 9, 1864, he was married to Elizabeth Clift Bacon. They had no children. He died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn at Little Bighorn, Montana on June 25, 1876. He was initially buried on the battlefield, but his body was later removed to the cemetery at West Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06560
Subjects: Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876; Memorials--Ohio; Harrison County (Ohio)
Places: New Rumley (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved portrait of James Monroe Ashley, ca. 1860-1869. Ashley was a prominent politician, newspaper editor, and businessman during the nineteenth century. He was born on November 24, 1822, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1851, Ashley settled in Toledo, Ohio, where he became active in local politics and helped organize the Republican Party in the community. In 1858, he served as the chairman of the Ohio Republican Convention. That same year, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Ashley served in the United States Congress from 1859 to 1869, during which time he introduced the first constitutional amendment to abolish slavery and initiated impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson. After leaving Congress, Ashley served as the territorial governor of Montana, and the president of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad. James Ashley died in Alma, Michigan, on September 16, 1896. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02838
Subjects: Newspaper publishing; Legislators--United States--1860-1870;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)