Description: Caption on reverse reads: "Post office, Mt. Gilead (Morrow - Co.) Dist. 6 files." A man walk down the front steps of this 1-story brick building topped with a cupola, which is located at 37 West High Street. The words "United States Post Office Mount Gilead Ohio" are above the main entrance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F11_001_1
Subjects: Post office buildings Ohio
Places: Mt. Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Morrow County Courthouse located in Mount Gilead, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historical Places on July 24, 1974. Morrow County, named for Jeremiah Morrow, was formed in 1848. Jeremiah Morrow was the ninth governor of Ohio and also served in the US Senate. He was a member of the House of Representatives at the time that Morrow County was formed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_036_01
Subjects: Morrow County (Ohio); Mount Gilead (Ohio); Courthouses; Government buildings
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic postcard of Warren G. Harding speaking in Mount Gilead, Ohio, during his 1920 presidential campaign. Harding was the 29th President of the United States, elected in 1920 with sixty-one percent of the popular vote. He died suddenly while still in office, on a trip to the western United States, where he was the first president to visit the territory of Alaska. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05117
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Four photographs document George Leaming's farm near Mt. Gilead, Ohio, around 1910. Leaming owned 140 acres. The Ohio Department of Agriculture agent who took the photographs wrote about the farm, "The appearance is fairly good, I cannot say as to crops." The photographs measure 5" x 7" (12.7 x 17.78 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00463
Subjects: Agriculture; Architecture; Farms
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Dated 1910, this photograph shows the farmhouse of Horatio Markley, with a man and two women sitting on the front porch. A barn and another farm building resides to the right of the house, and something is visible behind the home, possibly farming equipment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00462
Subjects: Morrow County (Ohio); Rural life; Farming; Agriculture; Barns; Farmhouses
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows presidential candidate Warren G. Harding addressing a crowd of campaign supporters in downtown Mount Gilead, Ohio. The Victory Shaft is visible to the right, an obelisk erected to commemorate Morrow County residents purchasing more war bonds during World War I than any other Ohio county. Harding also spoke at the monument's dedication in 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00774
Subjects: Marion County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential elections; Presidential campaigns; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; World War I, 1914-1918; Monuments & memorials; War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Valentine Wagner of Morrow County, legally executed at 2:30 A.M. July 31, 1885, for the Murder of Daniel Shehan at Mt. Gilead, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08027
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row; Prisoners and prisons
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: A truck passes the Big Walnut Creek sign before crossing the bridge that spans the creek. Big Walnut Creek starts near Mount Gilead, Ohio, and flows south, eventually joining the Scioto River near the Franklin County and Pickaway County lines. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F003_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Big Walnut Creek (Ohio); Bridges; Motor vehicles; Signs and signboards
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A bus travels over a bridge spanning the Big Walnut Creek near Columbus, Ohio. In the foreground, the creek flows through a group of trees lining the shore. Big Walnut Creek starts near Mount Gilead, Ohio, and flows south, eventually joining the Scioto River near the Franklin County and Pickaway County lines. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F002_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Big Walnut Creek (Ohio); Bridges; Buses; Trees
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Walter Lauffer developing a photograph in his darkroom, ca. 1920, surrounded by various photography equipment. Lauffer was a photographer, filmmaker and outdoorsman from Mt. Gilead, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05121
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Art, American--Ohio; Photography - Studios and dark rooms
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Walter Lauffer working at film bench in his darkroom, ca. 1920. He appears to be splicing or editing film reels. Lauffer was a photographer, filmmaker and outdoorsman from Mt. Gilead, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05122
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Art, American--Ohio; Photography - Studios and dark rooms; Motion picture film--History
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: This has been Morrow County's only courthouse, and it was constructed from 1852-1854 by architect David Auld. Although renovations in 1896 and the 1930s altered the facade and certain sections of the building, it remains the county's original courthouse. This image shows the front and side facades. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_362
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pilasters; cornices; clock towers; belfries (equipment spaces)
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio); 48 E. High St.