Description: Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar hanging above the fireplace in the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This home, at 219 Paul Laurence Dunbar Street in Dayton, Ohio, was the final home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After Dunbar's death in 1906 his mother, Matilda Dunbar, continued to live in the house until her death in 1934. In 1936 the Dunbar House became the first state memorial to honor an African American. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03329
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906--Homes and haunts--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a bookcase and other furniture at the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This home, at 219 Paul Laurence Dunbar Street in Dayton, Ohio, was the final home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After Dunbar's death in 1906 his mother, Matilda Dunbar, continued to live in the house until her death in 1934. In 1936 the Dunbar House became the first state memorial to honor an African American. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03330
Subjects: African American poets; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906--Homes and haunts--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Print made from glass plate negative of an African American employee operating a grinding machine at the Buckeye Steel Castings Company in Columbus, Ohio, 1919. The Buckeye Steel Castings Company mainly produced railroad couplers, and was presided over at the time by Columbus industrialist Samuel P. Bush. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03340
Subjects: Buckeye Steel Castings Company (Columbus, Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Business and Labor; Employees
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of author Paul Laurence Dunbar on horseback, ca. 1890-1906. A note written on the back of the photograph indicates that the horse may have inspired Dunbar's poem "Dat Ol' Mare O' Mine." Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. He attended Dayton Central High School and was the sole African American student at that time. Following his high school graduation, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice and writer of dialect poetry, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. He is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05265
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Horses; Literary Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Author Paul Laurence Dunbar riding in a horse-drawn buggy driven by an unidentified man, ca. 1890-1906. Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. He attended Dayton Central High School and was the sole African American student at that time. Following his high school graduation, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice and writer of dialect poetry, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. He is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05269
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Literary Ohio; Horse-drawn vehicles;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Disc jockey James Edward "Eddie" Saunders with a group of visitors at the WVKO radio station in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1948 - 1955. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00740
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Disc jockey James Edward "Eddie" Saunders on air with a group of visitors at the WVKO radio station in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1950 - 1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00741
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Candid portrait of James Edward "Eddie" Saunders, ca. 1950 - 1959. He was the first African-American disc jockey in the central Ohio area. His career with WVKO radio, Columbus first and only African-American radio station, began in 1948. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00742
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: White Methodists established Wilberforce College in Ohio in 1856. During the 1860s, the African Methodist Episcopal Church acquired Wilberforce and opened its doors to African Americans, the first institution of higher education in the United States established specifically for African American students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04056
Subjects: Wilberforce (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Historical Black Colleges and Universities
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Autographed photograph of Captain Charles Young, 9th United States Cavalry. Inscription reads, "For Paul L, Dunbar, from his devoted friend, Chas Young. Capt 9th Cavly U.S. Army, 1905." Young (1864-1922) was the third African American to graduate from West Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03379
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Civil War 1861-1865; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; Portrait photography
Places: San Francisco (California); San Francisco County (California)
 

Description: James Edward "Eddie" Saunders and other radio station staff working on the "Breaking All Time" telegraph receiving program for Mother's Day, ca. 1950 - 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00743
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: WVKO radio disc jockey James Edward "Eddie" Saunders with track and field star Dave Albritton and boxing champion Ezzard Charles, ca. 1948 - 1955. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00744
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)