Description: Photograph showing musicians of the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra as they prepare to leave on board a tour bus, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal newspaper. Several men and women hold a banner that reads, "On Tour from Ohio to Maine!" The Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra was a professional symphony orchestra based in Columbus between 1941 and 1949. Under conductor Izler Solomon, the group performed at Franklin County Memorial Hall and featured full-time professional musicians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_06_01
Subjects: Musicians; Musical performances; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Arts and entertainment;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "W.P.A. band at Linden Community Center, Dayton, Ohio, June 29, 1936. Louis Becker, director." The Federal Music Project (FMP), a WPA-sponsored federal project, was designed to give employment to professional musicians registered on the relief rolls during the great depression. The project employed these musicians as instrumentalists, singers, concert performers, and teachers of music. Dr. Nikolai Sokoloff, former conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, was appointed Director of the FMP. The program was initiated in September 1935 and continued until June 1939, at which time individual states were given the responsibility of continuing or ending current projects. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_018_001
Subjects: Bands (Music); Musicians--Ohio; Federal Music Project (U.S.); United States. Works Progress Administration
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the bass section of the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal newspaper. Identified on the reverse are Mary Jane Parkinson (left), and Carolyn Utz (right). Utz, hired around 1944, was the orchestra's first African American musician. A native of Columbus, she was a graduate of the Ohio State University with a bachelors and masters degree in music, and had taught music at several Southern colleges before joining the orchestra in her hometown. The Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra was a professional symphony orchestra based in Columbus between 1941 and 1949. Under conductor Izler Solomon, the group performed at Franklin County Memorial Hall and featured full-time professional musicians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_07_01
Subjects: Musicians; Musical performances; Musical instruments; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Arts and entertainment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing performers with the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra, two of whom are playing violins, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal newspaper. They are identified on the reverse as (left to right) Imogene King, Mario Mancinel (spelled Mancinelli on another related photograph) and David Flanagan. The Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra was a professional symphony orchestra based in Columbus between 1941 and 1949. Under conductor Izler Solomon, the group performed at Franklin County Memorial Hall and featured full-time professional musicians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_08_01
Subjects: Musicians; Musical performances; Musical instruments; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Arts and entertainment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two musicians identified as Harvey Phelps (left) and Jim Gayle (right), posed with a banjo and guitar, in a photograph taken for the Columbus Free Press. 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_B02F04_04
Subjects: Musical instruments; Musicians; Folk music; Performers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Free Press showing a quartet of musicians performing at Oktoberfest, an annual event which takes place in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The men wear traditional German costumes and stand next to a statue of King Gambrinus, a Flemish leader who is credited with the invention of beer. The statue originally stood outside of Gambrinus Brewery, which operated on the site from 1906 until 1974, and remained after the brewery was demolished. 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_B02F09_05
Subjects: German Village; German Americans; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities; Musical performances; Musicians; Cultural heritage
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pictured is a group of six Zoar musicians practicing in the woods and a cluster of five bystanders. Two members of the latter group appear to be hoisting mugs of beer or another beverage. A small tent is seen in the background. The small community of Zoar, Ohio, was founded in 1817 by a group of German separatists who later became known as the Zoarites. Originally from the area of Wurttemburg, Germany, the group moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after facing persecution for separating from the Lutheran Church in their native land. The group’s leader was Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Joseph Bäumeler). With financial assistance from the Society of Friends (Quakers), the group purchased land in eastern Ohio. The community’s first buildings were constructed in 1817, and the following year marked the arrival of approximately two hundred members. The separatists chose to name their town Zoar after the Biblical account of Lot, who escaped to Zoar from Sodom in the book of Genesis. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole. In exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Both men and women signed the original document creating the society. Women had equal access to political leadership and had the right to vote in elections. Women also were not prohibited from holding office in the society, although no women were ever elected to these positions. Additional modifications to the society’s organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. Joseph Bimeler died in 1853. Even though Zoar was economically prosperous, the members’ commitment to the society’s original goals began to deteriorate in the second half of the nineteenth century. Over time, many of the original residents died. The younger generation did not have memories of the persecution back in Europe or the society’s early struggles in Ohio. The outside world influenced the Zoarites more and more, as strangers traveled to Zoar and stayed in the town’s hotel. In 1898, the remaining members decided to dissolve the society, and its property was divided among the Zoarites. It was an end to the communistic experience at Zoar. Throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Zoar has continued to exist as a small town in rural eastern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05972
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Musicians; Musical instruments
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Canal scene at Dayton." This is a photo of a group of musicians on a boat in the Erie Canal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_011_001
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Entertainers; Musicians; Boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of jazz musician Ralph Sutton as he plays at his piano in Squaw Valley, California. Sutton was a famous pianist from Missouri who lived and performed all over the United States. His most famous partner was Bob Scobey. 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_B29_F2008_JPG289
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Musicians; Jazz musicians; Musical instruments
Places: Squaw Valley (California)
 

Description: Photograph showing the violin section of the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal newspaper. Identified on the reverse are Robert Gross (left), concertmaster, and Mario Mancinelli (right), assistant concertmaster. The Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra was a professional symphony orchestra based in Columbus between 1941 and 1949. Under conductor Izler Solomon, the group performed at Franklin County Memorial Hall and featured full-time professional musicians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_05_01
Subjects: Musicians; Musical performances; Musical instruments; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Arts and entertainment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra on stage, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal newspaper. A handwritten caption on the reverse reads, "The orchestra plays Mozart's 'Jupiter' symphony. Absent are players of instruments (trombone, clarinet, oboe) not scored in this work." The photograph was likely taken at the Franklin County Memorial Hall and Auditorium, located on East Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra was a professional symphony orchestra based in Columbus between 1941 and 1949. Under conductor Izler Solomon, the group performed at Franklin County Memorial Hall and featured full-time professional musicians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_09_01
Subjects: Musicians; Musical performances; Musical instruments; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Arts and entertainment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Interior view of the showboat stage, seating, musicians and crew, including E. E. Eisenbarth seated, at center. Sign hanging from curtain on stage right reads, "Ladies Please Remove Your Hats." Ellsworth Eugene Eisenbarth was born October 22, 1864, in Ironton, Ohio. The family later moved to Wetzel County, West Virginia. By 1889, Eisenbarth was traveling the mid-Atlantic states in "The Oregon Indian Medicine Show," which featured such entertainment as real cowboys and “Indians.” He next bought a floating store, which he refitted as a showboat and christened "The Eisenbarth Wild West & Floating Opera." The endeavor lasted from 1891 to 1895. By the late 1890s, Eisenbarth and his wife Julia had founded "The Eisenbarth & Henderson Mammoth and Combined Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company," complete with calliope, band and orchestra, which also traveled throughout the middle states by rail. In February of 1900, E. E. and Julia converted a glass barge named the E. V. Poke No. 2 into "The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre, Temple of Amusement." This showboat and its successor ("The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement") were devoted to bringing Shakespearean plays and other dramas, such as “Human Hearts,” to the waterways. Eisenbarth also worked with a traveling company of players, perhaps to remain off the rivers during the winter months. The Temple cleared more money than almost any other boat on the Ohio River, even though it only played four nights a week and never on Sunday. Julia Eisenbarth died sometime after, and E. E. remarried in 1908 to Jennie Salina Brown. In 1909, he presented his last show on a riverboat, “The Castle.” He sold The Temple showboat to the Needham-Steiner Amusement Company that year, and although he made bids on other boats, these proved unsuccessful and The Temple ended up being his last showboat. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07560
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio; Actors; Musicians
Places: Ohio River; Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)