Description: A band marches at an unidentified racetrack in Columbus, Ohio. It is most likely Driving Park Race Track. Located on the city's South Side, Driving Park Race Track was a large horse racing complex that eventually allowed auto races. It operated during 19th and early 20th century. In 1905 it hosted world's first 24-hour car race. The park gave its name to Driving Park -- an urban residential area on the Near East Side of Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07728
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Horse racing; Automobile racing; Columbus (Ohio)--History--19th century; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Neighborhoods--Ohio--Columbus
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard image showing a busy downtown street scene. Based on the "The Union" sign for The Union department store on North High and Long Streets, this photograph was taken two or three blocks north of Broad Street on North High. Trolley #296, marked "Oak St.," is visible in the street along with multiple horse-drawn carriages. A number of signs advertising various businesses can be seen on the right: a post office, a gramophone and phonograph store, and a trunk and umbrella shop. The photograph's date is based on the absence of the Atlas Building, which was build in 1905 just east of The Union, and is not visible in this photograph. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. This image was likely one of a series of postcards Kinley created and sold. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07803
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Neighborhoods--Ohio--Columbus; Photographers--Ohio; Cities and towns--Ohio; Central business district
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustration shows a planned low-income housing community to be built on the East Side of Columbus, Ohio, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection. The community would have been bounded by Woodland, Woodward, and Brentnell Avenues, as well as the New York Centrail Railroad right-of-way. Columbus residents strongly voted against a City Council rezoning of this property in an August 1963 referendum, which meant that the project was unable to move forward. An accompanying typed sheet providing additional details about the project reads, "An architect's rendering of one of the 82 brick buildings which will comprise the proposed Columbus Village, a new low-rent, low-income public housing, planned for the East End of the city on 45 acres of vacant land. Four different types of brick buildings are planned, according to the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, to give variety and avoid monotony. Playgrounds and a park are part of the plans. The buildings would house 524 low-income families at rentals ranging from $16 to $52 a month, with $34 a month the average. Apartments will range from one to five bedrooms with modern kitchens and baths, and will house 2,224 men, women and children. Under the law, families of veterans and servicemen with low income have top priority. Families with children living in sub-standard housing and with low income are next. Aged persons on small pensions, persons on welfare, aid to the blind and aid to dependent children are also eligible. The income limits for eligibility are set low by state law." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_12_01
Subjects: Public housing; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Neighborhoods--Ohio--Columbus; Rental housing
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Flytown neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1920. An industrial boom happened in Flytown during the 1870s and continued through the 1920s, as cheap land attracted foundries, lumberyards, and railroads to the area. As European immigrants and African American migrants from the south settled in the area, Flytown became one of the most diverse portions of Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV148_B01F02_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Neighborhoods; Great Migration
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the intersection of South Central and Sullivant Avenues on the west side of Columbus, Ohio, taken by photographer Allen Zak and given the caption, "Economic Indicator: Looks like the Recession is over at long last and none too soon." A bicyclist and cars pass by. This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. 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_B04F15_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Neighborhoods; Streets -- Ohio -- Columbus; Bicycles and bicycling;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)