Description: General Ulysses S. Grant's funeral procession on Broadway, New York, New York, on August 8, 1885. A horse-drawn catafalque bearing the coffin of Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and the eighteenth president of the United States, moves down Broadway accompanied by an honor guard. Spectators, many of them holding umbrellas, line the street. Poles strung with wires bisect the image horizontally. The procession stretched for seven miles. Grant died July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York. In accordance with his wishes, his family selected Riverside Park in New York City as the site of his final resting place. Grant’s remains were interred in a temporary vault. Shortly after his death a newly organized grassroots organization, the Grant Monument Association, began accepting donations to fund the construction of a permanent memorial. Ninety thousand individuals collectively donated an estimated $600,000 to the fund its construction (the largest public fundraising effort at the time). The cornerstone was laid in 1891, and the memorial was completed six years later. More than one million people attended the parade and dedication ceremony of General Grant National Memorial (popularly known as Grant’s Tomb) on April 27, 1897. Julia Grant died on December 14, 1902, in Washington, D.C., and her remains were interred beside her husband's in a twin sarcophagus. Architect John Duncan designed the granite and marble structure, still the largest mausoleum in North America. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05792
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Death & burial--New York (State)--New York; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: New York (New York); New York County (New York)
 

Description: Major General Hancock and staff riding at the head of General Ulysses S. Grant's funeral procession on August 8, 1885. They are passing up Fifth Ave, New York, New York, in front of the horse-drawn catafalque bearing Grant's coffin. Spectators lined the route of the procession, which stretched for seven miles. Grant, Civil War general and eighteenth president of the United States, died July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York. In accordance with his wishes, his family selected Riverside Park in New York City as the site of his final resting place. Grant’s remains were interred in a temporary vault. Shortly after his death a newly organized grassroots organization, the Grant Monument Association, began accepting donations to fund the construction of a permanent memorial. Ninety thousand individuals collectively donated an estimated $600,000 to the fund its construction (the largest public fundraising effort at the time). The cornerstone was laid in 1891, and the memorial was completed six years later. More than one million people attended the parade and dedication ceremony of General Grant National Memorial (popularly known as Grant’s Tomb) on April 27, 1897. Julia Grant died on December 14, 1902, in Washington, D.C., and her remains were interred beside her husband's in a twin sarcophagus. Architect John Duncan designed the granite and marble structure, still the largest mausoleum in North America. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05797
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Death & burial--New York (State)--New York; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: New York (New York); New York County (New York)
 

Description: The illustration is an artist's rendering of the temporary tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Park, New York, New York. The image shows a group of people standing on a path leading to the small, barrel-shaped vault. The tomb is situated in a tree-lined area near the east bank of the Hudson River,. An inset in the upper left corner shows a man in military uniform playing a bugle. The inset's inscription reads: "The soldier's burial - typical military ceremony of 'Taps,' or bugle signal for extinguishing lights." An inset in the upper right corner portrays the tomb's interior, which contains Grant's coffin; a sign bearing the name "Galena" (Illinois town where Grant and his family once lived); a white dove above a military insignia; and several other objects. The tomb's barred gate bears the initial "G." In accordance with Grant’s wishes, his family selected Riverside Park as the site of his final resting place. He died July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York, and his remains were interred in this temporary vault. Shortly after his death a newly organized grassroots organization, the Grant Monument Association, began accepting donations to fund the construction of a permanent memorial. Ninety thousand individuals collectively donated an estimated $600,000 to the fund its construction (the largest public fundraising effort at the time). The cornerstone was laid in 1891, and the memorial was completed six years later. More than one million people attended the parade and dedication ceremony of General Grant National Memorial (popularly known as Grant’s Tomb) on April 27, 1897. Julia Grant died on December 14, 1902, in Washington, D.C., and her remains were interred beside her husband's in a twin sarcophagus. Architect John Duncan designed the granite and marble structure, still the largest mausoleum in North America. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05798
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; General Grant National Memorial (New York, N.Y.); Monuments & memorials; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: New York (New York); New York County (New York)
 

Description: Lois Ruth Campbell in United States Army Nurse's Corps uniform, ca. 1918. Campbell was a nurse from Bellefontaine, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00076
Subjects: Bellefontaine (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: New York (New York); New York County (New York)
 

Description: Top banner reads: "NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT BAND" Bottom banner reads: "THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND MAYOR RUDOLPH W. GUILIANI CONGRATULATE AMERICA'S HEROES SENATOR JOHN H. GLENN AND THE CREW OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY" Astronauts Steven Lindsey (left), Curtis L. Brown Jr. (center) and John Glenn (right) stand for the pledge of allegiance outside New York City Hall during the ticker-tape parade celebrating the successful Discovery space flight mission STS-95. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B20F05_02
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Astronauts; Parades;
Places: New York (New York); New York County (New York);
 

Description: Top banner reads: "NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT BAND" Bottom banner reads: "THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND MAYOR RUDOLPH W. GUILIANI CONGRATULATE AMERICA'S HEROES SENATOR JOHN H. GLENN AND THE CREW OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY" U.S. Senator and astronaut John Glenn accepts a commemorative award in a small black box during the ticker-tape parade on November 16, 1998, celebrating the successful return of the Discovery space flight mission STS-95. Astronauts Steven Lindsey and Curtis L. Brown Jr. are seated left. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B20F05_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Astronauts; Parades
Places: New York (New York); New York County (New York);
 

Description: Photograph of Frank Miller, who was an operator on the Underground Railroad in Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York. This cabinet card is from L.E. Walker and Son in Warsaw, New York. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03095
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Warsaw (New York); Wyoming County (New York)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Junior-Senior High School in Great Neck, New York on Long Island. Guilbert & Betelle designed the school. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the school. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F42_008
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Great Neck Public Schools (Great Neck, N.Y.); Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934.
Places: Great Neck (New York); Nassau County (New York)
 

Description: Eliza Jane Trimble "Mother" Thompson, national and local leader of the Temperance movement, from Hillsboro, Ohio, ca. 1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00007
Subjects: Hillsboro (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Portrait photography
Places: Albany (New York); Albany County (New York)
 

Description: A view of the Lower Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester, New York (1870-1879). This photograph appears opposite p. 109 of "Rochester: The Flower City, 1855-1890" by Blake McKelvey (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1949). The Genesee River runs through the heart of Rochester, New York, on its way to Lake Ontario. Within the city the Genesee drops in three places (the so-called Upper, Lower, and Middle Falls). The Lower Falls have a 110-foot drop. Situated along the riverbanks are several industrial-looking buildings with tall smokestacks. Other buildings form a backdrop to this vista. Historian Blake McKelvey's professional career is inextricably linked to his adopted hometown, Rochester, New York. The majority of his books are devoted to the city's history, including the publication in which this map is found. During the last half of the 19th century, Rochester was home to a thriving nursery industry, thus earning for itself the nickname "Flower City." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05785
Subjects: Rochester (N.Y.)--History; McKelvey, Blake, 1903-2000;
Places: Rochester (New York); Monroe County (New York)
 

Description: This tavern on East Avenue in Brighton, New York, was kept by William C. Bloss. From 1830 to 1860 he hid fugitive slaves there. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03094
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Taverns (Inns)
Places: Brighton (New York); Monroe County (New York)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the home of Thomas J. Magee (b. 1784). He kept fugitive slaves in this house located a mile west of Canisteo in Steuben County, New York. The people in this photograph are not identified. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03099
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Historic houses
Places: Canisteo (New York); Steuben County (New York)