Description: This photograph shows two boys selling newspapers near the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The boy on the left is selling the Citizen; the boy on the right is selling the Dispatch. The photograph measures 3" x 2.75" (7.62 x 6.99 cm). The Ohio Capitol was built between 1839 and 1861 in the Greek Revival style, resembling the Parthenon in Greece. One of the best examples of Greek Revival civic architecture in the United States, it is also one of the oldest working statehouses in the nation. It is a masonry building, consisting largely of brick and Columbus limestone quarried from the west banks of the Scioto River. Seven architects worked on the project. The most notable is Nathan B. Kelly, who modified the building's plans to include heating and ventilation systems. Prisoners at the Ohio Penitentiary were used to complete portions of the construction of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3153_3805421_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Architecture; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Newspaper carriers; Newspapers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: 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_B33_2384_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Children; Newspaper carriers; Unicycles; Bellefontaine (Ohio);
Places: Bellefontaine (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: "New-Year's Offering" address from the carriers of the Ohio State Evening Journal to the public, dated January 1, 1862. Written during the Civil War, this poetic address focuses on the current state of the nation with sections titled The Welcome, The Foe, The Rally and The Hope. An illustration at the top shows a globe labeled "Our Country" that is sinking among waves, but which still bears a waving American flag. Beginning as early as the 1700s, "carriers' addresses" like this one were a common practice for newspaper publishers on the first day of each new year, when the greetings were delivered to subscribers by delivery boys who often received a holiday tip in return. The practice began to decline after 1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1325
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Newspaper carriers; Civil War 1861-1865;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: New Year's greetings, called a "Carrier's Address, " directed to the patrons of the Piqua Register in Piqua, Ohio, 1853. This lengthy poem bidding farewell to 1852 and welcoming the New Year reflects on the year past and the current state of the world. Beginning as early as the 1700s, "carriers' addresses" like this one were a common practice for newspaper publishers on the first day of each new year, when the greetings were delivered to subscribers by delivery boys who often received a holiday tip in return. The practice began to decline after 1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1253
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Newspaper carriers;
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: New Year "Carrier Boys' Address" from the carriers of the Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), to the patrons of the newspaper for the year 1886. The poetic address refers to national and local happenings over the past year, with additional commentary on the state of the world. Beginning as early as the 1700s, "carriers' addresses" like this one were a common practice for newspaper publishers on the first day of each new year, when the greetings were delivered to subscribers by delivery boys who often received a holiday tip in return. The practice began to decline after 1900. Although the poems were most commonly unsigned, a handwritten note on this item indicates that it was "Written by W. W. Pyle in 2 1/2 hours time." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1327
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Newspaper carriers; Zanesville (Ohio);
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)