Description: Photograph showing an office interior at the Educational Printing House, located at Front and Fulton Streets in Columbus, Ohio, 1936. The office was built by Elford, Inc. a construction company founded in 1910 in Columbus by Edward "Pop" Elford. Edward's son Harold joined the firm in 1923 and the company began to expand. Under Harold's leadership, the company built twelve facilities at Ohio State University, and completed over thirty construction projects for Battelle Memorial Institute. The company went onto build a wide variety of buildings including banks, churches, hospitals, hotels/motels, offices and rental buildings. Significant examples of their work include the Harding Memorial, St. Stephen's Church, and the Dublin (Ohio) Bridge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P390B03F12_001
Subjects: Construction industry--Ohio; Architecture--Ohio; Office buildings; Printing industry and trade--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Ohio State Office Building taken from City Hall on West Broad Street, Columbus, ca. 1933. The Scioto River and Town Street bridge are seen on the right side of the photograph. Groundbreaking for the Ohio State Office Building took place on November 19, 1929. The building, located at 65 South Front Street in downtown Columbus, took the site of 34 businesses. Designed by architects Harry Hake, Frank Bail and Alfred Hahn, it is noted as an excellent example of architecture from the Art Deco period. Construction began on October 31, 1930, and the cornerstone was laid on May 16, 1931. After damage from an explosion on April 14, 1932, the building eventually opened on March 27, 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03265
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Office buildings Ohio; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin (Ohio)
 

Description: This is postcard of the U.S. Post Office and Ohio Power Co. building in Canton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F07_009_001
Subjects: Canton (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Postcards--Ohio--Canton; Post office buildings Ohio; Ohio Government; Post offices; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Postal service; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Post Office in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, located at the northeast corner of Superior Street near Public Square. This photograph comes from the collection of Louis Baus, a native of Cleveland, who was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of over one thousand photographs mounted in eleven albums, showing historic Cleveland, the village of Zoar and Ohio covered bridges and mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B01_A03_233
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Post office buildings--Ohio; Architecture;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Post Office in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, located at the northeast corner of Superior Street near Public Square. This photograph comes from the collection of Louis Baus, a native of Cleveland, who was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of over one thousand photographs mounted in eleven albums, showing historic Cleveland, the village of Zoar and Ohio covered bridges and mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B01_A03_234
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Post office buildings--Ohio; Architecture;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Post Office in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, located at the northeast corner of Superior Street near Public Square. This photograph comes from the collection of Louis Baus, a native of Cleveland, who was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of over one thousand photographs mounted in eleven albums, showing historic Cleveland, the village of Zoar and Ohio covered bridges and mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B03_A08_819
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Post office buildings--Ohio; Architecture
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pictured are two men walking through the doorway of the Ohio State Office Building, assessing the damage from an explosion that occurred shortly after three o'clock on the afternoon of April 14, 1932. The explosion killed 10 and injured 60 people. An investigation concluded that the cause of the explosion was a buildup of gas in an underground chamber. Construction of the building, located at 65 South Front Street, began on October 31, 1930, in downtown Columbus. Designed by architects Harry Hake, Frank Bail and Alfred Hahn, the structure is noted as an excellent example of architecture from the Art Deco period. Following the explosion, the building eventually opened on March 27, 1933. The building is now the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05980
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Explosions; Office buildings Ohio; Downtowns; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A man leaves U.S. Post Office Station H at 615 North High Street in the Short North neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B09F253_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Short North (Columbus, Ohio); Post office buildings--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the United States Post Office in Fremont, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_044_1
Subjects: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio); Post office buildings--Ohio; Public buildings
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph shows the Westerville Post Office on South State Street on a winter day. The building is one story, made of brick, and has large, sliding paned glass windows. Cement steps lead to the front door. Two women appear to be leaving the post office, and a man is walking up the front steps towards the building. Snow covers the sidewalk, ground, and bushes. The Anti-Saloon League was headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, and sent out so much mail in the early twentieth century that Westerville became the smallest town in the United States to have a first class post office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_020_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Westerville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Post office buildings Ohio
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: An elderly African American woman carrying a hat, purse and cane enters U.S. Post Office Station H at 615 North High Street in the Short North neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B09F252_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Short North (Columbus, Ohio); Post office buildings--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic postcard of the post office in Kirkersville, Ohio, ca. 1905-1915. Photographic postcards are photographs developed on postcard paper. Whedon S. Harriman, who operated a wholesale postcard business in Columbus between 1905 and 1915, produced this photographic postcard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03763
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Post office buildings--Ohio
Places: Kirkersville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)