Description: James J. Thomas, mayor of Columbus, Ohio, lays the cornerstone for the new City Hall on October 29, 1926. The building, located at 90 Broad Street in downtown Columbus, was dedicated on April 18, 1928. The five-story structure of Indiana limestone, in Greco-Roman style, was designed by the Allied Architects Association of Columbus and cost $1,700,000. Three of the four sections of the building, which surround a court, were completed in 1928, and the fourth was dedicated in June 1936. Thomas was mayor from 1920 to 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05625
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Allied Architects Association (Columbus, Ohio); Thomas, James John, 1868-1947
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the new Columbus City Hall cornerstone and dedication, as men look on and a band plays in the background, Columbus, Ohio, June 8, 1936. The City Hall, located at 90 West Broad Street, occupied (with its park) an entire block in the civic center. The five-story structure of Indiana limestone, in Greco-Roman style, was designed by the Allied Architects Association of Columbus and cost $1,700,000. Three of the four sections of the building were completed in 1928, and the fourth was dedicated in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05626
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Allied Architects Association (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a Ku Klux Klan musical band from Dayton, Ohio, parading in Springfield, Ohio, on September 8, 1923. The musicians are wearing white robes and conical hats, but their faces are unmasked. Leading the band is a drum major holding a baton. Bystanders are watching the parade from the sidewalk. After a period of decline during the Jim Crow years, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) emerged again during the 1910s. This reversal was partly due to the Great Migration, when hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to the North, seeking jobs in the North's industrialized cities, including many cities in Ohio. In addition, many people in the U.S. became involved in reform movements during the first decades of the twentieth century. Some of these movements supported middle-class, Protestant values and believed that non-whites and foreigners were a danger to these beliefs. Because of these fears and concerns, the Ku Klux Klan was able to find new supporters. The Ku Klux Klan was especially strong in Ohio during the 1910s and 1920s. In Summit County the Klan claimed to have fifty thousand members, making it the largest local chapter in the United States. Many of the county's officials were members, including the sheriff, the Akron mayor, several judges and county commissioners, and most members of Akron's school board. The Klan was also very popular in Licking County, where the group held its state konklave (convention) in 1923 and 1925. More than 70,000 people attended each event. The konklaves were held at Buckeye Lake, a popular tourist attraction in the early twentieth century. By the mid 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan began to decline in popularity, but saw a revival once again during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Ku Klux Klan continues to exist in the twenty-first century. It is, however, at present quite small in both numbers and influence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04363
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Ohio--History--20th century; Racism--United States--History--20th century; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: James J. Thomas (second from left), mayor of Columbus, Ohio, and a group of unidentified dignitaries pose at the cornerstone ceremony at the new City Hall, on October 10, 1926. The building, located at 90 Broad Street in downtown Columbus, was dedicated April 18, 1928. Allied Architects Association, a Columbus company, designed the structure. An addition to the building was dedicated on June 8, 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05628
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Allied Architects Association (Columbus, Ohio); Thomas, James John, 1868-1947
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: New City Hall dedication with audience seated on street, Columbus, Ohio, June 8, 1936. City Hall, located at 90 West Broad Street, occupied (with its park) an entire block in the civic center. The five-story structure of Indiana limestone, in Greco-Roman style, was designed by the Allied Architects Association of Columbus and cost $1,700,000. Three of the four sections of the building were completed in 1928; the fourth was dedicated in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05629
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Allied Architects Association (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dedication of the new City Hall, Columbus, Ohio, June 8, 1936. Audience is seated on the street. Uniformed police officers are in the foreground. A structure that appears to be a gasoline station with pumps is in the background, as is a sign for a diner. City Hall, at 90 West Broad Street, was bounded by Gay, Front, and Broad Streets and Riverside Drive. It occupied, with its park, an entire block in the civic center. The five-story structure of Indiana limestone, in Greco-Roman style, was designed by Allied Architects Association of Columbus and cost $1,700,000. Three of the four sections of the building, which surround a court, were completed in 1928; the fourth was dedicated in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05630
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Allied Architects Association (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The exterior of City Hall, Columbus, Ohio, March 21, 1936. City Hall, located at 90 West Broad Street, was bounded by Gay, Front, and Broad Streets and Riverside Drive. It occupied, with its park, an entire block in the heart of the civic center. The five-story structure of Indiana limestone, in Greco-Roman style, was designed by the Allied Architects Association of Columbus and cost $1,700,000. Three of the four sections of the building, which surround a court, were completed in 1928; the fourth was dedicated in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05631
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Allied Architects Association (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The exterior of the Columbus, Ohio, police department headquarters, seen from west porch of City Hall on the right in the photo, ca. 1936. The Central Police Station moved to its new headquarters on Gay Street and Marconi Blvd. (140 Gay Street) in March 1930. This structure replaced the police headquarters in the Old Workhouse, 515 Sullivant Avenue, which was demolished in August 1931. During the late 1980s the police headquarters vacated the 1930 structure, which underwent a renovation beginning in August 2011. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05632
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio History--State and Local Government;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts two police officers arresting a black man in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rioting erupted in the Avondale section of Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 8, 1968, five days after the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The rioting was set off by an accidental shooting in which a man named James Smith, armed with a shotgun, was trying to protect his property from looters. A person approached Smith and grabbed the barrel of the shotgun, causing the gun to accidentally fire, killing Smith's wife. A rumor spread that "a white policeman had shot a colored woman," according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, April 9, 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06906
Subjects: Riot control; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Unidentified women work on a sewing project through the Works Progress Administration in Ohio. Most women involved in WPA projects were part of sewing projects, like the one seen here. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_022_01
Subjects: Sewing; Sewing machines; Sewing--1930-1940; Dresses; Sewing--United States--History--20th century; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: First day of work (Mar. 18, 1936) of the Sewing Project at the former Children's Home on S. Summit St. Dayton, Ohio. Most women involved in WPA projects were part of sewing projects, like the one seen here. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_33_001
Subjects: Sewing; Sewing machines; Sewing--1930-1940; Dresses; Sewing--United States--History--20th century; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Preble County, Eaton, Ohio Sept. 11, 1936. Sewing Project." Unidentified women work on a sewing project through the Works Progress Administration in Eaton, Ohio. Most women involved in WPA projects were part of sewing projects, like the one seen here. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_013_001
Subjects: Women--Societies and clubs; Sewing; Sewing machines; Sewing--1930-1940; Dresses; Sewing--United States--History--20th century; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)