Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 22-year-old William Patrick Jennings. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Jennings was found guilty of beating 18-year-old James Oswald to death following a minor car accident in Youngstown. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 234, William Patrick Jennings of Mahoning County, Legally Electrocuted March 31st, 1943, for the Murder of James Oswald." In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08288
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows nine members of the Neumeister family, eight young men and one young woman, seated inside. The young men all wear dark suits, and one also wears an apron. The young woman wears a dark and light patterned top. The Neumeisters operated a bakery on North Sandusky Avenue in Upper Sandusky. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B02F03_71
Subjects: Families; Daily life; Portrait photography; Upper Sandusky (Ohio)
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This a barn on the farm of I. M. Chandler near Dillonvale, Ohio. Spanning 100 acres, Chandler grew wheat, hay, and oats on his farmland, and raised about 30 sheep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F02_005_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Barns; Rural Life;
Places: Dillonvale (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated ca. 1880-1900, these are advertisements for coach and hearse models from Merts & Riddle Coach and Hearse Company in Ravenna, Ohio. The first page features a No. 857 model with text to either side which reads "Builders of Fine Funeral Cars and Funeral Coaches, Broughams, Landaus, Palace Pall Bearers' Coaches, Berlin Coaches and Coupes." The text below the image reads "New Styles! Handsome Designs! Silver grey funeral cars a specialty; a large Stock of finished work constantly on hand to select from. Also some excellent second-hand Hearses, Landaus, Coaches, Broughams, Coupes, etc. Correspondence solicited." Page 2 advertises model No. 887, a back funeral car, page 3 No. 83, page 4 No. 356, and page 5 No. 479. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1606A_B01F16_857
Subjects: Ravenna (Ohio); Carriages; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Undertakers and undertaking; Funeral vehicles; Advertisements
Places: Ravenna (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Membership certificate from the Washington Court House, Ohio, Fire Department to F. M. Kennedy for five years of service, 1888. This certificate is from the era of the volunteer firefighter. The images show the popular view of firemen at that time, and illustrate scenes of firemen fighting fires, rescuing women and children, pulling a fire engine and blowing a fire trumpet. Tools and equipment of the profession are pictured as well. The certificate reads: "This certifies that F. M. Kennedy has been a member of the Fire Department of Washington C. H. Ohio for the period of 5 years, and by the faithful and honorable discharge of his duties, is entitled to all the exemptions allowed by Law for such service. In witness whereof we have signed our names hereto and affixes the Dept seal this 5th day of April 1888. John Stillman, Chief; R. Bell, Sec." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS5517
Subjects: Fire engines & equipment; Fire fighters; Public safety; Volunteering;
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: John and Annie Glenn stand elevated in a crowd during a NASA goodwill tour to Japan in 1963. Reporters gather with microphones for commentary while other attendees bring flowers. 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_B01F04_03
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Tourism; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Places: Japan
 

Description: A drawing of Abraham Lincoln’s coffin is on displayed in the streets of Columbus, Ohio in front of the Columbus state building. Crowds of mourners covered the street in Columbus. Text reads: "From the old lithograph in precession of the Ohio State archaeological and Historical Society. Lincoln Funeral Procession in Columbus. “ View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F03_020
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral
 

Description: Homecoming celebration held for Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_014
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1907-1912, this photograph shows the barracks at Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Founded by the United States government in 1879, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School was a boarding school for American Indian peoples. Students were taught common school subjects, such as English, history, and math, and also learned professional trade skills for their careers after school. Many American Indians criticized the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and other boarding schools for native youths, because the schools forced children to leave their families and abandon their native language and culture. Jim Thorpe attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as a young man. Jim Thorpe, a Sac and Fox Native, was an American athlete, playing professional football and baseball, and an Olympic track gold medalist. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV235_1_9
Subjects: Carlisle Indian Industrial School; Thorpe, Jim 1887-1953; American Indians; American Indian history and society; Education; Athletics and athletes
Places: Carlisle (Pennsylvania); Cumberland County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows pipes for an artesian well with a note on its reverse which reads “Pipes for artesian well. Shows the different series of rock. 1) Top Soil 2) Sub Soil 3) Lime stone 4) Shale 5) Sandstone 6) Shale 7) Limestone 8) Granite. Cachment at end of pipe near sandstone.” Many farms and isolated houses in the 1930s depended on their own artesian wells for water. An artesian well is a deep drilled well through which water is forced upward under pressure. The water in an artesian well flows from an aquifer, which is under a layer of porous rock or sediment. This accumulated water has hydrostatic pressure and force which results in the water rising from the ground at the bottom of the hill or higher area. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_14_001
Subjects: Water wells; Artesian wells; Rural life; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Bridge in Eden Park and Tower Cincinnati Ohio" Located between Gilbert Avenue and Columbia Parkway (U.S.) and comprised of about 185 acres in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eden Park was assembled by a series of purchases beginning in 1859. The name came, naturally, from the Garden of Eden and was given by Nicholas Longworth who owned a large tract which constitutes the main portion of the park. Eden Park is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Academy, the Navigation Monument, the Capitoline Wolf Statue, and the Irwin M. Krohn (Eden Park) Conservatory. This bridge and tower still stand in Eden Park. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_019_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio);
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse is located on Lake Erie near the end of the west breakwater at the mouth of the Grand River. It was built in 1925 to replace the existing lighthouse that was falling into disrepair. In 1917 Congress allowed $42, 000 for construction of the new lighthouse, but because of World War I, the construction was delayed. The lighthouse was constructed of an iron shell that was assembled in Buffalo, New York and transported to Fairport Harbor. The lighthouse construction was completed and the lighthouse was illuminated for the first time on June 9, 1925. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_005_1
Subjects: Erie, Lake--History--Pictorial works; Fairport Harbor Marine Museum (Fairport Harbor, Ohio); Lighthouses
Places: Fairport Harbor (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)