Description: Carte de visite of General Ivan V. Turchaninov, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Born to a Cossack family in Russia, Turchaninov fought at Huntsville, Chattanooga, and Chickamauga. He is most remembered for the infamous "Rape of Athens" where he permitted his troops to plunder a town whose citizens had participated in a previous defeat. While condemned, his actions presaged the "total war" tactics of Sherman and Grant later in the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_51
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Ohio; Russia
 

Description: 1955 calendar advertising and themed around Ohio author and conservation advocate Louis Bromfield's famed Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio. The full-color twelve-month calendar includes color photographs by Joe Munroe and short caption essays by Louis Bromfield. Calendar verso pages feature longer essays on the history and rehabilitation of Malabar and vignettes of farm life also written by Bromfield. The Friends of the Land Collection (1930-1960) contains the papers of the Friends of the Land (1940-1959), a prominent national soil conservation education organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. FOTL produced an international literary arts quarterly, THE LAND (edited by New Deal agriculture writer Russell Lord) in addition to several members' only publications (LAND LETTER) and informational pamphlets. They also hosted annual conferences; ran conservation tours, teacher training labs, and workshops; and operated as a national clearinghouse for conservation information. Ohio farmer and novelist Louis Bromfield was active in the organization. Much of the collection reflects the career and interests of FOTL Executive Secretary Ollie Fink, who was a prominent conservation education pioneer in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Conservation education; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Agriculture; Soil science; Malabar Farm
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: The English Duchess of Sutherland gave this inkwell to John Rarey in recognition of his gentle technique of taming horses. It is one of the many gifts that aristocratic and royal families in Europe and Russia gave to the horse trainer. It measures 7.67 by 1.57 inches (19.5 by 4 cm). John S. Rarey (1827-1866), a native of Groveport, Ohio, gained international fame using kindness, firmness and patience to train previously unmanageable horses. His innovative methods captured international attention and secured him invitations to tour Europe, Canada and Russia. In what was perhaps the most famous of his demonstrations, Rarey tamed a vicious horse named Cruiser in three hours. Rarey was given the horse as a reward for his skill. He then went on to exhibit Cruiser and his techniques throughout the U.S. and Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1439_1534949_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Horses; Horses--Training; Rarey, John Solomon, 1827-1866; Inkstands
Places: Groveport (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of politician Alphonso Taft (1810-1891) of Cincinnati, Ohio. He served as a superior court judge in Ohio from 1865 to 1872. Between 1876 and 1885 Taft held several federal appointments, including Secretary of War, Attorney General, Minister to Austria-Hungary and Minister to Russia. His son, William Howard Taft, served as both President of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03901
Subjects: Judges; Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the silver viking ship presented to Jim Thorpe by the Emperor of Russia for winning the Decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV235_1_11
Subjects: Jim Thorpe (Pa.)--History--20th century--Pictoral works; Jim Thorpe (Pa.)--Social Life and customs--Pictorial works; Carlisle Indian Industrial School; School sports
Places: Carlisle (Pennsylvania); Cumberland County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Jack Klumpe on June 24, 1962, this negative shows an elderly couple standing next to a sign promoting a "Sabin Sunday" polio vaccination event in Cincinnati, Ohio. The oral polio vaccine was developed by Albert B. Sabin and was distributed across the United States in 1962, and globally in 1963. In 1939, Sabin accepted an associate professorship and research fellowship at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine & Children's Hospital Research Foundation. Sabin served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II as a researcher, and returned to University of Cincinnati after the war. In 1959 Sabin tested his oral vaccine on 10 million children in Russia, which proved its effectiveness and that it was safe to use. On April 24, 1960, he held the first "Sabin Sunday" vaccination clinic in Cincinnati, where over 200,000 children were vaccinated. Cities across the country hosted "Sabin Sunday" vaccination clinics as part of a larger national vaccination campaign to combat polio. This negative is part of the Jack Klumpe Collection (AV 3). Klumpe was a photographer for Cincinnati Post, and this collection consists of around 25,000 photographic negatives from his career with the Post. These images document the history of the greater Cincinnati area with photographs of celebrities and prominent Ohioans, news events, historic landmarks, and sporting events. Klumpe graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1942, and taught high school geography for three years before joining the Cincinnati Post as a reporter and editor. The following year, he became one of two staff photographers for the Post, where he specialized in sports photography and was known for his pioneering use of the 35mm camera to cover news stories. He retired in 1985. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV3_B07F34_02
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Sabin, Albert B. (Albert Bruce), 1906-1993
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Jack Klumpe on June 24, 1962, this negative shows a nurse administering the oral polio vaccine to a baby on a "Sabin Sunday" vaccination event in Cincinnati, Ohio. The oral polio vaccine was developed by Albert B. Sabin and was distributed across the United States in 1962, and globally in 1963. In 1939, Sabin accepted an associate professorship and research fellowship at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine & Children's Hospital Research Foundation. Sabin served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II as a researcher, and returned to University of Cincinnati after the war. In 1959 Sabin tested his oral vaccine on 10 million children in Russia, which proved its effectiveness and that it was safe to use. On April 24, 1960, he held the first "Sabin Sunday" vaccination clinic in Cincinnati, where over 200,000 children were vaccinated. Cities across the country hosted "Sabin Sunday" vaccination clinics as part of a larger national vaccination campaign to combat polio. This negative is part of the Jack Klumpe Collection (AV 3). Klumpe was a photographer for Cincinnati Post, and this collection consists of around 25,000 photographic negatives from his career with the Post. These images document the history of the greater Cincinnati area with photographs of celebrities and prominent Ohioans, news events, historic landmarks, and sporting events. Klumpe graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1942, and taught high school geography for three years before joining the Cincinnati Post as a reporter and editor. The following year, he became one of two staff photographers for the Post, where he specialized in sports photography and was known for his pioneering use of the 35mm camera to cover news stories. He retired in 1985. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV3_B07F34_01
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Nurses; Infants; Sabin, Albert B. (Albert Bruce), 1906-1993
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cruiser wore this ornamental harness when John Solomon Rarey exhibited the horse before an audience. It measures 10 by 35 inches (25.5 by 80.9 cm), and is decorated with fringe with small brass seed beads. In what was perhaps the most famous of Rarey's demonstrations, he tamed a vicious horse named Cruiser in three hours. Rarey was given the horse as a reward for his skill. He then went on to exhibit Cruiser and his techniques throughout the U.S. and Europe. Rarey (1827-1866), a native of Groveport, Ohio, gained international fame using kindness, firmness and patience to train previously unmanageable horses. His innovative methods captured international attention and secured him invitations to tour Europe, Canada and Russia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1458_1535384_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Horses; Horses--Training; Rarey, John Solomon, 1827-1866; Harnesses
Places: Groveport (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of John S. Rarey (1827-1866) and his horse, Cruiser was painted by Miner K. Kellogg (1814-1889). This photograph of the painting was taken before its restoration. The canvas has numerous tears and blemishes. The three-quarter-length portrait shows Rarey standing and wearing a dark suit and tie. Cruiser (1852-1875) is standing to his right. The horse's head rests just above Rarey's right shoulder. Rarey's right hand is reaching under the horse's neck, while his left is at his side holding a leather strap. Over Rarey's left shoulder is an American flag. The painting is signed by the artist and dated 1860. A native of Groveport, Ohio, Rarey gained international fame using kindness, firmness, and patience to train previously unmanageable horses. His innovative methods captured international attention and secured him invitations to tour Europe, Canada, and Russia. In a legendary demonstration, Rarey tamed a vicious horse named Cruiser in three hours and was given the animal as a reward. He then went on to exhibit Cruiser and his techniques throughout the United States and Europe. Miner K. Kellogg was born in Manlius, New York, but moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his family as a young boy. Kellogg was known for his portraits, landscapes, and religious scenes, and for arranging art exhibitions. His portraits of famous men include those of Presidents Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, and Garfield, General Winfield Scott, and Sir Stratford Canning. In the 1850s Kellogg traveled and painted in Europe and the Near East. Kellogg became an art collector of considerable discernment. He died in Toledo, Ohio. Rarey and Kellogg met in England in 1860 while both were at the pinnacle of their careers; Kellogg painted the portrait at that time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05935
Subjects: Painting; Rarey, John Solomon, 1827-1866; Kellogg, Miner K. (Miner Kilbourne), 1814-1889; Artists--Ohio--Cincinnati; Art--Conservation and restoration; Horses--Training
Places: England
 

Description: These two photographs show Cleveland's Ukrainian Cultural Garden, located on the west side of the lower boulevard, opposite the Greek Garden level. The garden consitss of brick and stone courts connected by paved walks to produce a richly formal effect in a background setting of varying shades of green. The entrance is to the left court through a stone and iron gateway bearing bronze plaques and portrait reliefs by Frank L. Jirouch, representing Bohdan Khmelnitsky (1593-1657), leader of a revolt against the Poles in 1614, and Mikhail Hrushevsky (1866-1934), a historian, teacher, and author. The garden features three bronze busts of famous Ukrainians-Ivan Franko (1856-1916), poet, patriot, and folklorist Volodimir the Great (956-1015), first Christian ruler of the Ukraine and Taras G. Shevchenko (1814-1861), poet, teacher, reformer, liberator of Serfs in Russia whose popular poems have won him the name of the Father of Ukrainian Literature. These three busts are the work of Alexander Archipenko, world-famous master of modern art and one of the founders of cubism, who was born in Kiev, the ancient capital of Ukraine. The Cleveland Cultural Gardens, located along East Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, are landscaped gardens with statuary honoring Cleveland's ethnic groups. During the dedication of the Shakespeare Garden in 1916, it was decided that similar sites should be prepared for each of the city's ethnic communities. The first of these gardens, the Hebrew garden, was established in 1926. On May 9, 1927 the city set aside areas of Rockefeller Park for future gardens. The Italian, German, Lithuanian, Slovak, and Ukrainian gardens were established in 1930; the Polish, Hungarian, Czech, and Yugoslav gardens in 1934; and the American, Russian, Irish, Greek, and Syrian gardens in 1938. Romanian, Estonian, Afro-American, Chinese, Finnish, and Indian gardens have since been created. Planning and fundraising for each garden was undertaken within the ethnic communities, while the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation (established in 1925) oversaw planning and coordinated various joint programs. The Ihna Thayer Frary Audiovisual Collection was given to the Ohio Historical Society by Mr. Frary in two sections. One was in March of 1963 and the remainder in May of 1965 by his sons, Dr. Spencer G. and Allen T. Frary following their father's death. I.T. Frary (1873-1965) was the publicity and membership secretary for the Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. He taught for many years at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He did much research of Ohio and American architecture and was the author of seven major works and numerous scholarly articles on architectural and art history. One of his major works was Early Homes of Ohio published in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3357_5987241_001
Subjects: Immigration and Ethnic Heritage; Arts and Entertainment; Architecture; Plants and Animals; Gardens; Ukrainian Americans; Sculptures
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A native of Groveport, Ohio, John Solomon Rarey (1827-1866) gained international fame using kindness, firmness, and patience to train previously unmanageable horses. His innovative methods captured international attention and secured him invitations to tour Europe, Canada, and Russia. In what was perhaps the most famous of his demonstrations, Rarey tamed a vicious horse named Cruiser in three hours. Rarey was given the horse as a reward for his skill. He then went on to exhibit Cruiser and his techniques throughout the U.S. and Europe. After returning to Ohio in 1856, Rarey published this popular manual, which explained his basic techniques. He publicized the book with a large display at the Ohio Stage Company at the corner of Gay and Fifth streets in Columbus. The manual is 62 pages long and measures 3.5" by 6" (9 by 16 cm). The first 19 pages are included here. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1506_1500767_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Horses--Training; Rarey, John Solomon, 1827-1866;
Places: Groveport (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait, which measures 52 by 38.75 inches (132.08 by 98.42 cm), was painted by Miner Kilbourne Kellogg. It shows John Solomon Rarey and Cruiser. Rarey (1827-1866), a native of Groveport, Ohio, gained international fame using kindness, firmness, and patience to train previously unmanageable horses. His innovative methods captured international attention and secured him invitations to tour Europe, Canada, and Russia. In what was perhaps the most famous of his demonstrations, Rarey tamed a vicious horse named Cruiser in three hours. Rarey was given the horse as a reward for his skill. He then went on to exhibit Cruiser and his techniques throughout the U.S. and Europe. Miner Kilbourne Kellogg (1814-1889), was born in New York but moved to Cincinnati with his family as a young boy. Kellogg was known for his portraits, landscapes, and religious scenes, and for arranging art exhibitions. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1438_1500080_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Plants and Animals; Horses; Horses--Training; Rarey, John Solomon, 1827-1866
Places: Groveport (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)