Description: Caption on the front of photo reads: "TRAILER CATHEDRAL OF THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHERN OHIO The Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson, Bishop of Southern Ohio, is shown about to enter the automobile which will transport St. Paul's Wayside Cathedral over his diocese. (Photograph by Paul Briol.)" The side of the trailer reads: "Saint Pauls's Wayside Cathedral Diocese of Southern Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F09_031_001
Subjects: Roman Catholic Church; Religion in Ohio; Churches; Clergy
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "A striking vista seen through the evergreens, surrounding the sunken gardens at the State Hospital, with the hospital's big smoke stack in the distance. February 22, 1938 Page 1 Herald Dayton Ohio" The Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, which later became the Dayton State Hospital, opened in September, 1855 with a capacity of 162. The hospital was closed in 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_011_001
Subjects: Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the "Tom Greene" sternwheeler on the Ohio River in southern Ohio. Steamboats revolutionized river travel during the first half of the nineteenth century. Although early Ohioans used the Ohio River to transport agricultural goods and manufactured products even prior to the invention of the steamboat, certainly their advent made travel easier. The steam engine meant that humans no longer had to power the boat themselves, and movement upstream became much easier. As a result of this new technology, river travel increased even more over time. Beginning in the 1850s, railroads provided competition for the Ohio River trade but never replaced it entirely. In the twentieth century, barges carrying coal and other materials replaced steamboats. Now steamboats are primarily a tourist attraction, carrying passengers on short trips along the river. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07964
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Entertainment; Summer
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This is a photographic reproduction of a an illustration showing the fueling of a conical blast furnace. Iron and steel production in Ohio go back to its admission to the Union in 1802. The first blast furnace for iron was established in northeastern Ohio near Youngstown. Even though the first furnace was in northeaster Ohio, southern Ohio dominate the first half of the 19th century's iron production, especially at Hanging Rock by the Ohio River. However, from the mid 1800s onward, northeastern Ohio emerged as the primary region for iron production in Ohio by replacing their charcoal furnaces with coal furnaces. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01706
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Ohio; Iron industry; Ohio Economy
Places: Ohio
 

Description: January 13 through 25 record rainfall caused the Ohio River to swell to 80 ft. (9 ft above record set in 1884) By the second day of the flood as many as 18,000 WPA workers were on hand to aid families. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_003_001
Subjects: Ohio River; Natural Disaster; Works Progress Administration
Places: Southern Ohio
 

Description: Early iron foundry, from "Pathways of Progress, A Short History of Ohio," by David Bowman. While iron production originated in the northeastern corner of Ohio, during the first half of the nineteenth century southern Ohioans dominated the industry. The most productive area was centered near Hanging Rock, along the Ohio River. By 1860, southern Ohioans had established sixty-nine iron furnaces, producing more than 100,000 tons of iron annually, across Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Scioto, and Vinton Counties. The manufacturers sent much of the iron up and down the Ohio River to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, allowing southern Ohioans to prosper. It was in these two cities where most of the iron produced in southern Ohio was fashioned into finished products such as household utensils and tools. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04129
Subjects: Iron and steel workers--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Iron industry
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph showing the two-story frame home of photographer Albert J. Ewing, likely located in Lowell, Washington County, Ohio. Ewing was a traveling photographer who worked on a floating studio located on the Water Queen showboat that cruised the Ohio River. He photographed thousands of residents of southern Ohio and West Virginia, documenting living conditions and family life in Appalachia at the turn of the century. Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05064
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Lowell (Ohio); Photographers--Ohio; Families--Ohio;
Places: Lowell (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Before the Ohio Penitentiary’s closing in 1979, the facility's east annex housed and displayed photographs of many of the prisoners sentenced to death throughout the state’s history. This portrait of Hampton Pannell is one of them. Also located in this section of the penitentiary were the cells of prisoners awaiting execution and the death chamber itself. The Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1972 when construction of the new Southern Ohio Correctional Facility was completed in Lucasville. At this time, the execution chamber was relocated to the new Lucasville facility and the photograph collection of condemned prisoners was donated to the Ohio Historical Society. The caption at the bottom of Pannell's photograph reads, “No. 187, Hampton Pannell of Franklin County, Electrocuted January 4th, 1935, for the Murder of Fred Halten.” Pannell was executed at the age of 37. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08219
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Franklin County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Before the Ohio Penitentiary’s closing in 1979, the east annex within the facility housed and displayed photographs of many of the prisoners sentenced to death throughout the state’s history. This portrait of William Wright is one of them. Also located in this section of the penitentiary were the cells of prisoners awaiting execution and the death chamber itself. The Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1972 when construction of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility was completed in Lucasville. At this time, the execution chamber was relocated to the new Lucasville facility and the photograph collection of condemned prisoners was donated to the Ohio Historical Society. The caption at the bottom of Wright's photograph reads, “William Wright, of Franklin County, Electrocuted April 9, 1935, for the murder of Mrs. Addie Warrick, at Columbus, Ohio.” Wright was executed at the age of 39. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08220
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Franklin County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: The scenic Scioto River in Pike County Ohio, most likely somewhere close to Waverly, Ohio. The Scioto River is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles in length. It rises in Auglaize County in west central Ohio, flows through Columbus, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth. Too small for modern commercial shipping, its primary economic importance is for recreation and drinking water. Pike County was organized on February 1, 1815, from portions of Scioto, Ross, and Adams Counties, and was named in honor of Zebulon Pike, the explorer and soldier who had recently been killed in the War of 1812. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_045_001
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio--Pike County; Scioto River (Ohio)
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait of Athay Brown was housed in the execution chamber at the Ohio Penitentiary alongside the photographs of hundreds of other prisoners who were sentenced to death in the state. These pictures were displayed in the east annex of the penitentiary where death row and the execution chamber were located. The Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1972 when construction of the new Southern Ohio Correctional Facility was completed in Lucasville. At this time, the execution chamber was relocated to the new Lucasville facility and the photograph collection of condemned prisoners was donated to the Ohio Historical Society. Brown was one of 315 people who were electrocuted in the state of Ohio from 1897 to 1963. The caption at the bottom of his photograph reads, “No. 171, Athay Brown of Cuyahoga County, electrocuted March 10th, 1933, for the Murder of Mrs. Rances Holt of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.” His occupation is listed as “gangster” on Ohio execution records. He was executed at the age of 26. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08230
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait of Herbert Meeker was housed and displayed in the east annex of the Ohio Penitentiary alongside the photographs of hundreds of other prisoners who were sentenced to death in the state. Also located in this section of the penitentiary were the cells of condemned prisoners awaiting execution and the death chamber itself. The Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1972 when construction of the new Southern Ohio Correctional Facility was completed in Lucasville. At this time, the execution chamber was relocated to the new Lucasville facility and the photograph collection of condemned prisoners was donated to the Ohio Historical Society. Meeker was one of 315 people who were electrocuted in the state of Ohio from 1897 to 1963. The caption at the bottom of his photograph reads, “No. 172, Herbert W. Meeker of Holmes County, electrocuted March 22nd, 1933, for the Murder of his wife, Gertrude.” He was executed at the age of 23. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08231
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Holmes County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)