Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1924, this photograph shows an unidentified single-story home east of Windsor, Ohio. Four columns support the roof over a small recessed porch. The house appears to be abandoned, as its windows and shutters are broken. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54A_2119_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Domestic architecture; Houses
Places: Windsor (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1924, this photograph shows the doorway of an unidentified home east of Windsor, Ohio. Wooden columns frame the door, with a decorative transom window above. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54A_2120_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Domestic architecture; Doors & doorways
Places: Windsor (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Excelsior Salt Co. view of new warehouse adjoining main plant, Pomeroy." Pomeroy is located in southeastern Ohio along the Ohio River. It was named for Samuel Pomeroy, a Boston merchant who in 1804 purchased 262 acres of land on the site of the city. Salt making became a local industry in 1825 with the drilling of a well along Leading Creek. After 1850, when evaporating pans were put into use, the industry became really important. At the close of the Civil War salt was selling for $2.50 a barrel, and there were salt works here and at the near-by villages of Dabney, Excelsior, Buckeye, Minersville, Sutton, Riverside, Sugar Run, and Windsor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F20_006_1
Subjects: Salt mines and mining--History; Warehouses
Places: Pomeroy (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of Colonel John Mason Loomis of the 26th Illinois Infantry, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Loomis worked in the lumber industry before being commissioned as a general for the Union Army during the Civil War. He died in 1900, and is one of the founders of the Loomis Chaffee School in his hometown of Windsor, Connecticut. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04339
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Generals--United States
Places: Windsor (Connecticut)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of 2nd Lt. Henry O. Dwight of the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H. The clean-shaven young man is in his late teens or early twenties. Wearing his officer's uniform and sword, he stands slightly in front of a studio drapery and next to a small covered table. His right hand rests on the table, and with his left hand he holds his plumed hat. Henry Otis Dwight (1843-1917) was born in Constantinople to Harrison G. Otis Dwight and Mary Lane Wright, who were American missionaries in Turkey. The younger Dwight was educated in Turkey but returned to the United States to attend college. He enrolled in Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, but in September 1861 he joined the 20th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During the next four years his regiment participated in nearly every major battle in the Western Theater during the U.S. Civil War, including Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Raymond, Port Gibson, and Vicksburg, among others. The 20th Ohio also marched with Sherman through Georgia and South Carolina. Dwight enlisted as a private but was promoted successively to sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and brevetted captain. He declined an appointment as a captain in the regular army and was mustered out on July 19, 1865, in Columbus, Ohio. During his time with the 20th Ohio, Dwight created drawings of battles, camp life, and scenes from his unit's travels. He also wrote a partial narrative of his time in the Union Army. In 1864 the "New York Times" and "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" published his accounts of the Battle of Atlanta. Two decades later his account of the Battle of Raymond was published in the "New York Daily Tribune." In May 1863, Dwight and other Union soldiers passed through Claiborne County, Mississippi, on their way to Port Gibson. During the journey Dwight made a sketch in his diary of nearby Windsor Plantation, a magnificent antebellum mansion. His sketch bears the caption "May 1st 1863. Residence Near Bruinsburg Miss." In February 1890 a fire destroyed the home, leaving only 23 stately columns to mark its site. Years later Dwight's diary and the sketch of Windsor Plantation were discovered in the Ohio State Archives, Columbus, Ohio. Before that discovery, all known renderings of Windsor Plantation had been based on oral descriptions. Dwight actually had seen the home, so his sketch has the authority of an eyewitness report. Dwight returned to Constantinople in 1867 as a business agent for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In March 1867 he married Mary Bliss, the daughter of an American missionary working in Turkey. In 1872 he began working as an editor in the board's publications' department. From the mid-1870s to early 1890s he was a correspondent in Constantinople for the "New York Daily Tribune." Dwight also wrote several books on Turkey and Turkish life. In 1880 Dwight was ordained a minister in the Congregational Church. He resigned his commission as a minister in 1901 and returned to the United States. In 1907 he became recording secretary of the American Bible Society, a post he held until his death on June 19, 1917, in Roselle, New Jersey. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06951
Subjects: Dwight, Henry Otis, 1843-1917; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865); Portrait photography; Military officers; Military Ohio
Places: United States
 

Description: Four photographs depict the McKinley National Memorial built in honor of William McKinley (1843-1901), the twenty-fifth president of the United States, who was assassinated in 1901. Two million bricks were used in the construction of the double-domed mausoleum. The first image shows the memorial in 1936, while the second shows it in 1967. The final two images depict the interior of the memorial, including the double sarcophagi made of Windsor green granite with a base of black Berlin granite. The McKinley Memorial Association was established soon after McKinley's assassination. It raised funds, chose a site, and began construction in 1905. The dedication ceremonies took place on September 30, 1907. Harold Van Buren Magonigle designed the Neoclassical Greek style memorial to reflect the simplicity and dignity of McKinley's life. The interior dome measures 50 feet in diameter and is 75 feet high. The exterior dome is 75 feet in diameter and 95 feet high. Both the interior and the exterior domes are made of pink Milford granite from Massachusetts. An inscription encircling the edge of the dome is a quotation from the president's last speech, made in Buffalo: "Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord not conflict and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace not those of war." McKinley's children Katie and Ida, who predeceased their parents, were moved from their resting places in the adjacent West Lawn Cemetery to be entombed within the double walls at the rear of the memorial. One hundred and eight steps lead to the entrance of the mausoleum, arranged in four tiers conforming to the terraces on the hill. The bronze statue of President McKinley on the steps was designed by Charles Niehaus, who created it from a photograph taken of the President making his last speech. William McKinley (1843-1901), the twenty-fifth president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio. He enlisted in the army at the outbreak of the Civil War and, after being mustered out, studied law and opened a law office in Canton, Ohio. McKinley served in the U.S. Congress for 14 years, and became president in 1897, largely due to the influence of Marcus Hanna, boss of the Cleveland political machine. McKinley was most noted for his foreign policy and the conduct of the Spanish-American War in 1898. It was during McKinley's administration that the U.S. acquired its first overseas possessions in the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. He was re-elected in 1900, but was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in 1901. His running mate, Theodore Roosevelt, then became president. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3234_4401958_001
Subjects: Architecture; Presidents and Politics; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Presidents; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Monuments & memorials; Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows tables set at the Betsey Mills Club gymnasium for the annual Marietta Chamber of Commerce dinner. Keynote speeches at this event were given by U.S. Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield and Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche. At each place setting is a copy of "The Marietta Story," published in 1953 for the Marietta Chamber of Commerce dinner as part of the Ohio Sesquicentennial celebration. The booklet was created by S. Durward Hoag, President and Manager of the Hotel Lafayette in Marietta. Advertisements for various local stores and members of the Chamber of Commerce are hanging from the upper-level seating area and include: "Wainwrights, your friendly neighborhood Furniture Store;" "Tommy Windsor, Marietta's World Famous Banquet Entertainer;" "Carl E. Mead & Company, Complete Investment Programs;" "Remington Rand, Inc., Safe Cabinet Division;" "Elson Lumber;" "Brother's, Where Good Furniture Isn't Expensive;" "Marietta Paint, Fine Finished for Fifty Years;" and "Otto Brothers Department Store." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F18_005_1
Subjects: Banquets; Marietta (Ohio); Business and Labor; Chambers of Commerce
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait depicting "Lame" John Smith, who was a Methodist minister and an operator on the Underground Railroad in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont. This photograph, showing Smith seated with a cane, was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by John's son, John R. Smith, of Acworth, New Hampshire. Siebert (1866-1961) began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03219
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Vermont; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Hartland (Vermont); Windsor County (Vermont)
 

Description: Photograph of the headstone at the grave of Hallie Q. Brown. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B10F01_E
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American women; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute; Religion in Ohio; African American Educators; Cemeteries
Places: Cedarville (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: The group of fugitive slaves seen here escaped to freedom in Canada on the Underground Railroad and took up residence in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Their names are listed from left to right as, back row: Mrs. Hunt, Mansfield Smith, Mrs. Seymour; front row: Stevenson, Johnson. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03237
Subjects: Fugitive slaves; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad
Places: Windsor, Ontario (Canada)
 

Description: Samuel and Jane Harper were members of a party of slaves conducted from slavery in Missouri to freedom in Canada by the famous abolitionist John Brown during the winter of 1858-59. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03236
Subjects: Fugitive slaves; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Windsor, Ontario (Canada)
 

Description: Cabinet card photograph showing a man pictured with his own head on a platter, taken in Windsor, Great Britain, ca. 1880. The back of the photograph identifies the creator as W. Runicles, a photographic artist with a studio at 7 High St., Eton, in Windsor (the two are twin towns in southeastern England). The image was likely created by taking two separate exposures of the seated man, possibly Runicles himself, holding a plate. Taking the two negative images, one head was cut out and placed over the plate while the original head was painted over, then the altered negative was developed. Runicles likely created the image as a show of skill and advertisement for his studio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P332_B1_F3_1_1
Subjects: Photography--History; Trick photography; Portraits;
Places: Windsor (England); Eton (England)