Description: This image shows the front facade of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This is the third capitol building for Wisconsin and was constructed after the previous building had been destroyed by fire. Though it was finished in 1917, it was not formally dedicated because of the interruption of World War I. It represents the Beaux-Arts architectural style. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_547
Subjects: Capitols--Wisconsin; National Register of Historic Places; pediments; pillars; Beaux-Arts
Places: Madison (Wisconsin); 2 E. Main St.
 

Description: Photograph of A. P. Dutton (b. 1822), who was an agent of the Underground Railroad in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. 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: AL03232
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Wisconsin; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Racine (Wisconsin); Racine County (Wisconsin)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin designed by Holabird & Roche. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in this building. On the photo is written: "SCHROEDER HOTEL MILWAUKEE, WIS. YOUNGSTOWN BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F48_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; Schroeder Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Holabird & Roche (Chicago, Ill.)
Places: Milwaukee (Wisconsin); Milwaukee County (Wisconsin)
 

Description: The manufacturer's label on this Wisconsin Flag reads: "The Name Annin Guarantees Quality / Defiance Cotton Bunting / Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. / Two ply Moth Proof.". The marks are the Maker's label. The decorations are the State seal a sailor and a miner. The is motto-"Forward". The shape is rectangular and the dimensions are 90 by 52 cm. The textile is cotton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65257_001
Subjects: State Flags; Flags--support; Ceremonial artifact
 

Description: Farming on hillsides can be a tricky task. Seen in this 1947 Joe Munroe photograph, farmers in southeastern Wisconsin have plowed their fields to flow along the contours of the land, thereby lessening water run-off. Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B03_F16_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agricultural technologies;
Places: Wisconsin
 

Description: This is a 1936 map of the State of Ohio depicting the glacial zones of Ohio. It was created by the Ohio Writers' Project of the Work Progress Administration in 1936. The legend includes a key for the different glacial ares of Ohio including: Illinoian Drift, Wisconsin Drift, Wisconsin Terminal Morains, and Glacial Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_037
Subjects: Maps; Books; Chapter headings; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This Wisconsin farmer is using an old horse-drawn cutter to harvest hay on his farm, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1947. In the years following World War II, farming technology advanced rapidly, and soon mechanized threshers would become the norm for harvesting crops. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27_F576_JPG046a
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Haying equipment; Farm equipment
Places: Wisconsin
 

Description: 1956 Malabar Farm calendar which includes small calendar pages and substantial essays on various themes in conservation agriculture, soil science and mid-century agriculture, written by Malabar Farm denizen and prominent farm writer Louis 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: 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: This photograph shows a street scene of William Harrison's inauguration. William Henry Harrison was an American political and military leader and the ninth President of the United States. He was born in Charles County, Virginia, on February 9, 1773. He attended and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and, at his father's insistence, studied medicine from 1790 to 1791 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Upon his father's death in 1791, Harrison immediately joined the United States Army. Harrison continued to serve in the military until 1798, when he resigned and accepted a new position as the Secretary of the Northwest Territory. He held this position until 1799. Because of Harrison's excellent political skills, President John Adams selected him to be the governor of the Indiana Territory on May 12, 1800. The Indiana Territory included modern-day Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. He held this office until 1813. In 1812, the War of 1812 began between the United States and Great Britain. President James Madison promoted Harrison to the rank of brigadier-general and put him in command of the Army of the Northwest. In October 1813, Harrison led the Army of the Northwest against a combined British and Native American force led by General Henry Proctor and Tecumseh. Known as the Battle of the Thames, the United States emerged victorious. The British ran from the battlefield, leaving the Native Americans to fight on alone. The Americans defeated the Native Americans, killing Tecumseh. Following the War of 1812, Harrison returned to politics. He made his home at North Bend just west of Cincinnati, Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Congress for two terms. He also served as the United States ambassador to Colombia in 1828 and 1829. In 1836, he ran as a member of the Whig Party against Democrat Martin Van Buren for the Presidency of the United States. Van Buren, Vice President under Andrew Jackson, won the election. In 1840, Harrison ran against the incumbent. He emphasized his military record against Tecumseh and the British in the War of 1812 with John Tyler of Virginia as his running mate. His campaign slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too." The sixty-eight-year-old Harrison was inaugurated into office on March 4, 1841, on a cold, overcast day. His speech was one of the longest inauguration speeches in presidential history at 8,445 words. He served the shortest time in office of any man elected to the presidency. He died from pneumonia on April 4, 1841, one month after taking office. John Tyler was his Vice president and successor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07698
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidents--Inauguration--United States; Politicians
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: In 1887, Ohioans celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the passage of the Northwest Ordinance, from which the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin were created. This photograph shows the blockade of horse cars on High Street during one of the parades held during this celebration. The new courthouse was formally dedicated on July 13, 1887, the exact anniversary of the ordinance's passage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04C_004_1
Subjects: Northwest Territory; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The first photograph shows workers in Marlboro, Ohio making cheese. The aging cheese wheels are being stored in a cool cellar in the second photograph. Holmes, Tuscarawas, and Stark counties became known for their Swiss and Baby Swiss cheeses, many made by local Amish and Swiss immigrants. By the end of the twentieth century, Ohio was the second largest cheese-manufacturing state, trailing only Wisconsin. The photographs measure 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3082_3675620_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Agriculture; Immigration and Ethnic Heritage; Cheese; Dairy products; Employees
Places: Marlboro (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)