Description: Photograph of a World War I-era mail truck traveling between Columbus and Marysville, ca. 1917. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06315
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Trucks
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a World War I service flag dating from 1917-1918. The silk flag is white with a red border. There is a blue star in the center of the white field. The dimensions are 23 cm by 29 cm. Mary Behnke of Columbus, Ohio, donated this service flag in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H21046_001
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Flags; Blue Star Banner; Military flags
 

Description: This is the reverse side of a World War I service flag dating from 1917-1918. The silk flag is white with a red border. There is a blue star in the center of the white field. The In Service Flag (Blue Star Banner) was patented by an Ohioan, Colonel Robert L. Queisser of East Cleveland, Ohio, on 6 November 1917. Intended for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces, blue star banners are also displayed in shop windows to honor the members of that organization serving. Most flags were homemade by mothers, though they later became mass-produced. Upon death in service the blue star was replaced by a gold one. Mary Behnke of Columbus, Ohio, donated this service flag in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H21046_002
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Flags; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags
 

Description: Ohio flag dates from 1917-1918 and was carried by the 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division in World War I. This silk flag is red, blue and white. There are seventeen stars, five stripes and gold fringe on the edges of the flag. The dimensions are 100 by 155 cm and the fabric is silk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65517_001
Subjects: State Flags; Flags--Ohio; Ceremonial artifact; World War, 1914-1918--Flags
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Red Cross parade in downtown Columbus, Fall 1918. Red Cross volunteers are seen carrying a large banner reading "Food Will Win The War." This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_156
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; American Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States; Parades & processions;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Red Cross Luncheon of the Clinton League, held at the St. James Guild Room in celebration of the League's first anniversary as a Red Cross unit. Members of the group are identified by name in an accompanying caption as follows. "Below--Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Shaw, Miss Jones, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Oman, Mrs. S.D. Wood, Mrs. Ireland (Pres. City. Fed.), Mrs. Snively, Mrs. Fred Jones, Mrs. R.V. Whitaker, Van Horn, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Foster,--? Middle--Mrs. Laeffler, Kinkead, Delzell, Gatewood, L.D. Whitaker, Mrs. McCoy--? Miss Livia Evans, Mrs. Greubler. Standing--Mrs. Cottrell, Mrs. Gorrell, Mrs. Hayes Jones, Mrs. Riegel, Mrs. Floyd Ward, Miss Younge, Mrs. Killetts, Mrs. H.C. Marshall, Mrs. Lehman, Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Crist, Miss Leah Webber, Mrs. O'Hara, Mrs. Legg, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Pierson, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Daniel, Mrs. Bowman (Mrs. Davidson stands back of Mrs. Thomas. Mrs Burbacher back of Mrs. Pierson). Children in the picture are (left to right)--Eillene Delzell, Ellen Davidson, Helen McCoy." This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_155
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; American Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cartoons by Billy Ireland, a long-time editor of "the Passing Show" page of the Columbus Dispatch. These cartoons refer to recommended restrictions on wheat and other supplies due to wartime shortages during World War I. America, characterized as Uncle Sam, is seen embracing cornbread as an alternative to traditional wheat bread. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_146
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women -- Charities; Rationing; Cartoonists; World War, 1914-1918--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of children watching a Red Cross parade in downtown Columbus, Fall 1918. An accompanying caption describes the parade as follows: "During the World War (I) Period, Columbus club women were a unit in their support of all types of effort toward winning the war. The Red Cross was naturally the central agency from which most of the work was conducted and nearly all clubs maintained a Red Cross Unit. One of the most spectacular events of the period was the great parade which took place in downtown Columbus on a Sunday afternoon in the early fall of 1918. Beautiful floats displaying wartime slogans bore prominent officials of the Red Cross organization and the Federation of Women's Clubs. Behind the floats marched the white clad women of the various Red Cross units thruout the city. Each unit had been carefully trained to march and countermarch. Bands furnished wonderful music and the whole effect was both beautiful and inspiring. We don't remember how long we marched nor how far but it seemed many miles for the day was very warm and the white shoes that women of that period wore were not especially designed for comfort. Mrs. E.S. Ingraham was the very efficient leader of our Clinton Welfare League's Red Cross unit for this parade." This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_159
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; American Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States; Parades & processions
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of crowds gathered for Red Cross parade in downtown Columbus, Fall 1918. Here they are seen forming an American flag at the old athletic field on the Ohio State University campus, at the corner of North High Street and Woodruff Avenue. An accompanying caption describes the parade as follows: "During the World War (I) Period, Columbus club women were a unit in their support of all types of effort toward winning the war. The Red Cross was naturally the central agency from which most of the work was conducted and nearly all clubs maintained a Red Cross Unit. One of the most spectacular events of the period was the great parade which took place in downtown Columbus on a Sunday afternoon in the early fall of 1918. Beautiful floats displaying wartime slogans bore prominent officials of the Red Cross organization and the Federation of Women's Clubs. Behind the floats marched the white clad women of the various Red Cross units thruout the city. Each unit had been carefully trained to march and countermarch. Bands furnished wonderful music and the whole effect was both beautiful and inspiring. We don't remember how long we marched nor how far but it seemed many miles for the day was very warm and the white shoes that women of that period wore were not especially designed for comfort. Mrs. E.S. Ingraham was the very efficient leader of our Clinton Welfare League's Red Cross unit for this parade." This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_158
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; American Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States; Parades & processions;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a float, part of a Red Cross parade in downtown Columbus, Fall 1918. An accompanying caption describes the parade as follows: "During the World War (I) Period, Columbus club women were a unit in their support of all types of effort toward winning the war. The Red Cross was naturally the central agency from which most of the work was conducted and nearly all clubs maintained a Red Cross Unit. One of the most spectacular events of the period was the great parade which took place in downtown Columbus on a Sunday afternoon in the early fall of 1918. Beautiful floats displaying wartime slogans bore prominent officials of the Red Cross organization and the Federation of Women's Clubs. Behind the floats marched the white clad women of the various Red Cross units thruout the city. Each unit had been carefully trained to march and countermarch. Bands furnished wonderful music and the whole effect was both beautiful and inspiring. We don't remember how long we marched nor how far but it seemed many miles for the day was very warm and the white shoes that women of that period wore were not especially designed for comfort. Mrs. E.S. Ingraham was the very efficient leader of our Clinton Welfare League's Red Cross unit for this parade." This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_157
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; American Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States; Parades & processions;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Leland Pierson of Clintonville, who was a soldier in the U.S. Army during World War I. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_154
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; World War, 1914-1918--Ohio; Soldiers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Battery F. Memorial. Eden Park. Cin. O." The Battery F, 136th Field Artillery Memorial was presented in 1925 by the mothers of the 324 officers and men of this unit, which distinguished itself in World War I. The memorial is mainly of native rocks, with flagstone platform and limestone seat. The centerpiece (pictured here) is an artistic bronze panel, 8 by 4 feet, listing the battle honors and names of those commemorated beneath a representation of the battery in action. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_019_001
Subjects: War memorials--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918--Monuments
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)