Description: Reverse reads: "Art Project Urbana." This is a depiction of a World War I soldier. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_054_001
Subjects: Art; World War I, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Military Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The subject of this portrait, Homer L. Ruh of Columbus, Ohio, served in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. He trained at Camp Sheridan, Alabama, where this photograph was taken. Homer was with the 37th Infantry Division in France and Belgium from June 15, 1918, until March 23, 1919. On April 12, 1919, Ruh was honorably discharged. He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry by General John J. Pershing. After service in World War I, Ruh was a professional football player with the Columbus Panhandles (later the Columbus Tigers), an early National Football League franchise. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07047
Subjects: Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio; World War I, 1914-1918; Football--Ohio--History
Places: Camp Sheridan (Alabama); Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Aaron R. Fisher receiving an award for fifty years of continuous service in the Armed Forces. Aaron R. Fisher was a highly decorated African American soldier during and after World War I; he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre, Purple Heart, Mexican Service Medal, World War I Victory Medal and Army Commendation Medal for his services. After his discharge, he served as an ROTC instructor at Wilberforce University. He retired as a Chief Warrant Officer in 1947. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS9_B01F13_B
Subjects: African American men; World War I, 1914-1918; African American soldiers; Wilberforce University; Military officers; Awards; Medals
 

Description: Photograph of 1st Lieutenant and Chaplain Charles T. Isom posed in uniform and standing in front of tent, taken during his service in World War I. Isom (1880-1943) was a graduate of Denison University and Ohio University, and served as a chaplain in World War I. He was Executive Secretary of Ohio Baptist General Association for 24 years, and worked as editor of the Ohio Baptist News. In the 1930s, he moved to Dayton where he was Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church until his death in 1943. The Ohio Baptist General Association, an organization of African American Baptist churches with its headquarters in Columbus, was founded in 1895 as the Ohio Baptist State Convention and reorganized as the Ohio Baptist General Association in 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P190_B02_04
Subjects: African American Ohioans; American Baptist Church--Clergy; Religion in Ohio; World War I, 1914-1918;
 

Description: Two women examine the silver service from the Ohio battleship. USS Ohio (BB-12), a Maine-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the 17th state. Ohio was laid down on April 22, 1899, by Union Iron Works, San Francisco. She was launched on May 18, 1901. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07537
Subjects: Other--Ohio Historical Society; U.S. Navy; World War I; World War, 1914-1918--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Homer Ruh in pro Football gear taken sometime during his years with the Columbus Panhandles and the Columbus Tigers, two early pro football teams: 1914-1917, 1920-1925. Homer L. Ruh of Columbus, Ohio, served in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. He trained at Camp Sheridan, Alabama, where this photograph was taken. Homer was with the 37th Infantry Division in France and Belgium from June 15, 1918, until March 23, 1919. On April 12, 1919, Ruh was honorably discharged. He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry by General John J. Pershing. After service in World War I, Ruh was a professional football player with the Columbus Panhandles (later the Columbus Tigers), an early National Football League franchise. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07046
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); World War I; Football--Ohio--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: World War I soldier's monument to honor those that served in the first world war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04D_008_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sculpture; World War I; Miltary Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: World War I soldier's monument to honor those that served in the first world war. The statue is located outside the William Oxley Thompson library at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04D_006_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sculpture; World War I; Miltary Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: World War I soldier's monument to honor those that served in the first world war. The statue is located outside of the William Oxley Thompson Library at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04D_009_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sculpture; World War I; Miltary Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This statue of a World War I American soldier by sculptor Bruce Wilder Saville sits on the lawn of the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio. Saville, a professor at The Ohio State University, cast the scuplture, named "The Victorius Doughboy" in 1924 to honor veterans of the First World War. The soldier is depicted in mid-stride with his proper left leg forward and his proper right arm holding his gun which rests on his proper right shoulder. In this photograph, the statue is being moved to the Ohio History Center from the Ohio State Museum when the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) moved to its new home near the State Fairgrounds in 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3385_4919409_001
Subjects: Architecture; Ohio Historical Society; Museums; Archives; Libraries; Sculpture; World War I
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows two men at the "War Today" exhibit at the Ohio State Museum, meant to teach visitors about the current world conflict. The building pictured, also called Sullivant Hall, is located at Fifteenth Avenue and North High Street and was the former home of the Ohio History Connection (then known as the Ohio Historical Society), which moved to the near the state fairgrounds in 1970. The bronze relief sculptures on the walls are part of a series by Bruce Wilder Saville, an artist and professor at the Ohio State University, depicting World War I scenes. They were dedicated April 6, 1926. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P365_B18_F13_002
Subjects: World War I, 1914-1918; World War II; Museum exhibits; Ohio Historical Society; Military Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A black and white 35mm negative showing the statue of a World War I American soldier by sculptor Bruce Wilder Saville, outside the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio. This image was taken by A.V. Shirk, 1968-1972. Saville, a professor at The Ohio State University, cast the scuplture, named "The Victorious Doughboy" in 1924 to honor veterans of the First World War. The soldier is depicted in mid-stride with his left leg forward and his right arm holding his gun against his shoulder. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV283_B01F03_008
Subjects: Ohio Historical Society; Museum exhibits; Sculpture; World War I;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);