Description: This pitcher is round in shape and was made from metal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8198
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: A park road along a body of water, most likely a river, with people and horse-drawn carriages in the foreground and wooden structures in the background. It is most likely an image of Olenatangy Park located along Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio. Olentangy Park was an amusement park established in 1880 in an area already popular for picnincs and swimming. It was considered the largest such park in the United States, featuring a formal picnic area, amusement rides, a carousel, a zoo, roller coaster rides, a boat house, a theater, and the world largest swimming pool. The park's prosperity started dwindling as a result of the depression and its rides and equipment were eventually sold out between 1937 and 1939. Some remnants of the park can still be found in the area today and its carousel operates at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07729
Subjects: Popular culture; Public parks--Ohio--Columbus; Rivers--Ohio--Columbus; Recreation; Amusement parks
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This round pan was made by hand of varnished tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72484
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Cooking tools and equipment; Pans
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Glass plate negative of Ruth Weinman Herndon and her mother, Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman. Ruth Weinman Herndon (Mrs. L. Kermit Herndon) was a life-long resident of Columbus, Ohio. Born September 6, 1907, she was the daughter of Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman (1869-1957) and William Nelson Weinman (1868-1950), owner of the Weinman Pump Manufacturing Company. The Weinman family was a prominent German-American family in Columbus throughout the 20th century. Ruth Weinman (1907-2002) lived with her parents at 380 King Avenue in Columbus until 1914, when her parents hired Columbus architect Frank Packard to build a home at 1445 Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff. After graduating from Columbus School for Girls in 1925, Ruth studied sociology at Ohio State University, graduating in 1929. She married L. Kermit Herndon. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1344AV_B02F06
Subjects: Children; Families; Children's clothing; Women--Ohio; Portraits;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a swallowtail guidon of 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, Battery C, U.S. Volunteers. This swallowtail flag, with gold text reading "Ohio C" and crossed cannons is on a red field. The O.V.L.A. mustered in for war with Spain May 11, 1898 out of Zanesville, Ohio. Overall 20 officers and 708 enlisted men were commanded by Major Charles T. Atwell at Chickamauga, Georgia (also a Civil War site) with the loss of 13 soldiers. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02192
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Spanish-American War, 1898; 1st Regiment, Battery C, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; Statehouse--Ohio;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: In 1804 Jonathan Fowler built this stone tavern, also known as Sparrow Tavern or Old Stone Tavern, in Poland, Ohio. Besides serving as a tavern, the building acted as a general store, hotel, and home to Jonathan Sparrow and his family. The building was a prominent stagecoach stop between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. In 1861 future U. S. president William McKinley enrolled in the Union Army on the front porch of this tavern. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_025_1
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio--Poland (Township)--Pictorial works; Poland (Ohio : Township)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works; Taverns (Inns)--Ohio.
Places: Poland (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Probably produced in the 1910s, the original description for this photograph reads "Canal Scene Today." This photograph was included in a large group of photographs of the Miami and Erie Canal taken in Montgomery County, Ohio, but there is no other supporting documentation. Completed in 1845, the Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo. This photograph is one of many visual materials collected for publication in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F07_011
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Canal-boats; Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, 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: AV71_b03_f175
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Ohio River Trail at Alms Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. The Frederick H. Alms Memorial Park is located at 710 Tusculum Avenue on Mount Tusculum, in Cincinnati, Ohio, overlooking the Ohio River. The park was given to the Park Board by Frederick Alms' wife in 1916. Alms was born in Cincinnati on February 26, 1839 and died July 25, 1898. A former solider and successful businessman, Alms is best remembered as an extraordinarily generous philanthropist. He married Eleanora C. Unzicker on November 9, 1870. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_026_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Parks; Alms, Fred H.; Geography and Natural Resources; Hiking trails; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a scenic picture of an unknown farm somewhere in Warren County, Ohio, along Route 48, possibly near Lebanon. The photo shows several farm buildings, including a few barns, the house, and some sort of animal stable, in the middle of empty fields that seem to have already been harvested. There is an old bridge to the left that leads to the farm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_026_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio); Lebanon (Ohio); Farm buildings; Rural life; Landscape photography
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental Colors of 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 178.5 cm high by 200 cm wide. Text on flag reads: Surrender of Cumberland Gap Sept. 9th 1863; Siege of Knoxville Nov. 18th to Dec. 5th 1863; 44th Reg't Ohio Vol. Inf'ty; Lewisburg, Va; 23rd May 1862.; Dutton's Hill, March 30th 1863. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01962
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 3rd Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers. Rectangular flag measures 179 cm high by 157 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 3rd Regiment Ohi[o] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02213
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Spanish-American War, 1898