Description: James Wellioms, of Franklin County, was electrocuted July 13, 1923, for the Murder of Mary Hayes. He was a black male, age forty and his occupation was a miner. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08141
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pennsylvania #9, 4-4-2 steam locomotive, most likely at the Upper Sandusky depot. Locomotives are classified by wheel arrangement. 4-4-2 represents a configuration of four leading wheels on two axles, and is commonly known as the Atlantic or Milwaukee type. The Pennsylvania Railroad was founded in 1846 and went on to become one of the largest railroads in US history. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07784
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Railroad locomotives; Railroads--Ohio; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group photograph of former Department Commanders of Ohio for the United Spanish War Veterans, June 26-29, 1927. Names are provided on the back of the photograph. Front row (left to right): "Chas. F. Cramer (Past dept. com. & pc-c), Chas. C. Chapp (p. dept. com.), Geo. W. Cunningham (p.d.c.), Syl. Garver (p.d.c.), Myer Geberd (p.d.c.), Harry Syfert." Middle row (left to right): "Alex Frank, Frank Arch, Ben F. Atkinson, Jos. V. Hirsch, O. Noble, August Rupinaw, John G. De Camp." Back row (left to right): Albert Dalnard (p.c.c.-p.d.c.), Ray E. Layton, Ralph H. Carroll, Clarence W. Brinkle, Chas. S. Wragg." The United Spanish War Veterans was a fraternal organization that eventually included men who fought in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Mission. It was organized into "Departments" by state, and then into smaller groups called "Camps." The organization lasted until 1992, when its last remaining member died at age 106. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army during the war during this time. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished to U.S. control the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1279_12_01
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Veterans; Soldiers--Ohio; Military Ohio; Fraternal organizations;
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Mrs. W.C. McCoy, a member of the Clinton League for 28 years until her death in 1945. 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_208
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: An African American man wearing a plaid workshirt and cap laughs as his portrait is taken outside of the Ohio Stater Inn, at 2060 North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio. The University District includes the small neighborhoods to the east and south of The Ohio State University campus on either side of the High Street corridor. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B12F310_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Portrait photography; African Americans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the double pen barn at Johnston Farm. Typed caption on the reverse of the photograph reads "Old original barn at the Col. John Johnston homestead, Piqua, O." Johnston Farm, maintained as a state memorial, is the homestead of John Johnston. Johnston is best known for holding the office of Indian Agent for over 30 years, appointed by President James Madison in the early years of the state to oversee the American Indian reservations in northwest Ohio. Johnston was an important political and social figure in Ohio who also served as a state canal commissioner, helped to found Kenyon College and served on the board of trustees of Miami University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV29_B01F07_001
Subjects: Johnston, John, 1775-1861; Historic sites Ohio; Farms
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio);
 

Description: Lois K. Ide (1920-2010) undertook the challenge of making the A. Lincoln quilt with a pattern she and her husband had created on a computer. Using the English paper piecing method of basting fabric over paper templates and then sewing the pieces together by hand, Lois was able to get the subtle skin tones and facial expression of Lincoln. The quilt has 4,200 little 5/8 (2cm) squares of cotton fabrics ranging from plain dark brown to light flesh tones. The log cabin-square border refers to Lincoln’s origins. Lois placed one of her favorite Lincoln quotes on the back label. The quilt measures 159cm x 197cm (61 inches x 78 inches). Lois made the top between 1984-1989 and due to a hand injury, Anita Shackelford, also from Bucyrus, quilted it. Lois was a native Ohioan and resident of Bucyrus, who began sewing at the early age of four. She learned appliqué and patchwork from her mother and embroidery from her aunt. After years of mastering her craft, she became a master quilter and an internationally known teacher with students worldwide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3698_6643400_026
Subjects: Ohio Women; Quilts;
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This campaign ribbon was created for the presidential election of 1840. It is made of white silk and decorated with images of candidate William Henry Harrison and a log cabin. The ribbon measures 3.15 by 7 inches (8 by 18 cm). Historians have described the 1840 campaign as the first modern political campaign. Harrison broke with tradition and campaigned actively for president on the Whig ticket. The log cabin became the symbol of Harrison's campaign when his Democratic opponents ridiculed him, saying he would be content to spend his days in a log cabin drinking hard cider. Harrison's supporters turned this insult around to portray Harrison as a man of the people. Harrison (1773-1841) was a member of a prominent Virginia family. He served as aide-de-camp to General Anthony Wayne during the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. After moving to the Ohio country, he became secretary of the Northwest Territory and served as the territory's first representative to Congress. In 1801, Harrison became governor of the Indiana Territory and served in that position for 12 years. Harrison achieved his greatest fame during the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. He was planning an attack on an American Indian settlement known as Prophet's town. Instead, American Indian forces attacked Harrison's camp on the Tippecanoe River. Harrison's troops repulsed the attack, but suffered almost 200 dead and wounded. During the War of 1812, Harrison commanded the Army of the Northwest and attained the rank of brigadier general. In 1813, he defeated the combined forces of the British and American Indians at the Battle of the Thames, where Chief Tecumseh was killed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1427_1534367_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidential elections; Log cabins
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Guernsey County Courthouse, located at 801 E. Wheeling Ave., was built between 1881 and 1883 by architect Joseph Yost in response to the county's growing population. The sandstone facade is located in the same public square as the previous courthouse and is an example of Second Empire architecture. This image shows the front facade of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F03_179
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; hip roofs; mansard roofs; pediments; Second Empire
Places: Cambridge (Ohio); Guernsey County (Ohio)
 

Description: Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown in Wapakoneta, Ohio. NASA aircraft departing Allen County Airport View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_078
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Inventor Thomas Alva Edison visiting his birthplace in Milan, Ohio, August 11, 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00737
Subjects: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Inventors--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology
Places: Milan (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: The cable system used in this coal car haul was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. At the top, the coal car dumped its load into the railroad car below. The empty coal car would then be lowered down the incline by cable to be refilled with coal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01251
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business