Description: A horse-drawn hearse marked "Stoneburners Hearse." A hearse as a funerary vehicle has its origins in an elaborate framework erected over a coffin or tomb to which memorial verses or epitaphs were attached. Such framework was commonly placed on top of horse-drawn carriages until petroleum-driven hearses became available in the United States in 1909 and widely used in 1920s. 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: AL07788
Subjects: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Funeral rites & ceremonies; Funeral vehicles;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This 1866 map shows Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as Newport and Covington, Kentucky, directly across the Ohio River. It was drawn by Gilbert & Hickenlooper (of No. 200 Vine Street in Cincinnati) for inclusion in the 1866 edition of the Williams' Cincinnati Directory. Covington and Newport are two Kentucky cities situated on the Ohio River and separated from one another by the Licking River. They are considered a part of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area (or Greater Cincinnati) which includes counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. These two cities were first connected by bridge in 1853, and the John Roebling Suspension Bridge, connecting Covington with Cincinnati across the Ohio River, was completed in 1866. In 1788, Israel Ludlow, Matthias Denman, and Robert Patterson purchased eight hundred acres from John Cleves Symmes along the Ohio River at the Licking River's mouth. By early January 1789, Ludlow had platted the town, and the three men named the town Losantiville. The name was a convoluted contraction of the idea that this was a "city across from the mouth of the Licking River." In 1790, the governor of the Northwest Territory, Arthur St. Clair, proceeded to establish Hamilton County and made Losantiville the county seat. St. Clair disliked the name Losantiville and changed the town's name to Cincinnati in recognition of the Roman citizen soldier Cincinnatus. Cincinnati emerged as a major city, primarily due to its strategic location on the Ohio River, and by 1820 had reached a population of nearly ten thousand people. By the late 1880s, Cincinnati was the largest city in Ohio, with almost 300,000 people. It also had the densest population of any city in the United States, with an average of 37,143 people per square mile. By 1890, Cincinnati had provided Ohio with thirteen governors and had become an important industrial, political, literary, and educational center in both Ohio and the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0426_4
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Ohio River; Maps--Midwest--Ohio; Bridges--Ohio River;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Newport (Kentucky); Covington (Kentucky)
 

Description: Photograph of Mrs. F.S. (Mary) Schafer in her garden on Glencoe Road in Clintonville. Mrs. Schafer served as the president of the Clinton League from 1936-1938. 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_212
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two men are pictured holding beer and liquor along North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio, during the annual Ohio State University-University of Michigan football game. 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_B11F297_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Sports rivalries; College students
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Johnston and Patterson families at the Patterson Homestead in Dayton, Ohio. Typed caption on the reverse of an identical photograph reads "Scene at the old Patterson homestead, Dayton, Ohio, (commencing at the right) Mr. John H. Patterson, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Mary John Johnston, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Margaret Kirk Ayers, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Maragaret Kirk, Piqua Ohio, Miss Rachel Vance, Piqua, Ohio, Mr. Wm. B. Johnston, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. R. Patterson Jr., Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Julia Johnston Patterson, Dayton, Ohio." The Patterson Homestead was home to Colonel Robert Patterson, a Revolutionary War soldier who helped to found Lexington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Industrialist John H. Patterson, founder of the National Cash Register company, was also raised and lived in the home. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV29_B01F09_001
Subjects: Historic houses; Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922; Families--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio);
 

Description: Three photographs show Miss Pumpkin Queen Peggy Mayo and her attendants. Mayo was crowned Miss Pumpkin at the 1968 Pumpkin Festival in Circleville, Ohio. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). George R. Haswell, mayor of Circleville, held the first "pumpkin show" in the city in 1903. The show expanded and in 1949 the non-profit group Circleville Pumpkin Show, Inc. was established to manage the show. In addition to displays of pumpkins and other agricultural crops, the Circleville Pumpkin Festival has grown to include pageants for Miss Pumpkin and Little Miss Pumpkin, and contests for baking, pie-eating, and hog-calling. Parades, rides and concerts are also part of the festival, held the third week of October. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3058_3663055_001
Subjects: Agriculture; Arts and Entertainment; Pumpkins; Festivals; Parades & processions
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: George McCormick made this sideboard for Ohio political leader Thomas Worthington's home Adena. The mahogany and walnut sideboard is made in the Hepplewhite style. It measures 42" by 23" by 35" inches (107 by 58 by 89 cm). McCormick, a native of Virginia, worked on the construction of the nation's capitol building in Washington, D.C. under the direction of architect Benjamin Latrobe. It is believed that Worthington brought McCormick to Ohio around 1805 on the advice of Latrobe to work on Adena, which was also designed by Latrobe. McCormick remained in Chillicothe to build furniture for Worthington. After he completed work at Adena, he moved to Columbus, where he worked on the Ohio statehouse. He also was involved in Franklin County politics. Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) was a native of Charles Town, Virginia (later West Virginia) who moved to the Northwest Territory in 1798 and settled in Ross County, where he quickly became a leader in the Ohio statehood movement. He was a strong opponent of Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair, who wished to delay Ohio's entrance into the Union. Worthington emerged as a principal figure in the 1802 Constitutional Convention and spent much time in Washington lobbying for statehood. Politically active throughout his life, Worthington served as one of the first two U. S. senators from Ohio and as governor. Later he served several terms in the Ohio House of Representatives. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1492_1170052_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Daily Life; Buffets (Furniture); Furniture; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross 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_175
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; hip roofs; mansard roofs; clock towers; arches; pediments; Second Empire
Places: Cambridge (Ohio); Guernsey County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sign reads "Wapakoneta Home of Neil Armstrong first civilian astronaut; The First Man on the Moon" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F3_013
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Disc jockey James Edward "Eddie" Saunders on air with a group of visitors at the WVKO radio station in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1950 - 1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00741
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This slat conveyor, made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, is moving beer bottles and cases at a brewery, 1908. In lower left corner of the image, the conveyor foot shaft and the screw shaft slack take up mechanism are visible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01263
Subjects: Breweries; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Situated along the National Road in Zanesville, the Y-bridge was first constructed in 1814 and was made of wooden trestles and stone, with a toll house in the center. It is the only three-way bridge in the United States. Five different constructions of the Y-bridge have crossed the Licking and Muskingum rivers over the years, with the most recent built in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_012
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio--Muskingum River; Bridges--Ohio; Ohio River--History; Roads--Ohio; Bridges--Pictorial works; Transportation--Ohio; Roads--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)