Description: The Bicentennial barn-painting program was an inexpensive, grassroots marketing campaign that painted the official logo of the Ohio Bicentennial on a highly visible historic barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties. Over 2,000 farmers and landowners submitted their barn descriptions to the committee for consideration. Beginning in 1998, artist Scott Hagan spent five years painting the logos, tailored to every barn's unique character. Typically, the barn owners hosted a celebration at the completion of their barn painting. This photograph is an exterior view of Barn #81, the 81st barn that Hagan painted, located on State Route 235 N east of Route 33 in Logan County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08549
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Barns; Ohio Bicentennial, 2003
Places: Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: A large crowd gathers for a welfare rally, demonstrating against Ohio Governor George Voinovich's social service budget cuts at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1991-1995. This photograph was taken by photographer Allen Zak for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B03F10_02
Subjects: Social movements; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Social Welfare; Protests and protestors; Demonstrations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This shows the side facade of the Meigs County Courthouse and a Civil War memorial statue. This building overlooks the Ohio River and includes a central structure with Doric columns and pediment. Side wings were added in 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_322
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; Statues--Ohio; pediments; cornices; towers (building divisions); cupolas
Places: Pomeroy (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio); 100 E. 2nd St.
 

Description: Tintype photograph of seated Civil War soldier, with mustache and sideburns. Subject is probably from Washington County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_20
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; Military Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Neil Armstrong stands for applause in a banquet hall at an event during the homecoming celebration held for him in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. The words "Welcome Home Neil," are written on the wall behind him and his wife, Janet Armstrong, sits to his right. More than 80, 000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_073
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This scraper conveyor was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing of Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1905. It was used to convey coal to the factory of the Pennsylvania Soap Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01233
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lancaster (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This photograph appears to be a strip mine in Ohio. The structure in the foreground could be a place to store equipment or a gathering place during inclement weather. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_019_1
Subjects: Strip mining; Industries; Coal mines and mining
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_014_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Testing lights at Safety Lane in Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_13_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Union Terminal (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of Stillman Hall, on the campus of The Ohio State University. The photo was most likely taken shortly after Stillman Hall was constructed in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_024_001
Subjects: Ohio State University; Buildings
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Madonna of the Trail Monuments were dedicated by state chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution to honor early women settlers who used the old National Road to travel west. There are twelve such monuments, one in each state through which the road traveled. Springfield's Madonna of the Trail Monument was the first to be dedicated on July 4, 1928. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_002
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio--Springfield
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows high water levels at a dam in Ohio, likely during the 1937 Ohio River flood, also referred to as the Great Flood. 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_B15F05_047_001
Subjects: Dams; Works Progress Administration; Floods; Federal Writers' Project; Natural disasters
Places: Ohio