Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Sidney Feeder to the Miami and Erie Canal through Shelby County, between stations 0 and 142. Roads, properties, bridges, culverts and other landmarks along the route are noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4926_010
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Bridges
Places: Shelby County (Ohio)
 

Description: Eddie Rickenbacker seated with a friend in a Maxwell racing car, ca. 1901- 1917. Edward Rickenbacker was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 8, 1890. Between 1909 and 1917 he was one of the top race car drivers in the country. He raced with Peugeot, Maxwell, and Prest-O-Lite Teams, and competed several times in the Indianapolis 500. In 1917, he enlisted in the army, where he became a celebrated pilot. Rickenbacker died in July 1973 in Switzerland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02937
Subjects: Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973; Automobile racing; Automobile racing drivers
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of Thomas A. Hendricks, Grover Cleveland's vice presidential candidate, found in "Life and Public Services of Hon. Grover Cleveland" by Hon. William Dorsheimer. Hendricks was born near Zanesville, Ohio, September 7, 1819. Elected to Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Cleveland in 1884, he served until his death, November 25, 1885. Below portrait signature reads: T. A. Hendricks View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03877
Subjects: Vice-Presidential candidates--United States; Ohio--Politics and government; Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885
 

Description: Front view of Ball canning jar, made of aqua colored glass and with a threaded rim and metal screw cap. The cap is marked "Ball" on the top. The interior of the cap is lined with white porcelain and marked "GENUINE ZINC CAP / FOR BALL MASON JARS." The front of the jar is also marked "Ball" in script. A red rubber ring sits inside the jar. The jar dates from 1900-1960. Jars like these are used for home canning and preserving of food. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05410
Subjects: Canning and preserving; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Back side of an emblem for the 1972 Olympic Games held in Munich, Germany. The front is signed by track and field gold medalist and Ohio native Jesse Owens. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07662
Subjects: Olympics; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980; Sports--Ohio--History
 

Description: Hepburn and McGuffey Hall at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Miami University was founded in 1809, the 10th university in the United States. It was the second in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06210
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--History; Universities and colleges Ohio
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: John Nelson, of Clark County, was electrocuted February 1, 1924, for the Murder of his Wife. He was a black male, age twenty-eight and his occupation was a baker. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08146
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1877 engineering drawing of the Ashtabula Bridge, built by the Cleveland and Erie Railroad Company in 1863. This drawing shows the bridge, designed by Amasa Stone, that was involved with the infamous Ashtabula Train Disaster of 1876. On December 29, 1876, a Howe truss bridge near Ashtabula, Ohio, collapsed while a train with three passenger cars was crossing it. The train and its passengers plunged sixty feet into a ravine and creek, and the lamps and stoves used to light and heat the train cars quickly ignited the wreckage. Ninety-two people died either in the accident or as a result of their injuries, and more than sixty of the surviving passengers were injured. Railroad accidents were commonplace during the late nineteenth century, due in part to tracks built quickly and cheaply by companies hoping to make tremendous profits. Railroad companies built thousands of miles of track in Ohio during the late nineteenth century, providing more opportunity for accidents to occur. Even after the Ashtabula Bridge collapse, the Howe truss bridge remained popular, primarily due to its relatively cheap cost. Still, railroad companies began to feel pressure from their customers to provide a safer means of travel. By 1888, more than two thousand iron bridges existed in Ohio. The state had fewer than nine hundred wooden bridges still in use at this time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4265_ashtabulabridge
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Railroads--Buildings and structures; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Railroad accidents;
Places: Ashtabula (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph of Miss May Badgely, who served as treasurer for the Clinton League beginning in 1937. 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_213
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two young women eat lunch together on a curved concrete bench at the interserction of Fifteenth Avenue and 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_B10F264_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); College students
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Patterson and Johnston families at the Patterson Homestead in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. A handwritten caption on the photograph indicates Mrs. Mary (John) Johnston as the woman standing closest to the tree. A typed caption on the reverse of an identical photograph reads "Scene at the old Patterson homestead, Dayton, Ohio, (commencing at the right) Mr. Frank Patterson, Jr., Dayton, Ohio, Miss Rachel Vance, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Mary John Johnston, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Margaret Kirk Ayers, Piqua, Ohio, Mr. Wm. B. Johnston, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Julia Johnston Patterson, Dayton, Ohio, Mr. R. Patterson, Jr., Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Margaret Kirk, Piqua, Ohio." The Patterson Homestead was home to Colonel Robert Patterson, a Revolutionary War soldier who helped 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_B01F10_002
Subjects: Johnston, John, 1775-1861; Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922; Historic houses; Families--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery (Ohio);
 

Description: George McCormick made this four-drawer bureau for Ohio political leader Thomas Worthington's home Adena. It is made from cherry wood and has bracket feet. The bureau measures 73" by 20" by 38" inches (185 by 50 by 97 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1494_1170044_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Daily Life; Clothes chests; Furniture; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)