Description: Reverse reads "Warren Co., Lebanon, O., Mar. 24, 1938. Old Cemetery and Church". The Pioneer Cemetery occupies one city block in Lebanon, Ohio and is bounded by West Main Street, South West Street, West Mulberry Street, and South Harrison Street. There is a wrought iron arch at the corner of West Main Street and South West Street that reads "Pioneer Cemetery 1799." The white church with Doric columns is located at the corner of West Mulberry Street and Ross Street. The graveyard used to be split into two halves, the north being the Baptist Cemetery and the south being the Methodist Cemetery. Because of this, it is sometimes called the Pioneer - Old Baptist - Old Methodist Cemetery. The large rounded gravestone on the right in the photograph reads "Sacred. To the memory of Ichabod Corwin. who departed this life Oct. 26th, 1834: Aged 67 years. The deceased was the settler in the place where Lebanon stands: March ? 1796. 'And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.'." The center gravestone of the three reads: "Sacred to the Memory of Sarah, Consort of Ichabod Corwin, Who departed this life on the 3rd day of May 1852. Aged 81 years. She was a member of the Baptist Church for 65 years her life was ? ? to the doctrine of Christ and her death that of a ? happy and consistent CHRISTIAN. Her remains sleep herein, Jesus ? the ? of her Savior. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, Amen. She ? nearly two hundred of her descendants for ? that they might follow her example as she followed Christ. What joyful meeting, that in the bright realms of..." The leftmost gravestone in the grouping of three reads, "In memory of Ichabod Corwin who was born March 30, 1808 and died October 2, 1843 aged 35 years." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_009_001
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Cemeteries--Ohio--Warren County
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a night-time meeting of the Marion County Ku Klux Klan on the farm of O.C. Walter in Meeker, Ohio, ca. 1922. After a period of decline during the Jim Crow years, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) emerged again during the 1910s. This reversal was partly due to the Great Migration, when hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to the North, seeking jobs in the North's industrialized cities, including many cities in Ohio. In addition, many people in the U.S. became involved in reform movements during the first decades of the twentieth century. Some of these movements supported middle-class, Protestant values and believed that non-whites and foreigners were a danger to these beliefs. Because of these fears and concerns, the Ku Klux Klan was able to find new supporters. The Ku Klux Klan was especially strong in Ohio during the 1910s and 1920s. In Summit County the Klan claimed to have fifty thousand members, making it the largest local chapter in the United States. Many of the county's officials were members, including the sheriff, the Akron mayor, several judges and county commissioners, and most members of Akron's school board. The Klan was also very popular in Licking County, where the group held its state konklave (convention) in 1923 and 1925. More than 70,000 people attended each event. The konklaves were held at Buckeye Lake, a popular tourist attraction in the early twentieth century. By the mid 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan began to decline in popularity, but saw a revival once again during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Ku Klux Klan continues to exist in the twenty-first century. It is, however, at present quite small in both numbers and influence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02996
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915-); Racism--United States--History--20th century
Places: Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved portrait of Lawrence Brainerd (1794-1870), who was involved with the Underground Railroad in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03215
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Vermont; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: St. Albans (Vermont); Franklin County (Vermont)
 

Description: A photo of stone and timber construction for the latrines. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 23, Public Campground Buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_oct34_b10_04
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Building
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Title page of "A Biography of Nelson Howard Jones." The book was typewritten, illumined, illustrated with platinotype prints and bound by his father, Howard Jones, of Circleville, Ohio, in 1901. Nelson Howard Jones was born in Circleville on October 11, 1886, and died March 11, 1901, of basilar meningitis. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04700
Subjects: Other--Family History; Children; Books
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated January 21, 1893, this photograph shows a cantilever bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07979
Subjects: Bridges; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Winter
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio River
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor as a young child, standing in her yard in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Reverend Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_E_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: The Perry Memorial, located in Put-in-Bay (on South Bass Island), about 5 miles from the longest undefended border in the world. It was first dedicated September 10, 1913, at the centennial celebration of Perry’s victory at the Battle of Lake Erie, and symbolizes the peace that prevailed thereafter between the United States, Canada and Great Britain. The towering Milford granite shaft rises from a terraced plaza to a height of 352 feet and is the world's most massive Doric column. Beneath the stone floor of the monument lie the remains of three American officers and three British officers. The open air promenade at the top can accommodate 50 people. From it can be seen the green mass of Middle and North Bass Islands, the other islands of the archipelago, the Marblehead Peninsula, Cedar Point, the buildings of Sandusky, and Lake Erie. On clear days the shore lines of Michigan and Canada are visible. The memorial, which cost nearly $500,000, was erected under the joint sponsorship of the Federal Government and the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. Although substantially completed in 1915, funding problems prevented the proper completion of a fully realized memorial complex. In 1919 the federal government assumed control of the monument and provided additional funding. The official dedication was celebrated on July 31, 1931. On September 11, 1938, the monument and the 14-acre park surrounding it were dedicated as a National Park by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. In 2002, 2.4 million dollars was spent on a new visitor center. Established as Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument by Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 2, 1936 (Proclamation No. 2182); redesignated a National Memorial and renamed on October 26, 1972. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. It is the only peace memorial within the National Park Service. The Memorial had been closed for most of the summer of 2006 after a 500 pound (230 kg) piece of granite broke off the southeast face of the observation deck, falling 315 feet (96 m) and leaving a crater in the plaza in June. No one was injured. Following a structural assessment that deemed it safe for visitors, the memorial reopened on August 26, 2006, with a fence surrounding it. The monument closed on September 30, 2009 for 2 years. Renovations will be done in 3 phases, with the observation deck first, then the column, then the entrance and rotunda receiving attention. The repairs to the observation deck are estimated at $7,000,000. Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) was in command of a flotilla at Newport, Rhode Island, when the War of 1812 broke out. In March of the following year he was given command on Lake Erie. By summer he sailed with a squadron built for him at Erie, Pennsylvania, put in at the harbor of South Bass Island (whence the name, Put-In-Bay), and awaited the coming of the British vessels for an anticipated encounter. Sighting them on the morning of September 10, Perry sailed northwest towards the Sister Islands. The Americans had 54 guns and two swivels; the British had 63 guns, 4 howitzers and two swivels. About noon Perry’s flagship, the Lawrence, was fired upon, and bore the brunt of the attack because the other ships were becalmed at a distance. Her guns pounded into silence, the Lawrence was abandoned, and Perry and his men rowed to the Niagara. In the meantime his other ships had come up, and the Americans swooped down upon the English warships. Maneuvering the Niagara between four of the enemy’s boats, the Americans poured broadsides at close range into time; and at 3 o’clock in the afternoon the British flagship Detroit lowered her flag, signaling surrender. Perry’s laconic message to General William Henry Harrison was: ‘Dear General – We have met the enemy, and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem, O. H. Perry.’ Perry’s victory gave the Americans control of Lake Erie and enabled Harrison to invade Canada, the latter’s success at the Battle of the Thames ending the War of 1812 in the Northwest. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_016_1
Subjects: Monuments & memorials--United States--1900-1940; Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (Put-in-Bay, Ohio); Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819; National Park Service (U.S.); National Register of Historic Places
Places: Put-in-Bay Township (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: At the center of this photograph is a banjo propped to sit in a rocking chair. The banjo and chair and flanked on either side by two men. 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_B36_F4283
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Musical instruments
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This photograph depicts a coke sample with a caption that reads, "-1/8" MESH 80% NEMA -20% POCO". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F73_004
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Coke
 

Description: Harrison County was formed in 1813, from Jefferson County and Tuscarawas County. It is named for William Henry Harrison a hero of the War of 1812, and the first president of the United States from Ohio. The courthouse is located on South Main and West Market Streets in Cadiz, Ohio. The courthouse was designed by Joseph Yost, who designed other courthouses in the area. The architectural style is Second Empire. It was built from 1893 to 1895, with high arched windows, mansard-roofed towers, and a central clock tower. The tower is domed and topped with a statue of Justice. A balcony covers the entrances. This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1974. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_059_001
Subjects: Harrison County (Ohio); Courthouses; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Government buildings
Places: Cadiz (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Grave of John Cleve Symmes at North Bend, Ohio. Federal Writers' Photo." The tombstone, located in Congress Green Cemetery in North Bend (west of Cincinnati), and is one of the earliest contained therein. Residents established the "Pasture Graveyard" in the early 1800s by land previously owned by President William Henry Harrison's family. Many other Symmes and Harrison family members were also interred in the cemetery, which eventually became known as the Congress Green Cemetery. The cemetery closed to burials in 1884. Inscription on tombstone reads: " Here rest the remains of John Cleves Symmes, who at the foot of these hills, made the first settlement between the Miami Rivers. Born on Long Island, State of New York, July 21st A.D. 1742. died in Cincinnati February 26th A.D. 1814." Plaque on tomb reads "Revolutionary soldier John Cleves Symmes, 1742 - 1814. Marked by Cincinnati Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution" John Cleves Symmes, was a delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, and later a pioneer in the Northwest Territory. He was the son of the Rev. Timothy Symmes (1715–1756) and Mary Cleves (died c. 1746) of Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. He was also the father-in-law of President William Henry Harrison, who married his daughter Anna. They eloped on November 25, 1795 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_029_1
Subjects: Memorials--Ohio; Monuments--Ohio; State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Continental Congress (United States); Symmes, John Cleves, 1742-1814; National Register of Historic Places
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Miami Township (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)