Description: Three 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.8 cm) photographs depict some of the celebrations in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Greenville, which took place in August 1945. Events included a parade, an appreciation dinner for artist Howard Chandler Christy, and exhibition of the original Treaty of Greenville, on loan from the National Archives. The state of Ohio commissioned Christy (1873-1952), a nationally-known illustrator, to create the work for the 150th anniversary of the treaty that ended the Indian Wars in Ohio. The painting "The Signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville" was unveiled in a ceremony on August 3. Christy (in the white suit) can be seen sitting on the left in the first and second images. Governor Frank Lausche is seated next to him and can be seen addressing the crowd in the third image. Christy, born just south of Zanesville in Duncan Falls, Ohio, went to New York to study art at the age of sixteen. He began working at Scribner's Magazine in 1898 as an illustrator. During the Spanish American War, his illustrations of Cuba and Puerto Rico were seen around the United States. He returned to Duncan Falls after the war and began painting. By the early twentieth century Christy's elegant illustrations of women, collectively called "Christy Girls," appeared in Scribner's, Century, Ladies Home Journal, McClure's, and several books. Christy Girls were also used in recruitment posters during World War I. Christy began painting portraits after World War I; his best-known subjects were Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas MacArthur. The Depression of the 1930s changed Christy's artistic emphasis to historical subjects. In addition to the Greenville painting, Christy painted the "Scene of the Signing of the Constitution of the United States," which hangs in the Capitol in Washington, DC. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3220_3832019_001a
Subjects: Ohio Government; Military Ohio; American Indians in Ohio; Arts and Entertainment; Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952; Treaty of Greenville; Treaties; Celebrations; Lausche, Frank John, b. 1895; Governors; Artists
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs of singer/songwriter Roger Miller were taken during a performance at the 1968 Ohio State Fair. Best known for his songs "King Of The Road," "Dang Me," and "Engine Engine No. 9," Miller won eleven Grammy Awards. Miller (1936-1992) also wrote songs for the Disney movie Robin Hood and a Broadway musical, Big River, based on Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3116_3737168_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Expositions and fairs; Music; Miller, Roger, 1936-1992; Composers; Singers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the violin section of the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal newspaper. Identified on the reverse are Robert Gross (left), concertmaster, and Mario Mancinelli (right), assistant concertmaster. The Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra was a professional symphony orchestra based in Columbus between 1941 and 1949. Under conductor Izler Solomon, the group performed at Franklin County Memorial Hall and featured full-time professional musicians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_05_01
Subjects: Musicians; Musical performances; Musical instruments; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Arts and entertainment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing students and parents after a workshop session by the Columbus Junior Theater of the Arts, from the Columbus Free Press Collection. The Columbus Junior Theater of the Arts was founded in 1963, and is now known as the Columbus Children’s Theatre. 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_B02F07_02
Subjects: Arts and entertainment; Theater--Ohio; Children--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a poster for the Sells Brothers Circus. E. Sells, Lewis Sells and Peter Sells, proprietors of the circus, are pictured. When the circus was not traveling it was based in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02746
Subjects: Circus; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Arts and Entertainment; Businesses; Business--Ohio; Circus--United States--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, taken in the 1960s, documents the "See Ohio First" exhibit at the Vinton County Fair. The exhibit promoted Ohio as "Transportation Center of the World" with signs reading "First in Industry," and "One in Five Persons Employed in Ohio Work in Fields Related to Highways." The fair is held at the Vinton County Fairgrounds near McArthur, Ohio. The photograph is 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3053_3656294_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Transportation; Expositions and fairs
Places: McArthur (Ohio); Vinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This panoramic photograph of a homecoming celebration in McArthur, Ohio, was taken in 1924. The Hamden band forms the center of the photograph, surrounded by townspeople who attended the event. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1924_3737246_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Celebrations; Music; Bands; Hats
Places: McArthur (Ohio); Vinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: These two stereographs of the Ohio State Fair held in Zanesville, Ohio were taken September 21, 1859. Photographer J. Tresize was commissioned by the fair's Fine Arts Committee to document the fair. The images include a view of the farm implements barn and a view of the grandstand. Each stereograph measures 3.25" by 6.75" (8.26 by 17.15 cm). The stereoscope was a popular form of entertainment in the late nineteenth century. Stereographs, also called stereoviews, contain side-by-side images captured simultaneously from two slightly different perspectives. Looking at the card through a stereoscope, a viewer sees a single three-dimensional image. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1451_1149213_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Agriculture; Expositions and fairs; Tools; Farming
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of children during a stage performance of "Tents of Grace," a play written by Elizabeth Ann James and put on by the Columbus Junior Theater of the Arts, March 4, 1989. The play was about the massacre of members of the Delaware Tribe by United States soldiers at the settlement of Gnadenhutten in 1782. The Columbus Junior Theater of the Arts was founded in 1963, and is now known as the Columbus Children’s Theatre. 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_B02F05_01
Subjects: Actors; Actresses; Arts and entertainment; Theater--Ohio; Children--Ohio; Gnadenhutten Massacre;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Six 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm) photographs document a homecoming parade held for astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, who invented the polio vaccine. Hope joked with the crowd that Armstrong was adjusting well to life on Earth after his space visit, "but he keeps throwing his shoes out the window and eating toothpaste," referring to the system of trash disposal on early flights and the practice of packaging astronauts' food in tubes. Neil A. Armstrong (b. 1930), the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta. He received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University. After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. For the next 17 years he worked for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As a research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, he was a project pilot on many pioneering high-speed aircraft. Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962 and was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission, which was launched on March 16, 1966. As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3101_3737076_007
Subjects: Science and Technology; Arts and Entertainment; Celebrations; Parades & processions; Hope, Bob, 1903-2003; Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Flight; Aeronautics; Sabin, Albert B. (Albert Bruce), 1906-1993; Astronauts
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Advertisement for a performance of "Professor Morris's Equine and Canine Paradox" to take place at Schultz's Opera House in Zanesville, Ohio, January 12-15. This type of animal act which came to be known as a "dog and pony show" is believed to have been originated by Morris around 1883, although the format began to spread over the following years. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS559_B13F22_003
Subjects: Arts and entertainment; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Circus acts; Traveling shows; Dogs; Horses
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821-1872) painted this work in 1845, early in his career. It was Duncanson's first romantic landscape, a genre for which he would later become well known. It measures 19 by 28 inches (48.26 by 71.12 cm). The painting's alternate title is Light and Shade. Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1871) was born to free black parents in upstate New York. The Duncanson family moved to Canada for a time, but Robert Duncanson came to Cincinnati at the age of 19 and began to exhibit his artwork. Cincinnati was becoming a major western outpost for landscape painting, and in 1861 the Cincinnati Gazette declared Duncanson "the best landscape painter in the west." This was remarkable praise considering the racial attitudes of the time. Duncanson's still-lifes and landscapes earned him generous patronage from many prominent Cincinnatians, including Nicholas Longworth, who commissioned a series of twelve panels for his mansion. Duncanson also received much support from Cincinnati's abolitionists. In 1853, Duncanson traveled to Europe with William Sontag, another Cincinnati artist; the Anti-Slavery League sponsored the trip. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1437_1500368_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; African American Ohioans; Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872; Artists
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)