Description: Noted author and farmer Louis Bromfield at his farm in Lucas, Ohio, 1950. Bromfield was an early proponent of organic and self-sustaining gardening, and life on Malabar Farm reflected these beliefs. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B05F01_744_25_1
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm; Louis Bromfield
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Lucas County, between stations 645 and 895. The Maumee River and the community of Waterville are pictured, and properties, railroads, stations, locks, 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: BV4923_005
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Waterville (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This poster was produced during World War II with the slogan, "Am I Proud, I'm Fighting Famine by Canning Food at Home." During the war people were encouraged to grow and can vegetables to increase the country's food supply. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02645
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: Five Ohio Governors gathered for the inauguration of C. William O'Neill in 1957. Pictured from left to right, the governors are Myers Cooper, John Bricker, Thomas Herbert, John W. Brown and C. William O'Neill. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03589
Subjects: Inaugurations--Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a back view of a white cotton textured pattern dress dated ca. 1810. The dress is embroidered all over, with two tucks in skirt and a puffy ruffle, with scalloped eyelet added, and a bodice with lace insets. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05023
Subjects: Dresses; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Clothing and dress
 

Description: Map showing the seat of war during the Civil War, 1861-65, from "The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant," 1885. The American Civil War was one of the greatest conflicts in American history. It began on April 12, 1861, with the Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The conflict resulted from tensions between the North and the South, principally over the issues of slavery and its expansion, state's rights, and regional economic competition. During 1864, Grant assumed command of all Union forces. To win the war, he believed that the Union military had to defeat the Confederate military and force it to surrender, so in the face of major losses, he repeatedly attacked, refusing to retreat like earlier Union armies had done. Grant's strategy was successful, and Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865. Following the war, Ohio veterans Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and William McKinley all were elected to the presidency of the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04225
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maps--United States; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: United States
 

Description: The interior of Zint Brothers Shoe Store, Wapakoneta, Ohio, ca. 1920. Pictured left to right are proprietor Jacob C. Zint; an unidentified man; and Zint's sons William and Arthur. Visible in this image are rows of shoeboxes on shelves that line the walls. Two rows of back-to-back wooden seats bisect the image vertically. Jacob Zint also owned a saloon and a candy store. Together with five siblings, Arthur performed in the Zint Family Band. His eldest brother, Frederick, went on to have a career in music and vaudeville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05897
Subjects: Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Small business--Ohio; Popular culture
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group of men and a dog posed with two automobiles on the town square in Bucurus, Ohio, 1916. The Bucyrus City Bank and the Royal Hotel are among the businesses that can be seen in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07268
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Cities and towns
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cabinet card photograph showing a man pictured with his own head on a platter, taken in Windsor, Great Britain, ca. 1880. The back of the photograph identifies the creator as W. Runicles, a photographic artist with a studio at 7 High St., Eton, in Windsor (the two are twin towns in southeastern England). The image was likely created by taking two separate exposures of the seated man, possibly Runicles himself, holding a plate. Taking the two negative images, one head was cut out and placed over the plate while the original head was painted over, then the altered negative was developed. Runicles likely created the image as a show of skill and advertisement for his studio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P332_B1_F3_1_1
Subjects: Photography--History; Trick photography; Portraits;
Places: Windsor (England); Eton (England)
 

Description: Photograph showing twelve men standing in the floodwaters in Zanesville, Ohio, following the flood of 1913. They appear to be clearing furniture out of a flooded downtown building. In late March 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and the water levels rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns suffered disastrous flooding. When the flood waters receded, tons of mud and debris covered the streets, homes, businesses and factories of towns like Zanesville, where the Muskingum River had crested 27 feet above flood stage and water was 20 feet deep at several downtown intersections. The death toll for the disaster stood at 361, and property damages were well over $100,000,000 and 65,000 were forced to temporarily leave their homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P28_B05_F07_3
Subjects: Climate and weather; Floods; Natural disasters; Zanesville (Ohio)
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts students at Brookside Elementary school planting trees on Arbor Day. Brookside Elementary is located in Worthington, Ohio. Arbor Day is a United States holiday dedicated to the planting of trees on a national scale, education on the importance of trees, and education on how to plant trees. The holiday is celebrated the last Friday in April in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B01_00009_20
Subjects: Tree planting; Arbor Day; Students--Ohio; Children
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: A large construction crane overlooks the nighttime demolition of the Chittenden Hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Henry Chittenden opened the doors of his hotel in 1889, at the corner of North High and Spring Streets. Closed in 1972, and demolished the following year, it is now the site of the William Green Building, one of the tallest skyscrapers in Columbus. Chittenden Avenue, which intersects High Street further north, is named for Henry Chittenden. 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_B04F077_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Hotels; Demolition;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)