Description: The sandy "beach" area at Olentangy Park Pool, Columbus, Ohio. Olentangy Park was an amusement park that opened in 1893 by Robert M. Turner, originally called The Villa. It was bought in 1896 by the Columbus Street and Railroad Company, and then again by the Dusenbury brothers in 1899. The brothers constructed a theater, a merry-go-round, and other rides like Loop-the-Loop roller coaster. The property was sold again in 1926 to the Olentangy Amusement Company, then to Leo and Elmer Haenlein in 1929. At this point a zoo and a ballroom were added to the park. Olentangy Park closed in 1937 after being purchased by the L. L. Leveque Company. The Gooding Amusement Company bought the Ferris wheel, airplane ride, rifle range, and the carousel, which is now located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The park was located along the banks of the Olentangy River on land which, as of 2014, was owned by the Olentangy Village Apartments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07726
Subjects: Popular culture; Amusement parks; Pools;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Glass plate negative showing Ruth Weinman Herndon holding a ball. The little girl is wearing a long dress with a lace hem and yoke, dark shoes, and a necklace. She is seated on an armchair and is holding a ball with both hands. Born September 6, 1907, Ruth was the daughter of Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman (1869-1957) and William Nelson Weinman (1868-1950), owner of the Weinman Pump Manufacturing Company. The Weinman family was a prominent German-American family in Columbus throughout the 20th century. Ruth Weinman (1907-2002) lived with her parents at 380 King Avenue in Columbus until 1914, when her parents hired Columbus architect Frank Packard to build a home at 1445 Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff. After graduating from Columbus School for Girls in 1925, Ruth studied sociology at Ohio State University, graduating in 1929. She married L. Kermit Herndon. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1344AV_B02F03
Subjects: Children; Families; Children's clothing; Women--Ohio; Portraits; Herndon, L. K. (Lyle Kermit)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing teachers at Clinton Elementary in 1916. In the top row are Harriet Moore, Alice Co Varr, Principal Celia Vandegriff, Elsie Evans and Elsie Pace. In the front are Sarah Bennett, Mary Wrig, Katherine Fogel and Inez Richey. 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_170
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities; Education; Educators
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A young man with a parka and moustache hitches a ride along 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_B10F266_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Transportation;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of students from Clinton Elementary School seated on their school bus, taken for the Columbus Free Press. Clinton Elementary is part of the Columbus City School system, located in the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. 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_04
Subjects: Students -- Ohio; Schools; Children; Buses; Columbus City Schools;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: These two pictures show the Ohio River near Marietta in the 1920s. The first picture includes the town of Marietta within the photograph while the second picture focuses mainly on a railroad bridge and the Ohio River. The photographs measure 3" x 5" (7.62 x 12.7 cm). Marietta was the first organized American settlement in the Northwest Territory in 1787 by the Ohio Company of Associates. The Ohio and Muskingum Rivers played very important roles in the development of Marietta; citizens used the rivers for everything from agriculture to transportation. The emergence of railroads further heightened the economic growth of this town. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3269_5969534_001
Subjects: Transportation; Business and labor; Geography and Natural Resources; Rivers; Cityscapes
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Lorain County Courthouse. Construction on this Renaissance Revival building was completed in 1881. It is made of Amherst sandstone and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana, which was built at the same time. The central dome of the courthouse was removed in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_282
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); 308 2nd St.
 

Description: Carte de visite of Captain Hiram F. Devol, who served with the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f13_05_01
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865)
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Exterior view of the Seneca Motorcar Company factory, Fostoria, Ohio, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00699
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Wood apron conveyor made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Victor Food Corporation, Victor, New York, 1924. It was used to move husked ears of corn at this canning factory. Overhead can be seen drive shafts, pulleys and belts that powered factory machinery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01461
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Victor (New York)
 

Description: The caption reads: Main Street, Middleport". Middleport, a village in Meigs County, was named because it is the midpoint of the journey between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded on Ohio Company land in 1798 by New Englanders and Revolutionary War veterans. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_003_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Middleport (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Cinci., O., Feb. 1938. Copy from Thompson Album". Located at 5870 Belmont Avenue in the College Hill area of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Peter G. Thomson Home is better known as Laurel Court and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The Beau Arts Neoclassical style home, completed in 1907, was built for Peter G. Thomson, founder of Champion Paper, and designed by James Gamble Rogers, the nephew of Peter’s wife Laura Gamble Thomson. It was modeled after the Petit Trianon, a “small” chateau on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in France, and is considered one of the finest homes in America. The exterior is made from chiseled granite and was originally built on twenty three acres, on the highest point in Hamilton County. The Thomson family lived in the home until 1947. Today, the private residence stands on seven and a half acres of land, and the numerous original buildings, gardens, statues and fountains are open for tours and special events by reservation only. Some of the notable features of this home include the retractable roof of the two story Atrium in the center of the house, the Rookwood tiled swimming pool, the African Rosewood tiled Library, and the gilded Music Room. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F07_008_001
Subjects: Architecture; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc; Thomson, Peter G. (Peter Gibson), 1851-1931; Rogers, James Gamble, 1901-1990; National Register of Historic Places; Atriums; Sculpture; Fountains
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)