Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 52-year-old Elder Johnson of Franklin County. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Johnson was convicted of murder night watchman Moses Terry, and became the 244th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 244, Elder Johnson of Franklin County, Legally Electrocuted September 8th, 1945, for the Murder of Moses Terry.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08298
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Presented by the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve, this World War II poster shows a woman dressed in a women's marine uniform with men fighting in the background, with "Be a Marine... Free a Marine to Fight" at the bottom. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1222_F7_18
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Posters; War posters--Ohio; Women marines--History
 

Description: This photograph shows photographer Harry Kinley's maternal uncle, Christian Stecher, standing in grass with a dog on a chain leash. He wears a hat, suit, and striped tie. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B02F03_79
Subjects: Families; Daily life; Pets; Dogs
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Pictured here is the farm of Lewis J. Taber near Barnesville, Ohio. By the 1920s, Taber had risen to prominence within the Patrons of Husbandry (more commonly known as the Grange), and served as Ohio's first Director of Agriculture from 1921-1923. From 1923 to 1941, he was a Master of the National Grange, and later served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Company in Syracuse, New York, from 1926 to 1958. Taber also played an active role in the Ohio Council of Churches, serving six terms as president, and in local government. Spanning 55 acres, Taber's farm focused primarily on intensive farming practices where he grew various crops and raised 40 head of livestock. Taber raised 30 cows and sold milk and ice cream. The Department of Agriculture notes that Taber had the best corn of any other farm in the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F05_002_1
Subjects: Farmhouses; Agriculture; Rural Life; Barns;
Places: Belmont County (Ohio); Barnesville (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows Japanese American Mae Takasugi with a parasol, taken in 1943 by Charles Buxton in Alliance, Ohio. The photograph was taken before Mae Takasugi and her husband Kingo left for an incarceration camp in California. Originally residents of California, the couple moved to Alliance in 1940 for Kingo's engineering job. Because the couple still listed California as their place of residency, they were ordered to an incarceration camp in California in 1943, along with Mae's extended family. Mae and Kingo were good friends with Buxton, an amateur photographer. Before the couple left Alliance, Buxton took this portrait of Mae, and when they were forced to leave, Mae gave the parasol and portrait to Buxton as a token of friendship. When they were released, Mae and Kingo moved to Southern California where Kingo continued to work as an engineer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS7471
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; Incarceration camps; Japanese Americans
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Women marching during a "Take Back the Night" event down North High Street, a major thoroughfare in Columbus, Ohio, May 15, 1993. This photograph was taken by a photographer for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. 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_B04F11_06
Subjects: Civil rights; Protests and protestors; Ohio women; Social issues; Public safety;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lyn Glenn (left), Loudon Wainwright Jr. (center back), John Glenn (right) watch as Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy shakes hands with someone out of frame during Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. John Glenn and Bobby Kennedy were personal friends. Loudon Wainwright Jr. was a writer for Life magazine and covered the events of the Project Mercury missions at NASA. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F06_01A
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Presidential campaigns;
 

Description: 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. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_026
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads; "Dam at Baerd's Mill on Greenville Creek (on site of Major Adam's Mill)." Major George Adams erected a mill five miles below Greenville. It became a township in 1819, and was named in Major Adams honor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F07_024_1
Subjects: Geology and Natural Resources; Rivers; Business and Labor; Mills
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Skyline view of Cincinnati and the Ohio River taken from Covington, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_030_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "One of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Ohio." University Hall was completed in 1931. The University of Toledo was established in 1872, and in 1967 became a member of the state university system. It is one of the thirteen state universities in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_003_1
Subjects: University of Toledo; College buildings--Ohio--Toledo; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This appears to be a display for the Cleveland Unit of the Ohio Writers' Project. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_19_001
Subjects: Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)