Description: Photograph showing the Civic Center in downtown Columbus, ca. 1931. A retaining wall is seen under construction, as viewed from the east side of the Scioto River looking south on Front Street. The term "Civic Center" refers to the cluster of government and public buildings that hug the river's east bank. Streetcar rails are visible along Front Street, and many vehicles are parked at the curb on both sides of the street. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05690
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Automobiles; Rivers--Ohio; Aerial photographs; Architecture; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the Morristown Presbyterian church. Morristown is somewhat unique in that it is old enough that it dates back before Ohio had even achieved statehood. Because of it's position right by the important National Road, the town had a strong economy and much of it exists still until this day. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06748
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio; Historic sites Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Morristown (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Six adults and a child sitting on a rock in a stream with baskets that appear to be a picnic. There is a small waterfall behind the group. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08509
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Rocks; Waterfalls
 

Description: Photograph of class 44-1-7, the graduating class of 1944 at the Navigation School at Hondo, Texas. C. Walder Parke was made a 2nd Lieutenant on the same day as his graduation. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F02_017
Subjects: Navigation School (Hondo Army Air Field, Texas); Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; Flight navigators, Military
Places: Hondo (Texas); Medina County (Texas)
 

Description: Photograph showing the dance band on board the U.S.S. Santa Fe, with John Rumora on trombone, ca. 1945-1946. John George Rumora (1927-) enlisted in the United States Navy on February 24, 1945. He processed through boot camp at Great Lakes and then was assigned to the engine room of the U.S.S. Santa Fe, a CL-60 light cruise which served in the Pacific Theater. Rumora was aboard the U.S.S. Santa Fe when World War II ended, and the crew participated in the occupation of Japan, during which the ship stopped and saw the devastation at Nagasaki in October 1945. After the ship sailed home, Rumora helped prepare the U.S.S. Santa Fe for the mothball fleet in Bremerton, Washington. He was honorably discharged as a Machinist Mate 3/c on July 19, 1946. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC5756_05
Subjects: World War II; United States Navy; Military Ohio; Bands; Military life; Musicians;
 

Description: Four 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm) photographs document floats in the New Straitsville Moonshine Festival Parade in Perry County, Ohio. Held over Memorial Day weekend, the New Straitsville Moonshine Festival began in 1971. The year before, a homecoming celebration was held in honor of the town's centennial. The event was a success, and residents decided to hold the event every year. It was named the Moonshine Festival in honor of New Straitsville's history as a producer of bootleg moonshine during the Great Depression, when many of the region's coal mines were closed. The Moonshine Festival includes a parade, crowning of "Miss Moonshine," and the distilling of moonshine. While the sale of moonshine is illegal in Ohio, moonshine is made for demonstration purposes at the festival and later dumped. Moonshine is a type of whiskey distilled from corn mash (a mixture of corn, sugar, water, and yeast). The result is a high-proof whiskey, which was often made at night "by light of the moon" to avoid prosecution by law enforcement agencies. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3113_3737134_003
Subjects: Arts and entertainment; Parades & processions; Stills (Distilleries); Floats (Parades); Festivals;
Places: New Straitsville (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Madison County Courthouse. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_291
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire;
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: A Good Year Blimp sails over downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio during the homecoming celebration held for Neil Armstrong on September 6, 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_034
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reconstruction of the first schoolhouse in Ohio at Schoenbrunn Village. The original school was built ca. 1772 in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00415
Subjects: Education
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Interior of a one room schoolhouse in Franklin County, Ohio, ca. 1906. Students of varying ages are seated at their desks and their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom. A stove in the center of the classroom is the only source of heat and the windows are the main source of light. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01111
Subjects: Women--Employment; Education
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows an aerial view of a hiking trail near Cantwell Cliffs at Hocking Hills State Park in Logan, Ohio. A note on its reverse reads "Foot trail, Cantwell Cliffs Park, Hocking State Forest." Cantwell Cliffs, one of the six major features of Hocking Hills State Park, is known for its rock formations including deep valleys, cliffs, and rock shelters. In 1924, the state of Ohio purchased 146 acres in the Hocking Hills that became Hocking Hills State Park in 1949. In 1972, the park added a dining lodge and cabins. Hocking Hills State Park is known for its geologic features of blackhand sandstone, including Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, and Rock House. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_002_1
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); State parks and reserves; Hiking; Outdoor recreation
Places: Hocking State Forest (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_003_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Reformatories--Ohio; Cafeterias--United States; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)