Description: This image shows the square in Mount Vernon. Mary Ann Ball or Mother Bickerdyke was born near here in 1817. The town originally came to be back in the early years of the 19th century, and took its name from the estate of George Washington. Throughout the years Mount Vernon has become the main population center of the county where it resides, and has experienced consistent growth in population since it's founding. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06751
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799; Knox County (Ohio); Glass manufacture; Gas industry
Places: Mount Vernon (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Nine young ladies, each wearing a heart around her neck. The hearts, all with different designs, may have been painted by the ladies. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08512
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Young Women; Heart (Shape)
 

Description: Photograph of John Rumora at right with two of his fellow U.S.S. Santa Fe crew members, at dry dock in Bremerton, Washington. The men are identified as Ray Manring (left) and Gerald Motter (center). 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_06
Subjects: World War II; United States Navy; Military Ohio; Ships;
Places: Bremerton (Washington)
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Lucas County Courthouse, located at 800 Adams St.. This sandstone building has a rusticated base, Roman arches and Corinthian columns. The egg-and-dart trim which recurs throughout the building, on the furniture and architectural elements, is an example of continuity and strict attention to detail. The frogs carved into the stone and in the tile mosaic of the south entranceway are reminders of the courthouse’s site of construction on the former Miami-Erie Canal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_288
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; pediments;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Neil Armstrong waves to his supporters during the homecoming celebration parade held for him in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. There are several policemen and guards on either side of him and television crews filming in the rear. 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_032
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lighthouse at Grand Lake, St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00316
Subjects: Lighthouses--Ohio
Places: St. Marys (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of students and their teacher outside of a rural schoolhouse in Greene County, Ohio, ca. 1900-1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01117
Subjects: Women--Employment; Education
Places: Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of several people standing in the Rock House stone formation. The back of the photograph reads: "Rock House State Park, Hocking Co." Hocking Hills State Park is known for its geologic features of Blackhand sandstone, including Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, and Rock House. The only true cave in the Hocking Hills region, Rock House is a corridor-like tunnel situated in a 150-foot Blackhand sandstone cliff. Rock House has been used by many different groups over the course of its history. Small recesses, called hominy holes, are believed to have been used by American Indians as baking ovens. According to local folklore, Rock House was also used as a hideout by robbers, murderers, and bootleggers, earning it the nickname Robbers' Roost. A sixteen-room hotel, built in 1835 by Colonel F.F. Rempel of Logan, once stood where the picnic shelter is today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_005_1
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); State parks and reserves; Geology; Natural features; Outdoor recreation
Places: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); South Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "The Hurth Hotel - First Class, South East corner - 3rd Street and Chillicothe." Built in 1923, The Hurth Hotel was named for and owned by Adolph Hurth. Architect C.C. Taylor created the hotel in a Renaissance Revival style out of brick, metal, stone, and wood. Later, the hotel would be converted into an apartment building called Rivertown Apartments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_012_1
Subjects: Portsmouth (Ohio)--History; Historical hotels; Hotels--1920-1930
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "E. Fifth St., New Post Office" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_24_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Post office buildings--Cincinnati (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a Pennsylvania Railroad train. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F07_009_001
Subjects: Engines, Train; Trains
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Dunkard Group. FWP - Dayton, Ohio." This photograph shows a group of six people, wearing the traditional Dunkard clothing. Men usually wear a long, black coat, with a flat-brimmed hat and 'barn door pants' that button up the side, as well as plain-toed (Congress) boots. Women traditionally wear a grayish brown dress with a shawl, apron and bonnet. Old German Baptist Brethren (OGBB) descend from a pietist movement in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708, when Alexander Mack founded a fellowship with seven other believers. They are one of several Brethren groups that trace themselves to that original founding body. These emerged from the German Reformed and Lutheran Churches, and are historically known as German Baptists rather than English Baptists. Other names by which they are sometimes identified are Dunkers, Dunkards, Tunkers, and Täufer, all relating to their practice of baptism by immersion. They are part of the post-reformation Anabaptists (which include, among others, the Amish and Mennonites), who rejected baptism of infants as a biblically valid form of baptism. Because of persecution, many Brethren emigrated to America with the greatest influx being in the 1719 and 1729. As of 2008, almost 54% of the members live in Ohio and Indiana. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_012_1
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Anabaptists--United States; Dunkards; Dunkers
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)