Description: Photograph of residents at the Ohio Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf, in Westerville, Ohio, ca. 1953. The Ohio School for the Deaf held its first annual reunion in 1870, and at this time, the OSD Alumni Association decided to build a home for the state's aged deaf, many of whom were living in social isolation in various county infirmaries. Fundraising finally began in 1892, and in 1896, the first residents moved into the new home in Westerville, Ohio. Over the following decades, the Ohio Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf expanded, eventually including a farm, a men's dormitory and a rest home. After being renamed The Columbus Colony in 1980, the residential community grew to include ten cottages, a modern nursing home, and an apartment complex on adjacent property. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P_262_B01_F04_02
Subjects: Social services--Ohio; Ohio School for the Deaf; Deaf and hard of hearing community; Nursing homes--Ohio
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three 8" by 10" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) photographs show architectural renderings of the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum, which was opened to the public on July 20,1972. The first image is an architectural drawing of the site. Two others depict a scale model of the museum named in honor of Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. The museum in Wapakoneta is managed by the Ohio Historical Society. Neil A. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio on August 5, 1930. He received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University. After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. For the next 17 years he worked for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As a research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, he was a project pilot on many pioneering high-speed aircraft. Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962 and was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission, which was launched on March 16, 1966. As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3193_3806000_001
Subjects: Transportation; Science and Technology; Architecture; Flight; Astronauts; Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Museums; Aviation; Space flight;
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1950-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in a social studies class. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F01_001
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Adult education
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Large florist signs advertise flowers and fruit baskets for sale. Master Charge and BankAmericard signs encourage shoppers to use their credit cards to pay for their purchases. 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_B02F024_01
Subjects: Street photography; Signs and signboards; Flowers; Farm produce
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A construction worker walks past rubble during the 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_B07F178_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Hotels; Demolition; Construction industry
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel during the Vietnam War, this photograph shows an American serviceman, probably a medic, in his living quarters. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F09_031
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Military life
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection showing downtown Columbus, Ohio, and the Dollar Federal Savings & Loan, located at the corner of Gay and High Streets. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B16F06_01_01
Subjects: Banks and banking; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Downtowns; Pedestrians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 1960s photograph shows Fawcett Stadium and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The Pro Football Hall of Fame opened on September 7, 1963. The facility was expanded in 1971, nearly doubling in size. By the end of the twentieth century the museum expanded two more times and drew crowds of 200,000 people annually. This photograph measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). John A. Fawcett Stadium, named for a member of the Canton Board of Education, was completed in 1939. At the time it was the largest high school stadium in the United States. The stadium was renovated in 1997. Five teams call the field home: Glen Oak, McKinley, and Timken high schools, Malone College, and Walsh University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3048_3655556_001
Subjects: Sports; Architecture; Football; Football players; Athletics and athletes; Pro Football Hall of Fame (U.S.); Stadiums; Schools
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the side and front facades 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_286
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; pediments;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two men hauling logs in the winter, Paulding County, Ohio, ca. 1886-1888. This photograph is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching the 1889 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00511
Subjects:
Places: Paulding County (Ohio)
 

Description: The vertical structure in this photograph housed a bucket elevator made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. The bucket elevator moved coal ash from the boiler room up to a waiting wagon for disposal. This photograph was taken at the M. C. Lilly Company of Columbus in 1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01280
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Opening game- Apr. 15--41. Cin. Ball Park- Line up at bleacher ticket window. Western ave." This photograph depicts fans waiting in line for their tickets outside Crosley Field on Western Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Reds lost 3-7 in the opening game against the St. Louis Cardinals on April 15, 1941. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_015_001
Subjects: Crosley Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team); St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team); Baseball--Ohio--Cincinnati; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)