Description: Photograph showing Birdie Schmidt (later Birdie Schmidt Larrick) with program director Helen Malsed, December 1944. During World War II, Columbus native Birdie Schmidt Larrick (1919-2009) became the only woman serving in the Red Cross to have an American bomber named after her. In early December 1943, Birdie traveled to the Air Base in Wendling, England, as program director of the American Red Cross (ARC) Aero Club. Also stationed in Wendling was the 392nd Bombardment Group (BG), which moved to the base in August 1943 and was assigned to the 8th Air Force. As program director, and later as director, Birdie’s responsibilities included managing the Aero Club staff, organizing programs and events for the enlisted men and officers, and managing the club's supplies for soldiers. Because of her popularity among the men at the base, the 392nd named a B-24 Liberator the “Birdie Schmidt ARC” in her honor. A portrait of Birdie’s face was painted on one side of the bomber with the symbol for the Red Cross on the other. The plane flew missions from August 1944 until it was shot down in February 1945. That same year, Birdie joined the ARC Cinemobile and performed with the 7th Army Special Service Shows before returning home in November of 1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1528AV_B03F04_01
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; American Red Cross; United States Air Force; Military aircraft;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Wendling (England)
 

Description: Photograph showing Mrs. Julia Marshall of Oakland Park Avenue in Clintonville with her husband Henry, ca. 1924. Mrs. Marshall served as president of the Clinton League from 1924-1926. 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_178
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities; Couples
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: An employee of University Hat Cleaning handles a hat next to a piece of equipment inside the Stadium Shop, located at 1630 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_B12F314_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Hats; Retail trade--Ohio--Columbus; Stores and shops;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Staff member of the Columbus Free Press with a float during the Doo Dah Parade in Columbus, Ohio. He stands at an ironing board with a sign reading "Press Corps." The Doo Dah Parade is a community event held on July 4th each summer since 1983, with its route through Columbus's Short North and Victorian Village neighborhoods. Participation is open to individuals and groups, and entries are generally of a satirical theme on a cultural or political topic, in support of a local organization, or displaying artistic creativity. 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_B02F08_06
Subjects: Newspaper publishing; Social issues; Journalism; Parades;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Painesville City Hall, located at 7 Richmond St. This building was the first Lake County Courthouse and was used for that purpose until 1909. It is an example of Greek Revival architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_256
Subjects: City and town halls; Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; towers (building divisions); Greek Revival
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the welcome home celebration for Neil Armstrong after NASA mission Gemini 8; with wife Janet in gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High) View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_050
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Celebrations
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: A parade of suffragists campaigning for women's right to vote in Columbus, Ohio, July 30, 1914. Ohio ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women on June 16, 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00706
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Suffrage -- Ohio; Social movements; Activism
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rabbi Nathan Zelizer with his wife, Florence, boarding a plane for a trip to given to them by the Tifereth Israel Congregation, ca. 1956-1957. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01072
Subjects: Jewish families--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
 

Description: The photograph shows an illustration of the original town plat of Springfield, Ohio. The eight buildings are numbered, but there is no legend of what these buildings are. In the upper right corner, the map reads, "SPRINGFIELD, O., / ORIGINAL TOWN PLAT / Buildings Erected Before 1804" The map shows Buck Creek, Mill Run, North Street, Main Street (now Columbia Street), South Street (now Main Street), West Street (now Fountain Street), Limestone Street, and East Street (now Spring Street). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_036_001
Subjects: Maps; Pictorial maps; Springfield (Ohio)--Maps; Illustrations; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1943, this photograph shows the Baldwin Homestead, built 1817-1820 by William Baldwin. The photograph's caption reads "William's father, Joseph, traded his Virginia Tannery for the original 120 acres in Moorefield Township; to which William later added about 2000 acres. At William's death, the estate was inherited by his father, and at the later's death by his eldest son, Judge Samuel Vance Baldwin, and at his death, the present site was inherited by his eldest son, William Baldwin, Esq., deceased, whose daughter and her husband have been the owners since 1924. The present owners, together with their daughter and grand-son, (sixth generation) occupy the homestead during the summer. 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_B01F10_040
Subjects: Architecture; Houses; Summer; Architecture
Places: Moorefield Township (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Entrance to the Childrens Hospital, Eland Ave., City." Entrance to 1926 building, located on present site of Children's Hospital, Elland and Bethesda Aves., Cincinnati. In Cincinnati, the area between Martin Luther King Drive East and Erkenbrecher Avenue between Burnett Avenue and Eden Ave has had hospitals since the late 1800’s, and is sometimes called Pill Hill by the locals. Many of the original buildings have been torn down to make way for newer, more modern facilities. The area between Goodman Street and Elland Avenue was the General (City) Hospital and was constructed between 1909 and 1915 and had 25 buildings on 65 acres of land. It was built to replace the overcrowded Commercial Hospital that was downtown. University Hospital, the teaching hospital of the University of Cincinnati now occupies this land. Children Hospital was, and still is located from Elland Drive to Erkenbrecher Avenue, but has since been renamed to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The hospital was founded in 1883 and was called The Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and once was located at Eleanor Place and Mason Street, the present site of the Christ Church Hospital. A five story building, built in 1928 on the corner of Elland Avenue and Bethesda Avenue (now called Albert Sabin Way) which was the first built on its’ present site, was demolished in 2003. Inscription reads: "I will bind the broken / I will strengthen the sick" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_032_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hospitals--Ohio--Cincinnati; Cincinnati. Children's Hospital
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 35 W 5th St., downtown Cincinnati, currently the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. The Art Deco complex by Walter W. Ahlschlager and William Delano comprised the Netherland Plaza Hotel, the Carew Office Tower and the Emery Arcade. The ground level shopping arcade, which served as the main lobby of the complex, spanned the distance of a city block, connecting to the offices on one end and the hotel on the other. Conceived by civic leader John J. Emery, Jr to revive the downtown area as a city center, the complex took the place of an Emery hotel, an Emery shopping arcade, and a popular department store. The structure was constructed and decorated in a little over a year, and completed in 1931 during the Great Depression. Designated National Historic Landmark, 1994-82003578. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_007_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ahlschlager, Walter W.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)