Description: This poplar cutting board is octagonal in shape. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8667
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal in Shelby County, between stations 6998 and 7037. Roads, properties, bridges and other landmarks along the route are noted, including Loramie Creek. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23170_008
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Shelby County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a portrait of John Cleves Symmes. Symmes was a political leader in both New Jersey and Ohio, a land developer, and a businessman. During the 1780s, Symmes became interested in the Ohio Country. In 1794, President Washington approved a land patent for Symmes and some of his associates to purchase land between the Great and Little Miami Rivers. This was known as the Symmes or Miami Purchase. Text below the image reads "John Cleves Symmes (1742-1814, North Bend) The pioneer land proprietor between the Miamis." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02895
Subjects: Symmes, John Cleves, 1742-1814; Miami Purchase; Land settlement--Ohio; Ohio History
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of spectators watching Mrs. Mary Barnhardt's baptism in Boggs Creek, near Marysville, Ohio, on April 9, 1890. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03822
Subjects: Ohio--Religion
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Paul Laurence Dunbar, seated center, and his mother Matilda, seated in rocking chair, pictured with other relatives, ca. 1890-1900. Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. He attended Dayton Central High School and was the sole African American student at that time. Following his high school graduation, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice and writer of dialect poetry, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. He is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05262
Subjects: Authors; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; African American Ohioans; Literary Ohio; Families
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the exterior of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in September 1937. The view of the campus includes three buildings and a driveway. The school was established in 1875 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of American Reform Judaism. It is the oldest extant Jewish seminary in the United States. It is a training seminary for rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal workers in Reform Judaism. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06177
Subjects: Hebrew Union College; Jews--United States; Education, Higher
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Joseph Deli, of Cuyahoga County, was electrocuted January 7, 1921, for the Murder of his Wife. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08113
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law
 

Description: An engraving depicting a flat bottom boat. The caption reads: "Grave par Tardieu l'aine. Sketch of a Flat bottom Boat; such as are used to descend the Ohio and the Mississippi." French part of the caption translates as "Engraved by Tardieu the elder" which indicates that it is most likely work of Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu (1746-1816), a prominent French cartographer and engraver. Flat bottom boats or flatboats were rectangular boats intended for short term use. They were built without keels which made them less sturdy and harder to navigate. Their history dates back to May, 1782, when Pennsylvania farmer, Jacob Yoder, became the first person to successfully navigate a flatboat from Brownsville to New Orleans, proving they can be used for commercial shipping. By 1810 there were about 3000 flatboats descending the Ohio river and the boat building business was booming. Flatboats played a significant role in the history of America’s westward expansion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07754
Subjects: Ohio River; Mississippi River; Boats and boating; American frontier; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
 

Description: Vignette photograph showing the Ohio Statehouse during the 19th century. The capitol building was built between 1839 and 1861 in the Greek Revival style, resembling the Parthenon in Greece. One of the best examples of Greek Revival civic architecture in the United States, it is also one of the oldest working statehouses in the nation. It is a masonry building, consisting largely of brick and Columbus limestone quarried from the west banks of the Scioto River. Seven architects worked on the project. The most notable is Nathan B. Kelly, who modified the building's plans to include heating and ventilation systems. Prisoners at the Ohio Penitentiary were used to complete portions of the construction of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV8_B01_F05
Subjects: Ohio Government; Architecture; Capitols; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio)--Pictorial works;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Birdie Schmidt and crew at the christening of the “Birdie Schmidt ARC,” August 1944. Back row left to right: Lt. Wise, Lt. Hoffman, Lt. Randall, Birdie, Lt. Gorton, Cpl. McNutt, S/Sgt. Goo. Front row left to right: T/Sgt. Boney, S/Sgt. Sanders, S/Sgt. Kamacho, S/Sgt. Dopson. 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_B03F10_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 three women acting in a play put on by the Clinton League, November 1924. The caption reads, "Mrs. Kinkead, Madame Delzell and Mrs. Wood as they appeared in "The Work House Ward," Nov. '24. Members voted this one of the cleverest bits of acting ever produced in the League. Mrs. Kinkead at this time was 64 years of age, Madame Delzell was 71 and Mrs. Wood 85." 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_179
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities; Performers; Skits
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A man drives a Honda hatchback along North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio, while his dog sticks his head out the window. 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_B12F332_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Automobiles; Dogs
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)