Description: Photograph of Sidney Egerton (1818-1900), who was an agent of the Underground Railroad at Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio. This cabinet card is from Snook's Ground Floor Gallery. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03179
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Tallmadge (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles Y. Lazarus ready to begin a delivery run in a Lazarus truck, 1954. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04437
Subjects: Trucks; The F. & R. Lazarus Company (Columbus, Ohio); Businesses;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the Masonry Contracting Company cleaning the store front of the F. & R. Lazarus Co., Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1946-1952. A flag hung in front of the store reads "50th Anniversary." Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06033
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Lazarus Department Store
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Drawing by Henry Otis (H.O.) Dwight, captioned "Dreaming away the time at the country Railway Station, that he may see the troop trains, perchance, pass by," ca. 1861-1863. This comes from a work which serves as a partial narrative of 1st Lieut. Dwight's service in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry 20th Regiment, including camp life and fellow officers, from 1861 to 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02819
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Johnson's Island, shown in an aerial here, was a military camp founded in 1862. Johnson's Island was a Union prison for Confederate officers during the American Civil War. It was located in Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio. The prison was built on this island for several reasons. Because of the island's isolated location, it would be very difficult for prisoners to escape. At the same time, the island was near several important Ohio cities and lines of road, rail and water transportation. It was relatively easy to acquire building supplies to construct the prison, as well as to secure food to feed the inmates. The prison at Johnson's Island opened in April 1862. It continued to house prisoners until September 1865. Estimates vary on the number of prisoners who spent time at Johnson's Island, but it is likely at least ten thousand men spent time there. Following the Civil War, federal officials sold the prison's buildings and land. Most of the island became farmland. By the 1950s, Johnson's Island became a residential community and a popular vacation spot. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06582
Subjects: Johnson's Island Prison Camp; Prisoners of war; Lake Erie Islands (Ohio)
Places: Port Clinton (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Henry Hagert, an 18-year-old carpenter's apprentice from Lakewood, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Hagert was 17 years old when he murdered twin 13-year-old brothers, James and Charles Collins, and became the 245th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 245, Henry W. Hagert of Cuyahoga County, Legally Electrocuted October 3, 1945, for the Murder of Charles and James Collins.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08299
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Lakewood (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The title of the poster reads "Am I Proud!.. - I'm fighting famine...by canning food at home" It shows a woman with dark hair wearing an apron holding three quart jars of canned vegetables. There are three more sitting in front of her. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1222_F8_08
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Posters; War posters--Ohio; War Posters, American
 

Description: The photograph shows two young men posed on stones in a river. One man appears to be posed in a position of prayer. The stones, placed in the river by early settlers, are now a part of the Stepping Stones Park in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B02F08_88
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Portrait photography; Young men
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows a barn on the Taber farm near Barnesville, Ohio, owned by Lewis J. Taber. By the 1920s, Taber had risen to prominence within the Patrons of Husbandry (more commonly known as the Grange), and served as Ohio's first Director of Agriculture from 1921-1923. From 1923 to 1941, he was a Master of the National Grange, and later served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Company in Syracuse, New York, from 1926 to 1958. Taber also played an active role in the Ohio Council of Churches, serving six terms as president, and in local government. Spanning 55 acres, Taber's farm focused primarily on intensive farming practices where he grew various crops and raised 40 head of livestock. Taber raised 30 cows and sold milk and ice cream. The Department of Agriculture notes that Taber had the best corn of any other farm in the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F05_003_1
Subjects: Barns; Agriculture; Rural Life
Places: Belmont County (Ohio); Barnesville (Ohio);
 

Description: A protestor wearing a jacket that identifies him as a member of S.H.A.R.P. (Skin Heads Against Racial Prejudice) is escorted by police office while wearing plastic handcuffs, during an unidentified protest in Columbus, Ohio. This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. 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_B04F07_03
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Demonstrations; Activism; Civil rights; Law enforcement;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "ASTRONAUT GLENN SUITING UP" Taken before the launch of Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, this photograph shows astronaut John Glenn putting on his spacesuit before boarding the spacecraft. Two people help him into the top half. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B24F09_05
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Astronauts; Friendship 7 (Spacecraft); United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Places: Cape Canaveral (Florida); Brevard County (Florida);
 

Description: This image of polar bears at the Toledo Zoo was taken in July 1968. The Toledo Zoological Gardens was created in 1900, when a woodchuck was donated to the Toledo Parks Board. By 1999, the zoo had grown to include the first-ever Hippoquarium and exhibits focusing on the African Savanna and the Kingdom of the Apes. In 1999, the zoo attracted more than a million visitors. The slide measures 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3056_3656326_004
Subjects: Arts and entertainment; Plants and Animals; Zoos; Bears
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)