Description: This photograph shows two young women sitting on a small island in a river, taken at Battle Island near Upper Sandusky, Ohio. This area was the site of a 1782 battle where American Indian and British troops defeated Colonel William Crawford's American militia. 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 department store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He 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_B02F09_90
Subjects: Portrait photography; Daily life; Women--Ohio--History; Battlefields
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. Pictured here is the farmhouse 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_004_1
Subjects: Farmhouses; Agriculture; Rural Life;
Places: Belmont County (Ohio); Barnesville (Ohio);
 

Description: A woman looks at the Columbus Dispatch newspaper for sale from a machine, next to dispensers for USA Today and the Plain Dealer, in downtown Columbus, Ohio. This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper by photographer Allen Zak. 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_B04F15_02
Subjects: Street photography; Newspapers; Pedestrians;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio State Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson, Ohio Lieutenant Governor Dick Celeste, Ohio Governor John Gilligan, Ohio State Treasurer Gertrude Donahey, U.S. Senator John Glenn and Ohio State Senator Tony P. Hall stand together for a photograph ca. 1975. A portrait of George Washington, a U.S. seal and a U.S. flag can be partially seen in the background. 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_B02F01_01A
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Gilligan, John J. (John Joyce), 1921-2013; Political campaigns
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The U.S. Grant Bridge, shown in this photograph, connects Portsmouth, Ohio to South Shore, Kentucky along Route 23. The bridge was built in 1927 and named after Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the eighteenth president of the United States. In 1974, Ohio Speaker of the House Vern Riffe and state Representative William Harsha moved to pass legislation that would remove the toll from Grant Bridge, a major step toward encouraging commerce between southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. The first U.S. Grant Bridge was replaced with a steel cable bridge in 2004. This photograph measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3080_3675571_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Transportation; Bridges; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio); South Shore (Kentucky)
 

Description: Front of certificate reads "Lincoln Dioramic Association, Certificate of Admission, This Certificate entitles the Holder to one admission to the Diorama of the Funeral Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, and a photographic view of some one of the remarkable scenes represented by the Diorama, also to a share in the Award of Diorama, Farms & other Premiums, Columbus, Ohio." Ticket number: 308475. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F03_011
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral
 

Description: Homecoming parade held for astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_029
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Map illustrating the escape of Mary Ellen Richards and Velma West from the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00112
Subjects: Female offenders; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
 

Description: "The Wiener Wurst Man", illustration on page 135 of Daniel J. Kenny's book, Illustrated Cincinnati, published in 1875. A popular man in the "Over the Rhine" area of Cincinnati in the 1870s, with his attendant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_007_001
Subjects: Illustrations; Kenny, DJ
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption of a similar photograph reads: "Code - E5; Class - Cities; Ident. - River Scene at Cincinnati, from Kentucky shore; Location - Cincinnati; Credit - Courtesy of Homer Jensen." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_032_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Cities and towns--Ohio; Cityscapes;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1936, this photograph shows the winners of a bicycle race in Riverview Park, in Dayton, Ohio, which overlooks the Great Miami River near downtown Dayton. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Montgomery Co. Dayton, Ohio Winners of Bicycle Races. Riverview Park Auspices - City Recreation Dept." 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_B09F06_022_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio); Boys; Bicycles; Bicycle races
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Golf Course at California Water Work ? Cincinnati.Ohio" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_024_001
Subjects: Parks; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Golf
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)