Description: This black leather shoe was sewn and nailed together. It is a low women's shoe, and has laces. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8907_front
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Clothing & dress
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of a butter churn. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8286
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Cooking tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1890-1899, this is a portrait of Louis Zimmerman of the Society of Separatists of Zoar. He served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Society from 1889-1900 when the dissolution of the Society's communal economy was complete. Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Additional modifications to the society's organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the Separatists experienced economic prosperity. The community was almost entirely self-sufficient and sold any surpluses to the outside world. In addition to agriculture, Zoar residents also worked in a number of industries, including flour mills, textiles, a tin shop, copper, wagon maker, two iron foundries, and several stores. The society also made money by contracting to build a seven-mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The canal crossed over Zoar's property, and the society owned several canal boats. The canal traffic also brought other people into the community, who bought Zoar residents' goods. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the community was quite prosperous. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P365_B15F1_005
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Communal Societies; Small business
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This manufactured iron auger bit is marked "5/8". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73293
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Paulding County between stations 4038 and 4188. The two small communities of Hamar and Mandale are pictured, and properties, bridges, roads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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: BV4924_012
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Hamar (Ohio); Mandale (Ohio); Paulding County (Ohio)
 

Description: Print of Josiah Henson (1789-1883), clergyman, conductor of fugitive slaves, abolitionist, businessman, soldier and the model for "Uncle Tom" of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Standing at his side is his second wife, Nancy. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_aaeo_progress_001
Subjects: African Americans; Clergy; Abolition;
 

Description: This is a portrait of journalist and author William Dean Howells, ca. 1900. Howells was born on March 1, 1837, in Martinsville (now Martins Ferry), Ohio, but later moved with his family to Hamilton, Dayton, Xenia, Columbus, Ashtabula and finally Jefferson. By his early 20s, Howells had become a newspaper reporter; he also began to write poetry and published his first collection in 1859. The Atlantic Monthly also began to publish his literary work, and Howells' reputation grew quickly. In 1860, the Republican Party selected him to write a biography of their presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln won the election of 1860 and rewarded Howells by appointing him the United States Consul to Venice. Howells remained in this position until 1865, when he returned to the United States and became an editor with The Atlantic Monthly, and later with Harper's and Cosmopolitan. Howells became a well-known novelist during the late 19th century, publishing his first novel, "Their Wedding Journey," in 1872. He authored 35 novels over the next fifty years, as well as numerous short stories, plays, and poems. Howells was the first president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on May 11, 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02671
Subjects: Authors; Journalists
 

Description: Back view of men's straw hat, ca. 1830-1850. This natural-colored hat has a brown leather hatband and is lined with pink and white silk that is marked "J & M Saunders, 21 N. Fourth St. Philadelphia." It is housed in a leather hat box and was worn by Israel Woodruff (1786-1851), father of Dr. Lafayette Woodruff. The hat was donated by Israel Woodruff's daughter-in-law, Catherine E. Woodruff, in 1937. Israel Woodruff died in 1851. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05049
Subjects: Hats; Popular culture; Clothing and dress; Men
 

Description: Photograph of an unidentified family on their front porch taken by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration, ca. 1935-1943. The family, which includes a man, a woman, three daughters and a son, possibly lived in Ohio. The FSA was a program as part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal that aimed at raising rural farmworkers out of poverty. One of its most notable offshoots was its photography program, which ran from 1935-1944 and documented the lives and struggles of American farm families. Other famous photographers involved with the FSA program include Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and Jack Delano. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07270
Subjects: Families; Other--Family History; Portrait photography--United States--History; Farms; Farmers
 

Description: Photographic view of Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), from the railroad, with a contraband camp in the foreground. Harper's Ferry is located at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. The most noted event in the town's long history was on October 16, 1859, when abolitionist John Brown and a small group of followers tried unsuccessfully to capture the federal arsenal. In less than two days, most of Brown's followers were killed or wounded. He was caught, tried for treason and sentenced to death. Due to the town's strategic location, it was occupied by both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War and a great deal of the town's infrastructure was damaged. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04248
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Other--Non Ohio; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History;
Places: Harper's Ferry (Virginia)
 

Description: This color images shows a group of women manufacturing U.S. flags in a factory. In the foreground a dark-haired woman wearing a blue uniform is sewing a stripe on the flag. She is using a black sewing machine and a large spool of red thread. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06966
Subjects: Flags; Manufacturing processes; Sewing; Sewing machines; Tools
 

Description: Photograph showing a "slit trench" in front of a housing bunker known as "Stalag 70" at the First Marine Aircraft Wing Base near Pohang Dong, Korea, where PFC Michael Petrucci was stationed from 1953-1954. In the event of an attack, soldiers were to hit the trenches, then report to assigned duty as soon as possible. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07488
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Pohang Dong (Korea)