Description: A ceiling mural dominates the photograph of the interior stairwell, State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio. Construction of the building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story, white marble building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Art Moderne style. The building was later known as the Ohio Judicial Center until 2011, when the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest-serving chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05708
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Modernist; Architecture; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows an arch in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus. Greenlawn was founded in 1848 and covers many acres. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06766
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: The reverse of the photo states, "Aunt Katherine Knox and her kindergarden". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08528
Subjects: Education; School children United States
 

Description: Panoramic watercolor rendering of the exterior of a pottery factory. Based on the intertwined "MTC" design seen on the large building at left, it has been identified as the Mosaic Tile Company factory that was located in Zanesville, Ohio. The artist, whose signature is seen on the lower right, is tentatively identified as Andrew Loomis (1892-1959), an American illustrator who grew up in Zanesville. His father, Newell E. Loomis, appears to have been employed by the Mosaic Tile Company, and served as secretary beginning in 1917 and general manager beginning in 1923. The Mosaic Tile Company was incorporated in Zanesville in1894, and variously produced floor tiles of different types, wall and trim tile, artistic tile murals and faience tile. The company operated until 1967. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS710
Subjects: Pottery industry -- Ohio; Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Factories; Art and artists; Landscape paintings
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Free Press showing the Columbus Coated Fabrics factory, located along North Grant Avenue in the Weinland Park neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. First opened in 1902 as Columbus Oil Cloth, the site operated for nearly 100 years before closing down in 2001; it was later demolished in 2007. At its height, the plant employed more than 2,000 people. 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_B03F04_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Textile industry -- Ohio; Factories;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photographs show a bookmobile in Noble County, Ohio. Operated by the State Library of Ohio, the bookmobile visited rural parts of southeastern Ohio. The first photograph shows people waiting in line for the bookmobile, while the second photograph shows the interior of the library on wheels. A group of children are shown reading outside the bookmobile in the final photograph. The photographs measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). The State Library of Ohio was established in 1817 to provide services to legislators. The State Library began providing funding to establish libraries in rural areas of Ohio in the 1930s. By 1953, the library operated 53 bookmobiles in 37 counties. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3039_3655078_001
Subjects: Transportation; Literary Ohio; Bookmobiles; Libraries; Books
Places: Ava (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a courtroom inside the former Montgomery County Courthouse, which now houses the Montgomery County Historical Society. This structure, built between 1847 and 1850 at a cost of $63,000, was designed in temple form and is recognized as an outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture. It has a stone roof and a cantilevered stone staircase. The courtroom has wrought iron brackets that support the visitors' gallery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_347
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; porticoes; vaults (structural elements); pilasters; Greek Revival
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio); 451 W. 3rd St.
 

Description: This photo depicts two unidentified people exiting an event during the homecoming celebration held for Neil Armstrong in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes exits behind them to the left. There are several journalists and supporters waiting to get a glimpse of Neil Armstrong. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_047
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1940-1949, this photograph shows the natural waterfall around which the town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has grown. The Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development Collection contains photographs of prominent features across the state of Ohio, such as public buildings, college campuses, and natural features. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00331
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Waterfalls
Places: Chagrin Falls (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a man operating a Barney Brick Conveyor made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It is using a coil chain with special attachments to carry the bricks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01209
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the old Tuberculosis Hospital in Hamilton County, Ohio. The hospital was built in 1879 on Guerley Farm under the name "Branch Hospital for Contagious Diseases," and was meant specifically for tuberculosis patients. As the disease spread, more buildings were necessary and the complex became the Cincinnati Tubercular Hospital. In 1945, the name was changed again to the Dunham Hospital in honor of Dr. Henry Kennon Dunham, one of the country's leading researchers into the causes and cures of tuberculosis. He served as the hospital's director from 1909 to 1940. Once a cure was discovered in the 1940s, the number of tuberculosis patients decreased dramatically, and the hospital was no longer needed. This building, along with most others on the property, was demolished in 1973 to make way for the Dunham Recreation Complex. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F05_002_1
Subjects: Communicable diseases; Tuberculosis; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hospitals--History--Ohio; Medicine -- History
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_005_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Prisons--Design and construction; Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)