Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "A Phalanx guard refusing to allow General U. S. Grant to pass by the commissary store-house till he had thrown away his cigar." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_48
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
 

Description: This gray cookie cutter was handmade from tin and is shaped like a five-pointed star. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72377_top
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is of a round, handmade bowl made of glazed ceramic. The bowl is orange and has slanted sides. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79312
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This drum-shaped pestle is made of white and brown ceramic and wood. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72249
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Cooking tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Charles E. Hughes, appointed Secretary of State, standing on Warren G. Harding's front porch with others in Marion, Ohio, during a presidential campaign rally. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P19_001
Subjects: Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Crowds; Front porch campaigns; Political rallies; Presidential campaigns; Historic houses
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: In the years following World War II, technology and labor-saving machines greatly helped the life of the farmer, but sometimes there is no substitute for a farmer's hands. An Ohio farmer is pictured using his hands to inspect birdsfoot trefoil (a flowering plant used in agriculture for grazing livestock) for insects. Photographed by Joe Munroe, 1948. Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming;
Places: West Union (Ohio); Adams County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Scioto County between stations 1897 and 2000. The Scioto River, Bear Creek, bridges, 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4919_004
Subjects: Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Rivers--Ohio
Places: Scioto County (Ohio);
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Stone River. 18th Reg't. O.V.I. U.S.A. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01904
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of tents at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, site of the encampment of the 10th Ohio Infantry U.S. Volunteers, ca. 1898. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03353
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers; Military encampments
Places: Middletown (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: "This is the Enemy," a 1943 Office of War Information poster stirring up anti-Nazi sentiment. The poster shows an image of a Nazi hand driving a dagger through the Holy Bible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04807
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio
 

Description: Fascinated by the Hopewell and Adena mounds, Ephraim Squier (1821-1887) befriended Edwin Davis, a specialist on the Ohio mounds, and assisted him in his research. In 1851, the two men wrote their findings in the first book ever published by the Smithsonian Institution, "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley." Squier became well-known and used his newfound popularity to become a prominent ambassador to Central and South American countries. One of his primary goals during his service was also to study prehistoric sites. Squier served in Guatemala, Peru, Nicaragua, and Honduras. He also continued to publish, including several works on the pre-Columbian peoples of the Americas. He died in 1887. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04037
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1-400); Archaeology
 

Description: This photograph of the Civic Center area in Columbus, Ohio, shows the LeVeque Tower (left), the State Office Building (right), and the Ohio Statehouse in the background. The term "Civic Center" refers to the cluster of government and public buildings that hug the Scioto River's east bank. The American Insurance Union Citadel, now known as the LeVeque Tower, was dedicated on September 21, 1927. The building, which is located at 50 West Broad Street, was designed by architect C. Howard Crane in the Art Deco style. The 47-story tall skyscraper, designed mainly as office space, rises to an elevation of 555.5 feet, and was built to be 6 inches taller than the Washington Monument. Due to the Great Depression, the American Insurance Union went bankrupt and sold the building. The tower was purchased by John Lincoln and Leslie L. LeVeque in 1945. Construction of the Ohio State Office Building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Art Moderne movement. 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. The Ohio Statehouse is the seat of Ohio’s government. Construction of Ohio’s current statehouse began in 1839 and was completed in 1861. Prison inmates provided much of the construction labor. The Statehouse is typical of Greek Revival architecture, which Ohioans selected because of its democratic symbolism. This structure replaced an early statehouse, built in 1816 and burned in 1852. The new statehouse had fifty-three rooms, but over the years the number of rooms grew to 317. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Statehouse was restored, and 225 rooms were eliminated. Today the Statehouse principally houses the Ohio General Assembly, although several state officials, including the governor, have ceremonial offices in the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05711
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture; Art Deco; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Architecture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)