Description: National colors of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 193 cm high by 191 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 21st. Regt. OVI, USA. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01906
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: "Giving is fighting, too," a World War II War Chest of Franklin County poster promoting financial support of the war effort through the purchase of government war bonds and stamps. The poster encourages civilians to give "two days' pay or more" (presumably per paycheck) to the local war chest. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04809
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio;
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: First Fulton boat built in America, from "The American Pioneer," ca. 1800-1809. Robert Fulton (1765-1815) was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was an accomplished artist. He moved on to designing ships for navies, including the British, French, and Americans, who found his submarine design very useful. He eventually settled on steamboats and designed the Clermont, the first commercially-viable steamboat (others had dreamed of it before, but his was the only design to be economical enough). He also constructed the first steamboat to travel on the Ohio River, known as the New Orleans. His work revolutionized water traffic, helping to move Ohioans from a subsistence to a commercial economy. "The American Pioneer" was described as "a monthly periodical devoted to the objects of the Logan Historical Society, or to collecting and publishing sketches relative to the early settlement and successive improvement of the country." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04040
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Rivers--Ohio
 

Description: This bookplate designed by Helen Gwendolyn Dunlevy Kelley depicts the mansion built by her grandfather Alfred Kelley on East Broad Street in Columbus. Her design incorporated Ionic columns to form the illustration's frame. (This style of column was placed at the entrances of the drive to the house.) Completed in 1838, the Greek Revival mansion was the home of Ohio lawyer, banker, and canal commissioner Alfred Kelley. The house was dismantled in September 1961, and the stones from the house, made from Ohio sandstone, are currently at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. Helen Gwendolyn Dunlevy Kelley Hack (1877-1960) was a noted miniaturist and sculptor. She studied in Paris and in New York City. She was the co-editor of "Edouard Remenyi: Musician, Literateur, and Man: An Appreciation" (1906). She married Charles Wesley Hack, a physician. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05713
Subjects: Bookplates; Books and reading; Kelley, Gwendolyn Dunlevy, 1877-1960
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A plaque for The First Presbyterian Church in Chillicothe, Ohio. The plaque reads: "On this corner stood the log cabin which was the First Presbyterian Church in the Scioto Valley built in 1792. Just to the north was the first burying ground. This tablet erected by the First Presbyterian Church 'The Old Rock'. " View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06771
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Ohio--Religion; Churches
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women producing Ohio and American flags as part of their vocational training. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution which opened on September 1, 1916, as the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B03_00189_018
Subjects: Ohio Reformatory for Women; Correctional institutions; Prisoners; Flags
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the Brookpark Viaduct in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, which carries Brookpark Road/OH-17 over the Rocky River. The bridge was designed by D. Henry Overman for the Ohio Department of Highways. The photograph was collected in the D. Henry Overman Bridge Collection, which documents the career of Overman, a native of Waverly, Ohio, and a resident of Columbus. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1923 with a degree in civil engineering. Overman joined the Ohio Department of Highways (now the Ohio Department of Transportation) on June 10, 1918, where he was employed until his retirement in 1964, serving as assistant chief for the Bureau of Bridges for nine years, and as the chief of the Bureau for his last eight years on the job. During his approximately 45 year career, Overman designed a number of bridges in Ohio, including the stone-faced bridge over the Scioto River at Routes 161 and 33 in Dublin, and the Lorain Avenue Viaduct, a steel bridge in Cleveland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV184_B01F02_01
Subjects: Bridges; Engineering; Ohio Department of Highways; Transportation--Ohio--History; Rivers--Ohio;
Places: Fairview Park (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the rear facade of the Montgomery County Historical Society, the former Montgomery County Courthouse. 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_342
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: Neil Armstrong smiles as he exits an event during the homecoming celebration held for him in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. He is surrounded by several fans, policemen, and journalists. 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_056
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Perkins Observatory, affiliated with Ohio Wesleyan University was completed in 1931, is located in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00336
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Science and Technology
Places: Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the store at the Mount Vernon Furnace in . The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01187
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "National Cash Register Works and the historic Elm tree (now disappeared)." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_053_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)