Description: This handmade, glazed pearlware dinner plate has a blue feathered edge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73811
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This walnut hatchel is used to separate flax fibers like a comb. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8729
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools; Textiles
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through the village of Ottoville in Putnam County, between stations 4356 and 4514. Roads, properties, bridges, culverts and other landmarks along the route are noted, including the Little Auglaize River. 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: BV4925_001
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Ottoville (Ohio); Putnam County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a Sells Brothers Circus parade in Delaware, Ohio, 1873. The circus was founded ca. 1872 by brothers Allen, Ephraim, Lewis and Peter Sells and operated for thirty-five years. Their winter quarters were in Columbus, Ohio. Text across bottom reads "SELLS BROS CIRCUS PARADE - DELAWARE, O - 1873." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02920
Subjects: Sells Bros. Circus; Circuses; Parades & processions
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postmortem photograph of an unidentified infant in a casket, ca. 1890-1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03848
Subjects: Children; Postmortem photography
 

Description: Photograph of the finish line at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, 1962. The first All-American Soap Box Derby race was held in Dayton, Ohio, in 1934. The race was moved to Akron in 1935. Leaders in the Akron community saw the need for the race to have a permanent location. The Works Progress Administration began construction of Derby Downs in 1936. The national competition has been held there each August ever since. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07617
Subjects: Coaster cars; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Racing; Sports--Ohio--History; Soap box derbies--Ohio
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of a meeting between Ulysses S. Grant and John C. Pemberton published in "Civil War in Pictures" by Fletcher Pratt. The victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lasted from May 22, 1863 to July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War after Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. Caption reads: "The siege of Vicksburg. General Grant meeting Rebel General Pemberton at the stone house inside the Rebel works, on the morning of July 4." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04616
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Vicksburg (Mississippi)
 

Description: This photograph shows the stacks in the Ohio State University Library, Columbus, in 1941. Three men are visible in the image. One of them is standing on a lower level; the two other men are standing on the semi-transparent floor above him. When OSU (then the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College) was established in 1873, its library was housed in University Hall. In 1893 it was moved to Orton Hall. Ground was broken for a new Ohio State University Library facility in December 1910. The library opened to the University community in January 1913. Since 1951 the central library's official name has been William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, in honor of the University's fifth president. It has been renovated or expanded three times: in 1951, 1977, and 2007-2009. It is the central research library in the University's system, which includes 55 individual libraries and collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06195
Subjects: Libraries--Ohio--History; Academic libraries; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio State University. Libraries
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sam Purpera, of Cuyahoga County, was electrocuted May 9, 1922, for the Murder of William C. Sly and George K. Fanner. He was a white male, age nineteen and his occupation was a gang member. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08131
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: An unidentified young man sitting in a homemade, 2-cylinder automobile. The name "Havoline" appears twice on the car, referring to a company that still produces automotive maintenance products. 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 travelling 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: AL07773
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Automobiles--Ohio--History; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Major General George B. McClellan, ca. 1861-1865. McClellan was a prominent 19th century American military and political leader. He was born on December 3, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1842, McClellan received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated in 1846, ranking second in his class. McClellan resigned his army commission in 1857 to become involved in the railroad industry, and using his training in engineering from West Point, he served as an engineer for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and the Illinois Central Railroad. During this time, he lived primarily in Cincinnati, Ohio. With the beginning of the American Civil War in April 1861, McClellan reenlisted in the United States Army and played an important role in Ohio's early defense. Early in the war, General McClellan enhanced his reputation as a skillful military leader and was appointed as commander of the Army of the Potomac by President Abraham Lincoln. But after his unsuccessful assault on Richmond, Virginia, and his failure to defeat General Lee’s forces in the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln removed McClellan from his command in November 1862. McClellan never received another military command and later became one of Lincoln’s chief critics. In 1864, the Democratic Party selected McClellan as its presidential candidate to oppose Lincoln’s reelection, but Lincoln won the election by an overwhelming margin. McClellan resigned his commission in the United States Army and later became the governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881. He died on October 29, 1885. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC3535_E1_05_01
Subjects: McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Generals; Military officers
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Y-Bridge in Zanesville, Ohio. The bridge spans the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers, and carries the traffic of Route 40 (Main Street and West Main Street), as well as Linden Avenue. The first bridge was built in 1814 and has been reconstructed many times since the 1850s. After several iterations (some of them wooden covered bridges) were washed away, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers constructed a series of dams and locks to regulate the flow of the two rivers. The current concrete and steel bridge, the fifth in the same location, was opened in 1984. The bridge was listed on the National Registered of Historic Places on November 2, 1973. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P28_B04F12_004
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)