Description: This flax breaker includes a seat and was made from oak. It was used to crush flax stalks after they were harvested in order to begin the linen-making process. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8730
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools; Textiles
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Warren G. Harding standing on his home's front porch in Marion, Ohio giving a speech. This photograph is part of the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection. Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States from 1921-1923, was born near Marion, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College, 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 1898 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature for two terms. Harding became Lieutenant Governor in 1903 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. While unsuccessful in a run for Governor in 1910, Harding won election to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty began promoting Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His campaign, known as “The Front Porch Campaign,” was centered on low-key speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy.” Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding died from a massive heart attack and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20_P11_02_C12
Subjects: Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Photographs; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal near the line between Van Wert County and Putnam County, between stations 4514 and 4670. Roads, properties, locks and other landmarks along the route are noted, including Jennings Creek. 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_002
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Van Wert County (Ohio); Putnam County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a train car for "The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Shows Combined." The Sells Brothers 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02921
Subjects: Sells Bros. Circus; Circuses
 

Description: Photograph of the raceway in use during 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: AL07618
Subjects: Coaster cars; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Sports--Ohio--History; Racing; Soap box derbies--Ohio
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of the trenches at Vicksburg, Mississippi published in "The American Soldier in the Civil War" by Frank Leslie. 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04617
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 is an aerial image of University Circle, an area in Cleveland, Ohio, that is noted for its world-class cultural, educational and medical institutions. A caption near the bottom of the image identifies a cluster of tall buildings in the center as "The University Hospitals of Cleveland." Cars are visible on the tree-lined streets. Most of the buildings have an institutional design, but some of the smaller buildings may be residences. Development of University Circle began in the 19th century, when Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University chose an area located a few miles east of downtown Cleveland. The area's development continued to grow, as increasing numbers of educational and cultural institutions located there. Founded in 1866, University Hospitals relocated to University Circle in 1931. The Cleveland Clinic, founded in 1921, also is located in the area. Buildings in the Circle include: Cleveland Orchestra's Severance Hall, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Museum of Art, Lakeview Cemetery, and the University/Case Medical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06196
Subjects: University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio); Architecture; Hospitals--Ohio
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dominic Benigno, of Cuyahoga County, was electrocuted June 14, 1922, for the Murder of William C. Sly and George K Fanner. He was a white male, age twenty-six and his occupation was a gang member. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08132
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography
Places: Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A young man wearing stilts and striped pants for walking in a parade. A partially visible sign behind him advertises Myers Plumbing and reads: "Gas fitting; steam and hot water heating." 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: AL07775
Subjects: Popular culture; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Parades & processions; Costumes;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Stereograph view of a large home located in Cardington, Ohio, 1873. Handwritten on the back is "Residence of W. Shunk Cardington Ohio." William Shunk was an pioneer businessman in 19th century-Cardington. He was played an important role in the city's growth due to his lobbying for railroad lines to be run through the community. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC5566_01
Subjects: Cities and towns; Families; Architecture
Places: Cardington (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Major General Ormsby Mitchel, who led the 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on the march from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Huntsville, Alabama, ca. 1862. Mitchel was born on August 28, 1809 or 1810, in Union County, Kentucky, and grew up in Lebanon, Ohio. He was influential in establishing an observatory for Cincinnati College in the 1850s. During the early part of the Civil War, he commanded the Department of the Ohio and rose to the rank of major general. On October 20, 1862, he died of yellow fever in South Carolina, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC3628_001_01
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military officers
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of General Catherinus Buckingham (1808-1888), who is credited with designing the third version of Zaneville's Y-Bridge at the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence, connecting Zanesville with Natchez and West Zanesville. A walled, oak-planked bridge with a central pier where the forks of a "Y" met was opened to the public in 1814. A makeshift structure, this first bridge (1814-1818) needed constant repair and collapsed into the river in 1818. A second bridge (1819-1832) was built on the same site of stronger construction, but was condemned thirteen years later when twelve-inch-thick ice in the river weakened the superstructure. During renovation work in 1832, a section of the bridge collapsed, killing three men, one of whom was Ebenezer Buckingham, an owner of the bridge and father of Catherinus. The third Y-Bridge (1832-1900) stood until 1900 when it was demolished. On January 4, 1902, the fourth Y-Bridge (1902-1979) was opened for foot passengers, and ten days later, for streetcars and wagons. In 1979, the fourth bridge was judged unsafe, and the fifth and current bridge opened on November 9, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F06_001
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)