Description: The photograph shows the four Kinley brothers gathered around a brick front porch, probably the Kinley family home at 328 Henderson Street in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. A rug runs down the steps with a pillow sitting at the top. From left to right: Harry, Everet Reinhold, George, and Avery. Photograph from the collection of Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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: AV30_B03F02_18
Subjects: Families; Portrait photography; Young men
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows the Hantz farm family home owned by J.M. Hantz near Alliance, Ohio. On 70 acres, Hantz grew peaches, oats, corn, wheat, soy beans, potatoes, and tomatoes among other crops. A college graduate, Hantz had special interest in the dairy industry and for several years served on the State Board of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F09_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farmhouses; Rural Life
Places: Stark County (Ohio); Alliance (Ohio)
 

Description: Protestors demonstrating against the Ku Klux Klan and Apartheid on the steps of City Hall, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1980-1989. This photograph was taken by a photographer for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. After a period of decline during the Jim Crow years, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) emerged again during the 1910s. This reversal was partly due to the Great Migration, when hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to the North, seeking jobs in the North's industrialized cities, including many cities in Ohio. The Ku Klux Klan was especially strong in Ohio during the 1910s and 1920s. In Summit County the Klan claimed to have fifty thousand members, making it the largest local chapter in the United States. By the mid 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan began to decline in popularity, but saw a revival once again during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Ku Klux Klan continues to exist in the twenty-first century. It is, however, at present quite small in both numbers and influence. 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_B04F02_02
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Social movements; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Demonstrations; Ku Klux Klan (1915- );
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: John Glenn (left) and Christopher Reeve (right) chat in an office in 1987. That same year, the television special "Future Flight" aired with host Christopher Reeve and guests John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Jeana Yeager and Ted Kennedy. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B10F02_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Actors; Politicians; Astronauts;
 

Description: Carte de visite of General McClellan sitting, posed with his head towards slightly to the side. McClellan was a prominent 19th century American military and political leader, born 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_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: Mildred Woolson, supervisor of the Ohio Department of Public Welfare Medical Department, 1958. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00135
Subjects: Ohio. Department of Public Welfare; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of photograph depicting Ron Rosser, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor in dress uniform, ca. 1952 - 1953. Rosser was a corporal with the Heavy Mortar Unit, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, United States Army. During service in the Korean War he received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his single handed attack on enemy bunkers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00918
Subjects: Medal of Honor; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "Boulder on Vine St. at Tecumseh Point, marking site where Tecumseh and The Prophet lived in 1806-7." Tecumseh (1768-1813) began to establish a reputation as a leader during the Indian Wars of the late eighteenth century, when he fought in several minor skirmishes and the Battle of Fallen Timbers. He refused to sign the Treaty of Greenville, fearing that it would increase white settlement and eventually cost American Indians their land. He argued that all American Indians held land in common and that one tribe could not cede the land to the U. S. government. During the War of 1812, Tecumseh supported the British, in hopes of regaining lost land. He was killed during the Battle of the Thames in 1813. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F07_026_1
Subjects: American Indians in Ohio; Military Ohio
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on front reads "Photo by Cornish. Madisonville School in 1820". Caption on reverse reads "Cinci., O., Mar.1938, copy." Madisonville is community in Cincinnati located eight miles northeast of downtown. It was founded in 1809 under the name of Madison, but in 1926, the name was changed to Madisonville to avoid confusion with another Madison, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_017_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Education; School buildings--Ohio; Schools--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Log structures; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "View of downtown Cincinnati taken from L&N bridge." The L&N Bridge opened in 1872 as the first Ohio River railroad crossing at Cincinnati. It is the region's most eccentric bridge, with remnants of a half-dozen major modifications still visible today. Recently in 2002 it was heavily modified once again, painted purple, and reopened in 2003 as a pedestrian-only bridge. Residents typically refer to it as the 'Purple People Bridge'. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_044_1
Subjects: Street photography; Bridges--Ohio River; Buildings--Cincinnati (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1930s or 1940s, this photograph shows a Greene Line Steamboat and a towboat on the Ohio River. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "[?] a towboat on Ohio River Greene Line Steamers." Greene Line Steamers was established in 1890 by Captain Gordon C. Greene and his wife, Captain Mary Greene. Based in Cincinnati, their steamships traveled primarily on the Ohio River, transporting freight between the east and west. In the 1920's, as railroads took over most freight transport, Greene Line Steamers survived by building larger and more modern steamships, limiting their transport to shorter trade routes, and by pioneering the business of passenger pleasure cruises. The company is perhaps most notable for purchasing the 'Delta Queen' in 1946, the last original and operational sternwheeler steamboat, a U.S. National Historic Landmark. After Tom Greene, son of Gordon C. Greene, died unexpectedly in 1950, Greene Line Steamers came under hard financial times and eventually folded in 1958. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_024_001
Subjects: Ohio River; Barges; Steamboats; Natural resources; Transportation--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Montgomery Co., Germantown, Ohio. One of the 30 Fireplaces in Germantown Dam Park. Aug. 5, 1936. State (15-57)-51 Fed. 1840" In the 1930’s, the heavily wooded areas above and below Germantown Dam were set aside for public use and enjoyment by the Miami Conservancy District. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects built shelters, picnic areas, graded roads and built hiking trails along Twin Creek during the depression era. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_027_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio). Division of Recreation and Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Germantown (Ohio); Dams
Places: Germantown (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)