Description: Aerial photograph showing the demolition of the Chittenden Hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio, 1973. Henry Chittenden opened the doors of his hotel in 1889, at the corner of North High and Spring Streets. Closed in 1972, and demolished the following year, it is now the site of the William Green Building, one of the tallest skyscrapers in Columbus. Chittenden Avenue, which intersects High Street further north, is named for Henry Chittenden. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B06F167_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Hotels; Demolition
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows two servicemen, after the day's work is done, relaxing and reading a newspaper, probably Stars And Stripes, an American military newspaper. Although the Stars and Stripes sought to keep soldiers updated on U.S. and world affairs, it purposefully left out controversial domestic stories, like the Kent State shootings. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F05_019
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Military life; Newspapers
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: This image shows the side and front facades of the Clinton County Courthouse. It was built from 1916-1919 by architects Weber, Werner and Adkins, and is similar in appearance to the U.S. Capitol building prior to the Civil War. The lavish interior is filled with marble staircases and faux marble columns, culminating in a leaded glass dome. The building is Neoclassical. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_075
Subjects: Courthouses; municipal buildings;
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio); 46 S. South St.
 

Description: Lima, Ohio airport; Neil Armstrong returning to his hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. Welcomed by Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High) cheerleaders. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F1_031
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: The image is a black and white print of Abraham Lincoln engraved by H. B. Hall. The print is based from a photograph of Lincoln taken by Alexander Gardner. The print is framed around Lincoln’s head and shoulders slightly turned to the right. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F07_031
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Portraits
 

Description: Portrait of Brigadier General Daniel McCook Jr. from Carroll County, Ohio, ca. 1861-1864. He was a member of the McCook Family known as the "Fighting McCook's" a name referring to the number of family members who served in the Civil War. Daniel died in the summer of 1864 of wounds received at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00534
Subjects: Soldiers--Ohio; Other--Family History; Portrait photography
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two unknown women stand at the helm of a boat in the middle of a large lake in Ohio. The lake could be any number of bodies of water throughout the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_046
Subjects: Boats and boating--Ohio; Recreation; Bathing suits--1930-1940; Lakes Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a man standing in a canal, leaning on a cane, at an unknown location in Ohio. During the late 1810s, Governor Thomas Worthington and Governor Ethan Allen Brown both supported internal improvements, especially canals. Both men believed that Ohioans needed quick and easy access to the Ohio River and to Lake Erie if they were to profit financially. In 1822, the Ohio legislature realized the importance of internal improvements and created a new Ohio Canal Commission. The Canal Commission eventually recommended a route starting at Lake Erie, passing through the Cuyahoga Valley, the Muskingum Valley, the Licking Valley, and then to the Ohio River along the Scioto Valley. The Commission also recommended a western route along the Miami and Maumee Valleys. By 1833, the Ohio and Erie Canal was complete, followed twelve years later by the Miami and Erie Canal. Once completed, thirty-three of Ohio's eighty-eight counties either had portions of canals running through them or quarries to mine rock for construction. The canals had many advantages to Ohioans. Most importantly, the cost to ship goods from the East Coast to Ohio and vice versa declined tremendously from 125 dollars per ton of goods to twenty-five dollars per ton of goods. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s, their demise due in part to competition from the much speedier railroads. 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_B02F06_024
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Original description reads: "Cedar-Central Homes." With the New Deal, $150 million of the Public Works Administration (PWA) budget was set aside for housing. Cedar-Central was one of 3 Cleveland housing projects that were the first to be authorized by the federal government, the others being Lakeview Terrace and Outhwaite. Construction was begun in 1935 and completed in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F09_06_01
Subjects: Public housing--Ohio--Cleveland; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This art deco style illustration for “The Press” was used in The Ohio Guide. It shows two men operating a hand-operated letterpress printing press. A signature of the artist “Homer Seay” can also be seen. This illustration is a photographic reproduction of a drawing. It is one of a series produced as possible chapter headings for The Ohio Guide. From 1935 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), through its Federal Writers' Project created The American Guide Series, which included forty-eight state guides, as well as supplemental guides for large cities, etc. The state guides are divided into three sections. In the first section are general essays about the state on things such as agriculture, culture, history, industry, religion, etc. The second section contains an overview of the various cities and towns around the state, as well as enumerating various points of interest. The last section is dedicated to various tours around the state. The tourist is taken from city to city, with turn by turn directions, and descriptions of what can be seen along the way. While much of the country has grown and changed since the guides were written, it is surprising how much remains, and sometimes more surprising what has been lost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F16_003
Subjects: Books Chapter-headings; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Allen Trimble (1783-1870) was Ohio's eighth and tenth governor, serving in 1822 and from 1826 to 1830. Governor Trimble championed the need for public education in Ohio and helped improve transportation in Ohio with the building of canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_7
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B02F333_03
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)