Description: Young man identified as Grover Fisher making a propeller for the first airplane in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to be displayed at the local fair. 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: AL07776
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Aviation; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Stereograph view of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (once Virginia), captioned "From the Chesapeake to the Ohio, B. & O. R.R. Scenery." Harper's Ferry is located at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. The most noted event in the town's long history was on October 16, 1859, when abolitionist John Brown and a small group of followers tried unsuccessfully to capture the federal arsenal. In less than two days most of Brown's followers were killed or wounded. He was caught, tried for treason and sentenced to death. Due to the town's strategic location, it was occupied by both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War and a great deal of the town's infrastructure was damaged. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC5118_001
Subjects: Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History; John Brown's Raid, 1859; Abolitionists; Railroads; Activists
Places: Harper's Ferry (Virginia);
 

Description: This portrait of John Henry Grate, former Commander in Chief and Commander of State of the Grand Army of the Republic, was taken on June 11, 1947, when Grate was 101 years old. At the time he died on June 7, 1949, Grate was the last surviving Union veteran in Portage County, Ohio. Born in Edinburg Township, Ohio, in 1845, Grate enlisted in Company F of the Ohio 6th Cavalry Regiment on October 4, 1863. He was mustered out on June 27, 1865, and returned to Portage County where he worked as a buggy maker and farmer. He was an active member in the G.A.R. throughout his life, and served as Commander of the Ohio Department of the organization as well as National Commander from 1946-1947. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC398_01
Subjects: Grand Army of the Republic; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Veterans; Military Ohio;
Places: Atwater (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph taken during the demolition of the third Zanesville Y-Bridge, 1900. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers, 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. 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_B01F07_001
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places; Demolition
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Mrs. H.V. Cottrell, of East Dunedin Road in Clintonville. Mrs. Cottrell, whose name is variously recorded in census records as Delia and Dilla, hosted the Clinton League's annual June picnic at her home on June 6, 1934. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. Cottrell, who also served as historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_200
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: An elderly man in a hat and coat crosses a rainy street with his back to the camera, along North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio. The University District includes the small neighborhoods to the east and south of The Ohio State University campus on either side of the High Street corridor. 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_B11F294_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Pedestrians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed caption on the back of the photograph reads "Scene in the old Johnston grave yard, Piqua, Ohio." Pictured is a monument for the graves of Catherine Johnston Holtzbecker (1822-1843), and Stephen Johnston (1803-1848), daughter and son of John and Rachel Johnston. Johnston Farm, maintained as a state memorial, is the homestead of John Johnston. Johnston is best known for holding the office of Indian Agent for over 30 years, appointed by President James Madison in the early years of the state to oversee the American Indian reservations in northwest Ohio. Johnston was an important political and social figure in Ohio who also served as a state canal commissioner, helped to found Kenyon College and served on the board of trustees of Miami University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV29_B01F03_003
Subjects: Cemeteries; Death; Monuments & memorials; Families
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio);
 

Description: Two photographs document the Wright Brothers' Monument on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Wright Brothers Hill is a 27-acre park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and John Charles Olmsted, the son and step-son, respectively, of pioneering landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. The monument was dedicated on Orville Wright's 69th birthday in 1940. It overlooks Huffman Prairie, where the Wright Brothers tested many of their flying machines. The monument is made of granite from North Carolina and rests on a bed of sand taken from Kitty Hawk. The photographs measure 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3063_3670083_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Science and Technology; Transportation; Flight; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912; Monuments & memorials; Parks; Aviation
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the clock tower of the Geauga County Courthouse. The building sits on the Chardon public green and is part of the town's historic district along with two blocks of storefronts. The Italianate style building, completed in 1870, has a 112 foot tower topped by a weathervane. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F03_165
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio); Chardon Square
 

Description: Gathering celebrating homecoming of Neil Armstrong to Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_073
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Woman using the built-in washing machine in the kitchen of a Lustron house to do laundry, ca. 1947-1950. Lustron homes were prefabricated, single-family homes constructed of porcelain steel. They were manufactured in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01179
Subjects: Prefabricated houses; Appliances; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Franklin County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio);
 

Description: Caption "Boat Virginia sunk April 13 09 at Wellsville O. Photo by DOTY MT V.O. [?]" Built in 1895 in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Pittsburgh-Cincinnati run, the Virginia was 235ft long, 40ft wide and 7ft deep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F09_007_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works-- Sinking-- Federal Writers' Project--Works Progress Administration--Steamboat--paddleboat
Places: Ohio River