Description: Photograph of pianist Hazel Harrison signed and addressed to Ada Young, wife of Charles Young. Inscription reads: "To dear Mrs Young with my best wishes. Sincerely, Hazel Harrison, Dec. 18, 1924." Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F082
Subjects: African American women; Artists; Music; Musicians; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: This rectangular box is brown and white and was made from poplar. It is marked with Zoar Stencil decorations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73835
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This walnut chair has a plank-style seat and splayed legs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8743
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Warren G. Harding setting type at the Marion star, with a sign for Union label Typographical of Marion, Ohio, in the background. 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_P8_02_B33
Subjects: Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Photographs; Newspaper publishing
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Allen and and Van Wert Counties, between stations 4834 and 5026. Roads, properties, bridges, locks, rail lines and other landmarks along the route are noted. 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_004
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Railroads
Places: Allen County (Ohio); Van Wert County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the start of Eddie Rickenbacker's race at Maywood Speedway near Chicago, Illinois, 1916. Rickenbacker is driving the Peugeot, #21. Edward Rickenbacker was born on October 8, 1890, in Columbus, Ohio. He raced with the Peugeot, Maxwell, and Prest-O-Lite Teams, before enlisting in the army during World War I and earning fame as an ace fighter pilot. Rickenbacker died in July 1973 in Switzerland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02927
Subjects: Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973; Automobile racing; Peugeot automobile
Places: Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: Ulysses S. Grant's birthplace loaded on trucks for return to its original location in Point Pleasant, Ohio, February 24, 1936. The small frame cabin in which Grant was born in 1822 was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888. It was placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards, it was moved to Columbus's Goodale Park as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus, where it remained until 1936,. In 1936 the cabin was disassembled and returned to its original location. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03855
Subjects: Presidents--Dwellings--Ohio; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong as a child in his band uniform, ca. 1940. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in 1930, and went on to become the first man to walk on the moon, in 1969. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05358
Subjects: Children; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Space flight
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Ohio State marching band performing a half time show for the fans, during the Ohio State University football game versus the University of Michigan in Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, November 1968. The two teams are long-time rivals and the game is a big draw for crowds each fall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07632
Subjects: Sports; Ohio State University Football History; Ohio State University--Athletics; Ohio State University--Football; Ohio State University--Sports--History; Marching bands
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of Mrs. Gleason and Her Daughter, a 1785 painting by Winthrop Chandler (1747-1790). This is one of a pair of paintings painted in the Woodstock, Connecticut area by Chandler, who is thought to be the brother of the eponymous Mrs. Gleason. Winthrop Chandler's wife was named Mary Gleason. She came to Ohio in 1800, at which time the portraits were reportedly brought to to the Putnam House in Belpre, Ohio, where they hung for many years. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04650
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Woodstock (Connecticut)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Museum of Science building at the Toledo Zoo, Toledo, Ohio. The photograph was taken on November 1, 1937. A group of women and children are standing in front of the building's entrance. Since its dedication in 1936, the Museum of Science has functioned as an educational center within the zoo. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed several buildings at the zoo between 1934-1937. They include the museum, aquarium, reptile house, amphitheater, and aviary. The buildings mostly incorporated materials from demolished structures in the area: stone, brick, wood, timber, and copper. The Art Deco architecture shows Spanish and Moorish influence through such details as tiled roof, arches, and decorative elements. All of the WPA buildings, including the amphitheater, are still in use. The Toledo Zoo was founded in 1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06202
Subjects: Science and Technology; Zoos; Museums; Toledo (Ohio); Education; Art Deco
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles Arnold, of Franklin County, was electrocuted March 2, 1923, for the Murder of Mrs. Ruth Lawrence. He was a white male, age sixty-four and he was an ex-convict. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08138
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Portrait photography
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)