Description: A large group looking at two men in a Model T. Information with the photograph indicates that one of the two men is named Burkhart. The location is most likely in front of the Wyandot County Courthouse in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. 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: AL07781
Subjects: Automobiles--Ohio--History; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Art and Artists; Historic buildings--Ohio;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Department commanders and staff for the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Ohio, 1885. The Grand Army of the Republic was one of the largest and most influential veterans organizations to be established following the Civil War. It was founded on April 6, 1866, by Benjamin Stephenson, who intended to form an organization that would provide veterans with political influence and opportunities to meet socially. Any veteran who was honorably discharged from the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps qualified for membership. National membership in the organization peaked in 1890 at a little over 409,000, and membership in the state of Ohio peaked at 49,011 in that same year. The GAR continued to operate until 1956, when the final member (Albert Woolson) died at the age of 109. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC398_06
Subjects: Grand Army of the Republic; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Veterans; Military Ohio
Places: 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_006
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places; Demolition
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Mrs. H.G. Gump of East Como Avenue in Clintonville. Mrs. Gump was the president of the Clinton League from 1934-1936. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, 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_202
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A fireman enters the building while responding to a fire above Molly McGuire's, a bar and restaurant located at 1596 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_B12F320_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Fire engines & equipment; Fires; Bars (Drinking establishments);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the farmhouse at Johnston farm. Typed caption on the reverse of the image reads "Scene at the old Johnston homestead, Piqua, Ohio, (commencing at the right) Joe Miller (servant) Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Stephen Johnston, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Frank Conover, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Hebe Craig, New York City, Mrs. Margaret Kirk Ayers, Piqua, Ohio, Mr. John Johnston Kirk, Piqua, Ohio, Master Samuel Johnston Davies, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Frank Carter Davies, Piqua, Ohio, Mr. S.J. Patterson Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Will Johnston, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Johs. H. Crane, Dayton, Ohio, Miss Rachel Vance, Piqua, Ohio, Mr. Stephen Johnston, Piqua, Ohio and Mrs. Geo. W. Jones, Cincinnati, Ohio." 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 played an important political and social role in Ohio; he was a strong advocate of the Whig Party, helped found Kenyon College and also served on the board of trustees of Miami University. With his wife, Johnston formed the first Sunday school in Miami County. He also published one of the earliest histories of the American Indian tribes that once called Ohio home. He died in 1861 in Washington, D.C. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV29_B01F05_001
Subjects: Johnston, John, 1775-1861; Historic sites Ohio; Farmhouses; Families
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio);
 

Description: The Guernsey County Courthouse, located at 801 E. Wheeling Ave., was built between 1881 and 1883 by architect Joseph Yost in response to the county's growing population. The sandstone facade is located in the same public square as the previous courthouse and is an example of Second Empire architecture. This image shows the front entrance of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F03_178
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; hip roofs; mansard roofs; pediments; Second Empire
Places: Cambridge (Ohio); Guernsey County (Ohio); 801 E. Wheeling Ave.
 

Description: Gathering celebrating homecoming of Neil Armstrong to Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. Pictured with wife Janet. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_075
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: To cross a wide and deep river valley, the Spottswood Lumber Company used a cable lumber conveyor made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1904. The conveyor passed over the valley on a suspension bridge made of wooden beams and steel cables. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01223
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Notes: Sinclair - Valentine Graunne(?) Green Black #03774-B. top photo: Cincinnati's public landing looking upstream. Notes: New England E. V. White 60# bottom photo: Wharf at Cincinnati (public landing) looking downstream with Roebling Suspension Bridge in the background. Cincinnati's Public Landing, located at the end of Broadway, is a granite slab extending down the bank. During the Riverboat Era Cincinnati was the largest city west of Pittsburgh. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F09_006_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Steamboats; Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This three story court house in Belmont County was designed in the Second Empire style by architect Joseph W. Yost and was built between 1885-1888. It is constructed of sandstone and the entrance is flanked by Corinthian columns. The year 1886 appears above the door and a statue of Lady Justice stands atop the central pediment. The building has a domed clock tower and once housed a bell that was removed during reconstruction and now stands in front of the building. This courthouse was designed at the same time as the Miami County Courthouse from 1885-1888 by Yost. Although the two are similar in size, shape, and basic features, the Belmont County Courthouse appears modest in comparison to the Miami courthouse. In 1993 it was chemically power washed to reveal a clean and impressive stone facade. 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_B01F15_001
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; Architecture; Buildings; Ohio government; Belmont County (Ohio)--History
Places: St. Clairesville (Ohio), Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: View taken approaching from the east on Gilbert Avenue Viaduct. Located 800 Broadway, Cincinnati. Home to the Taft family newspaper, H. Eldridge Hannaford's sixteen story limestone Art Deco edifice was completed in 1933. In the long east wing were housed the paper's presses; Hannaford contracted Ferro-Concrete Construction to handle the structural challenge posed by the presses' weight. Home to Hamilton County Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts since the 1980s. Entered in National Register 1983, #83004309 Reverse reads: "Times-Star building taken from Gilbert Ave. Viaduct, Cincinnati Ohio 1937" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_019_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Newspaper buildings--Ohio--Cincinnati; Hannaford, Harvey Eldridge, 1892-1975.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)