Description: This clock is made of varnished wood and veneer. Marks: Thirty hour View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72381
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Clocks & watches
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This rocking chair is made of maple and rattan. It is armchair style. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9484
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: As a young man, President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) was an agent of the Underground Railroad in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Before his election as president, Hayes was a lawyer, soldier and politician. In his legal career, Hayes was often engaged defending fugitive slaves and had an understanding with directors and officers of the Underground Railroad that his services would be provided at no charge. This cabinet card is from Baker's Art Gallery. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03128
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists; Lawyers;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern photograph of the Newman House, located at 210 Main Street, on "the Hill" in Andover, Massachusetts. Ralph Emerson harbored fugitive slaves here. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03048
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Andover (Massachusetts); Essex County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Customer lounge facing the Scioto River, on the 5th floor of The F. & R. Lazarus Company, 1926 expansion, ca. 1950-1959. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04461
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Inauguration Ball invitation requesting Miss Mary Johnson's presence at the ball for newly-elected president William Henry Harrison, March 4, 1841. The embossed invitation reads "Tippencanoe Inauguration Ball. March 4, 1841. The Managers request the honor of Miss Mary Johnson's Company at Carver's Saloon, on Thursday Evening, 4th of March, 1841." Harrison died of pneumonia one month after the date of the ball, becoming the first president to die while in office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06228
Subjects: Presidents--Inauguration--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
 

Description: Document written by Colonel Hiram Du Puy granting Private James Dem(m)ing of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry a leave of absence from Camp Dennison, June 1861. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03561
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers--Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Camp Dennison (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the exterior of the courthouse in Somerset, Ohio. In 1807, John Finck erected the first log cabin in what would become Somerset. Several years later, Jacob Miller arrived, becoming the second settler in this community. The men named the town Middletown, since it was approximately equal distant to Lancaster to the west and Zanesville to the east. Soon residents changed the town's name to Somerset, as most early residents were from Somerset, Pennsylvania. During the remainder of the nineteenth and the first portion of the twentieth centuries, Somerset's population remained stable at approximately 1,200 residents. Many residents earned their livings in the surrounding iron and coalmines. As iron and coal deposits began to decline, residents began to find employment in other industries principally in the nearby cities of Lancaster and Zanesville. In 2000, Somerset's population had reached 1,500 people. Civil War General Philip Sheridan spent much of his youth in Somerset. Although not open to the public, his home remains standing today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06531
Subjects: Courthouses; Buildings; Law & legal affairs
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Frank Henry Milhouse, a 23-year-old laborer. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Milhouse was the 271st individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 271 Frank Henry Milhouse of Cuyahoga County, Legally Electrocuted May 25, 1949 for the Murder of Yordan Ranchoff.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08323
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a large group of men, women, and children gathered outside around a man standing on a barrel. He has a hat pulled down low over his eyes and holds up a hand, reading from a paper. The crowd waves back at him. The photograph was taken at the home of photographer Harry Kinley's maternal grandmother, Christina Stecher, and features his Stecher family members. Photograph by 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_23
Subjects: Families; Daily life; Photographers--Ohio; Reunions
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 Spencer farm family home owned by L.G. Spencer near Warren, Ohio. Spencer's farm spanned 15 acres in Warren, and he owned another 90 acres near Hartford, Ohio. Spencer kept one cow and one horse and, on ten acres, he grew small fruit including apples, cherries, and peaches. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F10_001_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural Life; Farmhouses;
Places: Trumbull County (Ohio); Warren (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photographs document the site of Fort St. Clair near Eaton, Ohio. Fort St. Clair was built in 1792 by General James Wilkinson as a supply post on the Ohio frontier. On November 6, 1792, Fort St. Clair was attacked by Miami chief Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle) and more than 200 of his men. The fort was later used as a supply stop by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who achieved a decisive victory against the region's American Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Fort St. Clair Park was created in 1923 to commemorate the site. The photographs measure 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3077_3671446_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Plants and Animals; Bridges; Trees
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)