Description: Banner reads: "WELCOME JOHN H. GLEN JR. Minolta Camera" on left, with Japanese text on right John Glenn shakes hands during a NASA goodwill tour to Japan in 1963. Photographers gather nearby to capture the moment. On a building behind them, a banner welcomes John Glenn and the United States and Japanese flags hang below each message on the banner. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F04_04
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Tourism; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Places: Japan
 

Description: Carte de visite of Major General George B. McClellan, ca. 1861-1865. McClellan was a prominent 19th century American military and political leader, born December 3, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1842, McClellan received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated in 1846, ranking second in his class. McClellan resigned his army commission in 1857 to become involved in the railroad industry, and using his training in engineering from West Point, he served as an engineer for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and the Illinois Central Railroad. During this time, he lived primarily in Cincinnati, Ohio. With the beginning of the American Civil War in April 1861, McClellan reenlisted in the United States Army and played an important role in Ohio's early defense. Early in the war, General McClellan enhanced his reputation as a skillful military leader and was appointed as commander of the Army of the Potomac by President Abraham Lincoln. But after his unsuccessful assault on Richmond, Virginia, and his failure to defeat General Lee’s forces in the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln removed McClellan from his command in November 1862. McClellan never received another military command and later became one of Lincoln’s chief critics. In 1864, the Democratic Party selected McClellan as its presidential candidate to oppose Lincoln’s reelection, but Lincoln won the election by an overwhelming margin. McClellan resigned his commission in the United States Army and later became the governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881. He died on October 29, 1885. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC3535_E2_02
Subjects: McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Generals; Military officers
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mothers and daughters modeling wedding dresses of different eras for a mother-daughter banquet held at the Indianola Church of Christ, May 12, 1951. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00141
Subjects: Wedding costume; Other--Family History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This line of molding machine hoppers operating at Forest City Foundries in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1955, was produced by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. The overhead hoppers were filled with sand which was released by opening a clam shell valve. The sand was poured into a mold used to cast metal machine parts and recycled to make many other castings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00983
Subjects: Coal mines and mining; Inventions; Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Inventors--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Cleveland (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting a view of Buckeye Furnace in Jackson County, Ohio which was built in 1851. The original photograph was taken ca. 1900. Wilbur Stout, former chemist at the Columbus Iron and Steel Company and Ohio's state geologist, researched and collected photographs of blast furnaces in Ohio. He received this photograph from Frank Morrow of Wellston, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01704
Subjects: Jackson County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated August 15, 1938, this photograph shows the home of Annie Oakley in Greenville, Ohio, in Darke County, with a caption that reads "The Annie Oakley House, and Memorial Boulder, located on US#127 north of Greenville." Phoebe Anne Mozee (also Mosey, Moses), better known as Annie Oakley, was a famous sharpshooter and women's rights advocate in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born August 13, 1860, in Darke County Oakley showed skill with firearms from an early age, using profits earned from the sale of wild game she killed to pay off her parents' mortgage. In 1875, she won a shooting contest against marksman Frank E. Butler in Cincinnati, Ohio, who convinced her to travel and perform with him. Oakley and Butler later married. The two performed in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show where Oakley remained until 1901, traveling across the country and to Europe with the show. She emerged as the first female American superstar and advocated women's right to join the army and serve in active combat situations. 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_B05F07_018_1
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926; Greenville (Ohio); Houses
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "City of Contrasts, Cincinnati. Narrow streets, gas lamps, and aging buildings seen from a street stairway are imbued with an old-world atmosphere many miles from the nearby heart of modern city. Photograph by W.P.A. photographer, Federal Project number one (Writers')." View of downtown Cincinnati, looking down Hughes Street from Mulberry Street. In center background are Union Central (now PNC Tower) and Carew Tower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_001_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: At last she knows Columbus. You can imagine what an impossible task it would be to convey to a blind person a concept of the layout of Columbus but here, Emogene Ritteger, a seventh grade pupil at the Ohio State School for the Blind, Columbus is learning Columbus quickly and easily by running her fingers over a map built by WPA workers to show the streets, scale models of important and rough models of other structures. In 1837, the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind was established. In the 1900s, the school changed its name to the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education took control of the school. In 1953, the school moved from Main Street in Columbus to 5220 North High Street. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_31_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Columbus (Ohio)--Maps, Pictorial; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads; "Scene in Ohio University Library Stacks". Photo depicts a student standing on a chair, reaching for a book on the top shelf of a bookshelf in the stacks at the OSU Main Library. The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, anchoring the western end of The Oval, is the Ohio State University’s main branch and single largest repository. Also called the Main Library, it was named after the university’s fifth president. The Thompson Library, designed by the Boston firm of Allen and Collens in the Italianate Renaissance Revival style was opened January 6, 1913. Its placement on the Oval was suggested by the Olmsted brothers who had designed New York City's Central Park. The library has been renovated or expanded three times since its original date of construction. The first addition, a massive extension of the original three-floor structure, the addition of a 10-story tower, as well as single story extensions to the north and south ends of the east entrance. This first renovation was completed on June 2, 1951. The second expansion added an unadorned modern extension to the west wing, finished on January 5, 1977. In July 2006, the library closed to begin the $108 million dollar renovation of the building started on January 10, 2007. The 2007-09 renovation included hazardous materials abatement, replacement and expansion of the 1977 addition, and restoration of the building's original east facade. The library reopened on August 3, 2009, and it was officially dedicated on September 24, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_026_1
Subjects: Education; Universities & colleges--United States--1890-1940; Ohio State University. Library; Ohio State University. William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library; William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library; Ohio State University; Thompson, W. O. (William Oxley), 1855-1933
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Rock Bridge built in 1936 in Eden Park Cincinnati. Ohio" Located between Gilbert Avenue and Columbia Parkway (U.S.) and comprised of about 185 acres in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eden Park was assembled by a series of purchases beginning in 1859. The name came, naturally, from the Garden of Eden and was given by Nicholas Longworth who owned a large tract which constitutes the main portion of the park. Eden Park is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Academy, the Navigation Monument, the Capitoline Wolf Statue, and the Irwin M. Krohn (Eden Park) Conservatory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_011_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the winter of 1937, this photograph shows part of Camp Rosen, a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp (C.C.C.) in Warren County, Ohio. There is a log cabin visible through the trees and a stream in the foreground. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B14F07_045_001
Subjects: Camps; Log cabins; Rivers; Winter; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Federal Writers' Project
Places: Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 135th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 91 cm high by 122 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 135th U.S. Field Artillery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02241
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918