Description: Photograph of Mrs. John W. Price and her three children, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03644
Subjects: Families
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This black and white illustrated view shows Chillicothe, Ohio, known as "The Garden City." The foreground shows a formally dressed man and woman on a hill overlooking the town. A train on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad can be seen in the distance. There are many houses, as well as several churches and civic buildings, depicted along the streets of Chillicothe; however, none of the streets are labeled with names. The illustration is from "The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857," by William Prescott Smith, published in 1858. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04264
Subjects: Railroads--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History; Cities and towns
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of residences in Xenia, Ohio, on April 4, 1974, the day after a tornado swept through the city. Visible are shattered houses, scattered debris, streets, and a few vehicles. The tornado super-outbreak of April 3-4, 1974, resulted in 148 tornadoes in 13 states. The Xenia tornado caused the most deaths of any tornado in the outbreak. The tornado touched down at 4:30 p.m. nine miles southwest of Xenia and entered the city about ten minutes later. It continued northeastward on a path of 32 miles through Xenia and Wilberforce into Clark County. The tornado killed 32 people from Xenia to Wilberforce. About half of the buildings in the city of 27,000 were damaged, and 300 homes destroyed. Nine Xenia churches were destroyed, as were seven of the twelve schools in the city. Fortunately, the tornado occurred an hour after classes had been dismissed. The roof and windows were blown from the Greene County Courthouse. A train passing through Xenia was struck by the tornado and 7 of the 47 cars were blown over, resulting in the blockage of Main Street. More than 1,300 people were treated for injuries at Green Memorial Hospital. Restaurants that were not destroyed handed out thousands of free meals to residents and rescue workers in Xenia. Convoys of generators, floodlights, bulldozers, and dump trucks arrived overnight from nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The tornado also struck Wilberforce University and Central State University, destroying many buildings and injuring several people on each campus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05944
Subjects: Tornadoes--Ohio--Xenia; Xenia (Ohio)--History; Natural disasters; Greene County (Ohio);
Places: Xenia (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color photographs shows the lighthouse at Marblehead, Ohio, at sunset. The lighthouse was built in 1822 to guide sailors safely along the rocky coastline of Lake Erie. It was added to the National Register of Historical Places on December 17, 1969. The image was submitted in the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07005
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Marblehead Light (Ohio); Lighthouses--Ohio; State parks & reserves; Lake Erie
Places: Marblehead (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cpl. Michael Petrucci playing baseball in April 1954, outside the bunkers at his Marine base in Pohang Dong, Korea. The sandbags seen on the roof of the background bunker were used to anchor it from the winds, as the base was located on the east coast of South Korea along the Sea of Japan. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07504
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Pohang Dong (Korea)
 

Description: Group photograph taken by "Miss Gatewood" during a picnic at the Daniel home, located at 510 E. North Broadway in Clintonville, June 18, 1915. 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_022
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows a church service at the Ohio Reformatory for Women during the Christmas season. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F12_002
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Christmas; Religious services
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two African American men wearing caps and sunglasses engage in conversation, while a woman smiles at her female companion, likely at a street corner along High Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio. 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_B05F140_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Pedestrians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel in 1971, this photograph shows Rusty Hide (right) and another American at a military camp during the Vietnam War. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F04_007
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Military encampments; Military life
Places: Camp Evans (Vietnam)
 

Description: This is the front facade of the Coshocton County Courthouse. The structure was built between 1873 and 1875 by architects Carpenter and Williams, and it sits on a central four-acre square. S. Harold & Co. were the contractors. The Second Empire style building is unaltered in appearance since its completion. The characteristic mansard roof and clock tower are accented with curly pediments, and inside, open cast-iron stairways that incorporate wooden banisters create an intimate and inviting environment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_091
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; Second Empire
Places: Coshocton (Ohio); Coshocton County (Ohio); 349 1/2 Main St.
 

Description: Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown in Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. Press conference at Wapakoneta Fairgrounds just after landing at Allen County Airport. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F1_037
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: The image is the back side of an Abraham Lincoln postcard. The text on the front side reads, “Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total and final banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks, seems to me not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues; and, I believe, all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts. Ought any, then, to refuse their aid in doing what the good of the whole demands? – Abraham Lincoln, at Springfiled, Ill. [Illinois], February 22, 1842.” The postcard also includes a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Hesler in 1860. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F09_003_02
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Chicago (Illinois); Cook County (Illinois)