Description: Unidentified speaker addressing an audience at the laying of the cornerstone of the State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio, 1931. Construction of the building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story, white marble building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Modernistic style. The building was later known as the Ohio Judicial Center until 2011, when the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05680
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Construction industry; Office buildings Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The exterior of the Marathon Oil Co. building in Findlay. Marathon was originally known as the Ohio Oil Company until 1962. It's origin goes back to the late 19th century when Ohio was found to have oil of its own. The company would soon be taken over by the giant Standard Oil until until Standard Oil was eventually dismantled. Eventually the company decided to expand its operations, searching for oil further afield and eventually getting into the business processing oil, where previously it had simply sold crude oil to other companies. By the 1960s, the company had acquired its name of Marathon, and later it would merge with another oil company to become Marathon Ashland Petroleum. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06739
Subjects: Oil fields--Ohio; Oil industry;
Places: Findlay (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: A group photograph in the woods. The man in the front left is playing a guitar and the man in the front right is holding what might be a mandolin. Glass plate negatives of various Trumbull County and northeastern Ohio scenes, places, people and events taken by John E. Pickering and Edward D. Pickering from the 1880s to the 1910s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08498
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Group portraits
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke in uniform with his mother Grace B. Parke. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F03_006
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; Mothers and sons; Soldiers--Family relationships; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Old Medina County Courthouse, located at 99 Public Square. The old courthouse was originally built in 1841 and over the years, it has transformed to incorporate multiple architectural styles, including Greek Revival and Second Empire. It is connected by a passageway to a newer building, also called the Medina County Courthouse, which was built in 1969. It serves as a second Common Pleas Court. D.H. Weed was contractor for original building (1840); T. Dudley Allen was architect for renovation (1873). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_318
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Medina (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio); 99 Public Square
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Lovell H. Rousseau, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. As a Kentucky legislator, originally from Stanford, Kentucky, Rousseau fought successfully to keep Kentucky seceding. After Kentucky officially decided to remain neutral, Rousseau resigned and raised two regiments of Kentuckians across the Ohio River in Indiana. These regiments became known as the "Louisville Legion," and prevented the capture of Louisville by Confederate forces. He went on to serve with distinction at Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_46
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Ohio; Stanford (Kentucky)
 

Description: Harvesting corn crop at Frank Joseph farm, near Lima, Allen County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00306
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Agriculture
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: Re-enactment of the landing of Moses Cleaveland and other pioneers at Conneaut Harbor in Conneaut, Ohio. The re-enactment was held July 4, 1976, as part of the year's Bicentennial celebrations. The participants in the re-enactment are wearing pioneer costumes, and a man can be seen lifting a young girl from a canoe to a woman standing on shore, as a crowd looks on. The photograph was entered by photographer Carl Feather 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: AL01148
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Historical reenactments; Ohio History -- Settlement and Early Statehood;
Places: Conneaut (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 181 cm high by 195 cm wide. 8th OVI printed in black on a white streamer attached to the flag. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01872
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Located at 140 South Paint Street, the Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library houses a large collection of local history and genealogical sources including the Chillicothe Gazette on microfilm from 1800 onwards and Chillicothe city directories dating back to 1858. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_011_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Libraries--Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an area of downtown Cincinnati bounded by East Liberty Street on the north, Eggleston Avenue on the east, Pearl Street on the south and Race Street on the west. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F03_29_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Maps--Facsimiles
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Kilgour School Cincinnati, Ohio 1936" Kilgour School was opened in 1922. This building was recently renovated and contineus to serve as a home to Kilgour School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_027_001
Subjects: Schools--Ohio; School buildings--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)