Description: Homecoming celebration after the moon landing in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Neil Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, Governor James Rhodes, Mayor Donald Wittwer, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F6_053
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two crushers made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, are shown on exhibit at the American Mining Congress in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01573
Subjects: Crushing machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio)
 

Description: Monument to first Protestant sermon in the Northwest Territory by Reverend David Zeisberger, March 14, 1771, Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00416
Subjects: Memorials--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Newcomerstown (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a tavern at Coon Island in Washington County, Pennsylvania, that served as a hiding place for fugitive slaves that had escaped from Virginia. This photograph was taken by Earle R. Forrest. 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: AL03017
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Coon Island, Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Portrait of Albert Belmont Graham at 31 years old, Springfield, Ohio, 1905. Based on his experiences as a school superintendent in rural Ohio, Graham advocated for the consolidation of rural schools and promoted agricultural education. He is best known as the founder of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs which became the 4-H organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01112
Subjects: Education
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this is a photograph of an attic in disarray in Athens County, Ohio, as identified by a caption on the reverse which reads "Athens Co. Attic." 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_B01F14_005_001
Subjects: Attics--History; Athens (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Eva Walker on the campus at Wilberforce University. She was the wife of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, 10th president of Wilberforce University and 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Eva and Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker were the parents of Yvonne Walker-Taylor who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_C_3
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: Portrait of Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), who was the ninth governor of Ohio. Morrow served from 1822 to 1826. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04012
Subjects: Governors; Ohio History--State and Local Government
 

Description: National colors of the 51st Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 51st Reg't. O.V.V.I. Dobsons Ford. Stone River. Chickamauga. Lookout Mounta[in.] Missio[nary] Ri[dge] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01984
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of James A. Campbell and family relaxing at his home in Liberty Township, Ohio, ca. 1920-1929. Charles Adams Platt designed Campbell's home, located at 3434 Logan Ave. Built from 1917 to 1918, the 13,000 square foot Georgian-style residence had 52 rooms and two wings. The Campbell family resided in the home until the 1940s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05557
Subjects: Youngstown (Ohio); Industrialists; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Factories; Families; Children
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of PFC Bruce Prater and SP4 Michael Harsh, 8th Radio Research Group, taken in Phu Bai, Vietnam, October 1967. Michael Harsh enlisted in the Army in July 1966 at 20 years old. He married while in basic training in December 1966, and went back to military school before being called up to Vietnam in June 1967. He served in Vietnam from June of 1967 to June of 1968, working in communications on General Cryptographic Repair . He spent his remaining time in service between Germany and Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and was discharged in June of 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03434
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Vietnam War; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs;
Places: Phu Bai (Vietnam)
 

Description: The Baum - Longworth - Taft House, was built in 1820 for Martin Baum, was later occupied by Nicholas Longworth and finally was the home of Charles P. Taft, the half-brother of William Howard Taft. In 1908, William Howard Taft accepted the presidential nomination while standing underneath the home's portico. The house and the Tafts' art collection was bequeathed to the city of Cincinnati in 1927. After the deaths of Charles and his wife in 1929 and 1931, the house was remodeled and reopened as the Taft Museum in 1932. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F07_002_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Buildings; Galleries & museums
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)