Description: This image shows the side facade of the Butler County Courthouse. This structure was built from 1885-1889 by architect David Gibbs, and like most county courthouses, it has undergone many renovations. A fire in 1912 caused the collapse of the commanding four-tiered clock tower into the center of the building's interior. A new three-tiered structure was constructed to replace the original, and it is the tower which stands to this day. Its architectural style is a mix of Second Empire and Palladian. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_056
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio); 101 High St.
 

Description: Photograph showing visitors gathered outside the ballroom at Olentangy Park, an amusement park that was located on North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910-1930. Also called the Dance Pavilion, the ballroom was added after the Dussenbury brothers bought Olentangy Park in 1899. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04962
Subjects: Popular culture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Pvt. Charles Pool, who served with Company I of the 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f20_13
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio infantry Regiment, 194th (1865) Company I
Places: Ohio
 

Description: St. Xavier College, now Xavier University, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. This illustration, which shows campus buildings including the Athenaeum, is from the "Kimball & James' Business Directory for the Mississippi Valley," 1844. In 1831, Bishop Edward Fenick established a college called the Athenaeum in Cincinnati. This school was the first Roman Catholic college founded in Ohio. Nine years later, Bishop John Purcell determined that Cincinnati would make a good location for a Catholic university to be run by the Society of Jesus, and proposed that the Athenaeum's property would be a good site for the new university. As a result, in 1840 the Jesuits took control of the Athenaeum, renaming it St. Xavier College in honor of the founder of the Society of Jesus, St. Francis Xavier. The college received its charter from the state in 1842. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04181
Subjects: Universities and colleges--Pictorial works; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Education
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1943, this photograph shows Bristolville Methodist Church, also called Methodist Episcopal Church, in Bristolville, Ohio, in Trumbull County. Bristolville Methodist Church was built in 1845, expanded in 1881, and remodeled again in 1940. A fire destroyed the church in 1951. In 1934, members of the congregation celebrated 100 years of Methodism in Trumbull County. A note on the back of the photograph reads "Pub. in Warren, Ohio Guide." 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_B01F06_040_001
Subjects: Churches; Religion in Ohio; Architecture; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Bristolville (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Delegates to the 1st Ohio Industrial Union Council (also known as the Ohio CIO) convention, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00647
Subjects: Labor unions--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Union Building and Savings Co., located at 22 West Gay St., Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1940. Two ionic columns frame the bank's arched entrance. The building is constructed of light-colored stone. A sign at the top of the middle window, third floor, reads: "Law." The other windows have signs with the names of individuals and businesses; presumably these are law firms and lawyers. Some of the names include: Horace S. Kerr; Raymond Roberts; Paul C. Hicks; [illegible initials] Friedman; Pugh & Pugh; Chapin B. Beem; and W.S. Marshall. The scene includes two streetlights and parked automobiles. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05842
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Finance; Banks and banking; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ten shredders made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio ready for shipment to the Fire Tex Insulating Board Company, 1930. Shredders were designed to reduce fibrous materials, such as wood bark, to smaller pieces. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01523
Subjects: Machinery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This color image shows the launch of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969, at 9:32 a.m. (EDT), John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Flames and smoke billow from the Saturn V rocket as it lifts off the launchpad. Apollo 11 made history on July 20, 1969, when its lunar module landed on the moon. Mission commander and Ohio native Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) and fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first people to walk on the moon, spending 2.5 hours taking photographs and collecting samples. During their exploration the mission's third astronaut, Michael Collins, remained in the command module "Columbia" as it continued its orbit. The historic mission ended July 24, when the command module and crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06903
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Apollo 11 (Spacecraft); Space flight; Project Apollo (U.S.); Space vehicles; Aldrin, Edwin Eugene, Jr., 1930-
Places: Cape Canaveral (Florida); United States
 

Description: This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) is of an unknown home in Ohio. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F09_010
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Engraved portrait of Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), who served as governor of Ohio from 1840 to 1842. As an orator, he eloquently expressed his opposition to the Mexican War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02840
Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848; Governors; Politicians; Lebanon (Ohio)
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This quarter design featuring Johnny Appleseed was drawn by Steve Bieda. The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08694
Subjects: Money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Ohio