Description: Contour farming to help soil conservation at author and conservationist Louis Bromfield's Malabar Farm, Richland County, Ohio, ca. 1950-1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00646
Subjects: Malabar Farm; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Agricultural conservation
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Alma Smith, who represented Cuyahoga County in the Ohio General Assembly from 1935-1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00152
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The tomato handling equipment in this photograph was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. A revolving screen washed the tomatoes before they were delivered to a wire mesh conveyor. On the conveyor, the tomatoes were inspected for flaws by the plant employees. This machinery was used at the Ritter Catsup Company, Plainfield, New Jersey, 1929. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01522
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This 34F Cutter Loader was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. This photograph was taken in the Jeffrey yard in 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00996
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved portrait of James Monroe Ashley, ca. 1860-1869. Ashley was a prominent politician, newspaper editor, and businessman during the nineteenth century. He was born on November 24, 1822, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1851, Ashley settled in Toledo, Ohio, where he became active in local politics and helped organize the Republican Party in the community. In 1858, he served as the chairman of the Ohio Republican Convention. That same year, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Ashley served in the United States Congress from 1859 to 1869, during which time he introduced the first constitutional amendment to abolish slavery and initiated impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson. After leaving Congress, Ashley served as the territorial governor of Montana, and the president of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad. James Ashley died in Alma, Michigan, on September 16, 1896. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02838
Subjects: Newspaper publishing; Legislators--United States--1860-1870;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Printed, postcard depicting a scene looking north on High Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1890 - 1910. The arches, for which Columbus was well known, span the street crowded with pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and street cars. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01716
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of No. 42, Domminick Sellvagio, who was electrocuted on November 22, 1912 for the murder of three Italians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03736
Subjects: Capital punishment; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Portrait photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Benjamin Drew (1812-1903) was involved with the Underground Railroad in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In the mid 1850s, Drew traveled to Canada to transcribe the narratives of slave refugees from America, including Harriet Tubman. The book was published in 1856 as "The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada." This photograph was taken in 1900. 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: AL03062
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Drew, Benjamin, 1812-1903
Places: Plymouth (Massachusetts)
 

Description: This silk Stars and Stripes guidon with gold fringe was taken into battle by Battery C of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. Its blue canton once bore 35 stars in a grid of 5 columns and 7 rows but has since been torn away. Its fourth red stripe holds the remnants gold lettering which read: 1st Ohio Artillery Battery, A. The regiment was called upon April 21, 1861 in a letter to Colonel James Barnett from the Governor, William Dennison. Each Battery of the 1st has its own history and operated independently in battle. Their initial appointment was for three months, though most served an additional campaign for three to five years. Battery A was quickly appointed to another 3 year campaign at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati and mustered into service on September 9, 1861. Major engagements in which the battery took part include Mill Springs, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea. The battery was mustered out at Camp Cleveland on June 15, 1865. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01822
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Textile--silk
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio National Guard Soldiers who were members of 2nd A.W. Battalion, 174th Artillery practicing a riot control formation while on standby riot control duty in Athens, Ohio, 1968. Ohio National Guard troops were in Athens in response to student protests against the military conflict in Vietnam. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05180
Subjects: Ohio National Guard; Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Riot control; Protests and protestors
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph depicting C. W. Bryant seated at his desk, Columbus, Ohio, June 1945. Charles William Bryant Jr. was born in Dayton in 1882, and from his start as a farmhand with a 3rd grade education would go on to become a prominent African American businessman, self-taught engineer, and owner of one of Columbus’ largest construction firms. The C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Co. was involved in major projects throughout Columbus, including the construction of a temporary Broad Street bridge following the 1913 flood, the removal of lighting arcs from High Street, and dismantling Hanford Village in 1962 for the construction of I-71. Bryant faced racial discrimination in his personal and professional life, including the refusal of local steelworkers’ unions to admit Bryant’s black employees, which forced Bryant Co. out of steel construction in the 1950s. He nonetheless expanded into other areas, including ownership of Bryco gas stations, a coal and oil company, the Litchford and Macon hotels, and the Ohio Malt Beverage Co.-the first African American distributor in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04474
Subjects: African Americans; Bryant, Charles William, Jr. (1882-1964); Business and labor; Construction industry;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02504
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865