Description: Photographic postcard depicting power line damage with men shoveling snow after a storm that struck Cleveland and northeastern Ohio in November 1913. The heavy snowfall was part of an early winter storm that was called "the Great Lakes Hurricane," "the Ultimate Storm" and "the Big Blow." 18 to 25 inches of snow fell in two days across northeastern Ohio, covering telephone, telegraph and electrical wires. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03882
Subjects: Natural disasters--United States; Blizzards; Winter; Snow
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Northeastern Ohio
 

Description: Blue enameled graniteware canning kettle pictured without lid, made ca. 1940-1950. Inside is a metal rack to hold the canning jars. Canning involves cooking food, sealing it in a sterilized container, and boiling the container to kill any remaining bacteria. It is designed to extend the shelf-life for many types of foods. This kettle could be used to sterilize jars both before and after filling using boiling water. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05415
Subjects: Canning and preserving; Kitchen utensils
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This cotton flag features a white minuteman surrounded by a circle of thirteen stars against a rectangular blue field. A white letter "T" is sewn on to the bottom right corner. There are silver-colored metal grommets reinforce holes along one side of the flag. The minuteman flags were awarded during World War II to factories in which 90% of the employees committed at least 10% of their wages to the purchase of war bonds. This flag flew across the Ohio River from Marietta, Ohio, at the Blaw-Knox Company in New Martinsville, West Virginia. This flag dates from 1943. The dimensions of this flag are 220 cm by 128 cm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H51984_001
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; War bonds; Textile--cotton
 

Description: Six contestants round the race track curve in the 1974 Motorcycle Races at Glen Este in Clermont County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07901
Subjects: Sports; Racing; Motorcycles
Places: Glen Este (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 195th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02177
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: A double image on a single plate glass negative showing a mother with her children. In both cases the mother is seated while the children are arranged around her. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b04_f271
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Pictured is an engraving of Squirrel Hunters crossing the Ohio River in Brown County. Squirrel Hunters were civilian men who assisted the federal government in defending Cincinnati, Ohio from Confederate attack in 1862. Their name was derived from the type of weapons they armed themselves with, which were normally used to hunt squirrels. Despite their lack of military training, they helped to defend Ohio from Confederate invasion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06215
Subjects: Civil War 1861-1865; Squirrel Hunters; Ohio--Militia;
Places: Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Louis Rossi, of Mahoning County, was electrocuted April 29, 1924, for the murder of Nick Ferresi. He was a white male, thirty fife years old and his occupation is unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08151
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Guidon of the 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Swallowtail flag measures 68 cm high by 101 cm wide. This swallowtail guidon of the national colors was used by the 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. The flag was manufactured in the United States between 1861 and 1863. The guidon has 34 gold-painted stars on a blue canton. The stars are arranged in a double-circle pattern with an additional star in each of the canton's four corners. The flag has thirteen alternating red and white stripes. A guidon flag, usually a swallowtail, is a type carried by artillery or cavalry company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01841
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Guidon; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "Negroes building fortifications for the Confederates at James Island, S. C., under direction of General Beauregard, to repel the land attack of the Federal troops." ALTERNATE TEXT: A large Confederate army camp during the American Civil War: A group of African Americans digging a hole in the ground, none are dressed as soldiers. They are largely in farming type clothes, including bibbed overalls. Most men are using pick axes and shovels to work the ground. One man is pushing a wheelbarrow full of dirt. A man on a horse watches the men dig. A few men on a hill near the digging site stand and talk. There are two cannons near the middle of the scene, and horses are pulling a train at the far middle of the scene. Down the hill from the scene are large tents in the rest of the army camp. There is a fort to the far right of the camp and what looks to be water and boats near the fort. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_31
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Two horses during a harness race at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. The first Wyandot County Fair was held in 1851 on the Thompson farm, (now the site of the Fairhaven Community on Marseilles Avenue) in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The fair was held in that location until 1856 when the current fairgrounds site was purchased. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07802
Subjects: Sports; Horse racing; Fairgrounds; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 92nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 92nd Regt. O.V.[I.] Chickamauga. [?] Mission Ridge. Rock[y] [?] Jonesboro. Atlanta. S[?] Charleston. Bentonville. Rale[igh]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02522
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865