Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor and her mother Eva Walker at their residence in Wilberforce, Ohio. Eva Walker the wife of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, 10th president of Wilberforce University and 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. They 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 the 16th president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_J_2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: This image is of a cookie sheet. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8255
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Cooking tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photographic reproduction shows fruit trees in bloom in the orchard, Zoar, Ohio, ca. 1880-1898. The Society of Separatists of Zoar maintained orchards that included apple, cherry and pear trees. Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Additional modifications to the society's organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the Separatists experienced economic prosperity. The community was almost entirely self-sufficient and sold any surpluses to the outside world. In addition to agriculture, Zoar residents also worked in a number of industries, including flour mills, textiles, a tin shop, copper, wagon maker, two iron foundries, and several stores. The society also made money by contracting to build a seven-mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The canal crossed over Zoar's property, and the society owned several canal boats. The canal traffic also brought other people into the community, who bought Zoar residents' goods. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the community was quite prosperous. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00850
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Orchards; Agriculture; Communal societies
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This handmade poplar pattern is used to make shelves. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73265
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph by Joe Munroe showing an unknown farm in winter. A farm worker is seen driving a tractor. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B25_FO4_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming and rural systems economics; Snow; Agricultural machinery;
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Napoleon in Henry County, between stations 1990 and 2127. The Maumee River and streets and properties in Napoleon are pictured, and bridges, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4923_011
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio; Bridges
Places: Napoleon (Ohio); Henry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This poster was produced during World War II with the slogan, "Can All You Can, It's a Real War Job." During the war people were encouraged to grow and can vegetables to increase the country's food supply. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02646
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: Photograph of Ohio Governor Michael DiSalle shaking hands with John F. Kennedy. Kennedy visited Ohio during his 1960 Presidential campaign. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03590
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows a back view of a white cotton textured pattern dress dated ca. 1810. The dress is embroidered all over, with two tucks in skirt and a puffy ruffle, with scalloped eyelet added, and a bodice with lace insets. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05024
Subjects: Dresses; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Clothing and dress
 

Description: "Johnnie Clem, Drummer Boy of Shiloh," from "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1907. Johnny Clem, born John Joseph Klem, was a soldier in the service of the United States for most of his life. He was born on August 13, 1851, in Newark, Ohio. Some accounts claim that Clem first had been permitted to join the Twenty-Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Other sources claim that Clem joined the Twenty-Second Michigan Infantry Regiment when it marched through Newark. Since Johnny Clem was too young to join the army officially, officers of the Twenty-Second Michigan contributed money to pay him a monthly wage. Soldiers provided him with a gun and uniform and trained him to be a drummer boy. Clem was finally allowed to enlist in the United States Army in May 1863, when he was only twelve. In the meantime, Clem had already participated in numerous battles and had become quite famous. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04226
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Children; Soldiers--Ohio
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: St. Joseph's School, Wapakoneta, Ohio, ca. 1900. According to the caption at the bottom of the photo, the school was dedicated June 10, 1900. The school is Richardsonian Romanesque in style, with Queen Anne turrets. It was likely designed by the architectural firm Yost & Packard because it closely resembles the firm's 1896 design for Emerson School (Westerville High School) in Westerville, Ohio. St. Joseph's School and St. Joseph's Church were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05898
Subjects: Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Churches; Architecture; National Register of Historic Places; Education
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sign near Bucyrus, Ohio, that reads: "Bucyrus, Ohio. Population 12,000 Located on the Pennsylvania RY. and N.Y. Central RY. Two Interurbans, Three Steamlines and Lincoln Highway. You are invited to locate in Bucyrus, Good Factory Sites. Chamber of Commerce." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07269
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)