Description: Illustrated portraits of Tuskegee Airmen from Central Ohio. The portraits are signed by the pilots. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American pilots in the armed forces of the United States. The squadron was formed in 1941 and based in Tuskegee, Alabama. ALTERNATE TEXT: Artwork of nine African American men who were part of the Tuskegee Airmen. The image includes two airplanes; the right airplane has a red nose and tail. Beneath the red plane is a distant field of grass and trees with a road going through them. There is also a pilot in the cockpit. Top left corner: Herndon 'Don' Cummings- He wears goggles on the top of his head and a collared shirt. He has a smile on his face. Top middle: Alex Boudreaux- He wears a helmet with goggles on his forehead. He has a jacket on along with a collared shirt and tie. Second row, left: Walter McCreary- He wears an officer's hat with a United States eagle seal. He also wears a collared shirt with pins on the lapels. Second row, second to left: Walter Kyle- He wears a dark officer's hat with a United States eagle seal, and a collared shirt. He also has a small moustache. Second row, middle: Walter Davidson- He wears a hat with a collard shirt and a tie. Second row, second from right: Harold Sawyer- He wears an officer's hat with a United States eagle seal. He also wears a collared shirt with a tie. Second row, right: Harold Brown- He wears a collared shirt with pins on the lapels. Bottom row, left: Charles 'C.I.' Williams- He wears a hat with a pin on it. He also has on a collared shirt with a tie. Bottom row, right: William Watkins- He wears a dark officer's hat with a United States eagle seal, and a collared shirt. His suit jacket has a patch on his left side, which has wings above a star and the number 1 above the wings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS19
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American Ohioans; Air pilots; Airplanes; Tuskegee Airmen; United States. Air Force.; World War II
Places: Ohio; Tuskegee (Alabama)
 

Description: This custard mold is made of tin. It is round and fluted. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9377
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Culinary molds
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This handmade tin cup has a loop handle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9382
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: These two images show Warren G. and Florence Harding on their front porch in Marion, Ohio. The first image shows Warren G. Harding reading. The second image shows the couple on the front porch. Warren Harding ran his 1920 presidential campaign from the front porch of his Victorian house in Marion, Ohio. People came from all over Ohio and the United States came to hear him speak. His speeches were often recorded on phonograph and printed in newspapers around the country. Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was born in Corsica (now called Blooming Grove), a small town in Morrow County, Ohio. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College in Iberia at the age of sixteen. His family moved to Marion, where Harding taught school and briefly studied law. He worked occasionally as a reporter for a local paper before buying the Marion Star in 1884. Within five years, the Star was one of the most successful small-town newspapers in the state. Harding became popular as the leader of the Citizen's Coronet Band, which played at political rallies, and for his skill as an orator. Willing to follow the lead of political bosses, Harding advanced rapidly in Ohio politics, serving as state senator and lieutenant governor. In 1914 Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate. He won the presidency with sixty percent of the popular vote, promising a "return to normalcy" following the wave of reforms begun during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. As president, Harding appointed several friends to federal office who proved untrustworthy. His administration was tainted by corruption, and the infamous "Teapot Dome" scandal (in which Harding's Secretary of the Interior leased a U.S. petroleum reserve to a private oil company) nearly destroyed his presidency. After he died in office in August 1923, other scandals were uncovered, further tarnishing Harding's reputation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Presidential elections; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Harding, Florence Kling, 1860-1924; First ladies; Porches
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Jessie Ross, the first woman employed by The F. & R. Lazarus Company, circa 1950. In 1905, she was a typist and telephone operator; later, she became personal secretary to management. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04422
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Lazarus Department Store; Employees
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an 1896 presidential campaign poster for William McKinley which reads "The lockout is ended: he holds the key." McKinley was a successful state representative and governor of Ohio who gained the presidential nomination in 1896 and defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan. As president, he oversaw an American victory in the Spanish-American War and relative economic prosperity. Soon after he was re-elected to a second term, President McKinley was assassinated while touring in Buffalo, NY. He was the second Ohio president to be assassinated and the third to not finish his term. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4827
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Political posters; Presidential campaigns;
Places: Niles (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 7" x 4" (17.78 x 10.16 cm) photograph shows Union Station in Columbus around 1900. Constructed between 1895 and 1899, Union Station was actually the third train station built in Columbus. It was located at the corner of High and East Naghten. The first station, built in 1851, was also located on High Street, but it proved incapable of handling the increasing train traffic of a thriving Columbus and was demolished. A new Union Station was built in 1875 and was located next to location of the previous one. As automobile use increased throughout the course of the 1900s, the popularity of Union Station dwindled. This led to its demolishion in 1976. The third Union Station was designed by Daniel Burnham, a noteworthy architect from Chicago. Burnham was a proponent of the style known as Beaux-Arts Classicism, an architectural style that is heavily influenced by the Roman and Italian Renaissance styles of architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3441_5971262_001
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Transportation; Railroads; Photography--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the inside of the Ohio Caverns near West Liberty, Ohio. The unidentified man is touching a famous crystal known as "Crystal King." The most famous formation in the Ohio Caverns is the Crystal King, one of the biggest and most perfectly formed stalactites ever known. The caverns are the largest in the state, with over two miles of surveyed passageways ranging in depth from thirty feet to the deepest point of one hundred and three feet. The exact age of the caverns is unknown. The Columbus Grey Limestone in which the caverns are carved is some 400 million years old, and the oldest crystal is estimated to be 250,000 years old. The Ohio Caverns serve as a major tourist attraction in Logan County, along with the Zane Caverns and the Lake State Park. On the side of the photo in small print it reads: "Weber Photo." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06493
Subjects: Caves; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Crystals; Tourism; Geology--Ohio
Places: West Liberty (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of William (Bill) Sevastis, a 54-year-old waiter of Belmont County, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. was the individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. Sevastis was convicted of murdering Mike Kutsos, his employer, and was the 230th individual to be executed via the electric chair in the State of Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 230, Bill Sevastis of Belmont County, Legally Electrocuted February 26, 1941, for the Murder of Mike Kutsos, at Martins Ferry, Ohio." In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08284
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Martins Ferry (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: An image looking east on Main Street in Zanesville, Ohio, with a platform over the street. This may have been erected for the Y-Bridge dedication ceremonies held in 1902. The banners are advertising Reliable Buggies and Eppley's Shoes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08413
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Christina Stecher, photographer Harry Kinley's maternal grandmother, along with her children and likely their spouses. In the bottom row are Christina Stecher and her daughters, from left: Hannah Burkhardt, Christina Stecher, Mary Class, and Caroline Kinley. Harry Kinley's father, John H. Kinley, stands in the second row on the furthest right. The remaining men could be Christina Stecher's five sons, with the women seated in the middle being two of their wives. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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: AV30_B01F03_67
Subjects: Families; Daily life; Portrait photography; Photographers--Ohio
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This the farm of I.M. Chandler near Dillonvale, Ohio. Chandler's farm spanned 100 acres where he grew wheat, hay, and oats and raised about 30 sheep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F02_001_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farmhouses; Rural life; Barns
Places: Dillonvale (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);