Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Miami and Erie Canal in Miami County between stations 8311 and 8432, including the feeder canal. The Miami River, bridges, railroads, ponds, lakes, and other landmarks along the route are also 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: BV4927_007
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Miami County (Ohio);
 

Description: Display of the National Colors of the 59th Ohio Veteran's Volunteer Infantry with Civil War era weapons, ca. 1870 to 1890. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03300
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Flags; Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 59th (1861-1865)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Air Raid--Know the rules," a World War II Office of Civil Defense poster promoting defense of the United States within its borders, ca. 1940-1945. Civilians were encouraged to understand the actions to take in case of an air raid siren warning. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04771
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of President James Madison (1751-1836), who during his presidency signed the declaration of war that officially started the War of 1812. Madison also became a supporter of industrialization, a traditional Federalist policy. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03997
Subjects: United States--History--War of 1812; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A large crowd of people attending the laying of the cornerstone of the State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio, 1931. Construction of the building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story, white marble building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Modernistic style. The building was later known as the Ohio Judicial Center until 2011, when the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05675
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Construction industry; Office buildings Ohio; Modernist
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of Johnson's Island, while the American Civil War was happening this island was considered an ideal place to house POWs. Anyone kept there would have a hard time getting away from the place without any help because of the remote nature of the island. Despite this, Johnson's Island was in an ideal place for supply lines to reach. The prison was built without having much trouble if any getting the necessary materials for, and food was shipped in without issue. Even for the prisoners, life on Johnson's Island was not so bad, they were fed and they were treated relatively well as the prison was specifically made to house men of military rank who most often had rich relatives who were willing and able to send them extra money. This is in contrast to the atrocious conditions experienced in other facilities. The island became a part of a daring attempt to create chaos for the Union and force the Union army to divide its ranks and defend Ohio against an unexpected Confederate campaign. The audacious plot was thought up by Charles Cole and John Yates Beall. Cole managed to use his influence to win over Union officials in Sandusky and had a small number of Confederate soldiers become a part of the Union Army. The plan was for Beall to commandeer a civilian ship along with a number of Confederate soldiers. The plan was to use this civilian boat to take control of the Union ship stationed on Lake Erie. To successfully take control of the ship, Cole would eat dinner with the Union officers who would be drugged before Beall took control of the Union ship. The plot was foiled when Cole was found out as a spy, while Beall's men decided to revolt against him. In the end, Cole was arrested and put away, and Beall sentenced to death for his role in the scheme. The U.S. had no need for the island after the war, and eventually the island would be settled and used by civilians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06733
Subjects: Prisoners of war; American Civil War, 1861-1865;
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ohio; Lake Erie
 

Description: Three men and a woman seated in chairs in front of a house. Glass plate negatives of various Trumbull County and northeastern Ohio scenes, places, people and events taken by John E. Pickering and Edward D. Pickering from the 1880s to the 1910s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08493
Subjects: Portrait photography; Families
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke and an unidentified Army Air Forces member. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F02_007
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Marion County Courthouse. This courthouse is almost identical to the one that stands in Fayette County. Ten sandstone faces are carved into the exterior walls, representing the races of man, pioneer spirit and the ages of man, including one that resembles William Shakespeare. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_305
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio); 100 N. Main St.
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Ambrose Everett Burnside, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. A very well-liked general, he was nevertheless roundly criticized for his handling of troops in battle. He is particularly known for his sloth in assaulting what is now known as Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, which may have resulted in a stalemate rather than a potential Union victory. Burnside also fought at Bull Run, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Cold Harbor, and the Crater. He lends a reversed form of his name to his distinctive facial hair, "side burns" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_41
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Ohio; Liberty (Indiana)
 

Description: Rock House, Hocking Hills State Park and Forest, Hocking County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00301
Subjects: Hocking County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Hocking Hills (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio National Guard troops outside the Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1884. Troops were brought to bring an end to riots sparked by public outrage over the outcome of a murder trial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01164
Subjects: Ohio National Guard; Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio)