Description: Convoy of trucks gathered near the grand stand in Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1917-1919. They were possibly transporting troops and military supplies during World War I. The sign on the side of one of the trucks reads: "Ages of Enlistment 18-35 No man Is Too Old To Learn". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07267
Subjects: Trucks; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Transportation--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Map showing the boundaries of Ripley, Ohio, along the Ohio River, from "Atlas of Brown County, Ohio / from actual surveys by D. J. Lake and B. N. Griffing. To which is added a map of the State of Ohio, also an outline and rail road map of the United States and the hemispheres" (1876). Ripley is the site of the Rankin House, an important stop on the Underground Railroad in the decades preceding the Civil War. Home to Presbyterian minister and abolitionist John Rankin, the Rankin House stood on a 300-foot-high hill known as "Liberty Hill," which overlooked the Ohio River. Rankin would signal fugitive slaves in Kentucky with a lantern or candle, letting them know when it was safe to cross the river. To access Rankin's home on the hill, those seeking their freedom had to climb 100 wooden steps. Rankin would provide the former slaves with sanctuary, keeping them hidden until it was safe for them to travel further north. He likely moved from his home to Ironton in the late 1860s, several years before this map was made. The home is now a museum, part of the Ohio History Connection's statewide network of historic sites, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A912_771_B812L_Ripley
Subjects: Rankin, John, 1793-1886; Ripley (Ohio); Underground Railroad--Ohio; Anti-slavery; Maps; Abolition
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing flooded homes on Maple Avenue in Zanesville, Ohio, following the flood of 1913. In late March 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and the water levels rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns suffered disastrous flooding. When the flood waters receded, tons of mud and debris covered the streets, homes, businesses and factories of towns like Zanesville, where the Muskingum River had crested 27 feet above flood stage and water was 20 feet deep at several downtown intersections. The death toll for the disaster stood at 361, and property damages were well over $100,000,000 and 65,000 were forced to temporarily leave their homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P28_B05_F07_2
Subjects: Climate and weather; Floods; Natural disasters; Zanesville (Ohio)
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts students at Brookside Elementary school planting trees on Arbor Day. Brookside Elementary is located in Worthington, Ohio. Arbor Day is a United States holiday dedicated to the planting of trees on a national scale, education on the importance of trees, and education on how to plant trees. The holiday is celebrated the last Friday in April in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B01_00009_21
Subjects: Tree planting; Arbor Day; Students--Ohio; Children
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: A young boy clings to a lamppost along High Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio, while a COTA bus drives past him. Created in 1972, COTA stands for Central Ohio Transit Authority. COTA is a public-sector transit agency which serves Franklin County and Central Ohio. Behind the boy, pedestrians pass local businesses, including an optical company and the Lazarus Department Store. Founded in 1851 by Simon Lazarus, the store merged with Macy's in 2005. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B07F190_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Pedestrians; Children
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: An elderly woman stands outside of Kresge's Record Shop located at the intersection of West State and North High Streets in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B06F159_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Record stores
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel during the Vietnam War, this photograph shows a serviceman's sleeping quarters. A suitcase sits at the end of the cot, which is covered with an army jacket and sack, as well as other items. A bowl, towel, and what appears to be a stand of some kind sit on the ledge above the cot. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F09_033
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Military life; Military encampments
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection showing a Memorial Day parade in downtown Columbus, Ohio, taken from the fifth floor of the Deshler Hotel. Men and women in uniform and carrying flags march past the Ohio Statehouse, May 31, 1949, as crowds line High Street on either side. Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday in May each year to honor military personnel who have lost their lives. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B11F05_02_01
Subjects: Parades--Ohio; Holidays; Marching bands; Downtowns; Commemorations;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: These two stereographs of the Ohio State Fair held in Zanesville, Ohio were taken September 21, 1859. Photographer J. Tresize was commissioned by the fair's Fine Arts Committee to document the fair. The images include a view of the farm implements barn and a view of the grandstand. Each stereograph measures 3.25" by 6.75" (8.26 by 17.15 cm). The stereoscope was a popular form of entertainment in the late nineteenth century. Stereographs, also called stereoviews, contain side-by-side images captured simultaneously from two slightly different perspectives. Looking at the card through a stereoscope, a viewer sees a single three-dimensional image. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1451_1149213_001
Subjects: Arts and entertainment; Agriculture; Expositions and fairs; Tools;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: The present Union County Courthouse was designed in 1883 and is identical to the Henry County Courthouse. The building is positioned in the middle of a large square, and is made of brick and cut stone with galvanized iron trimmings. The tower bells play tunes like "America the Beautiful" every hour. It is Second Empire style. This image shows the front facade and clock tower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_475
Subjects: Courthouses; mansard roofs; towers (building divisions); porticoes; pediments; pilasters; Second Empire
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio); 5th and Court Streets
 

Description: Inscription Rock on the shoreline of Kelleys Island, Erie County, Ohio, ca. 1886-1888. This photograph is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching the 1889 edition of his book "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00504
Subjects: Historic sites--Ohio--Kelleys Island--Pictorial works; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Kelleys Island (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Chain, known as 'Scranton chain', manufactured by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, 1909. This Scranton chain was used for a pivoted bucket conveyor to move bulk materials up and down. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01269
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)