Description: Sporting goods department at The F. & R. Lazarus Company, 1967. 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: AL04424
Subjects: Sports; Lazarus Department Store;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph by Baker's Art Gallery of an unidentified stockroom in central Ohio, November 1916. Numerous bottles and cans are stocked on the shelves, and a man sits posed at a writing desk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06314
Subjects: Restaurants; Business and labor; Laborers; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This image shows the inside of the Ohio Caverns near West Liberty, Ohio. The caverns were formed thousands of years ago when an underground river cut through ancient limestone and created rooms and passageways that later filled with a vast quantity of crystal stalactites. The most famous formation in the Ohio Caverns is "Crystal King," one of the biggest 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06496
Subjects: Crystals; Tourism; Caves; Geology--Ohio
Places: West Liberty (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Wayne Thompson, a 24-year-old of Franklin County. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Thompson was convicted in the robbery and murder of Carl Hoover, a grocer, and was the 232nd individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 232, Wayne Thompson of Franklin County, Legally Electrocuted January 21st, 1942 for the Murder of Carl Hoover." 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: AL08286
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; Death row
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Composite portrait comprised of photographs depicting 104 delegates to the 1873-1874 Ohio Constitutional Convention. Beneath the portraits, the men's names and home counties are listed. In October 1871, Ohio voters called for the state government to organize a constitutional convention. The legislature did not act until January 1873, when it called for an election to select representatives for the convention. The convention met for the first time in May 1873 in Columbus, and included fifty members of the Republican Party, forty-six members of the Democratic Party, and nine Independents. Despite having received a mandate from Ohio residents to replace the Constitution of 1851, the convention acted slowly. It took a full year before the convention had a new constitution to submit to Ohio voters. From May to August 1873, the convention met in Columbus before reconvening in Cincinnati in December 1873, where it remained until May 1874. In August 1874, the convention sent the new constitution to Ohio's voters for ratification. Voters clearly rejected the constitution by a vote of 102,885 in favor of ratification and 250,169 opposed to the document's adoption. The state did not hold another constitutional convention until 1912. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06904
Subjects: Ohio--Officials and employees; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Constitutional conventions;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows twelve young people in front of a house, and appears to have been taken at the Kinley family home. Harry Kinley sits in a chair on the far left and his brother Avery stands in the back. Photograph from the collection of 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_69
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 photograph captures a man and young girl tending to sheep on 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_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural life; Livestock; Sheep;
Places: Dillonvale (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);
 

Description: This elevated view of the town of Fostoria, in Seneca County, Ohio, shows a general view of the houses and businesses of the town. Streets, public buildings and churches are labelled. Bird's eye view drawings like this one were popular in late-19th century America. As the country became increasingly urbanized, many towns had pictures such as this one drawn as an expression of civic pride. Also note the plumes of smoke rising from small manufacturing plants and the three railroads running through this rural-seeming town. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4163
Subjects: Cities and towns--Ohio; Aerial photographs; Streets -- Ohio; Churches;
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Raised aloft over a crowd in a metal lift, someone records a parade in New Concord, Ohio. On March 3, 1962, the parade celebrated the homecoming of astronaut John Glenn after his successful Friendship 7 flight earlier that year. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B01F03_08
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Parades; Reporters and reporting; Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)
Places: New Concord (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an unidentified soldier in the 37th Infantry Division tending victory garden while stationed at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, during World War II. The 37th served in the Pacific under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. Known as the "Buckeye" Division, it was one of the most highly-decorated National Guard units in World War II. Seventeen Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to National Guard troops during the war, and seven of them went to members of the 37th. The photograph measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). The 37th Infantry Division mustered in at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in October 1940. The division was sent to the Pacific theater in the spring of 1942. The division's first battle was in July 1943 in the Solomon Islands. It participated in fierce jungle fighting at New Georgia, Bougainville, and Guadalcanal. Also serving in the Philippine campaign, the division spent 592 days in combat zones, killed 33,590 Japanese soldiers, and captured 2,161 enemy prisoners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3329_4692164_001
Subjects: Agriculture; Military Ohio; World War II; Victory gardens
Places: Ohio; Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)
 

Description: Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Railroad car on tracks with uniform soldiers on guard. Reverse side reads "Copy of a lithograph showing the Lincoln Funeral car as it appeared in Washington, D.C. the morning the train left for Springfield [Illinois], train carriage, Hale collection." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F03_017_001
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Funeral vehicles; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral
Places: Washington D.C.
 

Description: Homecoming celebration held for Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_013
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)