Description: This photograph shows an exterior view of the woolen mill and machine shop built and operated by the Society of Separatists at Zoar, ca. 1890 - 1898. The woolen mill was built in 1830 and torn down in the 1930s. 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: AL00832
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Mills; Communal societies
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This bucksaw was made by hand of wood and iron. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73257
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment; Cutting tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a car driving down a deserted highway with a bird flying in the foreground, taken by Joe Munroe in Nevada, 1974. 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_B34_F2421_JPG242
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Landscape photography; Freelance photography
Places: Nevada
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Hocking Canal through Athens County, between stations 2068 and 2131. The Hocking River is pictured, and 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 began on the Hocking Canal in 1831 and was completed in 1843, connecting Athens and Carroll and running roughly parallel in sections to the Hocking River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4922_009
Subjects: Hocking Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photographic print shows Frances Ellen Watkins Haprer (1825-1911), Columbus, Ohio poet, anti-slavery advocate, lecturer, novelist and reformer. Caption reads: MRS. F. E. W. HARPER. Author and Lecturer, Philadelphia, Pa. See sketch of Life on Page 498. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_E185G442_aaeo_american_001
Subjects: African Americans; African American women; Abolitionists;
 

Description: This is a candid portrait of Audrey Wilcke Evans (on left) with members of her senior Girl Scout troop at Camp Sagamore Hill near Englewood Dam in Dayton, Ohio, October 15, 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02639
Subjects: Girl Scouts of the United States of America; Popular culture
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Cooke Castle on Gibraltar Island, ca. 1880. Built circa 1864 by Jay Cooke, Cooke Castle was used as a vacation home by four generations of the Cooke family. Today, the house and the island are owned by The Ohio State University. The University maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03667
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History; Houses
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Salmon Portland Chase was a prominent attorney and politician during the nineteenth century. He was born on January 13, 1808, in Cornish, New Hampshire. In 1829, he passed the bar exam and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to establish his own law practice. An ardent abolitionist, Chase represented many fugitive slaves trying to win their freedom. He held many political offices, including United States Senator, Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Chase died in New York City on May 7, 1873. This illustration appears in "Historical Collections of Ohio," published by Henry Howe in 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04219
Subjects: Chase, Salmon P., 1808-1873; Governors--Ohio; Abolitionists; Lawyers--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Activists
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is a reproduction of a military map created by cartographer John Melish and included in his "Military and Topographical Atlas of the United States Including the British Possessions and Florida" (published in 1813 and 1815). The visual components of Melish's atlas depict areas affected by the War of 1812, and the text vividly describes their geography. "Map of the Seat of War in North America" accompanies the atlas' first chapter, "Description of the Seat of War in North America." The map includes four of the Great Lakes in their entirety (only the tip of Lake Superior is represented); the St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence; the Atlantic Ocean to the edge of Newfoundland and the tip of Delaware; "Upper" and "Lower Canada;" all or part of fifteen states (including Ohio); Michigan Territory; and the eastern edges of Illinois Territory and Indiana Territory. The map shows the mileage between cities, towns, and settlements. It also includes a table of population. Its dimensions are 21.5 x 15.5 inches. John Melish (1771-1822) was born in Scotland and apprenticed to a cotton maker. His job brought him to America at various times, and he settled permanently in Philadelphia in 1811. He wrote extensively of his travels in America during the early 19th century and became one of his adopted country's best cartographers during this period. His most famous map, published in 1816, depicted the United States from coast to coast. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06940
Subjects: Maps--United States; Historical map; Map drawing; Melish, John, 1771-1822
Places: Canada
 

Description: Martha Kinney Cooper seated reading a book in the Governor's Residence. Upon her husband assuming Ohio's governor's seat on January 14, 1929, Martha Cooper dedicated her time as Ohio First Lady to honoring Ohio artists, authors, and musical composers. She took the leading role in establishing the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library. Intending to create a library to solely house the works of Ohioans, Cooper solicited donations from authors from the state. Initially, Cooper housed the collection in the solarium of the Governor's Mansion, but in 1935, the library moved to the State Library in Columbus. Martha Kinney Cooper was married to Myers Y. Cooper, the 51st Governor of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07261
Subjects: Ohioana Library; Books and reading; Libraries--Ohio--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph showing an elevated view of 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 over-topped 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_F06_4
Subjects: Climate and weather; Floods; Natural disasters;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: A black-and-white 8 x 10 photographic print of Doris Curmode wearing the fashion designs of her husband, Columbus, Ohio, fashion designer H. Harold Curmode. Several pieces of the outfit are displayed on the floor to show how the design is made up of interchangeable pieces. Curmode believed in the versatility of clothing and became known for his multi-piece, interchangeable outfits. Curmode was born on July 11, 1928, and moved with his family to Columbus in 1936. He served in the U.S. Army and was discharged in 1952. In 1955, Curmode married Doris Ann Vaughn and began his career as a fashion designer, establishing "The House of Harold." By 1960, he was well-established as a local designer in Columbus, and during the 1970s and early 1980s, he collaborated with several local theatre groups as a costume designer. Curmode died in 1989. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV157_B01F05_003
Subjects: Curmode, Harry Harold, 1928-1989 (Designer); Fashion designers; Clothing and dress
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);