Description: Attached caption reads: "TERMINCAL INTERIOR A modernistic touch is evinced by this unusual interior of Cincinnati's Union Terminal. Viewed from the great rotunds, looking toward the main waiting room and train ramps, a portion of the justly famous murals may be seen; while a suggestion is had of many service facilities. Photo by WPA Photographer, Federal Project #1 (Writers')" In the early twentieth century, Cincinnati was linked to a number of other major cities through its rail lines. Union Terminal, a single railroad terminal, was developed to provide service for all passenger and freight lines entering the city. Construction began in the 1920s on the art deco style structure that was designed by architects Alfred Fellheimer and Stewart Wagner. Finished on March 31, 1933, Union Terminal had the largest half-dome in the world at the time. Even today it is the largest half-dome in the Western hemisphere. The artwork associated with Union Terminal was as amazing as the physical structure. Maxfield Keck designed bas-relief figures that represented Commerce and Transportation to flank the main doors. Winold Reiss, a German-born artist, designed murals made from glass mosaic tiles to decorate the interior of the terminal. The art deco style murals illustrate the United States' transportation history, different types of work in the United States, and Cincinnati history. Most of the murals were placed within the main entry of the terminal, but additional murals, portraying major Cincinnati businesses, were located in the concourse. The concourse was torn down in the 1970s, and these murals were relocated to the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati International Airport. Another artist, Pierre Bourdelle, created a mural at the entrance of the women's lounge. After success as a train terminal throughout the 1930s and 1940s, competition from automobiles and passenger airline service led to a decline in use of the terminal. By 1972, the last train service to Union Terminal ended. After a failed attempt in 1980 to turn Union Terminal into a shopping mall, the building was opened once again in November 1990 and was known as the Museum Center. The renovated Union Terminal now houses the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science, the Cincinnati History Museum, the Cincinnati Historical Society Library, the Cinergy Children's Museum, and an OMNIMAX theater. Amtrak began offering passenger train service to Union Terminal beginning in 1991. Union Terminal was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1972. Its significance as one of the few remaining large art deco terminals meant that it also became a National Historic Landmark in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F07_002_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945; Fellheimer & Wagner; Fellheimer, Alfred; Wagner, Steward; Keck, Max, 1880-1943
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This saltcellar is a piece of handmade, glazed ceramic whiteware. A saltcellar is a vessel used to hold salt for cooking or seasoning at a meal. The lip has a brown dot on it. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73866
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Champaign County Courthouse. It is a Modernist building, the county's fifth courthouse, and it was completed in 1956 by architect Philip Partride, ten years after the fourth courthouse had been destroyed by a fire. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_065
Subjects: Courthouses;
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio); 200 N. Main St.
 

Description: Flank Marker of the 60th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01999
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Flags
 

Description: Red and white leather shoes with cutout design and pointed wedged heel. They are straight and have white grosgrain ribbon trim. The shoes were worn by Elizabeth "Betsey" Putnam (1765-1830), the daughter of General Rufus Putnam (1738-1824), a soldier and early settler of Ohio after the American Revolution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04942
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Clothing and dress; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 182nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 182 cm high by 203 cm wide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02156
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Original description reads: "Playground at Northridge School, Aug. 27th, 1936. This will probably be partly sodded about Sept. 15th." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_040_001
Subjects: Schools--Ohio--Northridge; Playgrounds
Places: Northridge (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The present Shelby County Courthouse was completed in 1883 by architect George Maetzel. The courthouse is surrounded by impressive buildings in multiple architectural styles with its central location in the business district. It represents the Second Empire style and features four identical facades, as well as a centrally placed clock tower that rises from the mansard roof. This image shows the front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_439
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Sidney (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio); 129 E. Court St.
 

Description: Reverse reads: "WPA building Krick Road, north of Third St. Aug 1936." Dayton is probably out on the horizon of this photo. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_031_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio); Road construction
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Welcome home celebration for Neil Armstrong after NASA mission Gemini 8. Attending banquet with wife Janet, mother Viola, father Stephen, and Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes held in gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High) View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_035
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Celebrations
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard of Founders Hall on the campus of Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. Heidelberg is a liberal arts college that was founded by the German Reformed Church in 1850. Currently the college is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03459
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); Education; Universities and colleges; College campuses
Places: Tiffin (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Watercolor of the Ohio Statehouse by Ralph Fanning, ca. 1935-1945. The Ohio capitol was built between 1839 and 1861 in the Greek Revival style, resembling the Parthenon in Greece. One of the best examples of Greek Revival civic architecture in the United States, it is also one of the oldest working statehouses in the nation. It is a masonry building, consisting largely of brick and Columbus limestone quarried from the west banks of the Scioto River. Artist and art historian Ralph Fanning was born on Long Island in 1889. A Quaker, Fanning served in France in compassionate non-military service during World War I. In the 1920s, he joined the Ohio State University Art Department, becoming a full professor in 1924. Fanning was a skilled artist, especially talented at depicting bridges and buildings. He sketched and painted numerous buildings in Columbus and throughout Ohio. In 1950, Fanning became ill and was later diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The disease affected his work, but he continued to paint and sketch. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04159
Subjects: Art and Artists; Architecture; Ohio State University--History; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)