Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the routes of the Circleville feeder canal and the Ohio and Erie Canal in Pickaway County, Ohio, between stations 3372 and 3496. The Scioto River, bridges and railroads 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4917_001
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Pickaway County (Ohio);
 

Description: National colors of the 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 10th Reg't. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01879
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of two young girls seated on a chair in the parlor of the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This home, at 219 Paul Laurence Dunbar Street in Dayton, Ohio, was the final home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After Dunbar's death in 1906 his mother, Matilda Dunbar, continued to live in the house until her death in 1934. In 1936 the Dunbar House became the first state memorial to honor an African American. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03328
Subjects: Children; Authors; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Places: Dayton (Ohio)
 

Description: "Doing All You Can, Brother?" A 1943 War Savings Stamps poster promoting financial support of the war effort through the purchasing of government war bonds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04783
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio
 

Description: In 1837, the Presbyterian Church founded Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio. One of the first coeducational institutions of higher education in the United States, the college has a current enrollment of approximately 1,550 students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04013
Subjects: Education;
Places: New Concord (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Scioto River riverfront and Civic Center as seen from under the Town Street bridge looking east in Columbus, Ohio. Pictured left is the American Insurance Union Citadel, now known as the LeVeque Tower, located at 50 West Broad Street. Construction of the Ohio State Office Building (right) began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story 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-serving chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05688
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture; Rivers--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a park close to where the Hisylvania Coal Company Mine No. 22 used to operate until it went defunct in the 1920s. The name Hisylvania came from the owners each putting together the names of their respective states of birth, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Unfortunately despite it's historical value, what was left of the mine was eventually destroyed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06746
Subjects: Coal mines and mining;
Places: Glouster (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Sightseeing boat, Maid of the Mist, and passengers on the Niagara River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08507
Subjects: Other--Non Ohio; Boats and boating; Waterfalls
Places: Niagara River (New York)
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke with his wife, Eileen Czerny Parke. The two were married June 19, 1943. 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_B03F03_004
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; Portrait photography; Soldiers--Family relationships; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots
 

Description: Four photographs taken in January 1937 depict the town of Point Pleasant, Ohio, particularly the area surrounding the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), Civil War general and the eighteenth president of the United States. The first image shows the cabin marking Grant's birthplace nearly submerged by flood waters on January 26, 1937. The next three photographs were taken two days later on January 28, 1937. They depict the house and surrounding area. The final image shows the Grant Memorial Bridge, almost fully covered by water. The photographs measure 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.8 cm). Along the Ohio River, from Gallipolis to the Ohio-Indiana border, January 1937 was a terrible month. New high-water marks were set at every town. Portsmouth and Cincinnati were particularly affected. In the Queen City, waters rose to nearly 80 feet, a new record. Flooding extended beyond Ohio too, impacting the lives of more than a million people and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Dayton and the Miami Valley were spared, however, as flood control efforts in the region protected it from harm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3222_3832033_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Transportation; Climate and weather; Architecture; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Presidents; Floods; Houses; Bridges
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades 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_304
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio); 100 N. Main St.
 

Description: Governor Rhodes announced plans for a Neil Armstrong Museum after historic moon walk. Held at Auglaize County Fairgrounds, 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_203B2F6_079
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)