Description: Reproduction of a portrait depicting Joseph H. Cope (1801-1879), who kept a station on the Underground Railroad with his wife Rebecca at Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03137
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Smithfield (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a man handling boxes in the mechanized receiving room, in the bulk service building of The F. & R. Lazarus Company, ca. 1950. 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: AL04432
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Employees; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Beryl Drummond as a member of the Whiskered Wizards semi-professional basketball team, ca. 1948-1949. Born June 16, 1918, Beryl Esco Drummond was a member of the "Waterloo Wonders" high school basketball team, of Waterloo, Ohio, after transferring to the high school from nearby Cadmus. The team was the second Ohio high school basketball team in Class B to win consecutive state championships, in 1934 and 1935, and was considered one of the finest teams in the state. After high school, Drummond continued to play semi-professional basketball with teams such as the Whiskered Wizards and the Acme Aviators (sponsored by the Acme Pattern & Toll Company of Dayton, Ohio). He played his last basketball game in the winter of 1952, after a disappointing game at the Knights of Columbus gym in Columbus, Ohio. He later worked as assistant superintendent at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Brecksville, Ohio, and at the Green Acres Country Club in Florida. He died April 26, 1982. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06026
Subjects: Waterloo (Ohio); Sports; Basketball
Places: Waterloo (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio); Cadmus (Ohio); Gallia County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Firing the Popular Heart," a drawing by Henry Otis (H.O.) Dwight showing a small street parade. This work comes from a partial narrative of 1st Lieut. Dwight's service in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry 20th Regiment, including camp life and fellow officers, from 1861 to 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02809
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: This image shows Elliott Hall on the campus of Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. Ohio Wesleyan University located in Delaware Ohio received its charter from the state of Ohio in 1842. The first college classes were offered in 1844. Since the founding of the university, the school is associated with the Methodist Church. Originally, only men attended Ohio Wesleyan. Ohio Wesleyan Female College began to offer classes in 1853. It was not until 1877 that the Female College became part of Ohio Wesleyan University. Three women who had been instructors at the female college became the first female faculty members at the university. During the 1960s and 1970s, campus unrest led to the students having more of a say in campus decision-making. As a result of student protests, the university modified requirements that students attend religious services and placed less of a focus on religion in education. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06505
Subjects: Ohio Wesleyan University; College campuses; Education
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 57-year-old Willie Johnson. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Johnson was the 240th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 240 Willie Johnson of Cuyahoga County, Legally Electrocuted March 10th, 1944, for the Murder of Margaret Wilson.” 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: AL08294
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment; Death Row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Electrocution; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A War poster titled "United The United Nations Fight for Freedom". It shows tanks, war ships and fighter planes flying through smoke. There are also the flags of the allied forces. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1222_F4_08
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Posters; War posters--Ohio; Allied Forces
 

Description: Photograph showing a baby identified as "Abbie" sitting in a wicker carriage on a porch. The baby is in white and a woman sits behind her, partially obscured, with her hand reaching around to hold the carriage. The baby looks as though she is about to cry. Photograph by 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_B02F03_80
Subjects: Families; Portrait photography; Children
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. Seen here is the farmhouse of George S. Lentz near St. Clairsville, Ohio. Spanning 195 acres, Lentz's farm grew wheat and had a number of horses. The farm was converted into an agriculture experiment station in 1917, where experiments were conducted with various crops and livestock. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F04_002_1
Subjects: Farmhouses; Agriculture; Rural Life;
Places: Belmont County (Ohio); St. Clairsville (Ohio);
 

Description: Taken by the Ohio Turnpike Commission, this aerial photograph show the results of the 1978 Blizzard on Ohio Turnpike traffic, January 1978. A semitruck can be seen stranded in heavy snow next to a freeway overpass. In January and February 1978, a series of three storms hit the Midwest and Northeast United States. These storms were some of the most severe winter events to occur in recent history, and collectively are known as the Blizzard of 1978. The second storm found Ohio in its path. From January 25 to 27, between one and three feet of snow fell across Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Winds averaged between fifty and seventy miles per hour, creating snowdrifts as deep as twenty-five feet. With temperatures already hovering near zero, the wind chill was deadly, reaching sixty degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Created by the Ohio Turnpike Act of 1949, the Ohio Turnpike Commission was authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a turnpike (and related projects) for the State of Ohio. The groundbreaking took place on October 27, 1952, and on December 1, 1954, the first section of the turnpike to be completed (the Niles-Youngstown to the Pennsylvania border) was opened to the public. The remaining portions of the road were completed by October 1, 1955. Over the following decades, various maintenance projects were undertaken and improvements made. In 2013, the 130th General Assembly passed H.B. 51, which renamed the Ohio Turnpike Commission the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA7617AV_B22_Blizzard17
Subjects: Blizzards; Natural disasters; Climate and weather; Transportation--Ohio; Traffic accidents;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A crowd of hundreds gathers during a protest event on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio, carrying signs decrying violence against women. This photograph was taken by a photographer for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F11_02
Subjects: Civil rights; Protests and protestors; Ohio women; Social issues; Public safety;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "ONLY UMBILICAL REMAINS ATTACHED" Taken during the launch of the Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, this photograph shows the tip of the spacecraft attached to an umbilical attachment to the launch tower. The mission would make John Glenn the first American to orbit Earth. 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_B24F09_07
Subjects: Friendship 7 (Spacecraft); United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Glenn, John, 1921-2016;
Places: Cape Canaveral (Florida); Brevard County (Florida);