Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of James Willie Brown, age 28. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Brown, along with Cook Jenkins, was convicted of robbing and murdering Jacob Reinstatler, a Cincinnati jeweler; both men were executed. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 241, James Willie Brown of Hamilton County, Legally Electrocuted April 6th, 1945, for the Murder of Jacob Reinstatler.” 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: AL08295
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); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This World War II poster shows women working in aircraft, medical, and other fields in the military, and reads "Women of the Allies...Fight for Freedom." Flags of the Allied countries are pictured on the left side. Posters like this one were produced by the federal government, and some by the State of Ohio, to encourage young women to contribute to the war effort by enlisting in the armed forces. Others encouraged the American people to contribute by buying war bonds and rationing food and gas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1222_F7_08
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Posters; War posters--Ohio, Allied Forces; Women
Places: England
 

Description: This photograph shows four young women in white standing behind four young men seated in dark suits. The group is inside what appears to be a parlor with patterned wallpaper behind them.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_74
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 is a barn on the farm of George S. Lentz near St. Clairsville, Ohio. Spanning 195 acres, Lentz's farm grew wheat and had a number of horses. Pictured here, three men sit among two wagons drawn by 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_003_1
Subjects: Barns; Agriculture; Horses; 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. Plows are being used to clear heavy snow from the road, allowing trapped semitrucks to resume travel. 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_Blizzard12
Subjects: Blizzards; Natural disasters; Climate and weather; Transportation--Ohio; Traffic accidents;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A crowd listens as a woman plays acoustic guitar at a political rally. A large banner hangs behind the stage reading "End Jackson Kent Coverups," referring to the shooting of students by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University and by police at Mississippi's Jackson State College. Both tragedies occurred in response to student antiwar protests in May of 1970. This photograph is included in a collection of images published 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_B04F01_01
Subjects: Demonstrations; Protests and protestors; Musical performances; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Top banner reads: "NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT BAND" Bottom banner reads: "THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND MAYOR RUDOLPH W. GUILIANI CONGRATULATE AMERICA'S HEROES SENATOR JOHN H. GLENN AND THE CREW OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY" Astronauts Steven Lindsey (left), Curtis L. Brown Jr. (center) and John Glenn (right) stand for the pledge of allegiance outside New York City Hall during the ticker-tape parade celebrating the successful Discovery space flight mission STS-95. 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_B20F05_02
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Astronauts; Parades;
Places: New York (New York); New York County (New York);
 

Description: Homecoming parade held for astronaut Neil 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_023
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jean Littlefield and Mae Mararian, who served in the Women's Army Corps, attended the Columbus Art School with their G.I. Bill education benefits, March 24, 1956. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00107
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Art and Artists; Education; Students
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Wind tunnel, Wright Field, Dayton." Activated on October 12, 1927, Wright Field replaced the smaller McCook field as the nation's premier center for military aviation research and development. At Wright Field, altitude and speed records were set, aircraft flying characteristics were studied in huge wind tunnels, improved fuels and power-plants were tested and new aircraft instruments were developed during the 1920s and 1930s. After Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into World War II, the flight test mission of Wright Field made the facility even more crucial to the nation's war effort. American and allied aircraft were brought to Wright Field and put through test programs to improve their performance. Captured enemy aircraft were evaluated by Wright Field's expert pilots and flight engineers to uncover weaknesses and strengths in their designs. After World War II, Wright Field continued to play a major part in flight research and development. Growth of residential areas around Wright Field forced officials to limit flight test operations in 1951 and transfer the Flight Test Division to Area C at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_005_1
Subjects: Science and Technology; Air bases; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio); Wind tunnels
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustration collected by the Ohio Federal Writers' Project is titled "Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the eastern shore of Maryland." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_003_001
Subjects: Fugitive slaves; Ohio History -- Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Maryland
 

Description: Model for a science building at the Ohio State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_048_1
Subjects: Education; Universities and colleges; Science and technology; Ohio State University; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)