Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke playing golf. 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_B03F02_002
Subjects: Golf; Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots
 

Description: This image shows the rear and side facades of the Lucas County Courthouse, located at 800 Adams St. This sandstone building has a rusticated base, Roman arches and Corinthian columns. The egg-and-dart trim which recurs throughout the building, on the furniture and architectural elements, is an example of continuity and strict attention to detail. The frogs carved into the stone and in the tile mosaic of the south entranceway are reminders of the courthouse’s site of construction on the former Miami-Erie Canal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_287
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; pediments;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo depicts people waiting in a banquet hall during the homecoming celebration held for Neil Armstrong downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_040
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1940-1949, this photograph shows an aerial view of the Captina Valley in Belmont County, Ohio. The Captina Creek runs through the Captina Valley and serves as a home to diverse species of aquatic life, and is one of the most important watersheds in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00317
Subjects: Agriculture; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Followers of labor leader Jacob S. Coxey, known as Coxey's Army, on a march to Washington, D.C. in 1894 to protest the federal government's response to the economic depression of the 1890s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01139
Subjects: Social movements; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Hagerstown (Maryland)
 

Description: Back reads: "Rock House State Park, Hocking Co." Hocking Hills State Park is known for its geologic features of Blackhand sandstone, including Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, and Rock House. The only true cave in the Hocking Hills region, Rock House is a corridor-like tunnel situated in a 150-foot Blackhand sandstone cliff. Rock House has been used by many different groups over the course of its history. Small recesses, called hominy holes, are believed to have been used by American Indians as baking ovens. According to local folklore, Rock House was also used as a hideout by robbers, murderers, and bootleggers, earning it the nickname Robbers' Roost. A sixteen-room hotel, built in 1835 by Colonel F.F. Rempel of Logan, once stood where the picnic shelter is today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_006_1
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); State parks and reserves; Geology; Natural features; Outdoor recreation
Places: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); South Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a curving gravel road somewhere in Ohio, possibly near Dayton. A sign ahead reads "Slow Curve Right." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_034_2
Subjects: Roads; Transportation--Ohio; Travel;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: " Superior Avenue at East 6th Street (Site of the Hollenden Hotel). About 1880." The 8-story Hollenden Hotel was built at this location and was the first large commercial hotel east of Public Square when it opened on June 7, 1885 in Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_020_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Roads; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Hotels
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Cinci., O., Nov. 16, 1937. Mellish Home ? Ave". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F05_014_001
Subjects: Architecture; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Social Studies Class, South High School, Lima. Photograph by courtesy of South High School" This is a photo of a social studies class at Lima South High School in Lima, Ohio. There is a teacher at the head of classroom the room and several students working on classwork. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_003_001
Subjects: High schools; Social studies; Classrooms; Lima (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Maps; Students; Teachers; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Dunkard Group. FWP - Dayton, Ohio." This photograph shows a group of seven people, wearing the traditional Dunkard clothing. Men usually wear a long, black coat, with a flat-brimmed hat and 'barn door pants' that button up the side, as well as plain-toed (Congress) boots. Women traditionally wear a grayish brown dress with a shawl, apron and bonnet. Old German Baptist Brethren (OGBB) descend from a pietist movement in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708, when Alexander Mack founded a fellowship with seven other believers. They are one of several Brethren groups that trace themselves to that original founding body. These emerged from the German Reformed and Lutheran Churches, and are historically known as German Baptists rather than English Baptists. Other names by which they are sometimes identified are Dunkers, Dunkards, Tunkers, and Täufer, all relating to their practice of baptism by immersion. They are part of the post-reformation Anabaptists (which include, among others, the Amish and Mennonites), who rejected baptism of infants as a biblically valid form of baptism. Because of persecution, many Brethren emigrated to America with the greatest influx being in the 1719 and 1729. As of 2008, almost 54% of the members live in Ohio and Indiana. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_013_1
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Anabaptists--United States; Dunkards; Dunkers
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on the front of photo reads: "TRAILER CATHEDRAL OF THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHERN OHIO The Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson, Bishop of Southern Ohio, is shown about to enter the automobile which will transport St. Paul's Wayside Cathedral over his diocese. (Photograph by Paul Briol.)" The side of the trailer reads: "Saint Pauls's Wayside Cathedral Diocese of Southern Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F09_031_001
Subjects: Roman Catholic Church; Religion in Ohio; Churches; Clergy
Places: Ohio