Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women giving a performance. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F02_003
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Theatre--Ohio; Arts and entertainment; Costumes
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: A woman locks the door of the Career Academy in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Located at 71 South High Street, across from the Ohio Statehouse, the academy offered vocational classes in radio broadcasting, medical assisting, and nursing. The United Technical Institute was a division of the Career Academy. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B05F127_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Vocational education;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A man reaches into a trash can just north of the intersection of North High and Broad Streets in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Across the street can be seen Dunhill Clothiers, Hanover Shoes, Kuenning's Restaurant, Walker's, Revco Discount Drug Center and Bond Clothes. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B06F160_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Stores and shops;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows a view of a firebase taken from a wooded area below where Tweel and other men walked to get water. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F06_001
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Military encampments
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: Businesses at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio, photographed by Tom Zamaria, October 1980. Pictured are signs for the Tankard Inn, Charlie Brown's, and Buckeye Carry Out. The University District includes the small neighborhoods to the east and south of The Ohio State University campus on either side of the High Street corridor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P364_B01_F05_04_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Pedestrians; Bars (Drinking establishments);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This poster, titled "Plant a Victory Garden: Our Food is Fighting ," encourages Americans to grow victory gardens during World War II. The poster measures 19" x 21" (48.26 x 53.34 cm). During World War II (1941-1945), many people supplemented the food they had available for personal use by planting vegetable gardens, both to support the war effort and due to food shortages and rationing. The gardens were promoted widely by the government and industry, and were known as "victory gardens" due to their importance to the war effort. Gardens were planted during World War I as well, but were called "war gardens" until the end of the war, when the term "victory garden" came into use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3330_4692170_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Agriculture; Daily life; World War II; Victory gardens
Places: Ohio; Washington (District of Columbia)
 

Description: This is the front facade of the Crawford County Courthouse. The structure was built in 1854, by architect O.S. Kinney and contractor A.E. Hanckock, but extensive renovations between 1906 and 1908 by architect Harlan Jones significantly updated the building. Prior to this, in 1893, a rear addition designed by J.L. Assenheimer was added. The original brick facade was covered with stone, and an impressive stained glass dome was installed above the courtroom. To the left of the courthouse entrance, there is a statue honoring Colonel William Crawford, a Revolutionary War hero and namesake of the county. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_099
Subjects: Courthouses; hip roofs; pillars
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio); 112 E. Mansfield St.
 

Description: Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar, ca. 1895-1900. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. Following his high school graduation in Dayton, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00515
Subjects: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; ; Authors; African American poets; Literary Ohio;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio);
 

Description: This car dump was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. Car dumps quickly and easily unloaded railroad cars filled with coal. This photograph was taken in the Jeffrey yard, 1911. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01290
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of the opening game of the Cincinnati Reds' 1941 season. The photo shows the opening ceremony where the Reds received their diamond rings for winning the World Series in the previous season. A band can also be seen on the field in front of the Reds players lining up to receive their rings. The back of the photo reads, "Opening Game- Cin. Ball Park Apr. 15.-1941. Presentation of a diamond ring to each player of the Cin. Reds. by Judge Landis. This is a yearly custum [sic] to all World Pennant winners." In this game, the Reds were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 7-3. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_019_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)--History--20th century--Pictorial works; Crosley Field (Cincinnati, Ohio); Baseball--1940-1950; World Series (Baseball) (1940)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Rookwood Pottery. Holy Cross Monastery. Ida St. Viaduct. Taken from Hill, North Side of Viaduct." The Art Deco style Ida Street Viaduct was built for $100,000 in 1931, under the technical supervision of structural engineer J.R. Biedlinger. The reinforced concrete bridge, located on Ida St. between Monastery and Paradrome Streets, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. The Holly Cross Church and Monastery were organized by the Passionist Brothers in 1871, first housing their monastery in an astronomical observatory at the top of Mt. Adams. They built a frame church adjacent to the monastery in 1873. Both buildings were later replaced, with a new church built in 1895 and the current monastery built in 1901. The Rookwood Pottery, conceived by Maria Longworth Nichols and named after the Longworth estate, produced its first pottery in 1880. The factory moved to the Mt. Adams location in 1891. After prosperity in the 1920s, the company did not fare well during the Great Depression, and was sold to Walter Schott in 1941. The company moved to Starkville, Mississippi in 1960 and closed in 1967. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_037_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Viaducts--Ohio; Rookwood Pottery Company; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The original description reads: "This is a view of the Canal North of Third St. taken in the year of 1911." This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in Dayton in the 1910s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_021
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)