Description: Illustration of the members of the Red Stocking Base-Ball Club of Cincinnati, titled "An Old-Time Ball Nine," 1869. Ten men are pictured, with one presumably the coach. Professional baseball originated in Cincinnati, where the first game played by a team of all professionals who received pay for playing occurred on June 1, 1869. During the inaugural game, the Cincinnati Red Stockings defeated the Mansfield Independents, an amateur club, by a score of forty-eight to fourteen. The salary for the entire Cincinnati team during the 1869 season was eleven thousand dollars. The Red Stockings went on to win 130 consecutive games during 1869 and early 1870, not losing a game until June 14, 1870. Baseball historians challenge the number of games, because a majority of them involved amateur clubs losing to the Red Stockings. Nevertheless, the club had fifty-seven straight victories against other highly-ranked and professional or semi-professional teams. The Red Stockings proved to be a leading contender during their first several decades of existence. In 1876, the team now known as the Cincinnati Reds became one of the original members of the National League, but this organization expelled the club in 1880 for selling beer at the team’s games. The Reds returned to the League in 1890 after a decade’s absence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC_192_001
Subjects: Cincinnati Red Stockings (Baseball team); Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team); Baseball; Sports
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Robert E. Satterfield (1920-2006) and Martha Jane (Sininger) Satterfield (1924-2003), of Adams County, Ohio, ca. 1941-1945. The couple, who lived in West Union, Ohio, had four daughters: Margaret, Mary, Kathy, and Caroline. Satterfield served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Following the war, he worked for Texaco and was also elected as Adams County Engineer, a position he held for 22 years. The Satterfield family was involved with the Democratic Party and frequented Democratic events such as Governor DiSalle’s birthday party. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1464AV_B02F13_02
Subjects: United States Navy; World War II; Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio;
Places: West Union (Ohio); Adams County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing the "Clinton High School," used to house high school students for Clinton Township from 1905 until 1910. This building, located at 10 Clinton Heights, continued in use as an annex to the original Clinton Township school (built in the 1890s) as well as the newer Clinton Elementary (built in 1922 and dedicated in 1924) before being demolished in 2014. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_175
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities; School buildings; Education
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A crowd of students watch something off-camera as they laugh, along North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio. 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. 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_B12F308_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); College students
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the Upper Falls at the Old Man's Cave section Hocking Hills State Park, photographed by Bill Foreman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and included in the Columbus Free Press Collection. Old Man's Cave was named for Richard Rowe, a hermit who moved to the Ohio Valley in 1796 and lived in the cave. Early settlers named the site Cedar Falls, mistaking the hemlock trees that surround the falls for cedars. In 1924, the state of Ohio purchased 146 acres in the Hocking Hills that became Hocking Hills State Park in 1949. In 1972, the park added a dining lodge and cabins. Hocking Hills State Park is known for its geologic features of blackhand sandstone, including Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, and Rock House. 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_B02F12_01
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; State parks & reserves; Natural features; Geology; Waterfalls;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the rear facade of the Lorain County Courthouse. Construction on this Renaissance Revival building was completed in 1881. It is made of Amherst sandstone and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana, which was built at the same time. The central dome of the courthouse was removed in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_281
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); 308 2nd St.
 

Description: This photograph shows the welcome home celebration for Neil Armstrong after NASA mission Gemini 8. Armstrong speaking in gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_048
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Celebrations
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Airplanes being assembled at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Airplane Division, Plant 3, Columbus, Ohio, December 30, 1942. The Columbus plant was established in 1940 when the Curtiss-Wright Corporation expanded to meet the increased demand for military aircraft during World War II. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00704
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rabbi Nathan Zelizer conducting an informal worship service, April 8, 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01065
Subjects: Judaism--Customs and practices; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
 

Description: The photograph shows the Elgar Weaver Observatory on the campus of Wittenberg College (now Wittenberg University). A caption on the back reads: "Clark Co., Springfield, O. April 28, 1937. ELGAR WEAVER OBSERVATORY, northermost building on W. side of Wittenberg College campus." Built in 1931, the Weaver Observatory houses Wittenberg's historic 10-inch refracting telescope as well as modern astronomical instrumentation. It was completely refurbished in 2003. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_035_001
Subjects: College buildings; Astronomical observatories; Wittenberg College; Wittenberg University
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cincinnati Union Bethel was founded in 1830 as a religious and social outreach organization for riverboat operators. Itself initially run from a riverboat, CUB moored itself in 1871 to a block bounded by Front, Sycamore and Broadway, currently part of the site of Great American Ballpark. With the growth of manufacturing operations along Third Street, CUB shifted its mission to minister to single women and children working in the factories. A new five-story building at Third and Lytle, the Anna Louise Inn, was opened Memorial Day 1909 and remains in operation. Photograph likely depicts 308 E Front St, 1871 edifice. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_015_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Charitable organizations--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located NWC Elm and Grant Sts., Over-the-Rhine, next door to Cincinnati Music Hall, the 1908 Greek revival auditorium was built by the city and a Civil War veterans' organization to commemorate Cincinnati's military history. Originally Hamilton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall; likely designed entirely by Herbert Spielman for Samuel Hannaford & Sons. Memorial Hall hosts the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and still operates as a concert venue. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_006_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Grand Army of the Republic; Spielman, Herbert, 1872-1931
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)