Description: Two men wait to cross 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_B10F261_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Pedestrians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a lifeguard seated in a chair along the shoreline at Cowan Lake State Park, from the Columbus Free Press Collection. A sailboat and beach visitors can be seen in the background. Cowan Lake State Park is one of Ohio's many natural recreation areas, located in Clinton County and operated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. 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_03
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; State parks & reserves; Natural features; Lakes -- Ohio; Recreation; Sailboats;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image, taken from the town square, shows the front 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_280
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; Gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High) View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_045
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Celebrations
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: An electric trolley bus operated by the Central Ohio Transit Authority in Columbus, Ohio moves slowly past a construction crew working on street repairs, April 16, 1934. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00705
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rabbi Nathan Zelizer with a representative of the United Negro College Fund, ca. 1960-1969. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01068
Subjects: Rabbis; Education
 

Description: This photograph shows the Dayton, Ohio skyline from the Dayton Art Institute. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_007_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Dayton (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on back of photograph reads "Self supporting spiral stairway in the Old Pease Home." Horace Pease moved from Connecticut to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1816 and moved to Montgomery County in 1823. He lived in Carrollton (now West Carrollton). His son, Charles Edward Pease, was president of the Buckeye Iron and Brass Works of Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F07_011_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: West Carrollton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the falls and glacial boulder on the Geology Trail in Ault Park, the fourth largest park in Cincinnati, Ohio. In in the 1940s, the park was said to be 235.5 acres, but at some point shrank to its current size of 223.949 acres. The observation pavilion, designed by Fechheimer and Ihorst, gives the visitor a 360 degree view of the formal gardens and the Little Miami Valley, as well as Carew Tower in downtown Cincinnati and the hills of Kentucky. George Kessler initially designed the gardens, but they were later modified by A.D. Taylor. Forest trails follow the Red Bank Creek, where visitors can enjoy interesting geological features. The park was named for Mr. and Mrs. Levi Addison Ault, who donated all but 30 acres of land for the park. A bronze plaque, by Clement J. Barnhorn, set in rose granite glacial boulder and located at the south end of the pavilion, honors Mr. Ault. The pavilion's water cascade between a double flight of stairs was built in 1930, but fell into disrepair during the 1960s. It continued to deteriorate for roughly 25 years, until donations from the city of Cincinnati and its citizens financed renovations. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_014_001
Subjects: Trees; Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Little Miami Valley (Ohio); Hiking trails; Recreation
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a 35 foot tall limestone (another account says Indiana Marble) obelisk bearing the inscription (on the south side): "Here triumphed in death ninety Christian Indians, March 8, 1782." The north side bears the date of the dedication ceremony. The Gnadenhutten Monument Fund commissioned R.S. Miller of Indiana to construct the memorial, in 1871. It stands in the in the center of the old village, in the Gnadenhutten Historical Park and Cemetery, on Cherry Street. The Gnadenhutten massacre, also known as the Moravian massacre, was the killing on March 8, 1782, of ninety-six Christian Lenape (Delaware) by colonial American militia from Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War. The incident took place at the Moravian missionary village of Gnadenhütten, Ohio, near present-day Gnadenhutten. The site of the village was preserved. A reconstructed cabin and cooper's house were built there, and a monument to the dead was erected. The village site has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F03_025_001
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio; Memorials--Ohio; Gnadenhutten Massacre, Gnadenhutten, Ohio, 1782; American Indians in Ohio
Places: Gnadenhutten (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a flag of the United States of America from 1877 to 1890. The flag, in red, white and blue, has 39 stars and the pattern is stars and stripes. The rectangle shape is 44 by 30 cm. The flag was made of silk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H18374_001
Subjects: Stars and Stripes; Textile--silk; National Flag--United States
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 68th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: [68th Ohio] Vet. Vol. Regiment [Infantry] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02022
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865