Description: William Rogers (1817-1898) was involved with the Underground Railroad in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. This cabinet card from 1865 is from Spiker and Haverfield Art Photography. It was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03135
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Cadiz (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the sub-basement retail area, The F. & R. Lazarus Company, October 1955. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04439
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Glass plate negative showing Ruth Weinman Herndon and her mother, Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman. Ruth was a life-long resident of Columbus, Ohio. Born September 6, 1907, she was the daughter of Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman (1869-1957) and William Nelson Weinman (1868-1950), owner of the Weinman Pump Manufacturing Company. The Weinman family was a prominent German-American family in central Ohio throughout the 20th Century. Ruth Weinman (1907-2002) lived with her parents at 380 King Avenue in Columbus until 1914, when her parents hired Columbus architect Frank Packard to build a home at 1445 Roxbury Road in the neighborhood of Marble Cliff. After graduating from Columbus School for Girls in 1925, Ruth studied sociology at Ohio State University, graduating in 1929. She married L. Kermit Herndon. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06050
Subjects: Children; Other--Family History; German Americans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of an engraved print of President Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1865. Lincoln served his first term as president from 1861 to 1865. His second term as President ended when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02835
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Portraits
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Riot of 1894. Deputies moving William Dolby into the Fayette County Courthouse for trial as a crowd surrounds the building. Reminiscent of the 1960 Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a plaque outside the court house described the event. On October 16, 1894, a crowd gathered outside the courthouse with the intent to lynch alleged attacker William "Jasper" Dolby. Ohio Governor William McKinley ordered the Ohio National Guard troops to the premises in order to prevent the crowd from attacking the accused. The mob was initially ceased, but on October 17, while Dolby awaited transportation from the jail to the courthouse, the riots intensified (see photo). Even though Dolby pleaded guilty to rape and a 20-year sentence, the crowd sought vengeance. They rushed the courthouse doors, and were warned by the guard to "disperse or be fired upon." The rioters ignored the warning and continued to batter the doors. Colonel Alonzo B. Coit ordered his troops to fire through the courthouse doors, which resulted in five men killed. Colonel Coit was indicted for manslaughter and was acquitted at trial. After the trial, Governor McKinley stated, "The law was upheld as it should have been...but in this case at fearful cost... Lynching cannot be tolerated in Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06614
Subjects: Lynching; Riot control; Courthouses
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Frank Dudley Carter, a 25-year-old sailor. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Carter murdered Sergeant Anthony Overberg while Overberg was serving a stakeout at Lawson's Drugstore in Norwood, Ohio. Carter was later arrested in Chicago, convicted, and became the 247th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 247, Frank Dudley Carter of Hamilton County, Legally Electrocuted November 8, 1945, for the Murder of Police Sgt. Anthony H. Overburg of Norwood, Ohio.” 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: AL08301
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Norwood (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: The title of this poster reads "Support our boys in Vietnam". It is a colorful poster of a tank showing three soldiers on the top and the driver in the middle front. The word Vietnam is in big letters with many other countries and cities in smaller and smaller letters as they get to the bottom of the poster. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4264
Subjects: Popular culture; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Posters
 

Description: The photograph shows a young man and woman sitting on a log, identified as Caroline and John Kinley, photographer Harry Kinley's cousins. 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_B03F02_01
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. Pictured are cows out to pasture on the Taber farm in Belmont County, Ohio, owned by Lewis J. Taber. By the 1920s, Taber had risen to prominence within the Patrons of Husbandry (more commonly known as the Grange), and served as Ohio's first Director of Agriculture from 1921-1923. From 1923 to 1941, he was a Master of the National Grange, and later served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Company in Syracuse, New York, from 1926 to 1958. Taber also played an active role in the Ohio Council of Churches, serving six terms as president, and in local government. Spanning 55 acres, Taber's farm focused primarily on intensive farming practices where he grew various crops and raised 40 head of livestock. Taber raised 30 cows and sold milk and ice cream. The Department of Agriculture notes that Taber had the best corn of any other farm in the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F05_005_1
Subjects: Cattle; Rural Life; Agriculture; Livestock
Places: Belmont County (Ohio); Barnesville (Ohio);
 

Description: Protestors are seen holding a banner at an anti-racism demonstration in this photograph taken for publication 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_B04F07_01
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Demonstrations; College students; Activism; Civil rights
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Astronaut John Glenn (left) and actor Anthony Edwards (dressed as Mark Greene) walk down a hallway on the set of medical drama television show ER. In the background, two posters read "Girlfriend! AIDS is the #1 killer of African-American women between the ages of 24 and 49 years. A pregnant woman who is HIV positive can pass the infection to her unborn child. To get an HIV test, it is as simple as dialing 1-800-533-4148. abstinence sistah... is the only way to be 100% safe" and "Winners Always Use Condoms". 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_B20F04_02
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Astronauts; Actors;
Places: Los Angeles (California); Los Angeles County (California);
 

Description: This photograph of a ceremony celebrating the completion of the frame of the U.S.S. Akron, the first rigid, lighter than air ship (dirigible) built in Ohio. An American flag was being raised as the image was captured. The Akron had eight propellers, each powered by a 560 horsepower engine. Its first flight was on September 23, 1931. The airship crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during a storm off the coast of New Jersey on April 4, 1933. At the time it was built, the hanger where the Akron was built was the largest building in the world without interior supports. The floor area of the Goodyear Air Dock equals 8.5 acres, the equivalent of seven football fields. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3083_3675626_001
Subjects: Business and labor; Transportation; Airships; Construction industry; Flags; Aviation
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)