Description: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad and worked as a station agent in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. After escaping slavery, he worked tirelessly for the cause of abolition and equal rights as an orator, author, and statesman. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02845
Subjects: Abolitionists; Freedom seekers; Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Activists
Places: Boston (Massachusetts)
 

Description: This image shows a portion of Buckeye Lake in Licking County, Ohio. began as a small pond that Ohio's American Indians called "Big Swamp" or "Big Pond." In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. By the early 20th century, the reservoir had become an attractive location for recreational activities, including through the construction of Buckeye Lake Amusement Park, and the Columbus, Buckeye Lake and Newark Interurban Electric Railway, an electric trolley system, connected the park to nearby urban areas. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06511
Subjects: State parks & reserves; Canals
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Frank J. Naiberg, a 45-year-old itinerant truck driver from Lorain, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Naiberg was convicted of murdering Mrs. Mary Wallace, also of Lorain. The caption at the bottom reads "No. 249, Frank J. Naiberg of Lorain County, Legally Electrocuted February 9, 1946, for the Murder of Mrs. Mary Wallace." Naiberg was electrocuted on the same night as Ralph Brown. 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: AL08303
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); Lorain (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: The title of the poster is "The LOCKOUT IS ENDED; HE HOLDS THE KEY" It shows William McKinley holding a flag and a large key. He is about to open a padlock on a door. Above the door it reads, "Temple of Prosperity". the sign on the door reads, "This door will be opened November 3, 1896" and is signed by Wm. McKinley. The bar across the door reads "Financial Mistrust". Behind William McKinley are two young men cheering with their hats held above their heads. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4827
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Strikes and lockouts
 

Description: This photograph shows Harry Kinley standing outside the Kinley family home, September 20, 1909. He wears a suit and hat and stands on the brick path going around the side of the house. Photograph from the collection of 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_03
Subjects: Daily life; Portrait photography; Photographers--Ohio
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph is part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. This photograph shows a barn on the Burlingame farm, owned by S.W. Burlingame near Caldwell, Ohio. Burlingame raised 50 sheep on his 115 acres, and took pride in his orchards where he grew prunes, peaches, apples, and locust trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F06_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Barns; Rural Life;
Places: Caldwell (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio);
 

Description: A labor activist identified as Fatica Ayers holds a flag during a labor strike in Columbus, Ohio. A handwritten caption on the back reads "Fatica Ayers of the Executive Council of District 1199, The Health Care and Social Service Union, S.E.I.U. expressed solidarity with the striking Greyhound drivers, A.T.U. 1043. When 1199 members joined the picket line Sept. 7th to lend active support, Columbus police intervened and three 1199 organizers were arrested for rioting in a subsequent shuffle." This photograph was 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_B04F08_08
Subjects: Strikes; Demonstrations; Activism; Labor movement--United States--History--20th century; Labor unions -- Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Board of Trustees Chairman Alex Shumate (left) shakes hands with U.S. Senator John Glenn (center) as Glenn accepts a faculty position at the Ohio State University on December 5, 1997. John and Annie Glenn (right) hold university-related gifts, including a faculty parking pass. Glenn announced his intent to not seek senatorial re-election in February 1997, and retired at the end of his term in 1999. He began his adjunct professorship in November 1998. The photograph was given to Glenn by Shumate on January 13,1998 to commemorate the occasion. 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_B20F03_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Glenn, Annie, 1920-2020; Ohio State University;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Front of certificate reads "Lincoln Dioramic Association, Certificate of Admission, This Certificate entitles the Holder to one admission to the Diorama of the Funeral Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, and a photographic view of some one of the remarkable scenes represented by the Diorama, also to a share in the Award of Diorama, Farms & othe Premiums, Columbus, Ohio." Ticket number: 83035. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F03_008
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral
 

Description: Homecoming parade held for astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_028
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two women at desks and one at file cabinet in the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company employment office, 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00116
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Autographed photograph of the airplane flown by famous female pilot Amelia Earhart. Major Raymond Newson, United States Air Force, obtained Earhart's autograph in Miami, Florida shortly before she left on her last flight in June 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01682
Subjects: Airplanes; Ohio History
Places: Miami (Florida)