Description: Print made from glass plate negative of an African American employee operating a grinding machine at the Buckeye Steel Castings Company in Columbus, Ohio, 1919. The Buckeye Steel Castings Company mainly produced railroad couplers, and was presided over at the time by Columbus industrialist Samuel P. Bush. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03340
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Business and labor; Employees
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: "Give More Books...Give Good Books," a 1943 American Library Association poster promoting a sense of common purpose during World War II and encouraging civilians to donate books to the 1943 Victory Book Campaign. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04797
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio; Books
 

Description: Illustration titled "Over the Rhine Saloon," from the Hamilton County chapter of "Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe," Vol. I., 1907. Over-the-Rhine is a large historical district near downtown Cincinnati, traditionally occupied by the German settlers of the city. Because of the high population of German's the neighborhood was central to the city's beer brewing industry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04024
Subjects: Bars (Drinking establishments); Popular culture;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse building (left) and police headquarters, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. The five-story post office and courthouse, designed in the Neoclassical style was among the last federal buildings to be commissioned to a private firm from the Public Buildings Act of 1926. The Columbus federal building was constructed during President Franklin Roosevelt’s Public Works Administration employment and economic recovery program. In 1968 the postal service functions relocated to a new facility, and in 1972 the building was renovated in response to growing judicial needs. The post office and courthouse building was renamed in 1998 to honor Judge Joseph P. Kinneary, who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio from 1966 to 2001. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05699
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture; Neoclassicism (Architecture); Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows an Interurban Electric Railway station in downtown Columbus. Stations like this were the places where people would go to travel to other neighborhoods with a degree of convenience and a much lower price than other forms of transportation. They remained popular until the invention of another practical form of transportation that rapidly took hold, the first modern cars. Eventually this particular form of transportation was overtaken and put out of business. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06757
Subjects: Railroad stations Ohio; Railroad terminals--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: A young woman in a sailor's suit and a young girl. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08519
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Girls; Clothing and dress
 

Description: General Rufus Putnam created this map of Ohio in 1804, one year after Ohio became a state. He made the map, one of the first maps of the state, while serving as general surveyor of the United States. It measures 14.5 by 18.75 inches (36.83 by 47.62 cm) and shows the boundary between Ohio and American Indian lands, marking several forts in the Northwest Territory, including Fort Defiance, Fort Wayne, and Fort Recovery. Rufus Putnam (1738-1824), a Massachusetts native, rose to prominence as a Revolutionary War officer and founder of the Ohio Company. As superintendent of the company, Putnam oversaw the construction of the stockade Campus Martius and laid out a plan for the town of Marietta. He served as a member of the Ohio Territorial Legislature in 1801, a representative from Washington County at the first Ohio constitutional convention, and a trustee of Ohio University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1364_1160640_001
Subjects: Geography; Military Ohio; Fortification; Maps; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Dated to the 1960s or 1970s, this photograph shows the businesses on the corner of North Oak and West High Streets in London, Ohio, including the Gulf filling station and Hunter Tractor Sales. The red brick building to the right of Hunter Tractor Sales, is the old Madison County Jail. The building on the right edge of the photograph is the Madison County Sheriff's Office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_300
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Small towns; Jails; Small business--Ohio
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hundreds of people gathered in the streets during the homecoming celebration held for 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_022
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Space flight
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Caverns, Champaign County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00322
Subjects: Caves; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Crystals; Tourism; Geology
Places: Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Back reads: "Landscape, Man photographing rock ledges, Conkle's Hollow, Hocking State Park (Ohio), Credit: J.O. Lord." Photograph showing a tiered cascade waterfall located in Conkle’s Hollow at the Hocking Hills State Park in Hocking County, Ohio. The trail was named for W.J. Conkle, who left his name carved in the sandstone on one wall of the gorge. 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_011_1
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); State parks and reserves; Geology; Natural features; Outdoor recreation; Waterfalls
Places: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); South Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "STATE PICTURE BOOK Ident. - 26 Dummy page 22 upper left Location - Chillicothe, Ohio Credit - Penprint by Frank J. Roos, Jr. from 'The American Pioneer' Caption - First Capital 1803." This illustration is of the Ross County courthouse, which became Ohio's first statehouse in 1803. The building was torn down in 1852. Chillicothe was named the capital of the Northwest Territory in 1800 and became the first capital of the State of Ohio in 1803. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_014_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Statehouse--Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)