Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows two inmates in costumes dancing in a performance at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F02_005
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; African Americans; Arts and entertainment; Costumes
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a smiling employee wearing a Humble cap and uniform, likely at a service station along Route 23 south of Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1911, the Humble Oil and Refining Company later consolidated with Standard Oil of New Jersey to become Exxon. 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_B02F038_01
Subjects: Street photography; Oil industry; Service stations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the statue titled "These Are My Jewels," located on the northwest corner of the Ohio Statehouse grounds in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The figures on the monument represent military and political leaders from Ohio who served the Union during the Civil War. In the background, a large billboard advertises Blatz beer. 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_B06F156_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Monuments & memorials; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971, this photograph shows U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel (far right) and three other servicemen before departing or after returning from R&R in Australia. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F03_013
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Soldiers--Travel
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: Photograph showing a line outside of Plank's Cafe on High Street, in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Patrons are celebrating St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P364_B01_F02_02_01
Subjects: German Americans; Restaurants;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the front facade of the Coshocton County Courthouse. The structure was built between 1873 and 1875 by architects Carpenter and Williams, and it sits on a central four-acre square. S. Harold & Co. were the contractors. The Second Empire style building is unaltered in appearance since its completion. The characteristic mansard roof and clock tower are accented with curly pediments, and inside, open cast-iron stairways that incorporate wooden banisters create an intimate and inviting environment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_093
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; Second Empire
Places: Coshocton (Ohio); Coshocton County (Ohio); 349 1/2 Main St.
 

Description: Reproduction of a portrait of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar seated in rocking chair, ca. 1900-1906. Dunbar- was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. He attended Dayton Central High School and was the sole African American student at that time. Following his high school graduation, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice and writer of dialect poetry, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. He is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00516
Subjects: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; American poetry--Ohio; Literary Ohio; African American Ohioans; Poets; Authors
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This spiral ice chute was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, for Uta Coal and Ice Cold Storage Company, Uta, Colorado. This photograph was taken at the Jeffrey factory, 1911. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01294
Subjects: Machinery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows a Massillon High School player, in a white jersey, leaping above several South High School players from Akron, Ohio. The Massillon player, an African-American, is working to pull in a rebound in front of a large crowd on the bleachers of the gymnasium. On the back of the photograph, a typed description reads: "Not a jumping jack, but the white-shirted young man is really up in the air. It's Odel Gillom, Massillon forward, with Alex Ellesin (No. 47) trying to scale the same heights. Massillon beat South, 34-15, to eliminate the Akron team from cage tourney." There is also a had written note reading, "Basketball, Massillon High School vs. South High School, Akron" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_001_001
Subjects: Basketball; Basketball players; High school athletes; Massillon (Ohio)--History; High school boys; Basketball--1940-1950; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Massillon (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in the 1930s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. The businesses pictured are from left to right: Buckeye Wagon Works, Gem City Pattern Works, Apple Electric Company, and James Saunders Co. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_022
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Attached caption reads: "W.P.A. Emergency Schools. Rest Period. Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project No.1. (Writers') (Fulton Nursery)" This is a photograph of several children sleeping in a W.P.A. Emergency School program in Cincinnati, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F6_002_001
Subjects: Children; Sleeping; Schools--Ohio; School buildings--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "New Philadelphia airport built two years ago is one of the nicest for its size in the state, there is an unusual amount of interest in flying there, the hangar besides housing about 25 planes also has offices. Harry Clever is the airport manager." The Harry Clever Field airport is a two runway airport that houses mostly single engine aircraft and is used primarily by amateur enthusiasts. It was activated on March 1, 1940. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F14_007_1
Subjects: Airports--Ohio--New Philadelphia;
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)