Description: A man catches a frisbee on the lawn of the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus, Ohio, as others relax and eat lunch nearby. 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_B06F150_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Sports and leisure;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows a street scene with someone hauling a piece of furniture on a cart, and vehicles parked to either side of the street. 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_014
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Cities and towns; Automobiles
Places: Hue (Vietnam)
 

Description: Photograph showing a banner at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, photographed by Tom Zamaria, 1980. The banner reads, "Thank you, God, for answering our prayers for the safe release of the hostages." The message is likely in reference to the Iran hostage crisis, View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P364_B01_F01_01_01
Subjects: Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Downtowns; Banners; International relations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the cornerstone of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. It was completed in 1912 by architects Lehman and Schmidt with the distinction of being the second finished building in Cleveland's downtown group plan. The project was developed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, which sought to create a downtown space that combined all of Cleveland's public buildings in a central mall. The other buildings included in the plan are the Federal Building, the Cleveland Public Library and the Board of Education building. Cuyahoga's Beaux-Arts courthouse is said to reflect Cleveland's "turn-of-the-century" prosperity and includes materials like Milford pink granite, marble and English oak. Decorative art is also a major component of this building, from its statues depicting the rules of English law to its dramatic murals and stained-glass window. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_107
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); 1219 Ontario St.
 

Description: The image is a black and white print of Abraham Lincoln based from the photograph of Lincoln taken by Mathew Brady on February 9, 1864. The same image appeared on the $5 bill from 1928 to 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F07_017
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Portraits; Dollar, American
 

Description: Vignette portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant, ca. 1861-1865. General Grant later became the eighteenth President, serving 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00520
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Portraits
Places: Covington (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This float was built by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was part of the centennial celebration of the founding of Columbus as the capital of Ohio in 1812. Sitting next to the driver and inside of the locomotive cab are two Jeffrey employees dressed as clowns to entertain onlookers along the parade route. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01313
Subjects: Parades--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, from a yearbook dated from 1940, shows five high school boys on the Brilliant High School basketball team. From left to right, the numbers on the boys' uniforms are 6, 10, 11, 8, and 12. Brilliant High School was located at 2nd Street in Brilliant, Ohio, in Jefferson County, Ohio. In 1952, a new building was opened at 1004 3rd Street. In 1972, Brilliant High School merged with Smithfield High School, to become Buckeye North High School. Finally, in 1990, the three schools in the district merged together to form the Buckeye Local High School in Rayland, Ohio. 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_B13F01_022_001
Subjects: Basketball teams; Athletics; Athletes; Gymnasiums -- Ohio;
Places: Brilliant (Ohio); Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This viaduct connects Cincinnati with its eastern suburbs and Columbia Avenue. It was built in 1937-1938 using PWA funds and cost just over $1.1 million. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_018_001
Subjects: Viaducts--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a view of the Miami and Erie Canal running through Dayton, Ohio. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_005
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: Reverse reads "Water Reservoir, (Eden Park) showing Art Museum, and Main Entrance to Park" Eden Park Located between Gilbert Avenue and Columbia Parkway (U.S.) and comprised of about 185 acres in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eden Park was assembled by a series of purchases beginning in 1859. The name came, naturally, from the Garden of Eden and was given by Nicholas Longworth who owned a large tract which constitutes the main portion of the park. Eden Park is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Academy, the Navigation Monument, the Capitoline Wolf Statue, and the Irwin M. Krohn (Eden Park) Conservatory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_014_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio. Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works. & Recreation, Division of; Parks--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio). Water Works; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "The seeding and planting project four miles from Bedford in the Cleveland Metropolitan Park system is transforming eight acres of rough hilltop into a huge modern picnic and play area. In three months' grading operation approximately 6,000 square yards of earth were moved after which the six-inch layer of top soil was replaced. The area has been seeded and covered with mulch for protection to the young grass throughout the winter. Picnic tables, stoves and shelters will be constructed in the spring." This photograph shows a group of men using pitchforks to spread straw over a field of newly seeded grass. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_24_01
Subjects: Cleveland Metropolitan Park District (Ohio); Seeding
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)