Description: Photograph showing five young children along with their caregiver at the Northwood Day Care Center in Columbus, Ohio, 1981, taken for the Columbus Free Press. 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_B02F07_05
Subjects: Students -- Ohio; Schools; Children
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sixteen photographs document the home of Cleveland iron-ore magnate William Gwinn Mather. In 1905, Mather consulted two nationally renowned landscape architects, Warren H. Manning (1860-1938) and Charles A. Platt (1861-1933), about plans for a new estate. Manning was a legendary plantsman and a park- and city-planning specialist who had worked for Mather on several northern Michigan mine projects while employed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Platt was a young artist-turned-architect widely praised for adapting Italian principles to American soil. Each encouraged Mather to purchase a five-acre parcel east of the city directly on Lake Erie, anticipating that the ever-changing lake panorama would give the garden landscape great distinction. Platt accepted Mather's commission with the provision that he design both the new house and landscape; Manning, disappointedly, agreed to serve as "planting adviser" on the project. The diverse partners began their work in 1906. Platt, a champion of formality, recommended symmetry and classical ornament, while Manning, a proponent of an emerging "American style," favored irregular groupings of mostly indigenous plants. Their unintended collaboration at Gwinn led to an exceptionally strong and varied design. The photographs were taken by Ihna Thayer Frary. The Ihna Thayer Frary Audiovisual Collection was given to the Ohio Historical Society by Mr. Frary in two sections. One was in March of 1963 and the remainder in May of 1965 by his sons, Dr. Spencer G. and Allen T. Frary following their father's death. I.T. Frary (1873-1965) was the publicity and membership secretary for the Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. He taught for many years at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He did much research of Ohio and American architecture and was the author of seven major works and numerous scholarly articles on architectural and art history. One of his major works was Early Homes of Ohio published in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3348_6642969_002
Subjects: Architecture; Arts and entertainment; Plants and Animals; Mather, William Gwinn (1857-1951); Gwinn Estate Gardens
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Painesville City Hall, located at 7 Richmond St. This building was the first Lake County Courthouse and was used for that purpose until 1909. It is an example of Greek Revival architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_257
Subjects: City and town halls; Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; towers (building divisions); Greek Revival
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the welcome home celebration for Neil Armstrong after NASA mission Gemini 8. Attending banquet with wife Janet, mother Viola, father Stephen, and Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes held in gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_039
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Celebrations
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Farm Implements barn at the Ohio State Fair in Zanesville, Ohio, September 21, 1859. Photographer J. Tresize was commissioned by the Fairs Fine Arts Committee to document the fair. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00711
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting Ohio Governor John W. Bricker leaning from a train platform to shake hands with a young boy while campaigning for the office of Vice President, 1944. Bricker served as Ohio Governor from 1939-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01077
Subjects: Vice-Presidential candidates--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
 

Description: Dated July 26, 1938, this photograph shows several farmhands threshing hay loaded onto three horse-drawn wagons, with two chickens in the foreground. 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_B13F08_010_001
Subjects: Farms; Agriculture; Barns; Rural life; Hay
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Wise Center building, 3771 Reading Road, North Avondale neighborhood Cincinnati, completed 1927-8 by Lincoln Fechheimer. Second home of Plum Street Temple congregation. Sold 1973; current home of First Pentecostal Church Zion Temple. Reverse reads: "Cinci, O. Sept. 1937 Wise Center" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_019_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Synagogues--Ohio--Cincinnati; Fechheimer, A. Lincoln
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Miami County - Troy, Ohio - 1937. BOOK PROJECT IN HEYWOOD SCHOOL" This appears to be a photo of a book repair project that was sponsored by the WPA. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F10_001_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Book repairing
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Methodist Home for the Aged (Twin Towers) is located in Cincinnati at 5343 Hamilton Ave., College Hill. The institution was originally located at a former hotel in Yellow Springs, Ohio, which was destroyed by fire in 1902. The building was designed and supervised by architect, Samuel Hannaford. Hannaford designed the building to be fireproof with no wooded floors or stairways. The building is constructed of yellow buff-brick with Bedford stone trim, and stands seven stories high. It has a steel and concrete frame with tiled floors and a red tiled roof. The building also has two towers that stand 150 feet tall. L. P. Hazen & Co. was the contractor and construction began in June of 1903. The building was constructed in stages to avoid dept. The central building opened in 1908, the Wilson Chapel opened in 1909, and the south wing was not complete until 30 years later. The cost of the entire building was estimated around $220,000. The building was partly funded by Mr. and Mrs. Obed J. Wilson who donated the twenty acres of land in College Hill, $80,000, and their private art collection. Caption incorrectly reads: "The new dormitory, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Butler County, 1936." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F02_003_001
Subjects: Methodist Homes for the Aged; Twin Towers (Cincinnati, Ohio); Samuel Hannaford & Sons; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Ohio River Trail. Alms Park. Wine cellar at end of trail." Alms park is located on Mt. Tusculum, overlooking the Ohio River. It was given to the Cincinnati Park Board in 1916 as a memorial to Frederick H. Alms by his wife. The land was once owned by Nicholas Longworth, who produced his famous Catawba wine there before the Civil War. The entrance to his underground wine cellar can still be seen to the northeast of the park's pavilion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_017_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: In January and February of 1937, weeks of heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River to flood parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, causing $500 million in property damages, and displacing and killing hundreds. By the end of January, the Ohio River measured 80 feet deep in Cincinnati, one of the areas most affected. This photograph shows flooded La Belle Boulevard in Steubenville, Ohio. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched thousands of relief workers from the Works Progress Administration to rescue flood victims and restore affected cities. 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_B08F06_016_001
Subjects: Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Floods; Ohio River; Natural disasters; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)