Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 22-year-old laborer Robert Britton. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Britton, along with James Griffen, was convicted of murdering Henry Lee Webb in Cleveland, Ohio. Both men were executed on the same night. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 253, Robert Britton of Cuyahoga County, Legally Electrocuted November 28, 1947, for the Murder of Mr. Henry Lee Webb.” 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: AL08307
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); Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows Harry Kinley's younger sister, Villa Kinley Niedhart, standing on a brick walkway. She wears a fancy high-necked and long-sleeved white dress. Born in 1887, Villa Kinley married Joseph Neidhart in 1916. The two lived in Marion, Ohio, and had one son, John. Photograph by 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_07
Subjects: Families; Portrait photography; Women
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, and shows men with horses by a barn on the 100-acre Kirk farm, owned by H.H. Kirk near Canfield, Ohio. Kirk had three acres of apple orchard and eight acres of wheat. He also grew rye, clover, oats, and Timothy-grass, and raised dairy cattle and 75 head of sheep. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F07_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Barns; Rural Life; Horses
Places: Canfield (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated ca. 1940, this is a drawing of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House located at 2950 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45206. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was a prolific author and abolitionist. She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to stay with her father, Reverend Lyman Beecher, a prominent religious leader, and his large family, a prolific group of religious leaders, educators, writers and antislavery and women's rights advocates. Harriet lived there during her formative years which later led her to write the best-selling novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin, " a fictionalized account of the pain slavery imposed on its victims and of the difficult struggles of slaves to escape and travel via the Underground Railroad to freedom in the northern states or Canada. The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is an Ohio History Connection site managed locally by the Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Inc. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P365_B13_F09_06
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Historic houses; Historic preservation; Women abolitionists - Ohio; Authors; Activists
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph showing protestors against the Vietnam War outside Republican campaign headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. Signs call for the signing of peace accords and decry South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. 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_B04F05_03
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Vietnam War (1961-1975); Demonstrations; International relations; Peace;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: John and Annie Glenn relax on a deck over the Patuxent River in Maryland, likely in May, 1945. At the time, John Glenn was stationed at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. In July, 1945, John was promoted to captain and reassigned. 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_B25F24_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Glenn, Annie, 1920-2020; Vacations
Places: California (Maryland); St. Mary's County (Maryland);
 

Description: Portrait print of General Philip Henry Sheridan during the Civil War. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2855_02
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Men and women posing at printing presses at Pfeiffer printing shop, 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00122
Subjects: Printing industry and trade--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "View of N. end of S. Broadway in 1858, Old Court House in background." The modern city of Greenville is located on the site of Fort Greene Ville built in 1793 by Anthony Wayne as the staging site for 1794 campaigns against Native Americans in the area. Greenville was officially founded in 1808 and by the turn of the twentieth century was the main metropolitan center of Darke County. By 2000, it was the largest city in the county. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F07_035_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Cityscapes; Courthouses--Ohio--History.; Buildings
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River from the Kentucky shores. Also visible are PNC Tower and next to it Carew Tower, which was completed in 1931. The Island Queen is making its way down the Ohio River. The Island Queen, which leaves from Coney Island Wharf, is a steel, five deck boat. The white and green pleasure steamer, with room for 4,000 passengers, features a 20,000 square foot hardwood dance floor. This is the second Island Queen used to transport visitors to Coney Island. It was built in 1925 to replace the original, which burned in 1922. The boat hauls merrymakers from Cincinnati to Coney Island, 10 miles up the Ohio River, and back, which takes about half an hour, and is often ridden as an amusement unto itself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_037_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Island Queen (Steamboat)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo depicts a man reading a book while sitting at the top of a ladder which is leaning against a bookcase in the OSU Main Library. The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, anchoring the western end of The Oval, is the Ohio State University’s main branch and single largest repository. Also called the Main Library, it was named after the university’s fifth president. The Thompson Library, designed by the Boston firm of Allen and Collens in the Italianate Renaissance Revival style was opened January 6, 1913. Its placement on the Oval was suggested by the Olmsted brothers who had designed New York City's Central Park. The library has been renovated or expanded three times since its original date of construction. The first addition, a massive extension of the original three-floor structure, the addition of a 10-story tower, as well as single story extensions to the north and south ends of the east entrance. This first renovation was completed on June 2, 1951. The second expansion added an unadorned modern extension to the west wing, finished on January 5, 1977. In July 2006, the library closed to begin the $108 million dollar renovation of the building started on January 10, 2007. The 2007-09 renovation included hazardous materials abatement, replacement and expansion of the 1977 addition, and restoration of the building's original east facade. The library reopened on August 3, 2009, and it was officially dedicated on September 24, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_045_1
Subjects: Education; Universities & colleges--United States--1890-1940; Ohio State University. Library; Ohio State University. William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library; William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library; Ohio State University; Thompson, W. O. (William Oxley), 1855-1933
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is most likely a lock for the Miami and Erie Canal. The Miami and Erie Canal was a canal that connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio with Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio. It consisted of 19 aqueducts, three guard locks, and 103 canal locks. One of the original locks (#17) is located in the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_025_001
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Locks (Canal); Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)