Description: Interior decorating department at The F. & R. Lazarus Company, established ca. 1926. This location on the fourth floor of the old Shannon Building was used ca. 1940-1950. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04446
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing Ruth Herndon and members of the River Ridge Riding and Polo Club, Columbus, Ohio. The bottom caption reads: "July--1928." Ruth Weinman Herndon, daughter of Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman (1869-1957) and William Nelson Weinman (1868-1950), owner of the Weinman Pump Manufacturing Company, was a member of this riding club. Ruth Weinman (1907-2002) lived with her parents at grew up at 380 King Avenue in Columbus until 1914, when her parents hired Columbus architect Frank Packard to build a home at 1445 Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff. After graduating from Columbus School for Girls in 1925, Ruth studied sociology at Ohio State University, graduating in 1929. She married L. Kermit Herndon. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1344AV_B03_BOOK01_010
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Sports; Societies and clubs; Animals; Horseback riding; Horses
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the Marion County Courthouse in Marion, Ohio. Located at the heart of the city of Marion, it is a sister of the courthouses that stand in Washington Court House in Fayette County, Ohio, and Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan. All three were designed by architect David W. Gibbs. A tower rises from the center of the building supporting the four faced clock and a dome capped with a statue of Justice. The statue was taken down during renovations, repaired and cleaned and then lifted to its spot by helicopter. Urns surmount the corners surrounding the base of the tower. The facade has several portholes with heads staring out. Four represent the race of man, A Native American chief, an Asian, an African-American, and a Caucasian woman. Also included are pioneers and the age cycle of mankind, going from young to old. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06516
Subjects: Marion County (Ohio); Courthouses; Law & legal affairs
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 26-year-old laborer James Griffen of Cleveland. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Griffen, along with Robert Britton, 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. 254, James Griffen 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: AL08308
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 broadside is titled "The Life and Public Service of William H. Harrison". The pictures around the poster depict scenes pertaining to Harrison's life. The headings in the paragraphs in the center are: Birth and Education, Services under General Wayne, Delegate in Congress - The Land Law, Governor of Indiana, Intercourse with Tecumseh and the Prophet, Battle of Tippecanoe, Services of War of 1812 - Major General in the Kentucky Militia, Commander of the North-Western Army, Battle of the Themes, Civil Services Subsequent to the War, Conclusion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4853
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Political posters
 

Description: The photograph shows Harry Kinley and Abbie Lowry standing behind a group of people. Abbie's parents, William J. and Mary Ellen Lowry, sit on the left, and Harry Kinley's parents, John H. and Caroline Kinley, sit on the right. Harry's brother George sits on the grass between two unidentified young women. Harry Kinley and Abbie Lowry were married in 1911. Photograph from the collection of 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_08
Subjects: Families; Marriage; Portrait photography; Couples
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 a field 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_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Rural Life; Crops
Places: Canfield (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated ca. 1940, this is a photograph 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_05
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Historic houses; Historic preservation; Women abolitionists - Ohio; Authors; Activists
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Protestors gather for a demonstration against actions in Iran, likely around the time of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. They wear masks reading "Down with the Shah." This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. 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_B04F04_03
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Social movements; Demonstrations; International relations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "ASTRONAUT GLENN RIDES VAN TO LAUNCH PAD" Taken during the launch of Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, this photograph shows astronaut John Glenn in his space suit before arriving at the launch pad. He sits on a brown leather seat. The mission would make John Glenn the first American to orbit Earth. 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_B24F09_02
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Astronauts; Friendship 7 (Spacecraft);
Places: Cape Canaveral (Florida); Brevard County (Florida);
 

Description: Reproduction of a Harper's Weekly cover featuring a print of Philip Sheridan riding on horseback. 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_03
Subjects: Harper's Weekly; Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Women seated at printing presses at Pfeiffer printing shop, 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00123
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Printing industry and trade--Ohio; Women--Employment; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)