Description: Dated February 9, 1945, this is a photograph captured from the lawn of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, looking across Gilbert Avenue. The photograph shows a Texaco gas station in front of a music school for which the sign reads "Piano, Violin, Etc.; Music; J. Ohio Guitar School." To the right of the music school is the "Beecher" movie theatre and the Beecher Cafe. The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is 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_04
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Historic houses; Historic preservation; Women abolitionists - Ohio; Authors; Activists
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Nancy Duffy, President of the Ohio League of Women Voters, speaks during a rally in support of the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) on the steps of the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, June 30, 1981. The ERA is a proposed constitutional amendment establishing equal legal rights for American citizens regardless of sex, first introduced in Congress in December 1923. A ratification deadline for the amendment passed in 1979, but was extended to 1983. It has regularly been reintroduced to Congress but is still awaiting full ratification by three-fourths of U.S. states. This photograph was taken by Leslie Zak 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_B04F11_05
Subjects: Civil rights; Equal Rights Amendment (ERA); Protests and protestors; Ohio women; Social issues; Women's rights; Legislation;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: John and Annie Glenn celebrate Annie's 75th birthday. John, seated, retrieves something from his interior jacket pocket. Annie, standing, holds a glass of what looks like champagne. She is wearing a white and pink floral broach. 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_B18F02_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Glenn, Annie, 1920-2020; Birthday parties; Couples
 

Description: Reproduction of Philip Sheridan on horseback on the cover of Harper's Weekly. Caption reads: "Phil Sheridan's Ride to the Front October 19, 1864." Drawing by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly November 5, 1864, Page 705. 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_04_01
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; Military officers; Harper's Weekly
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two female graduates of Columbus' East High School Class of 1883 seated on lawn chairs, ca. 1930-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00124
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Older women; Schools--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the mill race on the southwest side of the mill near Zoar, Ohio, 1898. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00908
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This stone building, circa 1808, has two sections, a two-bay house on the south end and a smaller addition on the north end. The structure was once owned by Aaron Nutt, who in 1809 was charged $250 tax for two houses. The limestone section on the south end was built by Joseph Tice, a stonecutter and stonemason, who lived in Centerville from 1833 until his death in 1871. Tice moved into the south half of the lot in 1834. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_007_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Centerville (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of downtown Cincinnati and a bridge over the Ohio River, taken from Covington, Kentucky View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_038_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the C&B Steamers ship at the Steamship City dock on Lake Erie at the East 9th Street Pier. The brick building on the left has a sign which reads "Lunches[;] Soda[,] Grill[,] Candy[,] Cigars" and the C&B sign reads "C&B Steamers to Buffalo at 9 P.M.[,] C&B Line[,] Canada[,] Port Stanley[,] Friday[,] Sunday." The Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. (C&B), a popular steamship line and later a trucking firm, was established by Morris A. Bradley in 1885 and incorporated in 1892, with Bradley as president. Passenger and freight service was initiated between Cleveland and Buffalo, leaving Cleveland from the foot of St. Clair Ave, and in 1896, the "City of Buffalo" was added. The "City of Erie" replaced the "State of Ohio" in 1898, providing night service from Cleveland to Toledo. In 1914 Cedar Point and Put-in-Bay were added to the C&B route. As passenger service became increasingly popular, the luxurious "SEEANDBEE, " a costly sidewheel passenger steamer, began regular trips between Cleveland and Buffalo in 1913. At that time, the C&B and the Detroit & Cleveland (D&C) lines obtained a 50-year lease from Cleveland for property at the foot of 9th St. for $55, 000. There the two companies built the E. 9th St. Pier and a new lake terminal, dedicated in 1915; in exchange, the city built a bridge over the E. 9th St. railroad tracks, paved the E. 9th St. approach, and provided a street railway to the pier. The destruction of the steamship "City of Buffalo" by fire in 1938, along with the Depression and increasing competition from trucks and railroads, caused the bankruptcy and liquidation of Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. in 1939. Their E. 9th St. Pier was transferred to the Lederer Terminal Warehouse Co., and both the "Goodtime" and the "City of Erie" steamers were sold for salvage. 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_B12F02_019_001
Subjects: Lake Erie; Steamboats; Cargo Ships; Transportation--Ohio; Cleveland (Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: 22265. Photo by Wilson. Ohio, Columbus. Photo shows blind students getting this story of the Nativity from their fingertips on a model which was made by EPA workers for the students at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in 1837. In the 1900s the name was changed to the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio Department of Education took control of the school at this time. In 1953, the school moved from its location on Main Street, Columbus to 5220 North High Street in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_24_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Students; Education--Ohio; School--Ohio; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Athletic field under construction at Northridge High School 193[?] North of Dayton, Ohio." This is a photograph of two unidentified men doing construction on Northridge High School's athletic field in Northridge, Ohio. This construction was a part of the Works Progress Administration project, a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_026_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio--Northridge; Earthmoving machinery; Sports and recreation facilities; Education; Sports; Athletic fields; Schools--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Northridge (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Sand Yard? School Swimming Pool." This is a photograph of several youth laying in the sand at a public pool in Ohio. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_028_001
Subjects: Pools; Sunbathing; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Ohio