Description: Oliver Hazard Perry portrait, from Ben Lossings' "Fieldbook of the War of 1812." The Battle of Lake Erie, the decisive American victory over the British fleet in the War of 1812, took place on September 10, 1813. Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry led the American fleet and wrote in a report to General William Henry Harrison the famous phrase, "We have met the enemy and they are ours: two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." A month later, the British and American Indian forces were defeated at the Battle of the Thames near London, Ontario (Canada), ending the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04027
Subjects: Ohio -- History -- War of 1812; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Lake Erie
 

Description: This photograph shows the Reading Room of the State Library inside the State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio. Construction of the building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story, white marble structure was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Art Moderne style. The interior of the building includes public spaces decorated with murals, mosaics, and bas-reliefs that illustrate the history of Ohio and its industries. The building was later known as the Ohio Judicial Center until 2011, when the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest-serving chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05702
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The eastern entrance to Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus. Greenlawn Cemetery was founded in 1848. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06760
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1916, this photograph shows two women sitting in a car, with another woman standing next to the door. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08522
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Automobiles; Daily life; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
 

Description: Photograph showing the groundbreaking by union members at the Bryden House in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1980-1995, taken by photographer Allen 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_B03F04_03
Subjects: Construction industry; Labor unions; Housing--Ohio--Columbus; Laborers;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the light court on the second floor of the Madison County Courthouse. It has a stained glass skylight. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_297
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire;
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This photo depicts people sitting in a banquet hall, perhaps listening to Neil Armstrong speak during the homecoming celebration held for him in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_045
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial to Edwin Coppock, who was executed in Charleston, Virginia, in 1859 for being a member of John Brown's Raiders at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The memorial is in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. This photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. John Brown gained national attention when, on October 16, 1859, he led a group of twenty one men on a raid of Harper's Ferry, Virginia (modern-day West Virginia). A federal arsenal was in the town, and Brown hoped to capture the buildings and the weapons stored inside. He then intended to distribute the guns and ammunition to slaves in the region, creating an army of African Americans that would march through the South and force slaveholders to release their slaves. Brown and his men succeeded in capturing the arsenal, but local residents surrounded the buildings, trapping the abolitionists inside. A detachment of U.S. Marines arrived and stormed the arsenal on October 18, capturing seven men, including Brown. He was charged with treason by the state of Virginia, found guilty and sentenced to death. On December 2, 1859, Brown was hanged. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00326
Subjects: Memorials -- Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History; John Brown's Raid, 1859; Abolitionists; Activists
Places: Salem (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Main Street; Logan, O; Looking West From Mulberry." This historical photograph taken in Logan, Ohio, shows East Main looking west toward the Odd Fellows Building (IOOF). Main Street is wider than other streets on the grid. A primary north-south street, Mulberry Street historically extended to the south where it bridged canal, railroad and river. This original photograph was taken between 1893–1910 and a note indicates that it was cut from the Logan High School Aerial yearbook. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_018_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Logan (Ohio); Central business districts; Stores and shops; Downtowns
Places: Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_006_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Prisons--Design and construction; Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Miami County - Troy, Ohio - May 28, 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_B12F07_006_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Book repairing
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Feast of Assumption (5) (Italian Fiesta) Mayfield Road Cleveland Ohio A crowd is seen gathered before the Church of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic church at Mayfield Road and Coltman Avenue in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood, for the Feast of the Assumption procession. This procession occurs each year on August 15th, following a mass celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Virgin Mary statue is carried in the procession and one dollar bills are pinned to her robe by the faithful. The Feast of the Assumption celebration takes place in mid-August and is one of Cleveland's longest-running festivals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F08_003_001
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); Religious festivals; Roman Catholic Church; Processions; Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)