Description: This photograph shows the interior of the Ohio governor's office, ca. 1935. This room was the original site of the governor's office in the State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio. The office walls feature gleaming panels of inlaid wood, some in a herringbone pattern. The room is furnished with a desk, two office chairs, an armchair, and a sofa, all of them characteristically streamlined yet stylish. Two windows have patterned, tieback draperies. 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: AL05705
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Modernist; Art Deco; Architecture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Built in 1898, Saint John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Father Alexander Cestelli was the first pastor of the Italian Catholic community in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06763
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Churches; Architecture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1910, this photograph shows three women sitting inside a car. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08525
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Photography--Ohio; Automobiles; Daily life
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke standing in front of a curved staircase by a stream or lake. The location of this photograph is unknown. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F01_003
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; Staircases; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Free Press showing Trinity Episcopal Church, located at the intersection of East Broad Street and 3rd Street in Columbus, Ohio. This historic building was built between 1866 and 1869 in the Gothic Revival style by William Fish, and was designed by English architect Gordon Lloyd. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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_B03F05_01
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Churches; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus
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_298
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: Neil Armstrong’s mother, Viola Armstrong, rides in a parade car during the homecoming celebration held for Neil in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Viola holds a bouquet of roses. 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_058
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows White Woman's Rocks at Killbuck Creek in Coshocton County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. White Woman's Rocks is named after a local story which depicts a White women in pursuit by members of the Lenape (Delaware) Nation and jumped from the rocks into the water to escape. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00328
Subjects: Geology; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Coshocton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial marker for the four students killed at Kent State University as it appeared in May 1979. The four students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, were killed on May 4, 1970 when Ohio National Guard troops fired on students during a protest against the military conflict in Vietnam. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01172
Subjects: Students--Ohio; Education; Demonstrations; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: A forest ranger in Wayne National Forest completes a form while wearing a pair of headphones in the Shawnee Lookout Tower. A caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Shawnee Tower forest ranger. Near Haydenville." The form being completed gives the date as Saturday, April 23, 1938, and is signed D. B. Blankenship. The Shawnee Lookout Tower was one of four lookout towers built in the Wayne National Forest area during the 1930s. This particular tower was built in 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and was located off Sand Run--New Straitsville Road near New Straitsville in Hocking County. It is the only one of the four that remains standing. In the earlier part of the 2000s the tower was open to the public, but it was closed in 2004 due to wind damage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_021_1
Subjects: Wayne National Forest; Forests; Geography and Natural Resources; Parks; Fire prevention
Places: Shawnee Tower; Wayne National Forest; Hocking County (Ohio); Nelsonville (Ohio);
 

Description: Original description reads: "Cinci., O., Sept. 1937 From 1700 Hughes Street." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_30_01
Subjects: Streets--Cincinnati (Ohio); Buildings--Cincinnati (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "GOOD FRIDAY PILGRIMAGE, CINCINNATI. Pilgrims climbing the steps to the Church of the Immaculate Conception. "On Good Friday devout Catholics perform a colorful pilgrimage up several flights of steps from the foot of E. Third St. in self-communion, then 103 steps to the CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Pavillion and Guide Sts., receive blessings from a fragment of the true cross, climb steps to the Holy Cross Monastery and Church, and pass reverently through the dim "grotto" beneath the church and then into the church." - Cincinnati City Treatment. some of the pilgrams kneel and pray on each step." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F08_004_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Pilgrimage; Good Friday
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)