Description: This image is of a jug. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8284
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This handmade spokeshave was made from wood. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73291
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing Six Mile Creek Reservoir in Paulding County and the adjacent path of the Wabash and Erie Canal. The Reservoir was constructed to supply water to the Wabash and Erie, which ran approximately east to west across Paulding County, and intersected the north-south Miami and Erie Canal at the nearby village of Junction. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4924_008
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs; Railroads; Wabash and Erie Canal (Ind. and Ohio);
Places: Paulding County (Ohio)
 

Description: Front detail view of grey silk faille wedding gown in the "mode of 1830" worn by Hannah Adams when she married Charles K. West. Mr. West brought it to Ohio in 1834 and it has remained in the state since that time. The dress features large puffed sleeves and a full skirt. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05047
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Popular culture; Dresses; Clothing and dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant, from "The Pictorial History of the Great Civil War" by John Laird Wilson, 1878. Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1825, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Although he was named Hiram Ulysses, he was called by his middle name. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04246
Subjects: Generals; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color photo shows the unveiling of a historic marker on Court Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1968. An unidentified man dressed in a business suit is removing the covering from the marker. His right hand also grasps a wooden hammer or gavel. Spectators watch the activity. On the photograph's far left and right are men who are documenting the event with a still camera and what appears to be a film camera. The marker reads: "Oldest concrete street in America. America's first concrete streets were those which surrounded this court house. Concrete was first used in 1891 to provide an 8-foot strip along Main Street where horses were hitched. Two years later Court Avenue was paved with concrete made from native marl supplies by the Buckeye Cement Company, 8 miles to the northeast. The marker was erected in 1968 on the 75th anniversary of the paving of Court Street." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06964
Subjects: Historical Marker; Transportation--Ohio--History; Roads; Logan County (Ohio); Rites and ceremonies; Streets--Ohio
Places: Bellefontaine (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the "lounging zone" outside of bunker #71 at the First Marine Aircraft Wing Base (K-3) in Pohang Dong, Korea. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07486
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Pohang Dong (Korea)
 

Description: Photograph showing several men working with a steam-powered sorghum reaper used in producing molasses, at an unidentified farm in Ohio, ca. 1910. The Circle Family Glass Plate Negative Collection came in with the records of John Circle, who served as Franklin County Surveyor between 1981 and 2000. The plates are thought to be part of the family history but have no identification. The images are agricultural but have no other known history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV82_003
Subjects: Agriculture; Agricultural machinery; Farms; Food production
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the interior of the Governor's Mansion during an "Early Bird" dinner for Governor James A. Rhodes, June 10, 1978. Located on Parkview Avenue in Bexley, Ohio, the 25-room Tudor-Norman mansion was a gift to the state of Ohio in 1955, and has been the residence of Ohio's governors since 1957. Rhodes was born on September 13, 1909, in Coalton, Ohio. He began his political career by winning election to the school board of Columbus, Ohio, in 1937, then serving as Columbus city auditor. In 1943, he was elected mayor of Columbus, an office he held from 1944 until 1952. Rhodes served as Ohio Auditor from 1952 until 1962, when he won election to his first term as Ohio governor. During his four terms as governor (1962-1970 and 1974-1982), Rhodes oversaw the building of airports, state office buildings, prisons, community colleges, museums and other public structures. He is also notable as the governor who ordered Ohio National Guard troops to Kent State University during a series of student protests against the Vietnam War. On May 4, 1970, the guardsmen fired into a crowd of protestors, killing four and injuring nine. Rhodes retired from politics following an unsuccessful run for a fifth term in 1986, and died March 4, 2001. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV248_01_08_46_04
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001; Politicians; Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Gardens
Places: Bexley (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing boats and crowds gathered at Olentangy Park for a "Regatta Day." Olentangy Park was an amusement park which operated from the 1890s until 1938. It was located between North High Street and the Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_005
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities; Olentangy River (Ohio); Amusement parks; Boats and boating;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows an inmate at the Ohio Reformatory for Women making her bed. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F06_005
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs document the law office of abolitionist Joshua Giddings. Born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Giddings (1795-1864) served in the War of 1812 and taught school before studying law under Elisha Whittlesey in Canfield, Ohio. He moved to Jefferson, Ohio, where he built his law office in 1823. Giddings' law office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The photographs are 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). Giddings served a term in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1826 and was elected to Congress in 1837. Throughout his twenty years in Congress, Giddings fought against slavery as a leading Radical Republican. In 1861, President Lincoln named Giddings consul-general to Canada, where he served until his death. Giddings' law partner Benjamin Wade was also a prominent abolitionist and presided over the Senate during the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3176_3928638_001
Subjects: Civil liberties; Architecture; Presidents and Politics; Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864; National Register of Historic Places; Offices; Lawyers
Places: Jefferson (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)