Description: This image shows Fort Recovery, which stands on the spot where Fort St. Clair once stood.In December 1793, General Anthony Wayne ordered one United States artillery unit and eight infantry companies to the site of St. Clair's Defeat. The soldiers were to construct a fort on the former battlefield. Wayne intended to use this fort as a staging area for his assault against the region's American Indian tribes in the spring of 1794. He named the stockade Fort Recovery. Following the Battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, most American Indians realized they had little chance in stopping white settlement of their lands. In August 1795, many of the area's tribes agreed to sign the Treaty of Greeneville. They gave up all claims to land south and east of a line that extended south from Lake Erie, along the Cuyahoga River, to the Tuscarawas River, and then to Fort Laurens. From Fort Laurens, the line ran west to Fort Loramie, then northwest to Fort Recovery, and then straight south to the Ohio River. Anthony Wayne had secured from the American Indians the majority of modern-day Ohio with the exception of the northwestern corner of the state. The city of Fort Recovery, Ohio, stands today on the site of the frontier fort. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06521
Subjects: American Indian history and society; Fort St. Clair (Ohio); American frontier
Places: Fort Recovery (Ohio); Mercer County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 21-year-old Elmer Curnutt of Otas, Kentucky. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Curnutt was convicted of murdering Thomas Wilson, a Cincinnati cafe owner, and was the 259th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 259, Elmer Curnutt of Hamilton County, Legally Electrocuted July 16th, 1948, for the Murder of Thomas Wilson.” 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: AL08313
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); Otas (Kentucky); Hamilton County (Ohio); Kentucky
 

Description: This is a tintype depicting William Wallace in his Union officer's uniform - long coat, cap, gloves and tall boots - standing on the edge of a rock formation. The location is possibly Point Lookout, Tennessee. William Wallace was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States. He served in the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, rising to the rank of captain. He married his wife, Abbie S. Wood, in 1869 and later became a naturalized citizen. Later in life Wallace was active in the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization for Union Army veterans. Tintype is protected by a brass mat and preserver and covered with glass. It is housed in a wooden case. The front of the case is missing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AP1980_01
Subjects: Wallace, William,--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 105th (1862-1865); Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs
Places: Point Lookout (Tennessee)
 

Description: The photograph shows the Kinley family home, at 328 Henderson Street in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, in winter. Snow lies on the ground and roof of the house. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He 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_20
Subjects: Daily life; Families; Houses; Snow
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. This photograph shows two men using a machine on the Allen farm, owned by F.L. Allen near Kinsman, Ohio. On his 250 acres, Allen grew potatoes, apples, and peaches. He also owned a ditching machine and had 22 miles of ditching on his farm. Later, Allen became state director of Ohio Farmers' Institutes under the State Board of Agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F08_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farm equipment; Machinery; Rural Life
Places: Trumbull County (Ohio); Kinsman (Ohio);
 

Description: A group of protestors march in downtown Columbus, Ohio, near the intersection of North High and Broad Street. They wear medieval costumes and carry a coffin, while one carries a sign reading "Stop Medieval Torture." 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_B04F10_03
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Demonstrations; Activism;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Top banner reads: "NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT BAND" Bottom banner reads: "THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND MAYOR RUDOLPH W. GUILIANI CONGRATULATE AMERICA'S HEROES SENATOR JOHN H. GLENN AND THE CREW OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY" U.S. Senator and astronaut John Glenn accepts a commemorative award in a small black box during the ticker-tape parade on November 16, 1998, celebrating the successful return of the Discovery space flight mission STS-95. Astronauts Steven Lindsey and Curtis L. Brown Jr. are seated left. 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_B20F05_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Astronauts; Parades
Places: New York (New York); New York County (New York);
 

Description: Home of Philip H. Sheridan in Somerset, Ohio. Somerset is a village in Perry County. The population was 1,549 at the 2000 census. General Sheridan is memorialized by Ohio's only equestrian Civil War statue, which stands in the center square in a small park in the middle of the traffic circle. 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_E1_01_01
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Judge Florence E. Allen seated in her chambers, ca. 1920-1929. As a young woman, Allen (1884-1966) graduated from Western Reserve University in 1904, and worked as a music critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer while pursuing a graduate degree in political science and constitutional law at Western Reserve University. She received her master's degree in 1908, and soon moved to New York City to work for the New York League for the Protection of Immigrants while earning a law degree from the New York University School of Law. After receiving her JD, Allen returned to Cleveland, where she gained admittance to the Ohio bar and established her own law practice. She was appointed Assistant Prosecutor of Cuyahoga County in 1919, and was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas the following year. In 1922, Allen won a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court. Not only was she the first woman to serve on Ohio's highest court, but she was also the first woman to serve on the supreme court of any state. Allen continued to serve as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court until 1934, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her to the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. Once again, Allen established a precedent as the first woman judge in a federal court. She eventually became chief judge of the court, a position she held until her retirement in 1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00128
Subjects: Ohio--Politics and government; Ohio Women; Law & legal affairs; Judges; Supreme Court justices; Supreme Court of Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: On February 17, 1914 Governor James Cox signed a Conservancy Bill, known as the Vanderheide Act, which provided for the creation of conservancy districts. This was in response to the Flood of 1913. The same month, ten Miami Valley counties petitioned for creation of a conservancy district: Butler, Clark, Greene, Hamilton, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby, and Warren. The Miami Conservancy District was officially organized on June 28, 1915. Inspectors of the Miami Conservancy District tour the works of the district on a regular basis to review the state of the dams and levees, and to observe operations and maintenance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_020_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Climate and Weather; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Miami Conservancy District (Ohio); Flood control
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "Old days. Lard press pork packing. Cincinnati, Ohio." Rendering, Pressing and Processing Lard This is a photograph (ca. 1935-1943) of the sixth print in the series "Cincinnati Becomes Porkopolis" by Henry Farny, of an early, hand operated, lard press. By 1845, Cincinnati was the world leader in pork packing having earned the nickname "Porkopolis" in 1835. Proctor & Gamble was founded in 1837 on the hog lard industry, which boasts one of two bronze flying pigs memorials on it's twin towers. The other can be seen at the entrance to Bicentennial Commons. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_014_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Procter & Gamble Company; Pork packing; Farny, Henry François, 1847-1916
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "View of Cincinnati taken from hill top." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_041_1
Subjects: Street photography; Buildings--Cincinnati (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)