Description: This rectangular table is made of varnished cherry and mahogany. It has two drawers with glass pulls. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9442
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph depicting the Oberlin Rescuers at the Cuyahoga County Jail in April 1859. These twenty men were arrested upon attempting to free an alleged slave from his captors. The event became known as the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03156
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Oberlin (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a building, located a mile from Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, along the "River Road" that was used to conceal fugitive slaves. This photograph was taken by Mrs. Charles B. Vance. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03186
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Yellow Springs (Ohio)
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the University Shop at The F. & R. Lazarus Company, ca. 1950-1959. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04452
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the tomb in Riverside Park in New York City in which Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant was temporarily buried, ca. 1885 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06098
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidents--Death and burial; Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Places: New York (New York)
 

Description: This image shows John Johnston's estate in Piqua, Ohio. John Johnston (also spelled Johnson) was an Indian Agent in Ohio in the early years of the new state. He was born in 1775 in Ireland. While he was a young child, his family moved to Pennsylvania. Johnston participated in Anthony Wayne's assault on American Indians living in the Northwest Territory during the early 1790s. President James Madison selected Johnston as the Indian Agent overseeing the native reservations in northwestern Ohio. He served in this position for more than thirty years until the 1840s. His office was located in Piqua. Johnston played an important political and social role in Ohio as well. He was a strong advocate of the Whig Party. He helped found Kenyon College and also served on the board of trustees of Miami University. Johnston also published one of the earliest histories of the American Indians that once called Ohio home. He died in 1861 in Washington, DC. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06522
Subjects: American Indian history and society; Land settlement--Ohio; Indian agents
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 18-year-old high school student, Donald Frohner. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Frohner was convicted of murdering William Spieth in Youngstown, Ohio, and became the 260th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 260, Donald Frohner of Mahoning County, Legally Electrocuted August 30th, 1948, for the Murder of William C. Spieth.” 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: AL08314
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); Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: 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 portrait of William Wallace dressed in a Union officers uniform from the Civil War. His sash, sword, belt buckle and shoulder marks indicate that Wallace was an officer. Gold metallic paint was used to accentuate his belt buckle, coat buttons, shoulder marks and sword hilt. The portrait is protected by a brass mat and preserver and covered with glass. The brass mat is decorated with patriotic and military symbols, such as a ship, a cannon, U.S. Flags and the phrase "Constitution and Union." Tintype is housed in a wooden case lined with red fabric. The front and back of the case are detached. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AP1979_01
Subjects: Wallace, William,--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 105th (1862-1865) Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs
 

Description: The photograph shows the Kinley family gathered outside. The four Kinley brothers stand in the back, from left to right: Harry, Avery, Everet, and George. Their parents John H. and Caroline sit in chairs in front of them, and their sister Villa sits in the grass. Photograph from the collection of Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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_11
Subjects: Families; Daily life; Portrait photography; Photographers--Ohio
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 the family farmhouse 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_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farmhouses; Rural Life
Places: Trumbull County (Ohio); Kinsman (Ohio);
 

Description: Protestors gather on the steps at the Ohio Statehouse for a demonstration related to support of the "Lucasville Brothers," organized by the Ohio Prisoners' Labor Union on September 19. 1973. According to a related article, they hoped to bring attention to the 150 prisoners being held in solitary confinement since August at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (referred to as the Lucasville Penitentiary) in Scioto County, Ohio. The prisoners were largely members of the OPLU, and the punishment was seen as an effort to discourage union participation. One man's sign reads, "Lucasville is a $35,000,000 Concentration Camp." 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_02
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Demonstrations; Activism; Prisoners and prisons; Correctional institutions; Labor unions
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "LIFT OFF!" Taken during the launch of Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, this photograph shows the spacecraft as it lifts off from the launch pad. This mission would make John Glenn the first American to orbit the earth. 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_B24F09_04
Subjects: Friendship 7 (Spacecraft); United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Glenn, John, 1921-2016;
Places: Cape Canaveral (Florida); Brevard County (Florida);