Description: An elderly white-haired woman is seen wearing a spotted fur hat, lace-collared blouse, and eyeglasses. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F007_01
Subjects: Street photography; Fur garments; Hats; Eyeglasses
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A man throws a frisbee on the lawn of the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus, Ohio, as others relax and eat lunch nearby. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B06F148_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Sports and leisure;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows a sunset over mountains in Vietnam, with trees in the foreground defoliated by Agent Orange, a military-grade herbicide used so that firebases had no cover or workable land. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B02F12_013
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Landscapes
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: Photograph showing a young woman identified as Margene Burkhead of Columbus, Ohio, admiring flowers in the garden of the 147-year-old home of Lucas Sullivant, the founder of Franklinton. A note on the reverse indicates that the home was part of the Convent of the Good Shepherd (located along West Broad Street) at the time the photograph was taken. Franklinton, immediately west of Columbus, was founded by Lucas Sullivant in 1797. Franklinton was eventually annexed by Columbus as the city grew larger, and is now a part of the city's West Side. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F06_03_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History; Religious facilities; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Flowers; Gardens; Historic houses;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The present Union County Courthouse was designed in 1883 and is identical to the Henry County Courthouse. The building is positioned in the middle of a large square, and is made of brick and cut stone with galvanized iron trimmings. The tower bells play tunes like "America the Beautiful" every hour. It is Second Empire style. This image shows an interior staircase. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_476
Subjects: Courthouses; mansard roofs; towers (building divisions); porticoes; pediments; pilasters; Second Empire
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio); 5th and Court Streets
 

Description: View of Defiance, Ohio from the north side of the Maumee River, 1887. This photograph is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching 1889 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00503
Subjects: Bridges; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Defiance (Ohio); Defiance County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mine fan rotors made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, 1909. They were photographed in the Jeffrey structural shop. Fans like these were used to force fresh air into underground mines for miners to breathe and to dissipate poisonous gasses. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01268
Subjects: Machinery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated April 15, 1941, this photograph shows Cincinnati Reds player, Bill Werber, running towards first base after a hit against the St. Louis Cardinals at Crosley Field. Werber was a third basemen who played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1939 to 1941. He died in 2009 and at the time, was recognized as the oldest living player in Major League Baseball. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_007_001
Subjects: Werber, Bill, 1908-2009; Crosley Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team); Baseball; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Swing foot bridge across Crooked Creek 1/2 mile above Waverly showing typical Pike Co. Log Cabin." On January 3, 1815, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Pike County. Residents named the county in honor of Zebulon Pike, an explorer and the man who discovered Pike's Peak. Located in southern Ohio, Pike County is predominantly rural, with one percent of the county's 441 square miles consisting of urban areas. The county seat is Waverly. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_026_001
Subjects: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio); Swing bridges; Log cabins
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: The original description reads: "This is the East bank of the Canal, West of the NCR buildings, number 8 and 9 taken April 5, 1904". In 1884, John Henry Patterson bought out his fellow investors in the National Manufacturing Company and formed the National Cash Register Company, the predecessor of NCR Corporation. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this company made cash registers. In 1906, the company manufactured the first electric cash register. This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in Dayton in the early 1900s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_012
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio), Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Index of American Design artists at work, Mike DaDante, Carol Larson, and Angelo Bulone. The Index was part of the Federal Arts Project. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_022_001
Subjects: Federal Art Project; Artists--1930-1950; Cleveland (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci.,O., Sept.1937 VIEW of OHIO RIVER from EDEN PARK see # 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 83, 84, 85" This is a photo of the Kentucky side of the river taken from Eden Park. Located between Gilbert Avenue and Columbia Parkway (U.S.) and comprised of about 185 acres in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eden Park was assembled by a series of purchases beginning in 1859. The name came, naturally, from the Garden of Eden and was given by Nicholas Longworth who owned a large tract which constitutes the main portion of the park. Eden Park is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Academy, the Navigation Monument, the Capitoline Wolf Statue, and the Irwin M. Krohn (Eden Park) Conservatory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F12_017_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)