Description: Photograph taken for the Columbus Free Press showing volunteers at a Habitat for Humanity home under construction. Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable homes for families. 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_B02F09_08
Subjects: Social services--Ohio; Non-profit organizations; Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.; Volunteering; Construction industry;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Logan County Courthouse. This Italianate and Second Empire structure is the county’s third courthouse. Its tower is 135 feet tall and has a statue of justice. It sits on the site of the county’s former courthouse, in the public square and cost $125,000 to build. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_271
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; hood moldings; mansard roofs; dormers; Second Empire; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Bellefontaine (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio); 101 S. Main St.
 

Description: Framed portrait print of Major Benjamin D. Fearing, who served with the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Photo is signed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f34_01
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 63rd (1862-1865) Company G; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 77th (1861-1865)
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The United States flag being raised at the dedication ceremony and open house celebrating the opening of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, headquarters. This building, constructed between 1958 and 1959, is located at the corner of E. Ninth Street and Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00696
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A Lime Pulver Jr. made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio is pictured in use on the farm of A. W. Brownfield, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1919. The belt-driven pulver was powered by a portable internal combustion engine. The pulver crushed limestone to a fine powder that farmers spread on fields to enrich soil and increase crop yield. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01404
Subjects: Crushing machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Uniontown (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: The photograph shows a tree with a sign attached. The text on the cross shaped sign is not legible. Several other trees are in the background as the terrain rises. A caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Listening Post / Springfield, Ohio / Clark Co". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_031_001
Subjects: Trees; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the home of Caleb and Mary Inglish, located at 139 W 2nd St., Chillicothe, Ohio, in Ross County. According to the Ohio Historic Inventory, the original house was built around 1800. Another source placed the interior fine Federal cabinetwork to ca. 1825-1830. Also according to the Ohio Historic Inventory, the Greek Revival front section was added in 1830. Another source, however, indicates this second section was added sometime after Caleb and Mary Inglish Allen acquired the house in 1845. The initials C.A. dated 1864 are inscribed in a ladder in the attic. The "legend" behind this ladder and the rooftop it leads to is that it was a lookout for the Underground Railway. In 1919, Caleb and Mary's daughter, Mary Etta Allen Trimble, inherited the house. Her daughter, Gertrude Allen, inherited the home in 1930. She added the section in your photo. Based on oral history, this section was probably added in the late 1930s. Rhea Allen Mettler inherited the house in 1958 after Gertrude Allen passed. When Rhea Allen Mettler passed, the home was sold to William and Meng in 1968. This house passed within family through five generations from the 1830s to 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F07_005_001
Subjects: Architecture; Doorways; Columns; Houses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) is of an unidentified home in Ohio. A plaque on the facade appears to read "Erected 1868." More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F10_024
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This four-acre park features beautifully landscaped gardens and the largest ginkgo tree in the state. On the site of the home of Charles Fleischmann, founder of the Fleischmann Yeast Company, the park was given to the city in 1925 by his heirs and expanded in 1976. The Washington Avenue entrance is marked by ornamental iron gates topped with an old-fashioned gaslight fixture. A stone path flanked by holly trees leads down steps to an evergreen maze. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F09_005_1
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated May 4, 1936, this photograph shows the cast of "Adam and Eva," a play put on by the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), a New Deal project to fund theatre and other live artistic performances in the United States during the Great Depression. It was one of five Federal One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The FTP's primary goal was employment of out-of-work artists, writers, and directors, with the secondary aim of entertaining poor families and creating relevant art. 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_B12F12_013_001
Subjects: Federal Theatre Project (U.S.); Theater; Entertainment; Actors
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This Guidon is made of silk with gold fringe. The background is blue and in the center is a painted U.S. heraldic eagle. The colors of the flag are blue, gold, brown and red. Mrs. Tella Axline Dewitt of Columbus, Ohio, donated this guidon in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65559_001
Subjects: Flag--support; Guidon; Textile--silk
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 62nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 62nd. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02013
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865