Description: Photograph showing staff members of the Free Press newspaper in Columbus, Ohio, seated at table filled with issues of the paper. 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_B02F08_05
Subjects: Newspaper publishing; Social issues; Journalism;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Painesville City Hall, located at 7 Richmond St. This building was the first Lake County Courthouse and was used for that purpose until 1909. It is an example of Greek Revival architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_255
Subjects: City and town halls; Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; towers (building divisions); Greek Revival
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the welcome home celebration for Neil Armstrong after NASA mission Gemini 8; with wife Janet in gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_051
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Celebrations
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, ca. 1865-1875. Grant was the eighteenth President, serving 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01074
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: The caption reads: "Dahlia farm, near Delaware." The photograph shows a man and a woman caring for a field of dahlias. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_009_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Delaware (Ohio)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph shows the spiral staircase of the Old Pease Home. Horace Pease moved to Montgomery County in 1823 from Cincinnati, where he lived from 1816-1823. Horace Pease's son, Charles Edward Pease, was the president of Buckeye Iron and Brass Works of Dayton and a prominent business man. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F07_010_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: West Carrollton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "ART PROJECT Theatrical Scene painted in part by the W.P.A.Art Project of Dayton,Ohio,in the spring of 1936.Only the side props and ceiling drop were painted by the project,the back drop have been purchased from a defunct theater." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_056_001
Subjects: Federal Art Project; Props, Stage
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Miami University, Library Entrance, Oxford, Ohio, Butler County. 1936." The Alumni Library opened in April of 1910 and was funded by the Alumni Centennial Fund and the Andrew Carnegie Foundation for the total amount of the $80,000 it cost to build. When the library opened, it featured a 70 ft. high rotunda, in addition to reading rooms and stacks. In 1924, an east wing was added to the building, which offered a main reference and reading room. A west wing was added to the building in 1952 in addition to the stacks that were added onto the building in 1930, 1949, and 1958. The Alumni Library was the main library of the university until the King Library was constructed in 1972. Miami University is one of the oldest and best-known universities in the State of Ohio. Miami University was founded in 1809. Although chartered in 1809, Miami University did not open its doors to students until 1823. It became known as the "Yale of the West." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F02_002_001
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio; Academic libraries--Ohio; College buildings
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Close-up view of Vesuvius Furnace Stack. This was one of the first iron blast furnaces in the famous Hanging Rock Iron District in southern Ohio. Built in 1833, used charcoal and air blast similar to other furnaces (this known as 'cold blast'). In 1836 the hot blast process was developed at this furnace and being more efficient, it rapidly spread to the other furnaces in this area. In the late 90's competition with the norther Michigan and Minnesota mines caused the return to the 'cold blast' method. The final blast at this furnace was in 1906. This furnace is the source of the name for the Vesuvius Recreation Area." The Vesuvius Recreation Area is located in Wayne National Forest. Lake Vesuvius is a man-made result of dam construction that began in 1937 and was completed by 1941. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_016_001
Subjects: Recreation areas--Ohio; Blast furnaces; Iron mines and mining--Ohio
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "The fence shown in upper right center is constructed on the contour at the bottom of the meadow strip. The corn strip is approximately 70 feet or one corn shock row in width." The photograph depicts strip farming of corn. Strip farming or strip cropping is a method of farming used when a slope is too steep or too long, or when other types of farming may not prevent soil erosion. Strip cropping alternates strips of closely sown crops such as hay, wheat, or other small grains with strips of row crops, such as corn, soybeans, cotton, or sugar beets. Strip cropping helps to stop soil erosion by creating natural dams for water, helping to preserve the strength of the soil. Certain layers of plants will absorb minerals and water from the soil more effectively than others. When water reaches the weaker soil that lacks the minerals needed to make it stronger, it normally washes it away. When strips of soil are strong enough to slow down water from moving through them, the weaker soil can't wash away like it normally would. Because of this, farmland stays fertile much longer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F03_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This navy blue flag with the gold lettering is the flag of the state of Oregon. It has State of Oregon written above the escutchen which is a part of the state seal. One the tip of the escutchen is an eagle with 33 stars surrounding it, representing that Oregon was the 33rd state to join the union. In the seal are pictures of ships, a wagon, a plow, a sheaf of grain and a pick ax. There is also a banner with the words "The Union". Below the escutchen is the number 1859 representing the year that Oregon entered the Union. The flag is made of cotton and measures 90 by 155 cm. Materials :Cotton Color :Blue, Gold Marks :Maker's Stamp Decoration :State Seal, "1859", Ships, Wagon, Plow, Motto "The Union" Shape :Rectangle Dimensions :90 x 155 cm View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65290_001
Subjects: State Flags; Textile--cotton
Places: Oregon
 

Description: This is a photograph of a guidon of the 71st Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. The swallowtail flag has a blue field with thirty four stars representing the states of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War. The Ohio 71st was organized at Camp Tod in Troy, Ohio from September 1861 to January 1862. They were involved the Battle of Shiloh, the Atlanta Campaign, the Siege of Atlanta, The Battle of Lovejoy's Station, the Battle of Jonesboro, Franklin-Nashville campaign, the Battle of Franklin and the Battle of Nashville. They were mustered out on November 30, 1865 in San Antonio, Texas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02025
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)