Description: Photograph showing a student choir performing on the day of James A. Rhodes' inauguration to a fourth term as governor, January 8, 1979. Rhodes and several other men can be seen singing with them. Rhodes was born on September 13, 1909, in Coalton, Ohio. He began his political career by winning election to the school board of Columbus, Ohio, in 1937, then serving as Columbus city auditor. In 1943, he was elected mayor of Columbus, an office he held from 1944 until 1952. Rhodes served as Ohio Auditor from 1952 until 1962, when he won election to his first term as Ohio governor. During his four terms as governor (1962-1970 and 1974-1982), Rhodes oversaw the building of airports, state office buildings, prisons, community colleges, museums and other public structures. He is also notable as the governor who ordered Ohio National Guard troops to Kent State University during a series of student protests against the Vietnam War. On May 4, 1970, the guardsmen fired into a crowd of protestors, killing four and injuring nine. Rhodes retired from politics following an unsuccessful run for a fifth term in 1986, and died March 4, 2001. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV248_01_05_04
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001; Politicians; Inaugurations--Governors--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1955, this photograph shows notorious Ohio Reformatory for Women inmate Velma West, who was serving a life sentence for beating her husband to death with a hammer for refusing to take her to a bridge game. She and another inmate escaped the Reformatory in 1939, but were captured and returned to the prison. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F04_001
Subjects: Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: A truck passes the Big Walnut Creek sign before crossing the bridge that spans the creek. Big Walnut Creek starts near Mount Gilead, Ohio, and flows south, eventually joining the Scioto River near the Franklin County and Pickaway County lines. 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_B02F003_01
Subjects: Street photography; Bridges; Motor vehicles; Signs and signboards
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Big Walnut Creek (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing two construction workers against a backdrop of rubble during the demolition of the Chittenden Hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Henry Chittenden opened the doors of his hotel in 1889, at the corner of North High and Spring Streets. Closed in 1972, and demolished the following year, it is now the site of the William Green Building, one of the tallest skyscrapers in Columbus. Chittenden Avenue, which intersects High Street further north, is named for Henry Chittenden. 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_B07F173_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Hotels; Demolition; Construction industry
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph likely shows a voting box at a MedCAP station in Vietnam. MedCAP, or Medical Civic Action Program, stations were established throughout Vietnam during the war by American medical staff to provide limited medical care to civilians. As a medic, Tweel spent some time at MedCAPs offering various services to local men, women, and children, particularly immunizations. 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_B01F01_015
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Medical care; Elections; Civilians in war
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: Photograph showing Oldfield's, a bar located at Fourth Street and Chittenden in the University District neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, photographed by Tom Zamaria, December 1978. Signs in the window advertise happy hour and upcoming jazz performances. The University District includes the small neighborhoods to the east and south of The Ohio State University campus on either side of the High Street corridor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P364_B01_F05_02_01
Subjects: Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Bars (Drinking establishments)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: These are the front and side facades of the Crawford County Courthouse. The structure was built in 1854, by architect O.S. Kinney and contractor A.E. Hanckock, but extensive renovations between 1906 and 1908 by architect Harlan Jones significantly updated the building. Prior to this, in 1893, a rear addition designed by J.L. Assenheimer was added. The original brick facade was covered with stone, and an impressive stained glass dome was installed above the courtroom. To the left of the courthouse entrance, there is a statue honoring Colonel William Crawford, a Revolutionary War hero and namesake of the county. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_096
Subjects: Courthouses; hip roofs; pillars
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio); 112 E. Mansfield St.
 

Description: The image is a black and white print of Abraham Lincoln based from the photograph of Lincoln taken by Mathew Brady on February 9, 1864. The same image appeared on the $5 bill from 1928 to 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F07_015
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Portraits; Dollar, American
 

Description: Interior of the Governor's office in the Ohio Statehouse, 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00518
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This railroad flatcar held four Type B pulverizers made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. This photograph was taken at the Jeffrey factory, 1911. They were being shipped to Whitehall Portland Cement Company, Cementon, Pennsylvania. Pulverizers and crushers were used to crush stone, coal or other hard materials. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01300
Subjects: Crushing machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows three women playing a game of croquet in the Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Reservation. Behind them there is a picnic table and a crowd of people gathering around the food. A sign near the picnic table has the words "CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN PARK SYSTEM" visible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_002_001
Subjects: Croquet; Picnics; Cleveland Metropolitan Park District (Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This viaduct connects Cincinnati with its eastern suburbs and Columbia Avenue. This structure was built in 1937-1938 using PWA funds and cost just over $1.1 million. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_017_001
Subjects: Viaducts--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)