Description: Illustration showing a Jew lighting the Sabbath candle, from "The Jewish Nation: Containing an Account of their Manners and Customs, Rites and Worship, Laws and Polity," by D.P. Kidder, 1850. Jews have lived in Ohio from the state's creation in 1803. Before the American Civil War, however, the number of Jews residing in Ohio remained small. During this period, Cincinnati was the largest city in Ohio and the center of the Jewish community in the state, though it was not until 1824 that Jews in Cincinnati established their first congregation. Illustrating the small Jewish population in Ohio during this period, only forty thousand Jews lived west of the Appalachian Mountains by 1850 and only 150,000 Jews lived in the entire United States by 1870. The lighting of the candle shortly before sunset on Friday nights to usher in the Jewish Sabbath is a weekly tradition in many Jewish homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04255
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities; Jews--Social life and customs; Religious services
 

Description: This photograph is an oval portrait of William George of Muskingum County, who was executed by hanging on May 17, 1888, at the Ohio Penitentiary Annex. He was convicted of murdering an elderly farmer, James Scott, in Zanesville, Ohio, on July 18, 1887. Text on the photograph's enclosure reads: "No. 5, William George / of Muskingum County, Legally Executed May / 17, 1888, for Murder at Zanesville, Ohio." In Ohio, local law enforcement officers were responsible for conducting executions. In 1885, however, the Ohio State Penitentiary, located in Columbus, became the sole site of executions. At first, prisoners condemned to death were executed by hanging, but in 1897 the electric chair replaced the prison's gallows. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were electrocuted between 1897 and 1963, when the death penalty was halted in Ohio. William George was the fifth person to be executed at the penitentiary. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08030
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Capital punishment; Crime; Homicide; Law enforcement
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Getting ready for Christmas at the U.S. First Marine Aircraft Base (K-3) in Pohang Dong, Korea, 1953. PFC Michael Petrucci had gone on leave to Japan to buy a quantity of decorations for inside the G-1 Headquarters Personnel office on the base. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07494
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Pohang Dong (Korea)
 

Description: Two women at an anvil with hammers, standing beneath a toolshed, at an unidentified farm in Ohio, ca. 1910. The Circle Family Glass Plate Negative Collection came in with the records of John Circle, who served as Franklin County Surveyor between 1981 and 2000. The plates are thought to be part of the family history but have no identification. The images are agricultural and have no known history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV82_011
Subjects: Agriculture; Women; Blacksmithing; Farms
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Clipped image showing "Mr. Pegg's 100-year-old Homestead." A handwritten note reads, "House built by Thos Bull 1820." Thomas Bull and Elias Pegg were members of two of the founding families of Clintonville. Pegg's father, Elias Sr., settled on this spot in 1817, and their home became a social center for the newly-settled community. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_013
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities; Houses;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women having their temperatures and pulses taken by a nurse. 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, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F08_001
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Health and hygiene
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Accompanied by several adults, a group of children approaches the steps of the Ohio Statehouse, which is located at the corner of Broad and High Streets in downtown Columbus. Completed in 1861, this Greek Revival building houses the Ohio legislature and the ceremonial offices of the executive branch of government. A statue of a doughboy soldier from World War I overlooks the children as they climb the steps of the Statehouse. 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_B04F108_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Children; Monuments & memorials;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A female pedestrian looks back over her shoulder outside of 8 North High on the northeast corner of Broad and High Streets in downtown Columbus, Ohio. A sign above her advertises Jack & Benny's "Around the Corner." 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_B06F161_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Pedestrians;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel during the Vietnam War, this photograph shows a sculpture of a man wearing elaborate clothing and armor, carrying a sword over his shoulder, possibly a military, political, or religious figure. 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_B01F09_012
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Sculpture; Art and artists
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: This is the front facade of the Columbiana County Courthouse. The structure was completed in 1871 by architect H.E. Myer, and is located on the southwest corner of the public square in Lisbon, Ohio. The Italianate style building was renovated in 1934 with funds from the Works Progress Administration. At that time the mansard roof and cornice were replaced with the present flat roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_082
Subjects: Courthouses;
Places: Lisbon (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio); 105 S. Market St.
 

Description: Lima, Ohio airport; Neil Armstrong returning to his hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. Welcomed by Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High) cheerleaders. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F1_028
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: The image is a print of an engraved portrait of a beardless Abraham Lincoln by C. Kruell. The portrait is based from a photograph taken of Lincoln. The caption on the print reads, “Engraved by Kruell from a photograph in possession of W. P. Garrison, Esq.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F07_028
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Portraits