Description: President Jimmy Carter (seated) signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 at the White House in Washington D.C. on March 10, 1978. To the right of the president's chair, among several others, U.S. Senator John Glenn witnesses. The photograph is taken closely with only a few attendees in frame, and President Carter looks at the camera. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B05F09_02
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Nuclear nonproliferation;
Places: Washington (District of Columbia)
 

Description: This home belonged to Thomas and Charity Rotch of Kendal (now Massillon), Ohio. Rotch, an early settler of the area, was a Quaker and a staunch abolitionist. The home features a secret staircase, which leads from the basement kitchen area to the second floor. It may have been used to hide fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad. The home, which Rotch called Spring Hill, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The photograph measures 8.5" by 11" (22 by 28 cm). Thomas Rotch (1767-1823) also served as a correspondent for the Committee on Indian Concerns. His wife, Charity Rotch, established the Charity School of Kendal, one of Ohio's first vocational schools, with her estate. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3195_3806028_001
Subjects: Civil liberties; Religion in Ohio; Architecture; Houses; Underground Railroad; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Massillon (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Homecoming parade held for Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_011
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Carlisle Opera House decorated for Jim Thorpe's homecoming in 1912. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV235_1_5
Subjects: Jim Thorpe (Pa.)--History--20th century--Pictoral works Jim Thorpe (Pa.)--Social Life and customs--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Carlisle--History--Pictoral works School sports
Places: Carlisle (Pennsylvania); Cumberland County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Tennis courts at Douglas park. Minnestoa Ave., south of 18th avenue." Middletown is located in Butler County, which is in Ohio's southwestern corner and borders Indiana on its western border. Butler County was established by the State of Ohio on March 24, 1803. Originally a part of Hamilton County, Butler County was named in honor of Richard Butler, who was killed in St. Clair’s Defeat in 1791. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F03_007_1
Subjects: Tennis courts; Middletown (Ohio)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
Places: Middletown (Ohio); Butler County (Oho)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Greene Line Steamer" The Island Queen, which leaves from Coney Island Wharf, is a steel, five deck boat. The white and green pleasure steamer, with room for 4, 000 passengers, features a 20, 000 square foot hardwood dance floor. This is the second Island Queen used to transport visitors to Coney Island. It was built in 1925 to replace the original, which burned in 1922. The boat hauls merrymakers from Cincinnati to Coney Island, 10 miles up the Ohio River, and back, which takes about half an hour, and is often ridden as an amusement unto itself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_053_001
Subjects: Island Queen (Steamboat); Ohio River
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows a Works Progress Administration building under construction in Ohio. This 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_B11F03_32_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration; Buildings;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Statue of Abraham Lincoln in Lytle Park Modeled Bernard Gray Cincinnati Ohio" This statue still stands in Lytle Park, near downtown Cincinnati. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_017_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two men in a sailboat of the coast of Lake Erie, with many other sailboats in the background. This could be in the Sandusky Bay. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_003_1
Subjects: Lake Erie; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Erie, Lake
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Mary Behnke of Columbus, Ohio, donated this service flag (dates from 1917-1918) in 1979. It measures 23 by 29 cm and is made of silk. It has a blue star showing that the service man is still in the service of his country. The In Service Flag (Blue Star Banner) was patented by an Ohioan, Colonel Robert L. Queisser of East Cleveland, Ohio, on 6 November 1917. Intended for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces, blue star banners are also displayed in shop windows to honor the members of that organization who were serving. Most flags were homemade by mothers, though they later became mass-produced. Upon death in service the blue star was replaced by a gold one. One of the most famous flags was that of the five Sullivan brothers who all perished on the U.S.S. Juneau. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H21046_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918; Blue Star Banner;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers. Rectangular flag measures 129 cm high by 168 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 2nd Ohio, Inf. U.S. Vols. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02200
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Spanish-American War, 1898
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B03F405_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)