Description: A group portrait of the Harry Shannon Orchestra, ca. 1923-1925. The image includes one woman and seven men attired in formal dress. Some of the performers are posing with their musical instruments. Frederick Joseph Zint, a native of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and his wife, Pearl Olsen Zent, performed with the Harry Shannon Orchestra. Zint was the eldest son of Jacob Christian Zint, Wapakoneta businessman who owned a saloon, shoe store, and candy store. Frederick Zint and his siblings formed the Zint Family Orchestra. Another image in this photograph series, a photo of the Zint Family Orchestra, identifies Frederick Zint as a violinist; presumably he is the violinist in this image. The woman likely is his wife, Pearl Olsen Zint. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05894
Subjects: Popular culture; Entertainers; Musicians; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--Biography--Pictorial works
 

Description: This image is a reproduction of a photograph that appeared on the cover of "Bankers Monthly" magazine (July 1951 issue). The photograph shows three cars in line at the drive-in windows of the Olentangy branch of the National City Bank, Columbus, Ohio, 1951. The bank has two drive-in windows; tellers are visible in both stations. A caption under the image reads: "'Services...are very nearly complete as those which may be had at our indoor windows." Beneath that caption is the likely title of a feature article: "Auto Banking Comes to Columbus." The City National Bank & Trust Co. opened the drive-in windows at its Olentangy branch on June 5, 1950. At the time it was the only bank in the country that offered complete banking services at drive-up windows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06943
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Finance; Magazine covers; Banks and banking; Automobiles
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Log Cabin on the Horace Deal Property View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07265
Subjects: Log cabins; African Americans; Log structures
 

Description: Map drawn ca. 1785 by Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) entitled "A map of the Federal Territory from the Western Boundary of Pennsylvania to the Scioto River laid down from the latest Informations and divided into Townships and fractional parts of Townships agreeably to the Ordinance of the Hon[orab]le Congress passed in May 1785." Visible on the map is an inset of a plan for the city of Marietta, Ohio, which would be founded in April of 1788. This map was originally offered for sale with an accompanying pamphlet in 1788 to encourage immigrants to purchase lands from the Ohio Company in the newly-settled Northwest Territory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM_0003_2
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Northwest Territory--History; Maps--Ohio; Surveying;
Places: Northwest Territory; Ohio;
 

Description: This is a photograph showing an elevated view of Zanesville, Ohio, following the flood of 1913. Also visible in the photograph are the Orpheum Vaudeville Theater and Rowlands & Co. Furniture. In late March 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and the water levels rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns suffered disastrous flooding. When the flood waters receded, tons of mud and debris covered the streets, homes, businesses and factories of towns like Zanesville, where the Muskingum River had crested 27 feet above flood stage and water was 20 feet deep at several downtown intersections. The death toll for the disaster stood at 361, and property damages were well over $100,000,000 and 65,000 were forced to temporarily leave their homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P28_B05_F06_7
Subjects: Climate and weather; Floods; Natural disasters; Zanesville (Ohio)
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pencil sketch of an outfit designed by Columbus, Ohio, fashion designer H. Harold Curmode. The sketch was done on stationary from Curmode's fashion house the "House of Harold." Curmode was born on July 11, 1928, and moved with his family to Columbus in 1936. He served in the U.S. Army and was discharged in 1952. In 1955, Curmode married Doris Ann Vaughn and began his career as a fashion designer, establishing "The House of Harold." By 1960, he was well-established as a local designer in Columbus, and during the 1970s and early 1980s, he collaborated with several local theatre groups as a costume designer. Curmode died in 1989. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV157_B02F02_001
Subjects: Curmode, Harry Harold, 1928-1989 (Designer); Fashion designers; Clothing and dress
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: This image depicts students at Brookside Elementary school planting trees on Arbor Day. Brookside Elementary is located in Worthington, Ohio. Arbor Day is a United States holiday dedicated to the planting of trees on a national scale, education on the importance of trees, and education on how to plant trees. The holiday is celebrated the last Friday in April in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B01_00009_26
Subjects: Tree planting; Arbor Day; Students--Ohio; Children
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: A young African American man wearing a plaid cap stands on the street corner facing away from the camera in downtown Columbus, Ohio. In the distance, a motorcyclist and a car drive down the street, while pedestrians stroll down the sidewalk. 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_B05F138_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Pedestrians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the demolition of the Chittenden Hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio, 1973. 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_B06F170_01
Subjects: Street photography; Downtowns; Hotels; Demolition
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows soldiers at a firebase in the Lowlands of Vietnam preparing to fire a cannon. The soldier on the left has a radio receiver in his hand, likely just having received the call to fire, while the two men behind the cannon remove the shell from its casing. These cannons could reach about 15-19 clicks, but the farther they shot, the less accurate they were. 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_B02F12_015
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Military encampments; Weapons and artillery; Military life
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: Photograph identified as Fair Avenue School in Columbus, Ohio, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection. A caption on the reverse reads "Fair-Av. Grade School Jan. 1942--celebrating its 50th Birthday." Fair Avenue Elementary School was located at 1395 Fair Avenue. It was built in 1890, and closed in June 2010. The building now houses A+ Arts Academy, founded in August 2004. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B05F02_03_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; School buildings; Education;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: These two photographs document damage in Xenia, Ohio after a devastating tornado in 1974. The first photograph shows Koehler's furniture company. The second photograph, taken a month after the tornado, shows an overturned car still lying near the road. On April 4, 1974 an F5 tornado (the most intense tornado, reaching speeds of over 261 miles per hour) hit Xenia. It touched down at 4:30 p.m. nine miles southwest of Xenia and entered town at 4:40 p.m. Of 25,000 residents, 33 were killed and 1600 were injured. More than 1400 buildings were damaged or destroyed and total estimated damages exceeded $400 million. Xenia was declared a national disaster area, and the American Red Cross, as well as several hundred Ohio National Guard troops, moved into Xenia for several weeks to assist with the rescue and clean up. The Xenia tornado was the deadliest and most damaging of storms that comprised the "Super Outbreak," that occurred April 3 and 4, 1974, when 148 storms hit thirteen states. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID:
Subjects: Natural disasters; Transportation; Climate and weather; Tornadoes; Automobiles;
Places: Xenia (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)