Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Warren G. Harding sitting in a rocking chair reading a newspaper on the front porch of his home in Marion, Ohio. This photograph is part of the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection. Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States from 1921-1923, was born near Marion, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1898 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature for two terms. Harding became Lieutenant Governor in 1903 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. While unsuccessful in a run for Governor in 1910, Harding won election to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty began promoting Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His campaign, known as “The Front Porch Campaign,” was centered on low-key speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy.” Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding died from a massive heart attack and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20_P71_02_N15
Subjects: Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Photographs
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through the city of Delphos, near the intersection of Van Wert, Allen and and Putnam Counties, between stations 4670 and 4834. Roads, properties, bridges, locks, rail lines and other landmarks along the route are noted, including Jennings Creek. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4925_003
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Railroads
Places: Delphos (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio); Van Wert County (Ohio); Putnam County (Ohio)
 

Description: Eddie Rickenbacker as a race car driver, ca. 1909-1917. Edward Rickenbacker was born on October 8, 1890 in Columbus, Ohio. Between 1909 and 1917 he was one of the top race car drivers in the country. He raced with Peugeot, Maxwell, and Prest-O-Lite Teams and competed several times in the Indianapolis 500. In 1917, he enlisted in the army, where he became a celebrated pilot. He died in July 1973 in Switzerland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02933
Subjects: Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973; Automobile racing;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Print titled "Cincinnati's sorrowful Sabbath morning," from "The Great Cincinnati Riots" (The Old Franklin Publishing House, 1884). Riots erupted in Cincinnati in March 1884 due to public outrage over the outcome of a murder trial. The Hamilton County courthouse was severely damaged by fire and Ohio National Guard troops were called to the city to end the unrest. Text at bottom reads: "Cincinnati's sorrowful Sabbath morning." "Cincinnati's trauriger Sabbath Morgen." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03864
Subjects: Riots; Courthouses; Engraving; Disasters
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Full length view of a Speedline hoe, made from an Army bayonet which was produced by the Union Fork & Tool Company of Columbus, Ohio, between 1946 and 1950. It has an elongated arrowhead-shaped steel blade with a rounded tip and a swallowtail back. The wood handle is painted blue. Impressed into the wood at the base are the words "Bayonet Hoe Repair Handle No B220" and "Speedline Made from an Army Bayonet." Above that is a glued label that reads "Perfect as a Circle Forks Union Hoes." The steel ferrule that connects the blade with the handle is also painted blue. The Ohio Historical Society received this object from the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) of Columbus in 1999. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05406
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Hoes; Tools; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Boys and girls swim meet, March 1970. Fans and swimmers watch young men competing in their event. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07637
Subjects: Sports; Swimming; Sports--Ohio--History
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the recreation building in Mariemont, Ohio that was erected in 1928. Mariemont was a planned community east of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06206
Subjects: Architecture; Public buildings; Mariemont (Ohio)
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Adam Logan Roberts, of Franklin County, was electrocuted September 6, 1923, for the Murder of Ben Pfifer. He was a black male, age forty-one and an escaped convict. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08142
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Horse-drawn sleigh in front of the community Christmas tree, outside the Wyandot County Courthouse in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. A man is posed in the sleigh dressed as Santa Claus. The Wyandot County Courthouse is one of the best-preserved examples of classical architecture from the turn of the century, built in 1899 on the site of a cemetery for soldiers who died in battle in the War of 1812. The County Municipal Courtroom served as the setting for courtroom scenes in the film “The Shawshank Redemption.” Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07785
Subjects: Christmas trees; Holidays; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Historic buildings--Ohio;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard showing a photograph of the McCook house. The Fighting McCooks, a family of Union Army volunteers during the American Civil War, resided in the county. During the American Civil War, fifteen members of the McCook family from Ohio fought for the Union, earning them the nickname "The Fighting McCooks." Although scholars disagree on the exact number of McCooks who fought in the Civil War, it appears that Daniel McCook and eight of his nine sons took up arms for the North, as did his brother, John McCook, and John's five sons. Individually, the two families were known as the Tribe of Dan and the Tribe of John. Together, they came to be referred to as the "Fighting McCooks." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series6560AV_B05F011_006_001
Subjects: Postcards; Tourism; McCook family; Historic houses; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Families;
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a float of the United Spanish War Veterans in the Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial parade in Chillicothe, Ohio, May 9, 1938. The float was sponsored by the E.U. Weidler Camp #48 and the Captain G.W. Brandle Auxiliary #29 of the U.S.W.V. Identified left to right on the float are William A. Wolcott, Harry B. Ankrom, Mrs. Ruth Griesheimer, Claude Raynals, Mrs. Dorothy Nichols, William Drake, Elmer L. Valentine and Howard Strawser. Standing is Walter E. Owen. The United Spanish War Veterans was a fraternal organization that eventually included men who fought in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Mission. It was organized into "Departments" by state, and then into smaller groups called "Camps." The organization lasted until 1992, when its last remaining member died at age 106. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army during the war during this time. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished to U.S. control the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1279_13_01
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Veterans; Military Ohio; Parades--Ohio; Northwest Territory--History; Fraternal organizations;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during an "Antique Tea" held by Mrs. Linn of the Clinton League. The women pictured are identified as Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Greubler, Mrs. McIntosh, Mrs. Linn, Mrs. Florence Pegg Wood, Mrs. Beechy, Mrs. Holcomb and Mrs. McCoy. 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_209
Subjects: Clinton League; Women--Charities; Performers; Skits
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)