Description: This image shows the front facade of the Old Medina County Courthouse, located at 99 Public Square. The old courthouse was originally built in 1841 and over the years, it has transformed to incorporate multiple architectural styles, including Greek Revival and Second Empire. It is connected by a passageway to a newer building, also called the Medina County Courthouse, which was built in 1969. It serves as a second Common Pleas Court. D.H. Weed was contractor for original building (1840); T. Dudley Allen was architect for renovation (1873). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_311
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Medina (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of unidentified Union General. Subject is seating, with long, wispy beard and mustache. He is wearing a military uniform, and the shoulder insignia appear to identify him as a General. Taken by Gurney & Son, of New York View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_39
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Monument marking the place of Wyandot Chief Leatherlips' execution in 1810. This marker is located in Franklin County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00299
Subjects: Monuments; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio National Guard troops manning a barricade on Court Street in front of the fire damaged Hamilton County Courthouse, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1884. Troops were brought to bring an end to riots sparked by public outrage over the outcome of a murder trial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01162
Subjects: Courthouses; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01865
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads; "'Leafing Through Pages of the Miami Valley Album.' The Robbert Dickey wedding party in 1894 before leaving for Johnson Station; taken in front of Ed. Thacker's home, across from the Central Reformed Church at Second and Ludlow Sts. Others in the bridal party are George Shaw, Tom Legler, Charles Graves, D. Legler, Harry Smith with bugle, the driver is Fred P. Mc.Gowan." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_023_1
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Horse-drawn vehicles; Carriages and coaches; Carts and wagons; Weddings
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Not Mellish House?" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F05_004_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Cinci., O., Sept. 1937 Street view from office window. View from window taken from Union Trust bldg. 4th Street." Completed in 1901, the 18-story Union Trust building was the tallest building in the state for 3 years. It was designed by architect Daniel Burnham. It is currently known as the Bartlett Building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_21_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Streets--Cincinnati (Ohio); Transportation--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Engineer School U.C. of Cincinnati Ohio 1937." This is Schneider Quad at the University of Cincinnati. Left to right, the buildings are Old Chemistry, Baldwin Hall and Swift Hall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_024_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Education; Universities and colleges; College Campuses; University of Cincinnati. College of Engineering--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Attached caption reads: "Project A.P.N. #6066-14073. Recreation project in the City of Norwood. Handicraft, sewing and knitting, are among the numerous activities at St. Peter and Paul parochial school, Moeller & Dex Avenues, Norwood. From left to right: Rita Steinhauer, 13, 2265 Feldmann Ave.; Norma Daley, 13, 2540 Cypress Way, Pleasant Ridge; and Antoinette Folchi, 13, 5307 Ralston Ave., 8th grade -- Peggie McDonough, 12, 2350 Kuatman Ave,; Jane Busemeyer, 12, 2329 O'Brien Place; and Rose Mary Cleary, 12, 2201 Hanneford Ave.,-7th grade pupils. -- Mary Agnes Obermeyer, 11, 5245 Warren Ave.; Marry Jean Buschle, 10, 2532 Roundview Drive, - 5th grade pupils. The pupils mentioned above display a large variety of articles made by them, under the supervision of W.P.A. supervisors. Photo by Federal Writers' Projects photographer. Norwood, Ohio. January 21, 1937." This class was funded by the Works Progress Administration of Ohio. St. Peter and Paul school can be found in Reading, Ohio, at the corners of Church and West Vine streets. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F06_047_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Handicrafts
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a view of the Miami and Erie Canal in Dayton, Ohio. On the left is a truck labeled John R. Kershner Public Works Contractor and the building above reads The Howe [or Lowe] Brothers Co. Work began on the Miami and Erie Canal in 1825 and was completed in 1845. During the peak of construction, more than four thousand laborers worked on the canal, generally earning 30 cents per day plus room and board. Many recent immigrants to the United States, especially the Irish, survived thanks to jobs on the canals. Other people, like the residents of the communal society at Zoar, also helped construct canals to assist the survival of their community. Many of Ohio’s communities today, including Akron, began as towns for the canal workers. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until late 1800s. There is a short stretch in the Muskingum Valley near Zanesville still in operation today. By the 1850s, however, canals were losing business to the railroads. This photograph 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_B09F08_033_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio State Office Building, located at 65 South Front Street was eventually renamed the Ohio Departments of State building, for a time, before becoming home to the Supreme Court of Ohio. It was designed by Henry Hake of Cincinnati in the Art Moderne style, a combination of the Modernistic style with Art Deco decoration. Groundbreaking took place on November 19, 1929 and construction began just after the collapse of the stock market, so delays were frequent. The building was completed in 1933 at a cost exceeding $6,500,000. Just before construction was complete, 11 people were killed and 50 injured during a natural gas explosion on April 14, 1932, which damaged the building all the way up to the 5th floor. Repairs cost an additional $750,000. The 14-story building is of Georgia marble, luxuriously decorated with metals, tiling, colored marbles, mosaics and numerous murals. The building initially housed the departments of: Aeronautics, Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Health, Highways, Public Welfare, Public Works, Industrial Relations, Taxation and the Industrial Commission. The Ohio State Library was located on the 11th floor and one of the largest of its kind in the country. The library and several of the hearing rooms, used as assembly halls, are adorned with panel murals of historical character, outstanding among them being works of John F. Holmer and H.H. Wessel of Cincinnati as well as Leroy Daniel MacMorris of and Rudolph Sheffler of New York. The building was used by the Ohio House of Representatives during the renovation of the Statehouse in the 1990's. In 1998, the Ohio General Assembly voted to bear the cost of the building's renovation. Renovation began in 2001 and was completed in January of 2004. The Ohio State Office Building was renamed the Ohio Judicial Center and was officially opened on February 17, 2004, winning several awards due to its superior architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_028_1
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Municipal buildings--United States; Ohio. Supreme Court; Ohio State Library; MacMorris, Leroy Daniel, 1893-1981
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)