Description: This color illustration is a full-length profile of a woman with dark hair wearing a long evening dress. The artist, Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952), was famous for his portraits of the so-called "Christy Girl," his romanticized vision of the modern young society woman. Born in Morgan County, Ohio, Christy spent his youth on his parents' farm near Duncan Falls. Later in life he recorded fond memories of the time that he spent along the Muskingum River. Christy’s mother encouraged his work as a painter and sketch artist. During the 1890s Christy moved to New York City and studied under William Merritt Chase, who encouraged his students to paint their subjects in a realistic manner. After achieving success as an illustrator, Christy open his own studio and began painting portraits and landscape scenes. Christy became a well-known artist because of his involvement in the Spanish-American War. During this conflict, he accompanied American soldiers into battle. He provided magazines, such as "Scribner's," "Harper's," "The Century", and "Leslie's Weekly," with drawings of the battlefields. After the war, Christy became famous for his artwork depicting the "Christy Girl," whose image he used in books, magazines, calendars, and even patriotic posters. Over the next decade, Christy emerged as one of America's most popular artists and illustrators. He returned to his childhood home in Ohio and opened his own studio. His fame continued to grow during the 1910s. He returned to New York and opened a studio in 1915. During World War I he drew posters encouraging his fellow Americans to support the war effort. Once again, the "Christy Girl" figured prominently in his artwork. Following the world war, Christy slowly turned away from painting the "Christy Girl." During the 1920s the artist painted the portraits of a number of well-known Americans, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Eddie Rickenbacker. At the beginning of the Great Depression, Christy's popularity briefly declined, but the artist returned to painting women and landscape scenes. His celebrity status revived, he created commemorative paintings of historical events. His most famous painting from this era shows the signing of the United States Constitution. It hangs in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building. Two of Christy's works from this period also hang in the Ohio Statehouse. Christy died in 1952 in New York City. He was buried in the Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06980
Subjects: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952; Illustrated works; Morgan County (Ohio); Artists
 

Description: This photograph of Morgan High School was taken shortly after the building was completed in 1966. Morgan High School is located on State Route 376 three miles south of McConnelsville, Ohio. The slide measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3124_3735810_001
Subjects: Education; Schools
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This political cartoon depicts the devil on the phone. The devil says into the phone, "WHY DID Y'SEND SOFT COAL? NOTHIN' BUT A LOTA SOOT AN' NO HEAT! I ORDERED SMOKELESS FUEL!" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F58_025
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Cartoon & Satire; Pollution
 

Description: This photograph shows armed soldiers standing guard outside the Fayette County Court House, Washington Court House, Ohio, in mid-October 1894. A crowd of onlookers is facing the soldiers; inside the court house, dozens of people are standing the windows observing the activity outside. Rioting erupted at the Fayette County Courthouse following the trial of William Dolby, a biracial man accused of raping a white woman in Washington Court House, Ohio. Dolby pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twenty years at the Ohio Penitentiary. The crowd, however, demanded that Dolby be lynched for the crime. Governor William McKinley, who later became president of the United States, sent out the National Guard to protect Dolby. On the morning of October 17, 1894, the National Guard troops, led by Colonel Alonzo B. Coit, ordered the crowd to disperse. The crowd continued to shout and began ramming the courthouse doors. Coit and his troops fired at the crowd through the doors of the courthouse, killing six men and wounding a dozen others. Bullet holes are still visible in the wooden doors of the courthouse. Colonel Coit was indicted for manslaughter but was acquitted at trial. After the trial, Governor McKinley stated, "The law was upheld as it should have been...but in this case at fearful cost.... Lynching cannot be tolerated in Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06618
Subjects: Riots; Lynching; McKinley, William, 1843- 1901; Courthouses
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: The ore bridge has to be able to move across the stockyard to retrieve materials that will be loaded into the blast furnace. To do this, it was mounted on wheeled legs. This photograph shows a close-up of the ore bridge track at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Campbell Works, 1920. To the left of the track ore piles can be seen. The company employed track gangs to maintain the rails. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05591
Subjects: Steel industry and trade--Ohio; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Railroads; Factories
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: These five photographs show the Kon-Tiki restaurant which opened August 23rd, 1965, in downtown Cincinnati. Housed in in the Sheraton-Gibson Hotel, it was the 7th such restaurant opened in a Sheraton Hotel at the time. According to the Hotel's General manager, the Kon-Tiki was meant to offer a complement the Hotel's other restaurant, Yeatman's Cove. The Sheraton-Gibson Hotel was demolished in 1977. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3061_3670031_001
Subjects: Architecture; Arts and entertainment; Restaurants
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This hops carrier is made of oak and iron with a leather strap. The hops carrier is taper-shaped and worn like a backpack. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8628
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Men's black beaver felt top hat, ca. 1816. Beaver felt hats were popular from the 16th century through the 19th century. Beaver fur was useful in creating a hat that retained its shape even after becoming wet. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05040
Subjects: Hats; Popular culture; Clothing and dress; Men
 

Description: Cpl. Robert Francel (left) and PFC Michael Petrucci (right) standing outside the bunker nicknamed "Stalag 70" in Pohang Dong, Korea, in the fall of 1953. 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: AL07484
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Pohang Dong (Korea)
 

Description: Photograph of three boys sitting on a porch railing holding puppies. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05112
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Dogs; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: These five photographs were taken at the annual Holiday Parade in Washington Court House, Ohio in 1968. The photographs show Santa Claus and parade floats. The first photograph shows a child with Santa Claus and Flippo, the King of Clowns, played by comic and musician Bob Marvin. Flippo was a well-known television personality in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Between 1952 and 1977 he starred in "Tip Top Bandwagon," "Flippo's Big Show," and "The Early Show" on WBNS-TV, the CBS affiliate station in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3290_4538325_001
Subjects: Daily life; Arts and entertainment; Holidays; Christmas; Celebrations; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Clowns
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Williams County Courthouse. The clock tower of this building has a copper-covered pyramidal roof and is 160 feet high and 26 feet square, reflecting the "overall massiveness" of the Romanesque Revival architectural style. The courthouse is made of stone and red brick. There are many towers and turrets that are rounded, "pepper-pot" and square. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_503
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio); 1 Courthouse Square