Description: Photograph showing Floyd B. Chapman of Columbus, Ohio, at right, with a fellow serviceman identified as "PFC Gilkyson." Both are seen in military uniform, and handwriting on the back indicates that the photograph was taken in San Bernardino, California, on November 15, 1943. After receiving a Ph. D. at the Ohio State University and working for the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Chapman (1911-1984) was inducted into the Army Air Corps in November of 1942. He was stationed at various posts around the United States during World War II, as well as overseas in India and China. Following his military service, Chapman continued his career as a naturalist and field ecologist for the Ohio State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Ohio Division of Wildlife. He also worked as resident ecologist at Malabar Farm and as horticulturist for Inniswood Garden Metro Park until his death in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1017AV_01_01
Subjects: World War II; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Natural resources--Ohio; Malabar Farm; Horticulture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); San Bernardino (California)
 

Description: This is an aerial photograph of the aftermath of the Xenia, Ohio, tornado, 1974. It is what is known as a Super Outbreak of tornadoes. It remains one of the most destructive weather episodes on record in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03679
Subjects: Xenia (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Natural disasters--United States; Aerial views; Tornado damage
Places: Xenia (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ceramic vessel has a globular body with an outward flaring rim. Entire exterior surface is covered in Mixter cordmarking. It is grayish brown in color. Item was excavated from Esch Mounds in Huron Township, Erie County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07322
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Hopewell culture--Ohio; American Indian history and society
Places: Huron Township (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two men and two women in a rocky, wooded area. The three on the left are standing on a log. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08508
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Portrait photography; Nature;
 

Description: Mapmaker John Melish created this map of Ohio around 1812. The map shows the land office districts in Ohio, including the Virginia Military District, and Ohio Company and the Western Reserve lands. The border of the American Indian lands in the northwest part of the state is drawn on the map. It is hand colored and measures 9.45" x 9.45" (24 x 24 cm). Originally from Scotland, Melish was an important figure in early United States cartography, or mapmaking. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1529_1169180_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; American Indians in Ohio; Maps--Midwest--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dark gray Hopewell flint point has a small triangular blade with an off-center tip. The base is nearly the same width as the blade and has wide shallow corner notches. The blade has possibly been reworked on one side. Item was found in Warren County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07375
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; American Indian history and society; Arrows; Projectile points; Hunting; Hopewell culture--Ohio
Places: Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cylindrical bannerstone has a flattened underside that is slightly concave. It is made of dark grayish brown and very dark gray banded slate. Item was found in Preble County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07451
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; American Indians--Archaeology; Tools; American Indian history and society
Places: Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Granite Boulder, near Sunbury (Delaware Co)." Delaware County is home to the state's largest verified crystalline erratic, which was a popular tourist attraction in the 1930's. The large granite boulder is 22 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 8 feet high, with a circumference of 72 feet. The portion that is visible above ground weighs around 200 tons, while the area below ground is undetermined. The boulder is located one mile east of Sunbury, along Croton Road. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F10_001_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Boulders; Rocks
Places: Sunbury (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Long, curving pointed antler tine has smoothed surface and is rough cut at the large end. The antler is pinkish gray in color. Item was found at the Clifford Williams Site in Washington Township, Logan County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07357
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Tools; American Indian history and society
Places: Washington Township (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Bladelet core is made of Flint Ridge flint that is predominantly very dusky red in color, mottled with dark red, pale red, red, light red and reddish gray. There is also a spot of dark gray on the top. The flint has probably been heated by fire. It is cylindrical in shape, wider at the bottom than the top. There are long thin parallel scars where flakes (bladelets) of flint were removed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07250
Subjects: American Indians; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Hopewell culture--Ohio; Archaeology
 

Description: This photograph shows the Lawrence County Courthouse in Ironton, Ohio, during the 1937 Ohio River flood, also referred to as the Great Flood. In January and February of 1937, weeks of heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River to flood parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, causing $500 million in property damages, and displacing and killing hundreds. By the end of January, the Ohio River measured 80 feet deep in Cincinnati, one of the areas most affected. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched thousands of relief workers from the Works Progress Administration to rescue flood victims and restore affected cities. 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_B15F04_003_012_009
Subjects: Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Courthouses; Works Progress Administration
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Slate pendant is roughly rectangular. The lower end is slightly wider than the top and rounded. Banding of the slate runs lengthwise with dark gray bands on a lighter gray surface. A single hole was drilled in the upper portion. The pendant was broken in half but has been repaired. There are large chips missing from reverse side. Item was excavated from Thomas Brothers Mound in Licking County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07420
Subjects: Adena culture; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; American Indian history and society
Places: Licking County (Ohio)