Description: Dated ca. 1899, this Christmas card advertisement for L. Lesquereux, seller of jewelry, watches, clocks, and silverware, is addressed to Miss Rose Sallie of Lithopolis, Ohio. The card shows multiple names, including A.L. Sallie, Millard F. Sallie, Sidney Sallie, Blanche Sallie, Minna Sallie, and Albert Leroy Sallie. The advertisement is printed on black pasteboard and shows a chromolithograph die cut of a dove holding a rose. The front of the card reads "Wishing You a Merry Christmas" and the reverse reads "Before purchasing your Jewelry, I take the liberty of asking you to call at our store and examine our full line of watches, clocks, fine jewelry, silverware, etc. Very respectfully, L. Lesquereux, 59 South high Street, Columbus, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM5884_1
Subjects: Christmas; Greeting cards; Advertisements; Jewelry
Places: Lithopolis (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: These five photographs document the selection, cutting, and loading of a Christmas tree by workers from Davey Tree Experts Company and the Ohio Christmas Tree Growers Association in 1967. The tree was delivered to President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson at the White House in Washington, where it stood in the Blue Room. A painting of the decorated tree appeared on the First Family's Christmas cards that year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3288_4538289_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Plants and Animals; Business and Labor; Holidays; Christmas; Christmas trees
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows two young children standing by a Christmas tree. 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 (now the Ohio History Connection) 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: AV71_B16_F1048
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photography--History; Christmas; Christmas trees; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: The Christmas card features a picture of a horse standing with a rider seated in the harness. The rider's clothes are colorized blue and red. Below the photograph there is an emblem of a lit candle in front of a wreath, and there is a poem reading "Wishing for you / Among other things / All of the joy / A glad Christmas brings" Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_020_001
Subjects: Harness racing; Christmas cards
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photographs show an International Christmas Tree Exhibit at COSI (Center of Science and Industry) of Columbus in 1967. The exhibit was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Columbus. COSI, which opened in Columbus in 1954, emphasizes interactive, discovery-based science programs and exhibits. The photographs measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3289_4538311_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Holidays; Christmas; Christmas trees
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph with the caption, "A typical Clintonville home scene at Christmas time" showing the Harry Marshall family, 1914. The Marshall children are seen with their gifts gathered around a decorated Christmas tree. 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_059
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Holidays; Families--Ohio; Christmas; Toys
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, her husband Robert Harvey Taylor and unidentified others at a Christmas gathering. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F09_K_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators; Christmas trees; Christmas; Holidays
 

Description: Santas Christmas Circus window display in the Lazarus department store in downtown Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1950-1959. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00725
Subjects: Lazarus Department Store; Retail trade--Ohio--Columbus; Christmas; The F. & R. Lazarus Company (Columbus, Ohio);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); 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: This photograph shows soldiers of the 37th Infantry Division celebrating Christmas, probably at Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, in 1943. The 37th served in the Pacific theater during World War II under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. Known as the "Buckeye" Division, it was one of the most highly-decorated National Guard units in World War II. Seventeen Medals of Honor were awarded to National Guard troops during the war, and seven of them went to members of the 37th. The photograph measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). The 37th Infantry Division mustered in at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in October 1940. The division was sent to the Pacific theater in the spring of 1942. The division's first battle was in July 1943 in the Solomon Islands. It participated in fierce jungle fighting at New Georgia, Bougainville, and Guadalcanal. Also serving in the Philippine campaign, the division spent 592 days in combat zones, killed 33,590 Japanese soldiers, and captured 2,161 enemy prisoners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3218_3813101_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; World War II; Soldiers; Holidays; Christmas trees
Places: Ohio; New Guinea
 

Description: A family Christmas tree with presents beneath. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. 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: AL07819
Subjects: Christmas trees; Holidays; Celebrations; Families--Ohio;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: A little boy riding his rocking horse next to his Christmas tree. The tree is decorated with real candles and a toy train is at the base. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. 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: AL07828
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Christmas trees; Toys
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)