Description: A woman looks at the Columbus Dispatch newspaper for sale from a machine, next to dispensers for USA Today and the Plain Dealer, in downtown Columbus, Ohio. This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper by photographer Allen Zak. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F15_02
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Newspapers; Pedestrians;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows two servicemen, after the day's work is done, relaxing and reading a newspaper, probably Stars And Stripes, an American military newspaper. Although the Stars and Stripes sought to keep soldiers updated on U.S. and world affairs, it purposefully left out controversial domestic stories, like the Kent State shootings. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F05_019
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Military life; Newspapers
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: This is a photograph (ca. 1935-1943) of the Nati Enquirer newspaper with an engraving depicting a painting of street scene in Cincinnati. Heading reads "Cincinnati Enquirer, Sesqui-Centennial Edition, October 12, 1938" Caption reads "In 1830. This old painting shows Fourth Street, east of Vine. The house with the pillars belonged to William Groesbeck." William Groesbeck graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1835 where he studied law. He moved to Cincinnati in 1836, after being admitted to the bar, and commenced practice. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth United States Congress in March 1857, and he served as a United States Representative from Ohio until March 1959. He was unsuccessful in his bid to the Thirty-six Congress in 1858. Among his many other accomplishments, Groesbeck also served in the State Senate from 1862-1864. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_018
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Groesbeck, William S. (William Slocomb), 1815-1897; United States. Congress (35th : 1857-1859). Senate; United States. House of Representatives; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Newspapers
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Heading reads "Cincinnati Enquirer, Sesqui-Centential Edition, October 12, 1938" Caption reads "From Newport. Steam ferries still plied between Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport in 1849, before any bridges were built connecting the three cities." This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) is of an engraving in a newspaper of steamboats along the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_019
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River--History; Ferries; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Newspapers; Cincinnati enquirer
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph (ca. 1935-1943) of the Nati Enquirer newspaper depicting a painting of a street scene in Cincinnati. Heading reads "Cincinnati Enquirer, Sesqui-Centennial Edition, October 12, 1938" Caption reads "In 1830. This old painting shows Fourth Street, east of Vine. The house with the pillars belonged to William Groesbeck." William Groesbeck graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1835 where he studied law. He moved to Cincinnati in 1836, after being admitted to the bar, and commenced practice. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth United States Congress in March 1857, and he served as a United States Representative from Ohio until March 1959. He was unsuccessful in his bid to the Thirty-six Congress in 1858. Among his many other accomplishments, Groesbeck also served in the State Senate from 1862-1864. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_021
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Groesbeck, William S. (William Slocomb), 1815-1897; United States. Congress (35th : 1857-1859). Senate; United States. House of Representatives; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Newspapers
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Heading reads "The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sesqui-Centential" Caption reads "Having Fun At The Zoo". This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) is of a photograph from the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper. The Cincinnati Zoo is the second oldest zoo in the United States, having opened in 1875, and is located in the Avondale community. Initially occupying 65 acres, surrounding blocks and areas in nearby suburbs have been added to zoo property. Founded by Cincinnati native Jonathan Schoonover and designed by Theodor Fundeisen, it was originally named the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens. The largest exhibit of the zoo was it's collection of birds, with over four hundred. The rest of the collection was small, having only eight monkeys, two bear, three deer, six racoons, two elk, and one each of buffalo, hyena, tiger, alligator and elephant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_027
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Cincinnati Zoo; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Newspapers; Cincinnati enquirer
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Poetic New Year's address and advertisement from the publishers of the Triweekly Westbote and Familienfreund newspaper, written in German, including a calendar for 1888, and advertising (in English) the English and German printing capabilities of the company. The address for the Westbote Company is given as 180 South High Street in Columbus, Ohio. Running from 1843 to 1918 in Columbus, Der Westbote served German Democrats both in and out of the state. Its early history was not an easy one, as both Democrats and Germans were in the minority in Columbus, but after overcoming these challenges, the paper and its influence grew rapidly. By 1915, circulation had reached 15,000, and some referred to the Westbote as the “Democratic Bible.” It opposed constitutional monarchies and both slavery and abolitionists. Among its editors and owners were Friedrich Fieser, Jacob and Friedrich Reinhard, Leonhard Hirsch and Charles F. Gerhold. Germans living in Columbus, especially those on the south side in the German Village neighborhood, found the Westbote particularly important as it helped connect them to both their new and old homes by printing local items and news from abroad in their native language. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1243
Subjects: Newspapers; German Americans; Advertisements; Holidays; New Years
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows David Jenkins. Born in Virginia in 1811, Jenkins moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1837. In 1844, he established the Palladium of Liberty, a weekly antislavery newspaper. He was active in the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad. In 1873, Jenkins moved to Mississippi to teach; two years later, he was elected to the Mississippi legislature. He died in 1877. This portrait photograph appeared in "An Official History of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons for the State of Ohio," published in 1906. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_792541_033
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Civil Liberties; African American newspapers; Underground Railroad; Portrait photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A man stands in front of a newspaper stand while a woman waits nearby to cross the street in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The man is holding a newspaper in his hand, and a large briefcase sits by his feet. Across the street, a restaurant and a shop that sells travel accessories are also visible in the photograph. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B05F128_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Downtowns; Pedestrians; Newspapers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated June 30, 1912, this Billy Ireland cartoon page from the Columbus Dispatch advertises and praises the Republican Glee Club of Columbus, Ohio. The large caricature featured is that of Glee Club Director Karl Hoenig. The scene in the lower right corner highlights prominent individuals of the time who would be amazed by the Club's performance, such as Simon Guggenheim, Princess Alice, and Richard Harding Davis. The Republican Glee Club formed in Columbus, Ohio, when a group of men who enjoyed singing formed a group to campaign for presidential candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election against Horace Greeley. The group of singers originally called themselves the Grant and Wilson Glee Club, always changing their name to support the candidate the group was endorsing. By 1885, the Glee Club supported state and local races too, and in 1895 permanently changed the club's name to the Republican Glee Club. The Republican Glee Club Collection includes sheet music and songbooks, organizational records, historical information, event programs, and photographs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1441AV_B13_F12_1
Subjects: Republican Glee Club; Republican Party; Political clubs; Choirs (Music); Ireland, Billy, 1880-1935; Newspapers; Cartoons
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing a portrait of Arthur P. Lamneck. The description located on the back of the photograph reads: "Arthur P. Lamneck, 1419 [illegible] Candidate for Dem. nom for commissioner 5146." The photograph belongs to the Columbus Citizen-Journal Photograph Collection. Arthur Lamneck was born in Port Washington, Ohio, and later moved to Columbus where he started a sheet metal business. He pursued a career in politics, serving four terms as the Democratic Representative from Ohio to Congress and as a member of the Columbus City Council. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B09F01_001
Subjects: Newspapers; Portrait photography; Men; Politicians; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the Ohio Federal Savings and Loan building. The description located on the back of the photograph reads: "Ohio Fed. S & L. arm Whitehall Office| NOV 28 1960." The photograph belongs to the Columbus Citizen-Journal Photograph Collection. On November 9, 1959, the Columbus Citizen and the Ohio State Journal merged to form the Columbus Citizen-Journal, a morning paper. With this merger, the Ohio State Journal, which began in 1811 as the Western Intelligencer, suspended publication. The collection consists of 24,006 black-and-white photographs of various sizes and the dates ranging from 1912 to 1984, which were either used in the paper itself or for research purposes in the interest of composing a piece. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B11_F02_02_01
Subjects: Newspapers; Banks and banking; Buildings; Currency; Federal;
Places: Whitehall (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);