Description: Color advertisement of New Year's cards available for the year 1880 from Charles Stewart, a Cincinnati printer and paper dealer. Stewart was based at 141 and 143 Walnut Street in Cincinnati. The advertisement shows six examples of cards and explains their use, decoration, paper finish and price, as well as available discounts. The card designs featured include Baby New Year, a cherub with trumpet, a chiming clock tower, a hand holding an hourglass, a chick hatching from an egg, and a winter scene of birds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1240
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Correspondence; Printing industry and trade--Ohio;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs show Kinder Key carolers and bell ringers performing in front of Columbus City Hall. The photographs were taken December 11-12, 1969. Kinder Key, a fundraising group for Columbus Children's Hospital, was established in 1954. Each December, volunteers go caroling and sell ornaments to raise money for the hospital. The photographs measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3293_4542869_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Holidays; Christmas; Christmas trees; City & town halls; Caroling
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Advertisement of the meat products, including bear meat, available on New Year's Day at the shop of Isaac Nation, Samuel T. Finney, and Jacob Nation, in Eaton, Ohio. Customers are assured of the high quality of meat available, and informed of the location of the shop on Main Street. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1301
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Meat industry and trade--Ohio;
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Advertisement from The New York News Company depicting twelve examples of New Year's cards for the year 1881. This advertisement gives the price of 25 cents a pack, and indicates that the cards are "for sale here, " meaning this broadside would have been mounted in an Ohio store, possibly the front window. Designs include Baby New Year, an Egyptian obelisk, four characters forming the numeral 1881, a singing frog, a sunrise motif and more. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1270
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Correspondence; Printing;
 

Description: The caption reads: "'CROWNING OF THE QUEEN,' Norwood May Festival, May 2, 1936. A W.P.A. Recreational Program for school children. Photo by W.P.A Staff Photographer." This is a photo of children performing in the Norwood May Day Festival, a WPA Recreational program for school children, in Norwood, Ohio. The children are in costume and it appears they are performing a ceremony where a festival queen is crowned. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F04_016_001
Subjects: May Day--United States--History; Children; Norwood (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Festivals and holidays; Rites and ceremonies--Ohio; May poles--1930-1940; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Norwood (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Advertisement of New Year's cards for the year 1881, produced by the Cleveland Paper Company. Described as "The Latest Style New Year Cards, " the designs labeled No. A through No. K feature Baby New Year, a snowy cabin, a ship in harbor, a woodland scene and more. Prices and ordering instructions are also given. Incorporated in 1860, the company was operating four paper mills by 1886, as well as a four-story headquarters and warehouse at 128 St. Clair Street, with approximately 550 employees. It was acquired by the Mead Corporation in 1957. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1241
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Correspondence; Printing industry and trade--Ohio;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This printed New Year's greeting from the Fostoria Bicycle Club of Fostoria, Ohio, features a gilt print poem with an image of a young man and woman on bicycles, and "1892, Fostoria Bicycling Club, A Happy New Year" on the horizon. It is printed on a pale green celluloid card. The illustration is credited to P.W. Shephard of Fostoria, and the poem was written by George MacDonald. The Fostoria Bicycle Club was a men's cycling group organized in the early 1880s, which regularly held regional races and took long cycling trips throughout Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM4801
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Bicycles and bicycling;
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "MAY FESTIVAL AT ST. XAVIER STADIUM. The Shoo Fly song, some 3,000 school children participated. Photo by W.P.A Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. (Writers') Cincinnati, Ohio. District # 16. 5-15-36." This is a photograph of over 3,000 children performing the "Shoo Fly Song" as part of the May Day festivities at St. Xavier stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. May Day, celebrated on May 1, is a traditional spring holiday for many cultures around the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F04_027_001
Subjects: May Day--United States--History; Universities and colleges; Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio); College campuses; Music and dance; Children--Ohio; Festivals and holidays; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "MAY FESTIVAL AT ST. XAVIER STADIUM America, the Beautiful. Sung by all the participants and audience. Photo by W.P.A Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. (Writers') Cincinnati, Ohio. District # 16. 5-15-36." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F04_028_001
Subjects: May Day--United States--History; Universities and colleges; Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio); College campuses; Music and dance; Children--Ohio; Festivals and holidays; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing fireworks during the Bicentennial fireworks celebration in Ashland, Ohio, July 4, 1976. The image was submitted by photographer Brian Roseborough of Ashland in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F130_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Fourth of July celebrations; Holidays; Fireworks
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: In this photograph, members of the Ohio Girls' Club of Washington, D.C. celebrate Thanksgiving at St. John's Hospitality Center, 1948. Founded in 1918, the club provided women who were natives of Ohio, but lived and worked in Washington, D.C., with the opportunity "of forming friendships, of making their social lives more pleasant, and of entertaining soldiers, especially from Ohio, stationed in the vicinity." Social events, activities for returning servicemen, and supporting charitable causes were among the club's activities. The club disbanded in 1982. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06349
Subjects: Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Holidays; Celebrations
Places: Washington, D.C.
 

Description: Photograph of two African American children wearing Halloween costumes. A caption on the reverse reads "Witches and Bunnies shared Hallowe'en with pumpkins on Central Plaza in downtown Canton, October, 1976." The image was submitted by photographer R. C. Bixler of Canton in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F01_05_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Children; Costumes; Holidays; Halloween; African American Ohioans;
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)