A Mid-Winter Getaway
Ohio, like a large swath of the United States, has been hit with a real wave of winter weather this past week, …
Ohio’s Bicentennial Barns
If you’ve driven anywhere in Ohio, you’ve probably seen them. Most are white or red, and a couple structures are unpainted. They …
A National Day of Service
This Monday, January 19th, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday authorized in 1983. Dr. King is remembered as a …
Worth a Thousand Words
Imagine life without photographs. There would be no way to quickly and easily capture images of friends and family, no in-the-moment snapshots …
A Little New Year’s Reading
As we celebrate the first days of 2015, we hope all of our Ohio Memory visitors and readers have had a restful …
“American Notes for General Circulation”
This holiday season, you may have read or watched a version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Published in 1843, A Christmas …
A Christmas Gift for President Lincoln
The period of November 15th through December 21st, 2014, marks the 150th anniversary of Major General (and native Ohioan) William Tecumseh Sherman’s …
Coming Home
Occasionally, institutions like the ones who bring you Ohio Memory will find items in their collections that just don’t quite fit. They’re …
Football Fields, Photos and Fans
We hope all of our readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week, but this past weekend also marked another important “holiday” …
Toyland, Toyland!
Today, the day after Thanksgiving, is Black Friday. Stores will dramatically reduce pricing on items to draw shoppers in, while those shoppers …
