Exploring Old Photographs: Real Photo Postcards
This week we’re wrapping up our series about old photographs on paper by featuring real photo postcards (also called RPPCs) and the …
Exploring Old Photographs: Cabinet Cards
A few weeks ago we began to explore 19th century photographs by learning some tips for identifying and dating cartes de visite. …
Exploring Old Photographs: Cartes de Visite
Many people have old photographs, stored in a box or an old album, of long-ago relatives. Over the next few months, we’ll …
Move Over, Dog Lovers: Cats in Ohio Memory
A few weeks ago, we gave a nod to the dogs of Ohio Memory. And why not? Nearly 40% of Ohio households …
No Place Like Home
Have you ever noticed that we have a lot of houses on Ohio Memory? Like, a lot of houses. As of posting …
45 Years Later: Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest
Just in time for the long July 4th weekend, Ohio Memory now features 140 photographs from the Spirit of Ohio Collection (State …
It’s a Dog’s Life: Dogs on Ohio Memory
Although there is accepted fossil evidence of domestic dogs dating back 14,000 years, scientists disagree about when domestication happened (some put the …
Ohio Memory Staff Picks: Part 2
A few weeks ago, the folks at the Ohio History Connection shared some of their favorite items in Ohio Memory. I feel …
Newspapers: A (19th) Century of Change
The Lebanon Western Star, occasionally renamed to the Weekly Western Star or the Western Star and Lebanon Gazette,was a weekly newspaper mainly …
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Sometimes, as we’re researching a specific blog topic, or finding materials for a patron, we stumble across materials that aren’t relevant to …
