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 …
Harry Evan Kinley: View Photographer
Thanks to the efforts this past summer of one of our interns here at the Ohio History Connection, we’ve begun adding to …
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 …
“The Grand Old Man of American Photography”
The name Mathew Brady is a familiar one to historical photography buffs, and his contributions to our understanding of the visual past …
Art Work of Columbus
I’m not a native of Columbus. In fact, I’m not a native Ohioan, either. I was born in California and only moved …
Hidden Mothers, Revealed!
We all know that the history of photography has included some fascinating developments and ingenious solutions to common problems. Ohio Memory, among …
What’s Your Story, Columbus?
As people interested in history – as we all are, or should be! – we always enjoy learning more about the …
A Bird’s Eye View
In the mid-1930s, Lieutenant Clyde H. Butler of the photographic division of the Ohio National Guard took on a project for …
