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 …
Faces of Appalachia: Photographs by Albert Ewing
Albert J. Ewing: Not many people know the name these days, but around the turn of the last century, Ewing (1870-1934) …
The Father of Commercial Photography
This Sunday, November 18th, is the birthday of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, the eponymous inventor of the daguerreotype method of antique photography. Born just …
Joe Munroe on Ohio Memory
One of the many impressive archives that the Ohio Historical Society holds is that of photographer Joe Munroe, and Ohio Memory has …
