The July 17th, 1969 launch of Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong was Commander of the mission to land on the moon. [close]
Dr. Daniel Drake, Physician and medical
educator in the 19th century.(more information) [close]
Dunkleosteus terrelli, an monstrous armored fish from the late Devonian Period.(more information) [close]
A human effigy pipe, created by the prehistoric Adena culture.(more
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Jacob Parrott received one of the first Medals of Honor for his actions as one of Andrews' Raiders during the Civil War.(more
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Watt Car and Wheel Company of Barnesville, Ohio began in 1862 when Joseph Watt and his son James started a small foundry to produce plow points.(more information) [close]
The U.S.S. Macon Navy airship ZRS-5, a collaboration between Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Zeppelin of Germany, under construction. (more information). [close]
Warren G. Harding during the "front porch" campaign of 1920. (more information). [close]
This quilt was made for the April 5, 1888 wedding of Lola Wolfe and Edwin G. Antle. The crazy quilt bears the couple's initials and wedding date. (more information) [close]
This quilt was made by Quaker women of Clinton County. These women had been disowned by the mainstream Quaker meetings due to their anti-slavery activities. (more information) [close]
House at 660 Keowee Street, Dayton, pulled from its foundation and leaning on its side, one of many casualties of the 1913 flood. (more information) [close]
Humorist James Thurber show in 1915. Thurber was in college at the Ohio State University at this time.(more information) [close]
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of
the United States. (more
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Statue of James Birdseye McPherson, the highest-ranking Union officer killed in the Civil War. (more information) [close]
First mechanical cash register, invented by James Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. (more information) [close]
The Elmore Manufacturing Company originally made bicycles, but by 1899, interest in bicycles waned among the American public, and the company began manufacturing automobiles. (more information) [close]
Temperance advocate Carry Nation sold souvenir hatchets such as this to pay jail fines, since she was frequently arrested for disturbing the peace. (more information) [close]
Lorain High School yearbook picture of Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize winning author. (more information) [close]
The Doric-columned front of the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial in Niles, Ohio. The building was completed in 1917.(more information) [close]
photograph of Annie Oakley was taken in London, where she demonstrated her shooting skill for Queen Victoria. (more information). [close]
This photograph depicts Thomas Alva Edison as a teenager. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio and registered a total of 1,093 patents. (more
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Captain Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker (1890-1973), a native of Columbus, Ohio, was World War I's "Ace of Aces." He shot down 26 enemy aircraft. (more
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Entitled Jazz Bowl or New Year's Eve in New York City, this piece of art pottery was created by artist Viktor Schreckengost, a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art. (more
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A covered mustard container, made by A.H. Heisey and Company in 1896 (more information). [close]
The 1899 Huber Manufacturing catalog was the "Patriotic Edition" and includes a illustrated synopsis of the Spanish American War. (more information). [close]
This Boss Washing Machine No. 1, was patented by the Boss Washing Machine Company of Cincinnati. It is operated by a hand-powered metal crank. (more information). [close]
Lillian Gish was a famous film actress who starred in D.W. Griffith's An Unseen Enemy and Birth of a Nation, among many other movies. (more information). [close]
The first space shuttle, the Enterprise, was first tested on August 12, 1977. The picture is dedicated to William Lamar, an engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, whose research and development work was invaluable to NASA's space shuttle program. (more information). [close]
Broadside announcing a military recruiting
meeting in Findlay, Ohio (more information). [close]
The Newcom home, founded in 1796 by Colonel George Newcom (more information). [close]
This lantern, made of tin with glass sides, is one of the few remaining articles thought to have come from the North Union Shaker Village in what is now Shaker Heights, Ohio (more information). [close]
Archibald Willard's Spirit of '76 is one of his best-known works. The model for the old man in the painting was Willard's father. (more information). [close]
John Glenn was the first man to orbit the earth. He also served in the United States Senate and flew on the Shuttle Discovery in 1998. (more information). [close]
A souvenir booklet the 1936 World's Fair, also known as the Great Lakes Exposition. The exposition grounds spanned 135 acres along Cleveland's lakefront and drew more than 7 million visitors in the two seasons it was open. (more information). [close]