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World War exhibit at Ohio State Museum
No full textThis photograph shows the "Ohio in the Wars" room at the Ohio State Museum. Seen browsing the exhibit are Dr. William Overman, Curator of History, and Miss Mary Poster, a member of the museum staff. The building pictured, also called Sullivant Hall, is located at Fifteenth Avenue and North High Street and was the former home of the Ohio History Connection (then known as the Ohio Historical Society), which moved to the near the state fairgrounds in 1970
World War Memorial rotunda at Ohio State Museum
No full textThis photograph shows two men at the "War Today" exhibit at the Ohio State Museum, meant to teach visitors about the current world conflict. The building pictured, also called Sullivant Hall, is located at Fifteenth Avenue and North High Street and was the former home of the Ohio History Connection (then known as the Ohio Historical Society), which moved to the near the state fairgrounds in 1970. The bronze relief sculptures on the walls are part of a series by Bruce Wilder Saville, an artist and professor at the Ohio State University, depicting World War I scenes. They were dedicated April 6, 1926
Ohio Historical Society Communication Exhibit photograph
No full textThis photograph documents visitors to the Ohio Historical Society's exhibit on communication. The exhibit was one of the first to open in the new Ohio History Center in 1970. The photograph measures 9.5" x 7.5" (24.13 x 19.05 cm).
Founded in 1885, the Ohio Historical Society--now the Ohio History Connection--conducts a range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the organization has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. Its services include managing the state archives, administering the state's historic preservation office, and operating a network of historic sites and museums
Ohio History Center Groundbreaking photographs
No full textGovernor James Rhodes used an Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center, shown here on on August 22, 1966. The Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) moved to the new building, located near the Ohio State Fairground on Velma Avenue, after 53 years in the Ohio State Museum building on High Street near the entrance to The Ohio State University.
Pictured in the first photograph are (left to right): Trustees Don E. Weaver, Wayne J. Graf, and Harold J. Grimm, architect Byron Ireland, Governor James Rhodes, Senator Robert Shaw, Representatives Keith McNamara and Jerry O'Shaughnessy. The second photograph shows (left to right): OHS President Daniel R. Porter, trustee Fred J. Milligan, Governor James Rhodes and trustee Don E. Weaver.
W. Byron Ireland & Associates, a Columbus architectural firm, designed the Ohio History Center building. The building is an example of "Brutalism," a rational, structuralist, monumental style exported in the early 1950s by French and British architects. Distinguished by its structural honesty and undisguised, blunt use of materials, Brutalism departed from conventional bourgeois styles. Stone and marble were rejected in favor of form-textured concrete, or beton brut, a technique employed by the French architect LeCorbusier.
Founded in 1885, the Ohio History Connection conducts a range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the organization has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. The organization's services include managing the state archives, administering the state's historic preservation office, and operating a network of historic sites and museums
Ohio History Center Dedication Ceremony photograph
No full textThis 9.5" x 6.5" (24.13 x 16.51cm) photograph of the dedication of the Ohio History Center, the new home of the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection), was taken on August 23, 1970. At a press conference held in November 10, 1964, Governor James Rhodes announced financing for the construction of a new archives, library, and museum building for the Ohio Historical Society. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the building that would become the Ohio Historical Center were held on August 22, 1966. The new building opened on Sunday, August 23, 1970, and was dedicated to "the people of Ohio whose illustrious deeds are herein enshrined and proclaimed for the inspiration of all."
Upon its opening in 1970, the American Institute of Architects applauded the Ohio History Center as a "bold, imaginative, almost startling structure." Architectural Record, in a July 1971 article, called it "no doubt the most architecturally significant public structure built in Ohio since the State Capitol Building." W. Byron Ireland & Associates, a Columbus architectural firm, designed the Ohio History Center building. The building is an example of "Brutalism," a rational, structuralist, monumental style exported in the early 1950s by French and British architects. Distinguished by its structural honesty and undisguised, blunt use of materials, Brutalism departed from conventional bourgeois styles. Stone and marble were rejected in favor of form-textured concrete, or beton brut, a technique employed by the French architect LeCorbusier.
Founded in 1885, the Ohio History Connection conducts a range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the organization has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. The organization's services include managing the state archives, administering the state's historic preservation office, and operating a network of historic sites and museums
Ohio Historical Center Doughboy statue
No full textThis statue of a World War I American soldier by sculptor Bruce Wilder Saville sits on the lawn of the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio. Saville, a professor at The Ohio State University, cast the scuplture, named "The Victorius Doughboy" in 1924 to honor veterans of the First World War. The soldier is depicted in mid-stride with his proper left leg forward and his proper right arm holding his gun which rests on his proper right shoulder. In this photograph, the statue is being moved to the Ohio History Center from the Ohio State Museum when the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) moved to its new home near the State Fairgrounds in 1970
Children on steps of Ohio History Center
No full textThis photograph of children on the steps of the Ohio History Center was taken around 1970.
At a press conference held in November 10, 1964, Governor James Rhodes announced financing for the construction of a new archives, library, and museum building for the Ohio Historical Society. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the building that would become the Ohio History Center were held on August 22, 1966. The new building opened on Sunday, August 23, 1970, and was dedicated to "the people of Ohio whose illustrious deeds are herein enshrined and proclaimed for the inspiration of all."
Upon its opening in 1970, the American Institute of Architects applauded the Center as a "bold, imaginative, almost startling structure." Architectural Record, in a July 1971 article, called it "no doubt the most architecturally significant public structure built in Ohio since the State Capitol Building." W. Byron Ireland & Associates, a Columbus architectural firm, designed the Ohio History Center building. The building is an example of "Brutalism," a rational, structuralist, monumental style exported in the early 1950s by French and British architects. Distinguished by its structural honesty and undisguised, blunt use of materials, Brutalism departed from conventional bourgeois styles. Stone and marble were rejected in favor of form-textured concrete, or beton brut, a technique employed by the French architect LeCorbusier.
Founded in 1885, the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) conducts a range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the organization has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. The organization's services include managing the state archives, administering the state's historic preservation office, and operating a network of historic sites and museums
Battle flags hanging in Ohio History Center plaza
No full textPhotograph of Ohio's Battle Flag collection hanging in the plaza of the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1970. The flags were displayed on the Center’s plaza level from the time the building opened in 1970 through the late 1980s, when they were removed due to conservation concerns. Many of the flags can still be seen on display in the Follow the Flag permanent exhibit
Pioneer Statue at base of Fort Recovery monument
No full textStatue of a pioneer at the base of Fort Recovery Monument, Mercer County, Ohio. Fort Recovery, built in 1792, was the site of Major General Arthur St. Clair defeat by an Indian Confederacy under the leadership of Shawnee chief Weyapiersenwah (Blue Jacket) and Miami chief Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle)
Chaplain's flag from USS Columbus
No full textThis chaplain's pennant flag was flown from the USS Columbus, It is made of white canvas with a navy blue cross. On the side is rope and metal rings . The dimensions are 300 by 37cm. It was donated to the Ohio Historical Society, now the Ohio History Connection, by Columbus mayor, Thomas Moody
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