Travels of a Hobgoblin Taphophile: May 2019

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Trilobite Fossils - Ohio History Center

Isotelus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotelus

Coronura
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronura

Phacops

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronura

Flexicalymene
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexicalymene

Trilobite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio

Cincinnati Waterfront Panorama - Ohio History Center

This sweeping panorama of the Cincinnati waterfront was photographed in 1848 by Charles Fontayne and W.S. Porter on eight daguerreotype plates. The large number of steamboats, buisnesses, and churches indicates that Cincinnati was a vibrant urban center at the time.

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio

Coach - Ohio History Center

Coach

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Safety Sign - Ohio History Center

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Safety Sign, circa 1930s-1960s.

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio

Brier Hill Street Company, Youngstown Ohio - Ohio History Center

Brier Hill Street Company, Youngstown Ohio

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio

Reverend Glenn T. Settle - Ohio History Center

Reverend Glenn T. Settle was a Cleveland Pastor who headed Gethsemane Baptist Church & organized/directed the famous Wings Over Jordan Choir. The Choir performed on local & national radio & toured the country.

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio

Soldiers Aid Society - Ohio History Center

This photograph taken by Louis Baus shows the Soldiers Aid Society of Northern Ohio, a branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, whose headquarters at No. 95 Bank Street in Cleveland (Bank Street no longer exists, but was near Euclid Avenue and 22nd Street). The Soldiers Aid Society of Northern Ohio originally grew out of the Ladies Aid Society, organized in Cleveland in 1861. The LAS merged with other area charities to form the Soldiers Aid Society and worked to provide medical care, clothing, supplies, and food to Union soldiers during the Civil War. Louis Baus, a Cleveland native, was born in 1875. He began as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate from 1911 to 1949.

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio

78th OVI Parade - Ohio History Center

78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry parading down Main Street in Zanesville, Ohio on April 7, 1864.

78th OVI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78th_Ohio_Infantry

Ohio History Center

Columbus, Ohio

94th Aero Squadron - Ohio History Center

94th Aero Squadron - "Hat In The Ring" plane World War 1

94th Aero Squadron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/94th_Aero_Squadron

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio

Baker Art Gallery - Ohio History Center

Exterior photograph of Baker Art Gallery at the corner of State & High Streets in Columbus, circa 1905. Baker Art Gallery was founded in 1886 by Lorenzo Marvin Baker who began working as a photographer in the 1860s. Four generations of Bakers ran the studio until it closed in 1955.

Ohio History Center
Columbus, Ohio