Description: This rectangular banner is printed with a repeating pattern of American flags. The printed flags are red, white and blue, and have 45 stars arranged in a circle. There are a total of twelve flags printed on the banner. This banner was displayed on showboats and dates from 1896 to 1908. The dimensions are 160 cm by 53 cm. The banner was probably flown on the Eisenbarth showboats. Mrs. E. E. Eisenbarth of Marietta, Ohio, donated this banner to the Ohio Historical Society in 1986. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H59982_001
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Ohio River; Theater--Ohio; Traveling shows
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows 5th and Vine Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dow's Drugstore is on the right, owned by Cora Dow Goode, who took over her father's (Edwin B. Dow) business. She was only the second woman to graduate from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy and opened several drug stores in the Cincinnati area, and eventually established the Dow Drug Company. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collection for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_18_01
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Cincinnati; Central Business Districts; Dow Drug Co.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption attached to photo reads: "MAY FESTIVAL AT ST. XAVIER STADIUM The Shoo Fly Song, some 3,000 school children participated. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer. Federal Project No. 1. (Writers') Cincinnati, Ohio. District #16. 5-15-36" Xavier University demolished its football stadium in 1988. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F06_016_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)--History; Children
Places: Norwood (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is of young boys painting wood crafts at Willys Park in Toledo, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F09_006_001
Subjects: Toledo (Ohio)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works; Recreation; Children--Arts & crafts--1930-1940
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Returning from the war to their boyhood hometown, Abram Piatt and his brother Donn built homes less than a mile apart, outside West Liberty in Logan County. Donn's house, Mac-o-Chee Castle, a three-story, 36-room Gothic limestone chateau featuring two central towers, was designed by Abram's son William and completed in 1879. Donn Piatt capitalized on his family's Huguenot descent to become charge d'affaires at the American embassy in Paris. Like his brother, he enlisted in the Union Army a private, leaving at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He returned to newspapers during Reconstruction, operating the Washington Capitol, which primarily ran stories on the numerous graft scandals of the period, including the Pacific mail bribes and the Credit Mobilier. William McCoy Piatt's family operated the houses as a tourist destination from 1912 until their departure in 1984. The Castles were entered in the National Register in 1982. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F15_006_1
Subjects: Logan County (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: West Liberty (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the national colors of the 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was formed at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio on Aug 28, 1861 and was mustered out on June 12, 1865. This flag is badly deteriorated and much of it is missing. It has not been cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01960
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows the Lawrence County Courthouse in Ironton, Ohio, during the 1937 Ohio River flood, also referred to as the Great Flood. In January and February of 1937, weeks of heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River to flood parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, causing $500 million in property damages, and displacing and killing hundreds. By the end of January, the Ohio River measured 80 feet deep in Cincinnati, one of the areas most affected. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched thousands of relief workers from the Works Progress Administration to rescue flood victims and restore affected cities. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_012_009
Subjects: Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Courthouses; Works Progress Administration
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: This flag has a blue field with an image of a soldier and thirteen stars in white. The United States Government awarded these flags to businesses with 90% or higher employee participation rate in war bond purchases. It is a cotton flag measuring 110 cm by 170 cm. In 1948 Ralph W. Lewis donated this flag in honor of his father, Merlin E. Pickering, of Rushville, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65539_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; World war 1935-1945; War bonds; Textile--cotton;
Places: Rushville (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: In 1899, plans were announced to replace the Gibson House in Cincinnati with a modern hotel. Finished in 1913, the new Hotel Gibson, later known as the Sheraton-Gibson Hotel, was a Neo-Classical style high rise building designed by architect Gustave W. Drach. Located in the Fountain Square area of downtown Cincinnati, the fifteen story, 1,000 room hotel offered guests an air-conditioned restaurant, a bowling alley, a barber shop, guest rooms and meeting rooms. The building was later torn down to make way for the US Bank Tower/Westin Hotel, built in 1981. Drach was among Cincinnati's most important architects, pioneering the use of steel-reinforced concrete. By 1905, 75,000 square feet of building space drawn by Drach was under construction in Cincinnati. Reverse reads: "Sidewalk cafe in the Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_012_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Drach, Gustave W., 1861-1940.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Preparing for citizenship by learning to read and write in a WPA literacy class in the South Side Settlement House, Columbus, Ohio." On April 8, 1935, the United States Congress passed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, which was hoped would allow Americans to cope with the Great Depression. Creation of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was the most important accomplishment of this Act. This government office hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects. During its existence, the WPA constructed more than 600,000 miles of roads and built or repaired more than 124,000 bridges, 125,000 public buildings, 8,000 parks, and 850 airport runways. The WPA also included programs to support education and the arts, providing employment opportunities for out of work educators and artists of all varieties. Although the United States Congress reduced funding for the program in 1939, the WPA remained in operation until June 30, 1943. South Side Settlement House, one of the oldest settlements in Columbus, Ohio, was founded in 1899 to help people deal with problems in their daily lives and to help them achieve their aspirations for a better future. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_044_001
Subjects: Literacy programs--Ohio--Columbus; Naturalization--United States; United States. Works Progress Administration
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Monument at Washington D.C." The Washington Monument is an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington. The monument, made of marble, granite, and sandstone, is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, standing 555 feet 5⅛ inches. There are taller monumental columns, but they are neither all stone nor true obelisks. It is also the tallest structure in Washington D.C.. It was designed by Robert Mills, an architect of the 1840s. The actual construction of the monument began in 1848 but was not completed until 1884, almost 30 years after the architect's death. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848; the capstone was set on December 6, 1884, and the completed monument was dedicated on February 21, 1885. It officially opened October 9, 1888. Upon completion, it became the world's tallest structure, a title previously held by the Cologne Cathedral. The monument held this designation until 1889, when the Eiffel Tower was completed in Paris, France. The monument stands due east of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_050_1
Subjects: Washington, D.C. Washington Monument; Mills, Robert, 1781-1855; Washington, George, 1732-1799
Places: Washington (District of Columbia)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Street lighted by natural gas at Findlay, Ohio. Drawn by Charles Graham from photographs by Zay, and Crozier & Linaweaver, Findlay, Ohio. See page 838, "Harper's Weekly", Dec. 19, 1885." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F02_007_001
Subjects: Findlay (Ohio)--Pictorial works
Places: Findlay (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio)