Description: Eugene Eisenbarth, son of E. E. Eisenbarth, held by musician, squatting and wearing band uniform, alto horn on ground. Ellsworth Eugene Eisenbarth was born October 22, 1864, in Ironton, Ohio. The family later moved to Wetzel County, West Virginia. By 1889, Eisenbarth was traveling the mid-Atlantic states in "The Oregon Indian Medicine Show," which featured such entertainment as real cowboys and “Indians.” He next bought a floating store, which he refitted as a showboat and christened "The Eisenbarth Wild West & Floating Opera." The endeavor lasted from 1891 to 1895. By the late 1890s, Eisenbarth and his wife Julia had founded "The Eisenbarth & Henderson Mammoth and Combined Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company," complete with calliope, band and orchestra, which also traveled throughout the middle states by rail. In February of 1900, E. E. and Julia converted a glass barge named the E. V. Poke No. 2 into "The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre, Temple of Amusement." This showboat and its successor ("The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement")were devoted to bringing Shakespearean plays and other dramas, such as “Human Hearts” to the waterways. Eisenbarth also worked with a traveling company of players, perhaps to remain off the rivers during the winter months. The Temple cleared more money than almost any other boat on the Ohio River, even though it only played four nights a week and never on Sunday. Julia Eisenbarth died sometime after, and E. E. remarried in 1908 to Jennie Salina Brown. In 1909, he presented his last show on a riverboat, “The Castle.” He sold The Temple showboat to the Needham-Steiner Amusement Company that year, and although he made bids on other boats, these proved unsuccessful and The Temple ended up being his last showboat. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07570
Subjects: Popular culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio; Children
Places: Ohio River; Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows eight Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) members reading at the camp library. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25, and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. 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_B12F11_013_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Libraries; New Deal
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 97th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: [9]7th Ohio Vol. Infty. Perryville. Stone River. Chattanooga. Mission Ridge. Rocky Face. [R]esaca. Adairsville. New Hope Church. Kennesaw. [?] Pe[ach] Tree Creek. Atlanta. Jonesboro. [Love] Joy S[t]ation. Spring Hill. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02528
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: John's, Bumbarger and Ormsley group sitting in the parlor. Glass plate negatives of various Trumbull County and northeastern Ohio scenes, places, people and events taken by John E. Pickering and Edward D. Pickering from the 1880s to the 1910s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08453
Subjects: Families; Social life and customs; Games
 

Description: 1962 architect's view of Columbus in 1992. This image accompanied an article entitled "Columbus Looks Ahead," published in the Columbus Dispatch Magazine, October 14, 1962. Columbus celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1962. Three architectural firms created futuristic drawings envisioning the Columbus of 1992. Image caption reads: "Holroyd and Myers give view of governmental complex in 1992. Slightly left of center is a monorail sub-station." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05645
Subjects: Cityscapes; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Science and Technology;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Picture of Old Ohio Canal at Thornport on state #13. Barn beside Canal Relic." During the late 1810s, Governor Thomas Worthington and Governor Ethan Allen Brown both supported internal improvements, especially canals. Both men believed that Ohioans needed quick and easy access to the Ohio River and to Lake Erie if they were to profit financially. In 1822, the Ohio legislature realized the importance of internal improvements and created a new Ohio Canal Commission. The Canal Commission eventually recommended a route starting at Lake Erie, passing through the Cuyahoga Valley, the Muskingum Valley, the Licking Valley, and then to the Ohio River along the Scioto Valley. The Commission also recommended a western route along the Miami and Maumee Valleys. By 1833, the Ohio and Erie Canal was complete, followed twelve years later by the Miami and Erie Canal. Once completed, thirty-three of Ohio's eighty-eight counties either had portions of canals running through them or quarries to mine rock for construction. The canals had many advantages to Ohioans. Most importantly, the cost to ship goods from the East Coast to Ohio and vice versa declined tremendously from 125 dollars per ton of goods to twenty-five dollars per ton of goods. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s, their demise due in part to competition from the much speedier railroads. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_040_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Boathouses--Pictorial works; Ohio canal; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Thornport (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo appears to be a map of Fort Jefferson, Ohio. The well, blockhouse, smith shop, block house, flag pole and underground passage are all included in the map. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_033_001
Subjects: Fort Jefferson (Ohio)
Places: Fort Jefferson (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 146-page directory documents the African American community in Columbus, Ohio, during the late 1910s and early 1920s. The book was compiled by William A. McWilliams, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church on Galloway Avenue. It includes lists of churches, prominent physicians, enlisted men and women, students attending The Ohio State University, and civic organizations. The book is 146 pages and measures 6.5" x 9.5" (16.51 x 24.13 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3276_4835389_001
Subjects: Business and labor; Daily life; African American Ohioans;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dianne Ard, Miss Wheelchair South Carolina, poses with her escort View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS934_B03_F09_001
Subjects: Pageants--Ohio; Pageants--United States; Women with disabilities--Attitudes
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: S-Bridge West of Cambridge, Ohio, on the Old National Road. The purpose of the National Road was to allow travelers to traverse the Appalachian Mountains. The building of the bridge was approved by the U.S. Congress in 1806. Private companies would be approved and hired for the job in 1811, but due to the war of 1812 construction was delayed for some time. Construction of the road was started in 1815 in Maryland, and by 1817 the road would extend into what is today West Virginia, but was at the time part of Virginia. The road would later be extended into the state of Missouri. During the 1820s and 1830s, the road was built throughout Ohio and maintenance of the road was left to the states, which Ohio would pay for by collecting tolls. Today the path of the National Road is taken up by U.S. Route 40. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06687
Subjects: National Road; Bridges; Appalachia; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Cambridge (Ohio); Guernsey County (Ohio)
 

Description: This art deco style illustration for “Springfield” was not used in The Ohio Guide. It depicts (from right to left) an industrial truck, the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Plant, the Clark County Courthouse and St. Raphael Church. This illustration is a photographic reproduction of a drawing. It is one of a series produced as possible chapter headings for The Ohio Guide. A signature of the artist “A. Koerbling” can also be seen. From 1935 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), through its Federal Writers' Project created The American Guide Series, which included forty-eight state guides, as well as supplemental guides for large cities, etc. The state guides are divided into three sections. In the first section are general essays about the state on things such as agriculture, culture, history, industry, religion, etc. The second section contains an overview of the various cities and towns around the state, as well as enumerating various points of interest. The last section is dedicated to various tours around the state. The tourist is taken from city to city, with turn by turn directions, and descriptions of what can be seen along the way. While much of the country has grown and changed since the guides were written, it is surprising how much remains, and sometimes more surprising what has been lost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F16_065
Subjects: Books Chapter-headings; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing an A-3J Vigilante during its first test flight at North American Aviation in Columbus, Ohio, September 1958. The Columbus Aircraft Division of Rockwell International began operations in November of 1950, when North American Aviation, the then-parent company of Rockwell International, bought out the facilities and operations of the Curtiss-Wright Plant located near Port Columbus Airport on the city’s east side. The Rockwell plant was operational on December 4, 1950. Initially, the division handled contracts left over from the Curtiss-Wright operation and manufactured spare parts for a variety of “non-current” aircraft, such as the F-51 Mustang and the B-25 Mitchell bomber. Eventually, the division expanded into an operation capable of designing, building, and testing its own aircraft and weapons systems, including the F-86 Sabre, the primary jet fighter of the United Nations' forces during the Korean War. The division also participated in various defense research proj View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV32_B01_F03_01
Subjects: Aviation; Aircraft; Military Ohio; Manufacturing industries--Ohio; North American Aviation, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)