Description: Dated March 3, 1937, this photograph shows a man pointing to four posters advertising public forums presented by the Board of Education in Dayton, Ohio. One of the posters shows featured speaker Thomas D. Brown, Jr., "Educator and Lecturer." 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_B10F09_024_001
Subjects: Boards of education; Posters; Ohio. State Board of Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Louis R. Grebeuch working on a mural for the Akron Board of Education in Akron, Ohio. 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_B12F09_002_001
Subjects: Akron (Ohio); Board of Education; Murals--1930-1950; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Hydrocal Panel Set (3) Clipping off waste mold from Hydrocal Sculpture Labor Pane l Akron Board of Education" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_017_001
Subjects: Cement sculpture--Ohio--Akron; Sculptors--Ohio--Akron; Akron (Ohio). Board of Education
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "For State Picture Book 4/24/41; Ident-; Location- Ohio; Credit- Akron Board of Education; Caption- Making patterns, Hower Vocational High School, Akron; This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project SE. Chestnut St. ,Columbus, O." This is a photo of two unidentified men making wood patterns at the Hower Vocational High School in Akron, Ohio. One man appears to be the teacher while the other is clearly an apprentice or student. The Hower Vocational High School was founded 1927 by Blanche Hower, a widow of industrialist M. Otis Hower. She wanted to establish a vocational school where men could learn a trade. The original classes were mechanics and woodworking. The school’s popularity grew with the end of the Great Depression when need for trade schools greatly increased. The school added programs focusing on printing, sheet metal, plumbing, drafting and then commercial art, auto collision repair, aviation carpentry and welding. In 1941, the school welcomed female students and offered programs in costume design, sewing, retail selling and cosmetology. In 1971 Hower Vocational High School was combined with Akron’s Central High School and was renamed Central-Hower High School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F09_011_1
Subjects: Vocational school students; Woodwork; Trade schools--United States; Akron (Ohio). Board of Education; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)