Description: Dated 1939, this photograph shows a boat named The Craftsman under construction at the American Ship Building Company. The American Ship Building Company was originally based in Cleveland, Ohio, as Cleveland Shipbuilding in 1888, and became the American Ship Building Company in 1900. There were also ship yards in Toledo and Loraine, Ohio, and the company expanded to other nearby states including New York, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin at the start of World War I. The American Ship Building Company was the most prominent ship yard for constructing American ships for World War II. 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_B12F01_004_001
Subjects: American Ship Building Company; Cargo ships; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Shipping industry; World War I; Military Ohio
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Workmen place the first floor framing of the administration building. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 28a, Other Structures - Administration Building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_feb35_b35_47
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Building; Framing (Building)
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Fisher Building in Detroit, Michigan. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the building. On the photo is written: "FISHER BUILDING DETROIT YOUNGSTOWN BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F47_007
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; Fisher building, Detroit
Places: Detroit (Michigan); Wayne County (Michigan)
 

Description: This image shows the front entrance and clock tower of the Ross County Courthouse. This building was intended to resemble the county’s previous 1801 courthouse, that had served as both county courthouse and statehouse. It was destroyed in 1852 to make room for the present building, which has one story wings on either side of the two story central structure. This is a unique building, reflecting trends in antebellum East Coast architecture. Additions were made to the building in 1929 and 1961. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_418
Subjects: Courthouses; pavilions (building divisions); porticoes;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); 2 N. Paint St.
 

Description: This image shows the front entrance and clock tower of the Ross County Courthouse. This building was intended to resemble the county’s previous 1801 courthouse, that had served as both county courthouse and statehouse. It was destroyed in 1852 to make room for the present building, which has one story wings on either side of the two story central structure. This is a unique building, reflecting trends in antebellum East Coast architecture. Additions were made to the building in 1929 and 1961. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_421
Subjects: Courthouses; pavilions (building divisions); porticoes;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); 2 N. Paint St.
 

Description: This image shows the front facades of the Madison County Sheriff's Office and the Madison County Courthouse. The sheriff's office served as the county jail until 2000, when the Tri-County Regional Jail was opened. The original building had two sections, one of which was the county jail and the other served as the Sheriff's residence. The jail held female, male and juvenile prisoners. In the early 1980s, the Sheriff moved out of the residence and this portion of the building became offices. The entire building now houses county offices. The jail is located on the southeast corner of the courthouse square. To the right is the Madison County Courthouse. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_292
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio; Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire;
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio);
 

Description: Caption reads "The Bazaar. Erected by Mrs. Trollope, 1828-9; Demolished in March, 1881. Cincinnati building." Mrs. Frances Trollope was an English novelist with a caustic wit, who moved with her family in 1827 from Bristol to the utopian community Nashoba Commune in Tennessee. The community failed the family then moved to Cincinnati in February 1828. In an effort to support her family, she opened a grand emporium called The Bazaar, which was located at the 411 East Third Street, on the south east corner of Third Street and Broadway in Cincinnati. The Bazaar, however, was not a success and her and her family left Cincinnati in March 1830 and returned to England. In 1830, a music and dancing academy was opened in the building, having renovated it for their purposes, and in 1840, the building was occupied by the Physio-Medical school. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_012
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Building--Ohio--Cincinnati; Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780-1863; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photo of workmen placing wall framing for the administration building. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 28a, Other Structures - Administration Building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_feb35_b35_48
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Building; Framing (Building)
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is an advertisement depicting the Fox Theatre Company Building at Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Elmer George Kiehler designed this building. Below the photo is written: "FOX THEATRE BLDG WOODWARD AVE DETROIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F47_006
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; Fox Theatre Building (Detroit, Mich.); Crane, C. Howard (Charles Howard), 1885-1952
Places: Detroit (Michigan); Wayne County (Michigan)
 

Description: This is the front facade of the United States Capitol. The construction of the United States Capitol started in 1793 under architect William Thornton, whose design won the competition initiated by Thomas Jefferson, and provided the basis for the building. Over the course of its construction, the architects changed as each president selected a new designer. Benjamin Latrobe took over in 1803, and he was replaced by Charles Bulfinch in 1818. Thomas Ustick Walter completed the building in 1851 by adding the current dome as well as the House and Senate wings. The building is Neoclassical. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_546
Subjects: United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); gardens; wings (building divisions); terraces (landscaped-site elements); Neoclassical
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: This is the rear facade of the United States Capitol. The construction of the United States Capitol started in 1793 under architect William Thornton, whose design won the competition initiated by Thomas Jefferson, and provided the basis for the building. Over the course of its construction, the architects changed as each president selected a new designer. Benjamin Latrobe took over in 1803, and he was replaced by Charles Bulfinch in 1818. Thomas Ustick Walter completed the building in 1851 by adding the current dome as well as the House and Senate wings. The building is Neoclassical. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_545
Subjects: United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); gardens; wings (building divisions); terraces (landscaped-site elements); Neoclassical
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Magnolia Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the construction of this building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F50_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; Magnolia Building (Dallas, Tex.)
Places: Dallas (Texas); Dallas County (Texas)