Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows three students standing near a woodworking tool as one practices using it. 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_B11F04_28_001
Subjects: Students; Carpentry--Tools; Carpentry; Education; Children
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "PORTSMOUTH - Manual Training Room in the remodeled and modernized basement of Sciotoville School." This is a photo of a carpentry class at Sciotoville High School in Portsmouth, Ohio. There are several students working on various projects throughout the classroom. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_029_001
Subjects: Carpentry; Classrooms; High schools; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Sciotoville (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio); Portsmouth (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Camp Clinton - S.C.S. & Co. 3502. Wilmington, Ohio. Sept. 1937 Interior view of wood working shop, showing camp boys operating lathes and saw. Photo by Federal Writers' Project. Office copy." This is a photo of three men practicing their woodworking. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F11_006_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Carpentry; Lathes; Saws
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows a pulpit in a workshop. The pulpit, which is nearly complete, features a cross in the front-facing panel. Wood shavings and dust cover the ground, and tools sit around the room. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B01F01_37
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Woodworking tools; Carpentry; Ohio--Religion;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows a lattice structure built around a drinking fountain at Camp Butler, S.C.S. 6, Company 3533, in Hamilton, Ohio. The structure was constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC) members as part of one of the educational classes conducted by the camp. 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 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_009_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Drinking fountains; Carpentry; New Deal
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows examples of wood turning and carving by members of Camp Clinton, in Wilmington, Ohio, a Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camp. The photograph's caption reads "Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) Camps. Camp Clinton - S.C.S. & - Co. 3502. Wilmington, Ohio. Examples of wood turning and carving by members of Clinton camp. Photo by Federal Writers' Project." Camp Clinton may have been on the site of what is today Cowan Lake State Park. The state park was dedicated in 1968. Camp Clinton was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps on July 22, 1939. The Civilian Conservation Corps 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 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_029_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Carpentry; New Deal; Woodcarving; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A small broadside, originally posted by John Lindley of Dayton, Ohio, dated August 1st, 1821. The advertisement reads "Ran away from the subscriber on Sunday last an apprentice to the carpenter business, named Stephen Crane." A physical description of Crane follows, with additional information plus an offer of "reasonable compensation" for any person who delivers Crane back to Lindley. Young Ohioans would often learn a craft or trade by apprenticing with a craftsman from whom they could learn the necessary skills of the job. In exchange for their contracted work, they would receive food, lodging and training. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM6429
Subjects: Apprentices; Young men; Carpentry; Employees; Child labor;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)