Description: Reverse reads: "District #5, 902 Municipal Bldg. Akron, November 19, 1937. Public square, Alliance, Ohio, showing First National Bank Building and World War Memorial." This photograph depicts downtown from the public square in Alliance, Ohio. There is a statue on the right side of the frame and several people standing on the sidewalk. Some of the storefronts include Vale's Drug Store, C.C. Crawford Co., and the Suburban Power Co. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F07_006_001
Subjects: Central business districts; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Alliance (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: 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. Taken January 26, 1937, this photograph shows people standing under the Market Street Bridge on Water Street in front of the flooded Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad tracks in Steubenville, Ohio. 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_B08F06_011_001
Subjects: Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Central business districts; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Steubenville, Ohio. 1937 Flood. Sand works and Penna R.R. bridge." The greatest volume of water ever known to pass along Ohio’s southern shores flooded all Ohio River communities during the last two weeks of January 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, 1 million were left homeless, with 385 dead and property losses reaching $500 million, further worsened by the fact that it occurred during the Great Depression and just a few years after the Dust Bowl. Crests were 20 to 28 feet above flood stage and 4 to 9 feet above previous records. Six to 12 inches of rain fell in Ohio during January 13-25, 1937, totals never before or since experienced over such a large area of Ohio. January 1937 remains as the wettest month ever recorded in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_035_001
Subjects: Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Floods--Ohio--Ohio River; Ohio River--History; Central business districts; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Floods; Disasters; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Chillicothe was named the capital of the Northwest Territory in 1800 and became the first capital of the state of Ohio in 1803. The presence of influential men such as Thomas Worthington, the "father of Ohio statehood" and Edward Tiffin, Ohio's first governor, near Chillicothe made the city a convenient place to locate the capital. The capital was moved to Zanesville in 1810, but returned to Chillicothe in 1812. In 1816 Columbus became the permanent state capital. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_013_1
Subjects: Central business districts--Ohio--Chillicothe (Ross County)--Maps; Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Shopping--Ohio--Chillicothe (Ross County)--Maps.
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Main Street; Logan, O; Looking West From Mulberry." This historical photograph taken in Logan, Ohio, shows East Main looking west toward the Odd Fellows Building (IOOF). Main Street is wider than other streets on the grid. A primary north-south street, Mulberry Street historically extended to the south where it bridged canal, railroad and river. This original photograph was taken between 1893–1910 and a note indicates that it was cut from the Logan High School Aerial yearbook. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_018_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Logan (Ohio); Central business districts; Stores and shops; Downtowns
Places: Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows North Paint Street in Chillicothe, Ohio from above including a view diagonally across from the Warner Hotel. Previously on the site of the Warner Hotel was another hotel called Valley House until the ownership changed and it was renamed Emmitt House. Jake Warner then took ownership of the building remodeling it and renaming it the Warner Hotel in 1886. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_010_1
Subjects: Central business districts--Ohio--Chillicothe (Ross County)--Maps; Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Shopping--Ohio--Chillicothe (Ross County)--Maps
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Main Street in Akron, Ohio, with the Lumber Yard at the center. The front caption for the photograph reads "Main St. In the Sixties - Lumber Yard is Present Site of Howe Hotel" and the reverse caption reads "District 6 files. 902 City Bldg Akron, Ohio. Dec. 16, 1937. Main Street in the Sixties, at the extreme left on the Southeast corner of Main and Market Streets, now occupied by the United Building, is a mill. The lumber yard along the P. & O. Canal is present site of Howe Hotel. In the background are successively, (1) Universalist Church (still standing), (2) Grace Reformed Church, (3) Courthouse (since replaced), and (4) Old Stone School (still standing). All of these face on Broadway. The street climbing the knoll is High St. The P. & O. Canal joined Ohio Canal S of Mill Street." 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_B08F01_027_001
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal (Ohio and Pa.); Central business districts; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Nestled on the Ohio is New Richmond, a typical old-river-town. The spires of the Presbyterian Church (1856) and St. Peter's (1895) rise in the left and the modern school building, civic center of the town, in the right of the picture." This is an aerial photograph of New Richmond, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F12_002_001
Subjects: Landscapes; New Richmond (Ohio)--History; Aerial photography; Central Business Districts; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: New Richmond (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a busy town square somewhere in Ohio. The location is possibly Wellington, in Lorain County, Ohio, because of the "American House" sign that can be seen on the right of the picture. The American House Hotel was known as the site of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue in 1858, and was later torn down and replaced by the Herrick Memorial Library. A crowd of people are seen standing in the road, as well as multiple horses and carriages View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F03_013_001
Subjects: Carriages & coaches; Central business districts; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) depicts Union Bethel Chapel, with W.H. Kings's Saloon sharing the building with the address 30 Third Street. To the left at 29 Third Street is Harry, Davidson & Co; Ship, Chandlery & Boat Stores and at 28 Third Street is Slimer & Raipe Meat Store. To the right at 38 Third Street is J. Giddings Ice, Vegetables, Can Fruits & Preserves. Cincinnati Union Bethel was founded in 1830 as a religious and social outreach organization for riverboat operators. Itself initially run from a riverboat, CUB moored itself in 1871 to a block bounded by Front, Sycamore and Broadway, currently part of the site of Great American Ballpark. With the growth of manufacturing operations along Third Street, CUB shifted its mission to minister to single women and children working in the factories. A new five-story building at Third and Lytle, the Anna Louise Inn, was opened Memorial Day 1909 and remains in operation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_032_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture; Central Business Districts; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Charitable organizations--Ohio--Cincinnati; Chapels--Ohio--Cincinnati--1920-1930; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Walter Nice on April 11, 1919, this photograph shows World War I soldiers at ease on Broad Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio. A native of Wooster, Ohio, Walter "Dude" Nice was a photographer for the Columbus Dispatch and the Ohio State Journal. He was the only staff photographer for both papers from 1914 to 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: N18G_B03_F105_01
Subjects: World War I; Columbus (Ohio); Military Ohio; Downtowns; Central business districts
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard image showing a busy downtown street scene. Based on the "The Union" sign for The Union department store on North High and Long Streets, this photograph was taken two or three blocks north of Broad Street on North High. Trolley #296, marked "Oak St.," is visible in the street along with multiple horse-drawn carriages. A number of signs advertising various businesses can be seen on the right: a post office, a gramophone and phonograph store, and a trunk and umbrella shop. The photograph's date is based on the absence of the Atlas Building, which was build in 1905 just east of The Union, and is not visible in this photograph. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He 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. This image was likely one of a series of postcards Kinley created and sold. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07803
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Neighborhoods--Ohio--Columbus; Photographers--Ohio; Cities and towns; Central business districts
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)