Description: Caption reads: "Clark County - between Springfield and Urbana, Ohio. Oct. 14, 1936. State 14-12-417. WPA 11223. View of Moorefield Road Improvement." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F06_17_01
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Clark County (Ohio)
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "500 ton double casket press. Metallic casket ('bliss')". This photograph shows three unidentified men loading a metallic casket lid into a double action press machine called "Bliss" at the Springfield Metallic Casket Company in Springfield, Ohio. The Springfield Metallic Casket Company, was located on the northeast corner of Main and Mechanic (now Lowry) streets in Springfield, Ohio. The company was founded in 1884 by A. A. Baker, D. R. Hosterman, Ross Mitchell, Scipio E. Baker, and Edgar N. Lupfer. The company grew to become one of the nation's largest manufacturers of metal caskets and burial vaults. By 1959 it had 230 employees. In the early 1960s, the company became a division of Springfield Greene Industries, Inc., which also owned Springfield's Thermometer Corporation of America. Later, it became a subsidiary of A-T-O Corporation of Willoughby, Ohio. The casket company finally had to close its doors on November 30, 1974 after almost 100 years of continuous production. It was one of the largest producers of burial vaults and metal caskets in the country, and some rumors claim that caskets were built there for Al Capone, President John F. Kennedy, and Buffalo Bill Cody. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_012_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Welding--1930-1940; Industries--Ohio--Clark County; Coffins; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a monument for General George Rogers Clark located at 930 Tecumseh Road in Springfield, Ohio, made by Charles Keck and placed at the site of the Battle of Piqua. The Battle of Peckuwe was the largest battle of the American Revolution west of the Allegheny Mountains. It stands among the 250 acres that is George Rogers Clark Historical Park. The monument reads: "Here General George Rogers Clark with his Kentucky soldiers defeated and drove from this region the Shawnee Indians August 8, 1780 thus aiding to make the Northwest Territory part of the United States. Erected by the Clark County Historical Society with the aid of the State of Ohio 1924." George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Kentucky militia throughout much of the war. Clark is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia (1778) and Vincennes (1779), which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory. Because the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Clark has often been hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest." Clark County and Clark State Community College, in Ohio, were both named him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F06_07_01
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio; Keck, Charles, 1875-1951; Clark, Geo. R. (George Rogers), 1752-1818; George Rogers Clark Memorial Park (Ohio); Piqua, Battle of, Piqua, Clark County, Ohio, 1780
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Clark Co., Springfield, O. April 28, 1937. View of Snyder Park Lagoon, fed by springs flowing from the cliffs on the left. Bandstand on right partly concealed by shrubbery." This is a photo of the Snyder Park Lagoon in Springfield, Ohio. There is a walking bridge in the distance and a bandstand hidden behind trees. Snyder Park is located within walking distance from downtown Springfield. It was created in 1895 as a gift from local businessmen, John and David Snyder and it was designed by landscape architect, Herman Haerlin. The park offers lagoons, walking paths and a public bandstand. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_023_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Clark County (Ohio)--History; Lagoons; Bridges Ohio; Recreation; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Clark Co., Springfield, O. April 28, 1937. Memorial Arch, Western Ave. entrance to Snyder Park, constructed of native limestone." This is a photo of the Memorial Arch entrance to Snyder Park in Springfield, Ohio. Snyder Park is located within walking distance from downtown Springfield. It was created in 1895 as a gift from local businessmen, John and David Snyder and it was designed by landscape architect, Herman Haerlin. The park offers lagoons, walking paths and a public bandstand. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_010_001
Subjects: Clark County (Ohio)--History; Recreation; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works. Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)