Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a man carving a diesel spray nozzle at the National Supply Company in Springfield, Ohio. The National Supply Company was located at 1401 Sheridan Avenue in Springfield, Ohio and covered 17 acres. They manufactured diesel and gas engines ranging from 250 to 2000 horsepower. 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_B13F06_014_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Machine shops; Gas engines; Diesel engines
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Code - F48; Industry; 7-ton crank shaft (8 cylinder diesel) National Supply Co. Springfield." National Supply Company was located at 1401 Sheridan Avenue in Springfield, Ohio and covered 17 acres. They manufactured diesel and gas engines ranging from 250 to 2000 horsepower View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_017_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Springfield; Machine shops; Gas engines; Diesel engines
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Diesel unit assembly. Natl. Supply Co., Springfield." This photo depicts four unidentified men working on machinery at the National Supply Company in Springfield, Ohio. National Supply Company was located at 1401 Sheridan Avenue in Springfield, Ohio and covered 17 acres. They manufactured diesel and gas engines ranging from 250 to 2000 horsepower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_035_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Springfield; Machine shops; Gas engines; Diesel engines; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Heavy Casting Machine Shop. Nat'l Supply Co., Springfield. Industry." National Supply Company was located at 1401 Sheridan Avenue in Springfield, Ohio and covered 17 acres. They manufactured diesel and gas engines ranging from 250 to 2000 horsepower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_009_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Springfield; Machine shops; Gas engines; Diesel engines
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a Plymouth diesel engine in an unidentified Republic Steel Corporation plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F033_01
Subjects: Steel Industry and trade; Republic Steel Corporation--Ohio; Republic Steel -- Diesel engines
Places: Ohio