Description: Caption reads: "A view of the main business section of Hamilton, Ohio taken from West Hamilton (Roseville), older Hamilton. Closely grouped behind the iron bridge in the center of the photograph can be seen: Memorial Building, new City Hall Building, Anthony Wayne Hotel, the Butler County Courthouse, and office buildings." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F03_001_1
Subjects: Central business districts; Bridges--Ohio; Hamilton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: This engraving is a portrait of General Edward F. Noyes in formal, late-19th century attire. General Noyes became a major in the 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment, of Hamilton County, Ohio, during the Civil War. After the war, Noyes served as Governor of Ohio from 1872 to 1874. This printed engraving is from Henry Howe's "Historical Collections of Ohio," published in 1907. Noyes died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 4, 1890. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04271
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Governors--Ohio; Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated 1936, this photograph shows a home in Hamilton, Ohio, with a note on its reverse which reads "Type of Butler County Homes benefited by the Emergency School Program (Copied from Kodak print) Hamilton Ohio, Butler co. 1936. Public Welfare." The Butler County Emergency School was part of the Works Progress Administration program. The WPA was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. 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_B11F06_032_001
Subjects: Houses; Works Progress Administration; Hamilton (Ohio)
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a print depicting Fort Hamilton. The fort was constructed on the east bank of the Miami River in September 1791. It was the first U.S. Army fort built north of Cincinnati in Native American territory. Fort Hamilton served as a supply depot for military expeditions against the tribes living along the Great Miami, Auglaize and Maumee Rivers during the early 1790s. Today Hamilton, Ohio, is located on the site of the fort. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02987
Subjects: Fort Hamilton (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Fortification--Ohio
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mariemont is a planned community in Hamilton County, Ohio, in which the buildings were designed after an English village. The village was funded in 1923 by Mary Emery, a philanthropist from Cincinnati, Ohio. The village was named after her estate in Rhode Island. The village square serves as the community center with red brick Tudor buildings, including the Mariemont Inn and Mariemont Barber Shop. Mariemont also has one of the few elected Town Criers remaining in North America. In 2007, the Village of Mariemont was designated a National Historic Landmark. The population was 3,408 at the 2000 census. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_009_1
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio; Historic houses
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "NORTH BEND VIEW HAMILTON CO. O. Said to be the grandest view in Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_013_1
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Likely dated to the 1930s, this photograph shows an aerial view of Mariemont, Ohio, in Hamilton County, with a note on the reverse which reads "Birds Eye View of Mariemont Ohio City Planning." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_001_1
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Aerial photography; City planning; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reuben Ellis of Hamilton County, was electrocuted February 6, 1917 for the Murder of Anna hart. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08097
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio; Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Likely dated to the 1930s, this photograph shows an aerial view of Mariemont, Ohio, with a note on the reverse which reads "City Planing Birds Eye View of Mariemont, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_002_1
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Aerial photography; City planning; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Recreation Building Mariemont Ohio Erected 1928." The architect of the building was B. de Gersdorff of New York. The village of Mariemont was founded by Mary Emery in the 1920s. The architecture is Norman to classic Georgian style. There are several parks in the village , one with a carillon that has concerts in the summer. The red brick Tudor style buildings in the village square serve as the community center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_003_1
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Recreation
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Mariemont Inn Erected 1925 & 1927 Mariemont Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_004_1
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Hotels; Tourism--Ohio
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Formal Garden Mariemont Ohio Near Cincinnati Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_005_1
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Statues; Gardens
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton (Ohio)