Description: Reverse reads: "Youngstown, Ohio: housing and mills" in both ink and pencil. There is also an affixed paper that reads "Houses and Mills, Youngstown Photograph by Edwin Locke; Courtesy of United State Film Service This photo must be returned to OHIO WRITERS' PROJECT 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." The picture had a field in the foreground, a row of houses in the middle ground, and mills in the background. In the field, there is a man who is standing and looking towards the houses with his hands in his back pocket. A cow is also visible in the middle of the field. The houses are all two-stories tall. Marked in ink on the front reads "5 1/4." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_001_001
Subjects: Youngstown (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Houses--1920-1950; Mills and mill-work--Ohio
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Script on reverse reads: "Houses, Youngstown Ohio." Photograph shows a residential street in Youngstown, Ohio, A paved road bifurcates the picture, which has sidewalks on either side. Two old cars and several houses can be seen along the road. The houses are two stories tall, have hipped roofs, and wood siding. The side of a larger brick building is visible in the left foreground of the photo. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_016_001
Subjects: Youngstown (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Youngstown (Ohio)--History--20th century; Youngstown (Ohio)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works; Houses--1890-1950
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning (Ohio)
 

Description: Bunk houses at Niles, Ohio Works, 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F04_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Bunk houses
Places: Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Niles (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows houses submerged under water during the 1937 Ohio River flood, also referred to as the Great Flood. 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. 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_B15F04_003_012_010
Subjects: Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Houses; Works Progress Administration
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph showing a house that was used as station on the Underground Railroad. The description on the back of the photograph reads: "One of the Winder Houses north of North Lewisburg where slaves were harbored [sic]." The Underground Railroad was a system of safe houses and hiding places that helped fugitive slaves escape to freedom in the northern United States or across the border in Canada. Thomas Winder, a Quaker, was an operator who helped escaped slaves in the North Lewisburg, Ohio, area along with other members of his family. Quakers were strongly opposed to slavery and offered help to slaves seeking their freedom as early as the late 1700s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1338_001_001
Subjects: Underground Railroad; Abolitionists; African Americans--History; Slavery; Houses; Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania
Places: North Lewisburg (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a Gothic Revival structure near Logan, Ohio. Characteristics of this architectural style include steep cross gables, a steeply pitched roof, vertical board and batten siding, and ornate bargeboards. Referred to as "Carpenter Gothic" when used in wood frame houses, it was popular from roughly the 1840s to the 1860s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_001_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Logan (Ohio); Gothic revival (Architecture); Historic houses
Places: Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the back of the post card. The typed paragraph on the top left-side reads: "POST CARD| MESSAGE| "The Palace," Zoar, Ohio| Near the garden, lofty stone steps ascending to the entrance is the conspicuous dwelling of the village-the former residence of the leader, Joseph Bimeler. Often designated by visitors as "the palace," it is a two and a half story, cupola surmounted, red brick mansion with a spacious basement. It was erected in 1835, a few years after the marriage of the founder of the Society and served as Bimeler's home until his death in 1853. In those days it was considered a most pretentious establishment and certainly far beyond anything it its locality. The Ohio State Historical Society and the Zoar Historical Society are collaborating in the preservation of old Zoar Village." The handwriting under the paragraph reads: "The Palace" see opposite sides." There is a hand-drawn red checkmark and a "#7" on the right-side under the caption "ADDRESS." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series6560AV_B10F013_001_002
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio)--Social life and customs; Historic houses; Historic preservation; Houses
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated August 11, 1936, this photograph shows the removal of car tracks and repaving of Clover Street in Dayton, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "This view shows a portion of the new paving being finished west from Quitman Street to Wayne Avenue." Men and children stand to either side of the street which is lined by houses. 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_B09F06_028_001
Subjects: Streets; Dayton (Ohio); Construction; Neighborhoods; Houses
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a woman relaxing at an umbrella table in the yard behind a Lustron house in the late 1940s. Lustron homes were prefabricated, single-family homes constructed of porcelain steel. They were manufactured in Columbus, Ohio, to alleviate a post-World War II housing shortage. Unable to compete with traditional builders, Lustron went out of business in 1950. A total of 2,498 Lustron houses were built in 36 states. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3331_4692182_001
Subjects: Architecture; Prefabricated houses; Daily Life; Lawns; Lustron Corporation
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Blackburn Plat in East Youngstown (Campbell), Ohio, 1918. The company constructed this housing for mill workers and their families following a strike in the early 20th century, and deliberately made the houses small to discourage the immigrant practice of taking in boarders. These apartments were rented at $15, $18, and $20 per month with water furnished, which constituted about a quarter of the average laborer's wage. By around 1920, well over 200 homes made up Blackburn Plat. The company sold this complex, as well as three others, in the 1940s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05501
Subjects: Campbell (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Prefabricated houses
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reinforced concrete rental housing of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Blackburn Plat in East Youngstown (Campbell) Ohio, 1918. The company constructed this housing for mill workers and their families following a strike in the early 20th century, and deliberately made the houses small to discourage the immigrant practice of taking in boarders. These apartments were rented at $15, $18, and $20 per month with water furnished, which constituted about a quarter of the average laborer's wage. By around 1920, well over 200 homes made up Blackburn Plat. The company sold this complex, as well as three others, in the 1940s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05502
Subjects: Campbell (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Prefabricated houses
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reinforced concrete rental housing of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Blackburn Plat in East Youngstown (Campbell) Ohio, 1918. The company constructed this housing for mill workers and their families following a strike in the early 20th century, and deliberately made the houses small to discourage the immigrant practice of taking in boarders. These apartments were rented at $15, $18, and $20 per month with water furnished, which constituted about a quarter of the average laborer's wage. By around 1920, well over 200 homes made up Blackburn Plat. The company sold this complex, as well as three others, in the 1940s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05503
Subjects: Mahoning County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Prefabricated houses
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)