Description: Caption reads: "New road in Hills and Dales. The lake is hidden by trees near center." Hills and Dales Park was originally a 297-acre gift from John Patterson, the founder of the National Cash Register Company. It was designed between 1906 and 1918 by the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm, who also worked on Central Park in New York City. Today it is owned by the city of Dayton, though its actual location is in Kettering. In 1999, 63 acres of the wooded land was leased to the Five Rivers MetroParks, and promptly named Hills and Dales MetroPark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_050_1
Subjects: Parks--Ohio; Dirt Roads; Landscapes; Nature; Trees; Dayton (Ohio). Division of Recreation and Parks; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Cinci., O., Sept. 1937. Eden Park view" Eden Park Located between Gilbert Avenue and Columbia Parkway (U.S.) and comprised of about 185 acres in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eden Park was assembled by a series of purchases beginning in 1859. The name came, naturally, from the Garden of Eden and was given by Nicholas Longworth who owned a large tract which constitutes the main portion of the park. Eden Park is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Academy, the Navigation Monument, the Capitoline Wolf Statue, and the Irwin M. Krohn (Eden Park) Conservatory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_003_1
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cliff Park: Indian rock. 4 climbers." This is a photograph of four young men climbing Indian Rock in Cliff Park in Springfield, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_023_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works; Parks--Ohio; Free climbing; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Lima Allen C Faurot Park" This is a photograph of a bridge and shelter house in Faurot Park in Lima, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_029_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Bridges Ohio; Recreation; Lima (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: This park sits on the corner of West Market Street and Mahoning Avenue and can be seen from the Trumbull County courthouse. It includes a reconstructed log cabin built on the site of the town’s first schoolhouse and memorials that honor the military service of local citizens. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_462
Subjects: War memorials--Ohio; Parks; Monuments--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio);
 

Description: Original description reads: "Frederick W. Galgraith (sic) memorial Eden Park, Cin., O." The Frederick W. Galbraith Memorial, located in Cincinnati's Eden Park, was dedicated in 1923 by the American Legion to honor its founder and first national commander. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_020_001
Subjects: Memorials--Ohio; Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hills and Dales was originally a 297-acre gift from John Patterson, the founder of the National Cash Register Company. It was originally designed between 1906 and 1918 by the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm, who also worked on Central Park in New York City. Today it is owned by the city of Dayton, though its actual location is in Kettering. In 1999, 63 acres of the wooded land was leased to the Five Rivers MetroParks, and promptly named Hills and Dales MetroPark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_038_1
Subjects: Parks--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Ohio River from Eden Park, Ohio. The river stretches for hundreds of miles all the way from western Pennsylvania into Illinois. It became the de facto border of Ohio back when European settlers arrived and settled south of the river, while the native people lived north of it. Eventually it would come to form the official southern border of the state of Ohio. Eventually when Ohio was settled the settlements rested by the river, including Cincinnati. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06678
Subjects: Ohio River; Hamilton County (Ohio); Rivers--Ohio; Parks; Photography--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Eden Park (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a staircase at Burnett Woods in Cincinnati, Ohio. Burnett Woods is located at 3251 Brookline Drive, Cincinnati Ohio, and is adjacent to the University of Cincinnati. In 1871 Robert W. Burnet and William S. Groesbeck suggested they lease Burnett Woods from the city, which was done the following year. In 1875, and artificial lake was added and by 1881 the land was purchased. Subsequent acquisitions put the park at 89.3 acres. The historic bandstand was built in 1911. 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_B03F08_018_1
Subjects: Parks; Hiking trails; Geography and Natural Resources; Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Beech City well shelter. Bernard Moore n.g.a. office 210 West High Ave New Phila." (could possibly be in Beach City Ohio). This is a photograph of a shelter with a water pump underneath it. In the background is another shelter and an open field. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_035_001
Subjects: Groundwater--Ohio--Tuscarawas County; Water pumps; Parks Ohio; Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Tuscarawas (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a pathway in Shipley Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio. There are trees and shrubbery on both sides and a trellis overhead. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F08_002_1
Subjects: Parks; Gardens; Botanical gardens--Ohio; Flowers; Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a pathway in Shipley Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio. There are trees and shrubbery on both sides and a trellis overhead. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F08_003_1
Subjects: Parks; Gardens; Botanical gardens--Ohio; Flowers; Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)