Description: This is a photo of a motorcycle race at Randall Park in the village of North Randall, Ohio. This track was originally built in 1908 and used for horse racing. From 1909 to 1938, the track was a part of the Grand Harness Racing Circuit and became known as "the Saratoga of the West". In 1951, the site was purchased by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation of Youngstown, Ohio and would turn the area into the Randall Park Mall, which was opened 1976. The mall is now considered "dead" after many stores closed as recently as 2009. In the photo, motorcycles can be seen coming around the corner with a cloud of dust following them. Several on-lookers (mostly men) can be seen watching the race from the infield. Different outfits can be seen being worn by the people. In the background, several buildings can be seen as well as a Drive-In Theatre. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_021_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Motorcycle racing--Pictorial works; Motorcycles; Fashion--Pictorial works; Racetracks; Racetracks (Horse racing)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Latonia Race Track was built in 1883 and was considered a force in racing, offering top horses, top jockeys, and the country's richest purses. In its heyday the race track offered the major horse race of the year, the Latonia Derby. The Latonia Derby often outshone the Kentucky Derby. In July 1939, Latonia Race Track closed due to the effects of The Great Depression. The property was sold to Standard Oil of Ohio, the track was torn down, and racing disappeared from Northern Kentucky. The spirit of Latonia Race Track was reborn in 1959 when Turfway Park opened in Florence, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F04_001_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sports; Racetracks (Horse racing); Plants and Animals; Horses; Jockeys
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Covington (Kentucky); Florence (Kentucky)
 

Description: Latonia Race Track was built in 1883 and was considered a force in racing, offering top horses, top jockeys, and the country's richest purses. In its heyday the racetrack offered the major horse race of the year, the Latonia Derby. The Latonia Derby often outshone the Kentucky Derby. In July 1939, Latonia Race Track closed due to the effects of The Great Depression. The property was sold to Standard Oil of Ohio, the track was torn down, and racing disappeared from Northern Kentucky. The spirit of Latonia Race Track was reborn in 1959 when Turfway Park opened in Florence, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F04_002_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sports; Racetracks (Horse racing); Plants and Animals; Horses; Jockeys
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Covington (Kentucky); Florence (Kentucky)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Crowds watching the race at Latonia Race Track, Latonia Ky." This photograph depicts jockeys riding their horses around the track towards the starting line at Latonia Race Track in what is now Covington, Kentucky. The stands are overflowing with people as they prepare to watch the race. Latonia Race Track was built in 1883 and was considered a force in racing, offering top horses, top jockeys, and the country's richest purses. In its heyday the race track offered the major horse race of the year, the Latonia Derby. The Latonia Derby often outshone the Kentucky Derby. In July 1939, Latonia Race Track closed due to the effects of The Great Depression. The property was sold to Standard Oil of Ohio, the track was torn down, and racing disappeared from Northern Kentucky. The spirit of Latonia Race Track was reborn in 1959 when Turfway Park opened in Florence, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_049_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sports; Racetracks (Horse racing); Plants and Animals; Horses; Jockeys; Latonia (Covington, Ky.)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Latonia (Covington, Ky.)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Crowds watching the race at Latonia Race Track, Latonia Ky." This photograph depicts jockeys racing their horses around the track towards the finish line at Latonia Race Track in what is now Covington, Kentucky. The stands are overflowing with people as they watch the race. Latonia Race Track was built in 1883 and was considered a force in racing, offering top horses, top jockeys, and the country's richest purses. In its heyday the race track offered the major horse race of the year, the Latonia Derby. The Latonia Derby often outshone the Kentucky Derby. In July 1939, Latonia Race Track closed due to the effects of The Great Depression. The property was sold to Standard Oil of Ohio, the track was torn down, and racing disappeared from Northern Kentucky. The spirit of Latonia Race Track was reborn in 1959 when Turfway Park opened in Florence, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_033_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sports; Racetracks (Horse racing); Plants and Animals; Horses; Jockeys; Latonia (Covington, Ky.)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Latonia (Covington, Ky.)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Crowds watching the race at Latonia Race Track, Latonia Ky." This photograph shows huge crowds waiting for the race to begin at Latonia Race Track in what is now Covington, Kentucky. There are people standing on either side of the tracks and on the roofs of the stables. The crowd appears to be mostly men and they are all wearing similar hats. Latonia Race Track was built in 1883 and was considered a force in racing, offering top horses, top jockeys, and the country's richest purses. In its heyday the race track offered the major horse race of the year, the Latonia Derby. The Latonia Derby often outshone the Kentucky Derby. In July 1939, Latonia Race Track closed due to the effects of The Great Depression. The property was sold to Standard Oil of Ohio, the track was torn down, and racing disappeared from Northern Kentucky. The spirit of Latonia Race Track was reborn in 1959 when Turfway Park opened in Florence, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_036_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sports; Crowds; Racetracks (Horse racing); Plants and Animals; Horses; Jockeys; Latonia (Covington, Ky.)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Latonia (Covington, Ky.)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Crowd at Latonia Kentucky watching the race. Lawrence J. Neumann, staff-photographer, The Cincinnati Enquirer." This photograph shows huge crowds waiting for the race to begin at Latonia Race Track in what is now Covington, Kentucky. There are people standing on either side of the tracks and many are looking at their racing programs. Latonia Race Track was built in 1883 and was considered a force in racing, offering top horses, top jockeys, and the country's richest purses. In its heyday the race track offered the major horse race of the year, the Latonia Derby. The Latonia Derby often outshone the Kentucky Derby. In July 1939, Latonia Race Track closed due to the effects of The Great Depression. The property was sold to Standard Oil of Ohio, the track was torn down, and racing disappeared from Northern Kentucky. The spirit of Latonia Race Track was reborn in 1959 when Turfway Park opened in Florence, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_043_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sports; Crowds; Racetracks (Horse racing); Plants and Animals; Horses; Jockeys; Latonia (Covington, Ky.)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Latonia (Covington, Ky.)
 

Description: A truck drives south past the main entrance gates to Scioto Downs. Located just south of Columbus on U.S. Route 23, Eldorado Scioto Downs is a horse-racing track which features harness racing and gambling. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F013_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Ohio; Harness racing; Gambling; Truck driving
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the race track inside of Great Circle Earthworks, formerly known as Moundbuilders State Memorial. The earthworks were built by the Hopewell culture approximately 2000 years ago. The circle is nearly 1200 feet in diameter and was used as a vast ceremonial center by its builders. The Great Circle is one part of the Newark Earthworks State Memorial, the largest system of connected geometric earthworks built anywhere in the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_90_13_07
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Mounds--Ohio; Racetracks (Horse racing)
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Parade to the post. Photograph by Ben Shahn, courtesy of Farm Security Administration. This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project, S.E. Chestnut St. Columbus, O." This photograph shows several jockeys and their horses marching to the starting gate at an unknown racetrack in Ohio. There are people in the center of the track waiting for the race to begin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F03_0013_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sports; Racetracks (Horse racing); Plants and Animals; Horses; Jockeys; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Race at Burton Fair- 1940. Photographed by Henry P. Boynton- 1940." This is a photograph of a harness race at the Geauga County Fair in Burton, Ohio. There are hundreds of people watching in the stands and several standing in the center of the track. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F03_0014_001
Subjects: Racetracks (Horse racing); Harness racing--Ohio--History; Harness racing--Pictorial works; Geauga County (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Burton (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A worker paints a wooden fence near the entrance gates at Scioto Downs. Located just south of Columbus on U.S. Route 23, Eldorado Scioto Downs is a horse-racing track which features harness racing and gambling. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F009_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Ohio; Harness racing; Gambling; Painters
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)