Description: An aerial image of hills, fields, trees, and a small hut in rural Liberia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P3_B02F07_G
Subjects: Aerial views; Aerial photography; Landscape photography
Places: Liberia (Africa)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a boiler house under construction. Its frame is being put together by teams of workers. Boiler houses provide steam to the rest of the plant to run any steam-powered machinery. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so it was likely taken at a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F37_029
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Boiler house; Construction; Aerial photography--History; Aerial views
 

Description: An aerial view of Mariemont, Ohio. Mariemont is a planned community east of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06207
Subjects: Aerial photography--History; Aerial views
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of Dayton, Ohio in the mid to late 1930s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_021_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Buildings; Cityscapes; Aerial photography
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of the Zoar Garden, located between Third and Fourth Streets. The garden, existing as early as 1829, covered over an acre of ground and features a large Norway spruce at its center, symbolizing eternal life. The geometric layout of the garden symbolized the New Jerusalem described in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The garden was maintained by the gardener and a number of local boys. Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Additional modifications to the society's organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the Separatists experienced economic prosperity. The community was almost entirely self-sufficient and sold any surpluses to the outside world. In addition to agriculture, Zoar residents also worked in a number of industries, including flour mills, textiles, a tin shop, copper, wagon maker, two iron foundries, and several stores. The society also made money by contracting to build a seven-mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The canal crossed over Zoar's property, and the society owned several canal boats. The canal traffic also brought other people into the community, who bought Zoar residents' goods. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the community was quite prosperous. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P365_B15F2_001
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Communal Societies; Gardens; Aerial photography
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This aerial photograph depicts a steel mill surrounded by a geometrically arranged town. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F06_005
Subjects: Aerial views; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Aerial photography--History
 

Description: This aerial photograph depicts a steel mill set along a river. The area around the steel mill is somewhat undeveloped. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F06_004
Subjects: Aerial views; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Aerial photography--History
 

Description: This aerial photograph depicts a steel mill, a small town, and a lot of undeveloped land. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F06_003
Subjects: Aerial views; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Aerial photography--History
 

Description: This aerial photograph shows the Akron, Ohio, industrial district, including views of East Akron, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plants 1, 2, and 3, and the Zeppelin Hangar (later known as the Goodyear Airdock) in the background. To the left of the Airdock in the upper left corner is Akron Municipal Airport. Akron Municipal Airport began operating in 1929 on property belonging to Bain Ecarius "Shorty" Fulton, and the airport terminal opened its doors for commercial travel on June 15, 1931. Fulton worked for the airport as manager for 34 before retiring in 1962; it was later renamed Akron Fulton International Airport in his honor. The B.F. Goodrich Rubber Company Plant, located at 500 South Main Street, was Akron’s oldest rubber factory and one of the world’s largest, producing more than 30,000 kinds of rubber articles besides automobile tires. Occupying 275 acres, the plant had 116 buildings with 165 acres of floor space. In addition, the Goodrich Company operated the Miller rubbery factory on South High Street and several regional plants. The Goodrich plant had its own utilities, waterworks, service departments, hospital, electric transportation system, and a subway. 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_B08F02_028_001
Subjects: Akron (Ohio); Rubber industry and trade--Ohio--Akron; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Airports; Aerial photography
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This aerial view shows Cleveland, Ohio, including a view of Republic Steel. The Republic Steel Corporation was founded in 1899 in Youngstown, Ohio. The firm was originally known as Republic Iron and Steel Company. 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_B04F11_23_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Aerial photography; Downtown; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: An aerial photograph of Lakeview Terrace, in Cleveland, Ohio, with the Cuyahoga River winding beside it. Lakeview Terrace, internationally known as a landmark in public housing, was one of three Cleveland housing projects that were the first to be authorized by the federal government's Public Works Administration. Together with Cedar-Central and Outhwaite, it began in 1935 and completed in 1937. Lakeview Terrace was especially notable because of its successful adaptation to a difficult site. The 22-acre site at W. 28th St. between Lake Erie and the Main Avenue Bridge was an irregular hillside with an 80-ft. drop in elevation. The scheme was adapted to the hillside by a curving road, with many of the housing units arranged in a fan-like pattern. There are 44 residential buildings of 3 types--apartments, row houses, and a combination of the two--oriented as much as possible to provide daylight and views of the lake. The architects were Joseph L. Weinberg in association with William. H. Conrad and Wallace G. Teare. The building construction was entirely fireproof, consisting of brick on tile walls with concrete roof and floor slabs and steel casement windows. The curved end walls, the windows arranged in horizontal bands, the iron railings, and especially the distinctive downturned hoods over the doorways reflected the work of International Style architects. Lakeview Terrace included the first community center in a public housing project. The project was also innovative in its use of the decorative arts, made possible by the creation of the Treasury Relief Art Project in 1935. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F06_007_1
Subjects: Public housing -- Ohio; Apartments; Public housing -- Ohio; Aerial photography; Rivers -- Ohio
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Aerial view of the Historical Society and Village. This picture shows the Ohio Historical Society, a non-profit organization incorporated in 1885. It was founded to promote knowledge of archaeology and history, particularly Ohio. In the photograph, the Ohio Village, a Civil War era village on 15 acres is being built. It has homes, church, school house, craft shops and several other buildings. It was opened on July 27, 1974. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07910
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Education; Aerial photography--History; Ohio--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)