Description: Dated to ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows a central lawn surrounded on three sides by apartment buildings. The lawn is filled with several groups of people, both adults and children. The surrounding buildings are four stories tall with flat roofs and brick exteriors. Benches line the sidewalks which surround the open green space. 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_B07F06_006_1
Subjects: Housing; Children; Housing; Apartment Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works; Lawns; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Aerial photograph looking east showing the construction of the University Plaza apartment project near the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio, taken for publication in the Columbus Citizen-Journal in September 1950. A note on the reverse indicates that the University Plaza section is in the foreground, while the University View section can be seen in the rear. Crossing horizontally through the center of the photograph is Kenny Road, intersected by Chambers Road running diagonally along the right. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F01_03_01
Subjects: Construction; Apartment housing; Ohio State University; Aerial photographs;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "U.S. Housing project in Toledo, Ohio. Photo by Edwin Locke for the U.S. Film Service." This is a photograph of an unknown housing project in Toledo, Ohio. With the New Deal, $150 million of the Works Progress Administration budget was set aside for housing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_007_001
Subjects: Public housing--Ohio; Apartment Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)