Description: Square dancers dressed in pioneer costumes for the centennial celebration held in Bryan, Ohio, August 8, 1940. They stand before a small log cabin with a banner announcing the centennial of the town. The names of the dancers, listed from left to right, are Edna Mae Krill, Mike Snyder, Avis Besancon, Anna Kerr, and Albert Snyder. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02683
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Costumes
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Etch A Sketch® toy was invented by Frenchman Arthur Granjean in the late 1950s. Ohio Art Company of Bryan, Ohio bought the rights and the Etch A Sketch® was first produced on July 12, 1960. It contains aluminum powder and plastic beads behind its glass screen. Two knobs control a stylus that runs through the powder, leaving black marks on the screen. Shaking the toy re-coats the screen with the aluminum powder, erasing the image. This Etch A Sketch®, produced around 1975, measures 12 by 9 by 2 inches (30.48 by 22.86 by 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1477_1535135_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Arts and Entertainment; Toys; Ohio Art Company
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio)
 

Description: Isaac R. Sherwood was born in Stanford, New York, on August 13, 1835. He studied law at the Ohio Law College in Poland, Ohio. After finishing school, Sherwood became the editor of the Williams County Gazette in Bryan, Ohio, in 1857. Sherwood resigned from his position as judge and enlisted as a private in the Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served throughout the war, ultimately being promoted to lieutenant colonel. After the war, he was elected as Secretary of State of Ohio in 1868 and again in 1870. Sherwood successfully ran for the United States House of Representative in 1872 and served one term. As a Democrat, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1906. Sherwood served for seven straight terms in Congress until he failed to win reelection in 1920. When World War I began, he refused to support the United States declaration of war and refused to vote in favor of the draft. At various points in his life he owned or edited newspapers across the state including the Toledo "Daily Commercial" and "News-Democrat." He died on October 15, 1925 in Toledo. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04085
Subjects: Toledo (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories; Newspapers
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio); Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Public square with Williams County Courthouse, Bryan, Williams County, Ohio, ca. 1886-1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00433
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows the end of the mess hall, John Bryan Barn, barracks #5, and front of the recreation hall at Camp Bryan at john Bryan State Park in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Camp Bryan was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 12, 1935. The caption attached to the photograph reads "Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps. Camp Bryan, S.P. 16 - Co. 553. John Bryan State Park, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Left to right: End of Mess Hall, John Bryan Barn, (largest in State of Ohio), Barracks #5, Front of Recreation Hall. Enlargement by Federal Writers' Project from negative loaned by C. T. Clifton, Educational Director." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_051_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Cafeterias
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows (left to right) end of the mess hall, John Bryan Barn, barracks #5, and the front of the recreation hall at Camp Bryan in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in Greene County. The camp was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 12, 1935. The types note attached to the photograph reads ""Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps. Camp Bryan, S.P. 16 - Co. 553. John Bryan State Park, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Left to right: End of Mess Hall, John Bryan Barn, (largest in State of Ohio), Barracks #5, Front of Recreation Hall. Enlargement by Federal Writers' Project from negative loaned by C. T. Clifton, Educational Director." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_050_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Barns; New Deal
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows barracks numbers 1 and 2, end of the mess hall, and end of the recreation hall at Camp Bryan, a camp near Yellow Springs, Ohio, now John Bryan State Park, that was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 12, 1935. The typed caption reads "Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps. Camp Bryan,S.P. 16 - Co. 553. Yellow Springs, Ohio. Left to right: Barracks #2, #1, End of Mess Hall, End of Recreation Hall. Enlargement by Federal Writers' Project from negative loaned by C. T. Clifton, Educational Director." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_046_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil Conservation Service; United States Flags
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a group of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) members outside a building at Camp Bryan near Yellow Springs, Ohio. A note on its reverse reads "Camp Bryan - S.P. 16 - Co. 553. Yellow Springs, Ohio. The noon work call. After dinner the bugle is sounded for roll call before leaving for work. Photo by Federal Writers' Project." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) first occupied the land on June 12, 1935, at which tme the land was already owned by the state of Ohio as a state forest preserve. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_049_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; New Deal
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front entrance of the Williams County Courthouse. The clock tower of this building has a copper-covered pyramidal roof and is 160 feet high and 26 feet square, reflecting the "overall massiveness" of the Romanesque Revival architectural style. The courthouse is made of stone and red brick. There are many towers and turrets that are rounded, "pepper-pot" and square. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_508
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); corbels; cornices; turrets (towers); Romanesque Revival
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio); 1 Courthouse Square
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Williams County Courthouse. The clock tower of this building has a copper-covered pyramidal roof and is 160 feet high and 26 feet square, reflecting the "overall massiveness" of the Romanesque Revival architectural style. The courthouse is made of stone and red brick. There are many towers and turrets that are rounded, "pepper-pot" and square. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_507
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); corbels; cornices; turrets (towers); Romanesque Revival
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio); 1 Courthouse Square
 

Description: This image shows the cornerstone of the Williams County Courthouse. The clock tower of this building has a copper-covered pyramidal roof and is 160 feet high and 26 feet square, reflecting the "overall massiveness" of the Romanesque Revival architectural style. The courthouse is made of stone and red brick. There are many towers and turrets that are rounded, "pepper-pot" and square. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_509
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); corbels; cornices; turrets (towers); Romanesque Revival
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio); 1 Courthouse Square
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Williams County Courthouse. The clock tower of this building has a copper-covered pyramidal roof and is 160 feet high and 26 feet square, reflecting the "overall massiveness" of the Romanesque Revival architectural style. The courthouse is made of stone and red brick. There are many towers and turrets that are rounded, "pepper-pot" and square. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_506
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); corbels; cornices; turrets (towers); Romanesque Revival
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio); 1 Courthouse Square