Description: Handwritten on the reverse: "International Harvester (Note signs on Buildings)." This photograph shows the International Harvester plant in Springfield, Ohio. On the roof of the large building on the far right, are the fading words "Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co." The International Harvester Company Plant was located at Buck Creek and Lagonda Avenue. It was a divisional plant manufacturing motor trucks. The roots of International Harvester can be traced back to the 1830s, when Cyrus Hall McCormick, an inventor from Virginia, finalized his version of a horse-drawn reaper. The reaper was demonstrated in tests in 1831 and was patented by Cyrus in 1834. Together with his brother, McCormick moved to Chicago in 1847 and started the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The McCormick reaper sold well, partially as a result of savvy and innovative business practices. Their products came onto the market just as the development of railroads offered wide distribution to distant market areas. He developed marketing and sales techniques, developing a vast network of trained salesmen able to demonstrate operation of the machines in the field. McCormick died in Chicago, with his company passing on to his son, Cyrus McCormick, Jr. In 1902, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and Deering Harvester Company, along with three smaller agricultural equipment firms (Milwaukee; Plano; and Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner (manufacturers of Champion brand)) were purchased by J.P. Morgan and merged together to create the International Harvester Company. In 1919, the Parlin and Orendorff factory in Canton, Illinois grew with a ranking of number one in the plow manufacturing industry. They were successful many decades, producing everything from tractors and automobiles to home appliances and the Cub Cadet lawn mowers. International Harvester's downfall started in the 1980s. In order to stay in business, they sold the Ag business to Tenneco, Inc in 1984. In 1986 Harvester changed the corporate name to Navistar International Corporation (having sold the International Harvester name and the IH symbol to Tenneco Inc. as part of the sale). Navistar International Corporation continues to manufacture medium- and heavy-duty trucks, school buses, and engines under the International brand name. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_029_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Springfield; International Harvester Company--Buildings; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of North High School in Columbus, Ohio. It was constructed in 1924 on Arcadia Avenue in the Clintonville neighborhood. The school closed in 1979 and is now the North Adult Education Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_012_001
Subjects: High Schools; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Education; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Schools; Buildings; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads " Seymour Hall. Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio." This is a photograph of the Western Reserve Academy campus in Hudson, Ohio. The academy was a private co-educational boarding and day school for grades 9-12 and was founded in 1826. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_047_1
Subjects: Western Reserve Academy; Hudson (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Education; Schools; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Buildings; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_012_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Reformatories--Ohio; Hospital buildings; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_015_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Reformatories--Ohio; Hospital buildings; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved print depicting Denison Baptist University in Granville, Ohio, as the campus appeared in 1890. This print was an illustration in the 1907 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04112
Subjects: Denison University; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works; College buildings; Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Bald Knob is a mountain summit in Hamilton County, near Cincinnati. It is 764 feet (232.87 meters) above sea level. The latitude is 39.121726 and the longitude is -84.547444. The nearest city is Fairmount is 0.2 miles away. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_048_1
Subjects: Buildings--Ohio--Cincinnati; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of fairground buildings located outside of the earthwork at Moundbuilders State Park, formerly known as Licking County Fairgrounds. Moundbuilders State Park, now known as Great Circle Earthworks, is one part of the Newark Earthworks State Memorial, the largest system of connected geometric earthworks built anywhere in the world. 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_90_13_08
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Mounds--Ohio; Buildings
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: An eclectic mix of asymmetrical Italianate and Queen Anne styles, this structure was photographed in the late 30s or early 40s by the Works Progress Administration of Ohio. The Queen Anne style was one of the most common American house forms in the late 19th century. Key features include an angled turret, gabled and hipped roof, wrap around porch, square cut wood shingle, one-over-one sash windows, and gabled dormers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_087
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--Ohio; Buildings, structures, Works Progress Administration; Victorian Era
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This two-story white clapboard structure was photographed in the late 1930s or early 1940s by the Works Progress Administration of Ohio. Key features include five gabled dormers, a small portico with six square pillars, a symmetrical facade, and multi-paned shuttered windows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_001_010_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--Ohio; Buildings, structures, Works Progress Administration; Victorian Era
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Pictured is a brick building in the Neoclassical Revival style characteristic of new construction in the 1930s. It likely served as a Post Office or other municipal purpose. Other buildings of the 30s reflect a trend toward simplified designs associated with the Art Deco and Art Moderne movements of the period. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12,300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_002_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Public--Ohio; Buildings, structures, Works Progress Administration; Depression Era; New Deal
Places: Ohio
 

Description: An engraving of the Kirtland Temple at Kirtland, Ohio, from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1847. Construction of the Temple began in 1833 and it was dedicated in 1836. The Temple was the first church constructed by the Church of the Latter-day Saints, also known as the LDS Church or the Mormon Church. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04145
Subjects: Mormon temples; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Church buildings--Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio
Places: Kirtland (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)