Description: A view of the Cincinnati Water Works plant at California, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_10_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Water Works; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of the Cincinnati Water Works plant at California, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_09_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Water Works; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The color image on this postcard shows the water filtering plant in California, Ohio, a neighborhood within Cincinnati. This plant was part of Cincinnati Water Works' state-of-the-art water treatment system that opened in 1907. The image shows a beige-colored rectangular structure situated next to two reservoirs or settling basins. Two men and a horse-drawn wagon are standing on road leading up to the building. The rapid sand filtration system was second such system in the nation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06967
Subjects: Waterworks; Cincinnati Water Works; Water--Purification; Hamilton County (Ohio); Water--Purification; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: California (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows two men on a golf course green. One is putting, and the other is holding the pin. It is the fourth hole of a course in the California section of Cincinnati. A caption of the photograph reads: "Project 16-31-447. View of No. 4 green built under F.E.R.A. at California, Ohio Golf Course. W.P.A. is at present constructing an additional 9-hole golf course similar to the one pictured above. When this additional 9-hole is completed, experts say that it will be one of the most difficult 18-hole golf course [sic] to play because of so many natural hazards, such as: water reservoirs, large trees, sand traps, etc. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. (Writers') 6-1-36." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_007_001
Subjects: Golf; Golf courses
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "California water works filtration plant sharing various operations." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_25_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Water Works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a water works and filtration plant in Cincinnati, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "California water work and filtration plant showing various operations-Cincinnati, Ohio." 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_B04F05_02_01
Subjects: Hydraulic structures; Waterworks; Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exhibit of products made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio at the Metal Mining Show in San Francisco, California, 1954. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01599
Subjects: Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: San Francisco (California)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the California Republic Flag with a grizzly bear on a white field, an orange stripe and orange star. It is made of nylon and measures 100 cm by 160 cm. In 1953, its standardized design and specifications were signed in by Governor Earl Warren. The bear motif was based on the last wild Californian grizzly bear in captivity. The bear, named "Monarch", was captured in 1889 on the order of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst. After the bear's death in 1911, it was mounted and preserved at the Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65510_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Bear Flag; Communication artifact; State flags--California;
Places: California (United States)
 

Description: The main building of the Cincinnati Water Works pumping station in the Village of California, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_08_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Water Works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Laboratory tests of the water at the Cincinnati Water Works plant at California, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_11_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Water Works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Laboratory tests at the Cincinnati Water Works in California, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_14_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Water Works; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Captain Schuyler Hamilton carried this national flag, the colors of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.), in the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846 during the Mexican War. It measures 65.35 by 188.11 inches (166 by 300 cm). Parts of the flag are missing. Six white, six-pointed stars remain on a blue silk canton above United States arms. Instead of the customary U.S. shield, there is a shield with a side-wheel steamboat bearing the text "Rio Grande," a rising sun, a plow, and a river. The annexation of Texas, American desire to annex New Mexico and California, and Southern politicians' hopes of expanding slavery all contributed to the Mexican War. Among Ohio Whigs in Congress, opposition to the war and the extension of slavery was strong. In the end, however, 7,000 Ohioans enlisted in the war. Many of them served under Zachary Taylor in the northern provinces of Mexico and under Winfield Scott in Mexico City. The Mexican War ended on February 2, 1848, with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which set the southern boundary of Texas and gave the United States control of New Mexico and California. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the plaza level of the Ohio History Center from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1330_1664678_008
Subjects: Military Ohio; Mexican War; 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Flags
Places: Ohio; Monterrey (Mexico)