Description: A snow-covered day in an early trailer park. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_012
Subjects: Trailer camps; Camping--Ohio; Camping trailer industry
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "Trailer camp at Island Park operated by the City of Dayton. A completely equipped municipal camp, for campers and 'trailerites.' In addition to parking facilities, city water, gas, electricity and police protection are furnished for 50¢ a night or $3.00 per week." Island Park opened on June 20, 1914, on the former location of White City Amusement Park in Dayton, Ohio. White City had been destroyed in the flood of 1913, and interest to rebuild it was sparked after the Dayton Canoe Club held its first regatta here on July 13, 1913. The park became an ideal location for canoeing, boating, ice skating, concerts, dancing, and general recreation, and remained a point of recreational focus for decades. Today it is known as Island MetroPark, operated by Five Rivers MetroParks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_022_1
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History; Automobiles; Winter; Camping; Sports and leisure; Parks
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows six buildings, each shaped like a wine barrel, probably located on one of the Lake Erie Islands. The buildings have a covered porch, windows and a soft fabric roof. South Bass Island State Park offers four “cabents”, which are a cross between a tent and a cabin. Each has sturdy walls and multiple rooms, including a kitchen and bathroom, and topped with a canvas roof. It is possible the buildings in this photograph are predecessors of the current structures. The Lake Erie Islands are a chain of archipelago islands in Lake Erie. Most islands that are large enough are popular tourist attractions with car ferries running from the mainland and between some islands and some small airports and numerous private marinas offering other ways to reach the islands. Grape growing and wineries were once the mainstay of the economy. Kelleys Island is heavily forested and has replaced them almost entirely, but still relies heavily on its limestone quarries. South Bass Island is more developed and still has a few large vineyards and is a popular vacation and recreation spot; it is often referred to as the “Key West of Lake Erie”. 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_B08F08_041_001
Subjects: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Tourism--Ohio; Cabins; Camping; Recreation
Places: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows a campsite along a river. Three cloth tents are set up under trees between the river and a field. Two children stand by a pile of firewood along the river and two women watch a baby on the other side of the tents. The side of one of the tents reads "Indian Bungalo." "Miners" may refer to Warren and Georgia Miner of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B04F02_71
Subjects: Camping; Tents; Sports and leisure; Families--Ohio
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph of teenaged Boy Scouts seated around the campfire at Camp Tuscazoar in Dover, Ohio, June 1976. A caption provided by the photographer reads, "Boy Scouts learned American history around campfires." The image was submitted by photographer R. C. Bixler of Canton, Ohio, in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. Camp Tuscazoar was founded in 1920 as a Boy Scout camp, and is operated today by the non-profit Camp Tuscazoar Foundation. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F01_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Boy Scouts of America; Camping; Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Ohio; Fires; Young men; Outdoor recreation
Places: Dover (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)