Description: Caption reads: "Scene along the canoe beach at Island Park, canoes and lockers, 1928." 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_035_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Parks; Sports and leisure; Canoes; Boats and boating; Rivers
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Anges Yancura smiling and sitting in a canoe, probably taken in Akron, Ohio, in the late 1930s. The caption for the photograph reads "Agnes Yancura 2267 SW 5th St." 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_B01F02_019_001
Subjects: Photographs--Portraits; Women; Bathing Suits; Canoes and canoeing; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs of the 1969 Ohio State Fair document activities in Natural Resources Park. The first photograph shows a lumberjack show, while the second is a group of fair-goers canoeing. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). The Ohio State Fair provides an important opportunity for farmers to promote their crops and livestock and to learn about advances in agricultural machinery. The first state fair was held in Cincinnati in 1850. In the ten years that followed, Newark, Sandusky, Zanesville and Cleveland hosted the fair, before it settled permanently in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3062_3670063_005
Subjects: Agriculture; Arts and Entertainment; Expositions and fairs; Canoes; Loggers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Moonlight on the Miami. Island Park. Dayton, O. Montgomery County. See Card #53." 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_B09F06_018_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio); Parks; Canoes; Boats and boating; Sports and leisure
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: A bearded man dressed as an early American trapper or fur trader poses with a long rifle in a canoe, likely during a Bicentennial reenactment event. The image was submitted by photographer Terry D. Wright of Piqua, Ohio, in the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. 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_B02F173_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Historical reenactments; Ohio History -- Settlement and Early Statehood; Canoes
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)