Description: Postcard depicting the entrance to the Blue Hole in Castalia, Ohio. The Blue Hole is a large spring fed by an underground river. The depth of the Blue Hole is unknown. It maintains a water temperature of 48 degrees year round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03465
Subjects: Erie County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Tourism
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard with the caption "Night View of the Famous Blue Hole, Castalia, Ohio." The Blue Hole is a large spring fed by an underground river. The depth of the Blue Hole is unknown. It maintains a water temperature of 48 degrees year round. Caption in lower left-hand corner reads "In Ohio's Lake Erie Vacationland." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03463
Subjects: Erie County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Tourism
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard with the caption "The Famous Blue Hole, Castalia, Ohio." The Blue Hole is a large spring fed by an underground river. The depth of the Blue Hole is unknown. It maintains a water temperature of 48 degrees year round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03464
Subjects: Erie County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Tourism
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard depicting the mill pond and fish hatchery at the Blue Hole, Castalia, Ohio. The Blue Hole is a large spring fed by an underground river. The depth of the Blue Hole is unknown. It maintains a water temperature of 48 degrees year round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03466
Subjects: Erie County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Tourism
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Blue Hole, Castalia, Erie County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00300
Subjects: Blue Hole (Castalia, Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1940-1949, this photograph shows the Blue Hole in Castalia, Ohio, a large spring fed by an underground river, about 43-45 feet deep. The Castalia Blue Hole was a major tourist attraction from the 1920s up to its closure, especially due to its close proximity to Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. It maintains a water temperature of 48 degrees year round. The blue hole shown in this photograph closed access to the public in 1990, but a new blue hole is open to the public at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery. 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_B02F08_001_1
Subjects: Castalia Blue Hole (Ohio); Geography and Natural Resources; Springs; Tourism--Ohio; Geology
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1940-1949, this photograph shows the Blue Hole in Castalia, Ohio, a large spring fed by an underground river, about 43-45 feet deep. The Castalia Blue Hole was a major tourist attraction from the 1920s up to its closure, especially due to its close proximity to Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. It maintains a water temperature of 48 degrees year round. The blue hole shown in this photograph closed access to the public in 1990, but a new blue hole is open to the public at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery. 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_B05F01A_021_1
Subjects: Castalia Blue Hole (Ohio); Geography and Natural Resources; Springs; Tourism--Ohio; Geology
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph titled "Farm Auction," showing three men amid a small crowd during an auction taking place outside a large barn. The man in the center holds up what appears to be a sausage press. The man at left looks behind him while resting his hand on a basket of other small implements. The man on the right, possibly the auctioneer, looks at the camera while gesturing with his index finger. The image was submitted by photographer Matt McGookey of Castalia, Ohio, in the Amateur category of 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_B02F112_02_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Food production; Tools; Farms; Rural life; Auctions;
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a woman wearing glasses and speaking on a CB radio as she monitors a fire tower in Maumee State Forest in Swanton, Ohio. The image was submitted by photographer Matt McGookey of Castalia, Ohio, in the Amateur category of 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_B02F112_04_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Forests; Geography and Natural Resources; Parks; Fire prevention
Places: Swanton (Ohio); Fulton County (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a man wearing glasses, a baseball hat and coveralls, seen through the framing of a roof under construction, taken in Bowling Green, Ohio. The image was submitted by photographer Matt McGookey of Castalia, Ohio, in the Amateur category of 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_B02F112_03_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Construction industry--Ohio; Laborers;
Places: Bowling Green (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a man with muttonchops wearing a hard hat and looking directly into the camera, taken in Bowling Green, Ohio, and titled "Portrait of a Laborer." The image was submitted by photographer Matt McGookey of Castalia, Ohio, in the Amateur category of 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_B02F112_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Employees; Labor--Ohio; Factories;
Places: Bowling Green (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)