Description: Reverse reads: "SCHOOLS; 1940 Graduating class, St. Nicholas School, Zanesville Johnson Photo." This is a photograph of several graduates standing in front of St. Nicholas School in Zanesville, Ohio. Today, St Nicholas is a grade school, but these students appear to be high school students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_015_001
Subjects: Graduation (School); Catholic high schools; Catholic schools--United States--History--20th century; Catholic Church; Religion in Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio. The building is made of multicolor brick and is three stories tall. An inscription above the front doors reads "CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL," and there are four ionic columns above. The building has a hipped roof and a cross extends from the center of the building. Central Catholic High School (CCHS) is a Catholic, co-educational, college prep school in Toledo, Ohio. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo and is the largest Catholic high school in the area. CCHS was founded as Cathedral High School in 1919, with its name change in 1920. The school, which is located one mile northwest of Downtown Toledo, has received two School of Excellence Awards and the Drug Prevention Award. 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_B13F12_018_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Catholic schools; Education; Religion in Ohio
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Holy Name High School, although the photograph's caption identifies this as Catholic Central High School, in Steubenville, Ohio, located at 436 Market Street. There is a cross over the door and another at the top of the building. 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_B08F06_033_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Education; School buildings--Ohio; Catholic schools; Steubenville (Ohio)
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)