Description: The Ohio Mechanics Institute in Cincinnati, from a letterhead engraving. Organized in 1828, this non-profit institute organized lectures and provided other types of practical training for mechanics. Later evolving into a college-level educational program, it was incorporated into the University of Cincinnati in 1969. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04019
Subjects: Education--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Industries--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads in script: "Scene in Strobridge Lithographing Plant, Cincinnati c/ Homer Jensen." The photograph shows lithographing machines in the Strobridge Lithographing Plant. Each machines uses a series of dampening rollers, inking rollers, and cylanders to print the lithographs. Strobridge Lithographing Plant was founded in 1847 as a stationery store by Elijah Middleton. In 1854 lithographer W.R. Wallace and bookseller Hines Strobridge joined the business. Its signature products were circus, theater, and movie posters. It was sold to the H.S. Crocker printing company in 1961 and closed its doors ten years later in 1961. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F09_018_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--History--20th century--Pictorial works; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Industries--History; Strobridge Lithographing Company
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1930s or early 1940s, this photograph shows the Beau-Brummel Tie Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Beau-Brummel Tie Company. East McMillan Street. Former Proctor & Collier. Cincinnati, Ohio". Located at 440 East McMillan Street in Cincinnati, Ohio, this Tudor Revival style building was built in 1921 for Proctor and Collier as the new advertising agency's offices and printing plant. It was designed by Elzner & Anderson to compliment the Burroughs & Deeken's designed Time Hill building across the street, which housed the Gruen Watchmakers Guild. The tower housed one of the city's first sprinkler systems. In 1936, the building was purchased by the Beau Brummell Tie Company. It was listed with the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and in the 1990's both this building and Time Hill were purchased by the Union Institute & University, a non-traditional institution for adult education. 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_b03f03_006_001
Subjects: Architecture; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc; Neckties--History; Industries--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)