Description: The photograph shows three men standing in front of a hardware store in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The man on the right holds a piece of paper as the man in the middle laughs. A sign in the window of the store reads "Plate glass wind shields sold here." 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_B01F01_52
Subjects: Daily Life; City and town life; Business--Ohio
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Two photographs show Woodsfield, Ohio around 1914. In 1814 the Monroe County commissioners selected the town as the county seat. By 1820 it contained eighteen houses. Woodsfield was incorporated in 1835, and in 1843 an act of the General Assembly extended the limits of the town 120 feet in every direction. Located off major transportation routes, the town grew slowly until 1879, when the narrow-gauge Bellaire and Southwestern Railroad was completed to Woodsfield. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om2964_3627872_003
Subjects: Daily Life; Cityscapes; Photography--Ohio; City and town life
Places: Woodsfield (Ohio); Monroe County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken September, 1937, from an office in the Union Trust Building, currently known as the Bartlett Building, this photograph shows 4th Street in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. On the left is The Hotel Sinton, a luxurious hotel built in 1907 which included 750 rooms and sixteen dining rooms. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collection 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_B04F02_22_01
Subjects: Streets--Cincinnati (Ohio); Downtown; Ohio Federal Writers' Project; Hotels; City and town life
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Middle Avenue runs along the east side of Elyria's town square. The Lorain County Courthouse sits on 2nd Street, which is on the south side of the town square. The intersection shown here is to the left of the front of Lorain County Courthouse. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_284
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Stores and shops; Automobiles; Small business--Ohio; City and town life
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows automobiles parked on the street in front of the First National Bank in Zanesville, Ohio, ca. 1920-1935. Large banners on the building announce "Sells Floto Circus," in town on May 13th, with "Tom Mix (in person) and his Wonder Horse 'Tony.'" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03344
Subjects: Banks and banking; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; City and town life; Automobiles
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing Roebke Hardward & Implement Co., located at 3rd and State Streets in Columbus, Ohio. Painted on the window is also the name "McFarland Hardware & Implement Co. Plumbing & Heating." Next door is a carriage repository adversting automobile gasoline engines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC0836_001
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; City and town life; Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Stores & shops; Tools;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing Ohio Trailer Supply Co. next to Bob's Place restaurant at the northeast corner of Mound and 4th Street in Columbus, Ohio. The second floor of this building held a meeting room known as Druid's Hall. A caption on the back of the photograph reads "Druid Hall. South Fourth and E. Mound where AFL was organized in 1886. (N.B. This is not the building where the AF of L was founded. It was founded at 146 S. 4th St.)" The American Federation of Labor is one of the first labor union federations established in the United States, and merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC0836_002
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; City and town life; Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Labor unions--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Unidentified storefront in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1880. Above the door appears the name "Reiselt," possibly the family seen posed in front. Also visible are a sign reading "Wines" and signs for Born & Co., a Columbus brewery started in 1859 which later joined other local breweries int he Hoster-Columbus Associated Breweries Co. (1904). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC0836_003
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; City and town life; Streets--Ohio--Columbus;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two men and a dog stand alongside what appears to be the southeast corner of City Park Avenue and Lansing Street in Columbus, Ohio. This photograph was taken in Columbus's German Village neighborhood. Located in the south end of Columbus, German Village is an historic neighborhood largely settled by German immigrants, who at one time comprised a third of the city's population. The area is characterized by small, closely-built homes, and residential streets interspersed with small commercial buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC0866_001
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; City and town life; Streets--Ohio--Columbus; German Americans;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: By 1900, most major cities in Ohio had electric railways connecting the downtowns of the cities with the suburbs. This electric railcar has a sign reading "Delaware Marion LOCAL." Prior to the electric railway, urban transportation systems ran with cars pulled by teams of horses. By the 1890s, cities around the nation began to replace horse-drawn trolleys and cable cars with electric cars. Some were later incorporated into extensive interurban railways that carried passengers between major cities. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1164_001
Subjects: Transportation; Electric railroads; Street railroads; City and town life;
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio); Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the McCook House in Carrollton, Ohio, while it was used as a dry goods store. In 1837 Daniel McCook erected this large brick house on the southwest corner of the public square in Carrollton, where it was occupied by his family until 1848. It was acquired by the state of Ohio in 1941 and dedicated in 1947 as a memorial to the gallant "Fighting McCooks." During the American Civil War, fifteen members of the McCook family from Ohio fought for the Union. Although scholars disagree on the exact number of McCooks who fought in the Civil War, it appears that Daniel McCook and eight of his nine sons took up arms for the North, as did his brother, John McCook, and John's five sons. Individually, the two families were known as the Tribe of Dan and the Tribe of John. Together, they came to be referred to as the "Fighting McCooks." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series6560AV_B05F011_001
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); City and town life; Stores and shops; Small towns; Automobiles
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the McCook House in Carrollton, Ohio, while it was used as a dry goods store. In 1837 Daniel McCook erected this large brick house on the southwest corner of the public square in Carrollton, where it was occupied by his family until 1848. It was acquired by the state of Ohio in 1941 and dedicated in 1947 as a memorial to the gallant "Fighting McCooks." During the American Civil War, fifteen members of the McCook family from Ohio fought for the Union. Although scholars disagree on the exact number of McCooks who fought in the Civil War, it appears that Daniel McCook and eight of his nine sons took up arms for the North, as did his brother, John McCook, and John's five sons. Individually, the two families were known as the Tribe of Dan and the Tribe of John. Together, they came to be referred to as the "Fighting McCooks." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series6560AV_B05F011_002
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); City and town life; Stores and shops; Small towns; Automobiles
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)