Description: This map titled "Beauty Spots & Parks of Cleveland & Vicinity," was produced by the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration, with a note on its reverse which reads "Graphic Arts Map. Beauty Spots & Parks of Cleveland & Vicinity, Mr. Hawkins" and a stamp for Ernest Graham, Cleveland, Ohio. Main points on the map include the Stadium, Brookside Park Zoo, Garfield Park, Washington Park, Forest City Park, Rockefeller Park, Woodland Hills Park and several spots are marked 'Metropolitan Park System.' 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_B04F08_10_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Maps; Cleveland Region (Ohio)--Maps; Cleveland Metropolitan Area (Ohio)--Maps; Parks--Ohio--Cleveland
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)