Description: Reverse reads: “Warren County Fairgrounds at Lebanon, Ohio. 4-H Club Bldg. July 14, 1936.” This photo shows two workers setting up the 4-H Club Building for the 1936 Warren County Fair. The first fair was organized by the Warren County Agricultural Society and held September 1850 at Osborn Grove. The Society greatly welcomed the 4-H program and developed a Junior Fair that became an added plus for the organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_040_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; County fairs
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Warren County Fairgrounds at Lebanon, Ohio 3 New Horse Barns. July 14, 1936.” The first fair was organized by the Warren County Agricultural Society and held September 1850 at Osborn Grove. Warren County has been well-known for its feature of horses in the fair, including all-purpose horses, speed, roasters, draft, and thoroughbred events. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_039_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; County fairs
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse small: "County Fair When Knights of Old... Photograph by Ben Shahn; Courtesy of Farm Security Administration This photo must be returned to OHIO WRITERS' PROJECT 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O. (Used in The Ohio Guide) No. 6500 - M4 Ident. - A 2 - to Illinois National Picture Book 1/9/41 Location - Ohio Credit - Ben Shahn Farm Security Admin. Caption - When Knights of Old.... This photo must be returned to OHIO WRITERS' PROJECT 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F11_015_001
Subjects: County fairs; Ring jousting--United States
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Preble County Fairgrounds at Eaton,Ohio New Hog Barn July 13,1936 4x5 Copy & 5-8x10 prints for Mr.Derivan" The Preble County Fairgrounds are located in Eaton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_029_001
Subjects: County fairs; Pigs; Barns
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Preble county Fairgrounds at Eaton,Ohio #7 Horse Barn July 13.1936" These horse barns were at the Preble County Fairgrounds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_030_001
Subjects: County fairs; Horses; Barns
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Preble County Fairgrounds at Eaton,Ohio #1 & #2 Horse Barns July 13,1936" These barns were at the Preble County Fairgrounds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_031_001
Subjects: County fairs; Horses; Barns
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows a furniture and woodwork display, also including posters, toys, and figurines, at the Berea County Fair in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 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_B11F03_09_001
Subjects: County fairs; Exhibits; Furniture; Woodworking; Works Progress Administration
Places: Berea (Ohio); Cuyahoga (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Berea Count Fair" Although this photo claims it was taken at the Berea County Fair, it was most likely taken at the Cuyahoga County Fair. Berea is a city in Cuyahoga County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_13_001
Subjects: County fairs; Exhibition booths
Places: Berea (Ohio); Cuyahoga (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Old Dredge in back of fairground, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio." Dredges are used to remove debris from the bottom of rivers or other bodies of water in order for ships to be able to pass through. After lowering a dipper, which is suspended by a chain from a steel beam called a derrick, the derrick moves in a circular motion so that the dipper gathers up mud and dirt from the bottom of the river. The dipper is then lifted and rotated over a barge, where the contents of the scoop are deposited. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_023_1
Subjects: Dredging; County fairs; Canals--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Ashland County Fairgrounds, located on Claremont Avenue in Ashland, Ohio, which is home to the annual Ashland County Fair in September. Ashland County formed on February 24, 1846, and is located in the north-central portion of Ohio. The county seat and the largest population center is Ashland, with just over twenty-one thousand residents in 2000. The county is heavily rural, with farms comprising over sixty percent of Ashland County's 424 square miles. Ashland farmers rank fifth in oat production in Ohio and fourth in sheep raising. The next largest occupation is manufacturing, employing twenty-five percent of the county's work force. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F13_010_001
Subjects: Expositions and fairs; Agriculture; Ashland County (Ohio)--History.
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1890, this broadside advertises the 39th Annual Preble County Fair in Eaton, Ohio, from September 22-26. The image show two horses and their jockeys, neck-and-neck, during a harness race at the fair, with the grandstand to the left. The text below the image reads "The annual fair of the Preble County Agricultural Society will be held at Eaton, O. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Sept'r 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, '90," "send for a premium list, competition open to all." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4822
Subjects: Preble County (Ohio); Fairs--Ohio; Horse racing; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Agriculture
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Aerial view of the Ohio State Fairgrounds, 1854. The Ohio State Fair is an annual exhibition that showcases Ohio farming and commercial products and achievements. The first fair was held in 1850, and after moving to various locations around the state for several decades, the event settled at its permanent location at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus in 1886. From September 19 through 22, 1854, the fair was held at Newark's Great Circle Mound (now known as Moundbuilders Park). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04155
Subjects: Ohio State Fair (Newark, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio--Licking County
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)