Description: Photograph of the Jefferson Street Canal Bridge in Dayton Ohio. Caption reads "views on canal never to be seen again." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_014
Subjects: Canals; Bridges Ohio; Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Dayton, Ohio skyline from the Dayton Art Institute. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_007_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Dayton (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1936, this photograph shows a large number of people swimming in the pool at Bomberger Park. The pool has colonnades running down two sides. The far side has a tall wall with the warning "DON'T RUN." Bomberger Park is located in the St. Anne's Hill neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio, just north of the University of Dayton. Though still a small park, it is a shadow of its earlier state. The wading pool pictured is no longer in existence. 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_B13F02_009_001
Subjects: Swimming pools; Urban Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Recreation; Children; Dayton (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a view of the Miami and Erie Canal running through Dayton, Ohio. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_004
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a view of the Miami and Erie Canal running through Dayton, Ohio. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_005
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in the 1930s. This is most likely from Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_017
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo was most likely taken near Dayton and shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in the 1930s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_025
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Montgomery Co., Miamisburg, O., Jan. 1938. Aqueduct." This photograph shows a bridge over an aqueduct, likely over the Miami and Erie Canal at Sycamore Creek in Miamisburg, Ohio, near the curve of 4th Street and Canal Street. The Miami and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1845, eventually connecting the Ohio River at Cincinnati with Lake Erie at Toledo through the western corridor of the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F04_006_001
Subjects: Aqueducts; Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Miamisburg (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption Reads: "Athletic field under construction at Northridge High School, north of Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County." This is a photograph of some men doing construction work at Northridge High School's athletic field in Montgomery County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_014_1
Subjects: Education; Schools; Construction; Dayton Public Schools; Sports; Athletic fields; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Miami and Erie canal with a horse-drawn cart using the remnants of the towpath running along the canal. This photograph was most likely taken near Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_005
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The original description reads: "This is the East bank of the Canal, West of the NCR buildings, number 8 and 9 taken April 5, 1904". In 1884, John Henry Patterson bought out his fellow investors in the National Manufacturing Company and formed the National Cash Register Company, the predecessor of NCR Corporation. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this company made cash registers. In 1906, the company manufactured the first electric cash register. This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in Dayton in the early 1900s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_012
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio), Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in the 1930s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_016
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)