Description: Taken April 16, 1937, this photograph shows the Dixie Highway in Montgomery County, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Dixie Highway. S. of W. Carrolton, Montgomery County (Rout. 25). View looking North on Dixie Highway. Showing Viaduct-Canal-Highway-and Interurban Track on left." Work on the construction of the Dixie Highway started in 1915, a conception of automobile producer Carl G. Fisher. The highway, made up of a connection of paved roads, stretches from the Straits of Mackinac, in Mackinac, Michigan to Miami, Florida. Divided into two sections, a western route makes stops in South Bend, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; and Atlanta, Georgia: while an eastern route makes stops in Detroit, Michigan; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Jacksonville, Florida. In Ohio, Dixie Highway passes through Toledo, Dayton, and Cincinnati. The highway is now U.S. route 25 to Cincinnati. 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_B02F05_004_1
Subjects: Dixie Highway; Highways; Transportation; Public works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: West Carrollton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "View near Dixie Highway near Franklin, O. May 1937." The Dixie Highway, constructed from 1915 to 1927, was a network of roads that connected the Midwest with the Southern part of the United States. In the early years, the Federal government played little role, but from the early 1920s on, it provided increasing funding, until 1927 when the Dixie Highway was taken over as part of the United States highway system. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_022_1
Subjects: Dixie Highway
Places: Franklin (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "View looking north on Dixie Highway (Route 25) showing Viaduct-Canal-Highway and Interurban Track on left." In the photograph, parallel routes of railway, highway and canal are visible. The Dixie Highway, constructed from 1915 to 1927, was a network of roads that connected the Midwest with the Southern part of the United States. In the early years, the Federal government played little role, but from the early 1920s on, it provided increasing funding, until 1927 when the Dixie Highway was taken over as part of the United States highway system. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_012_1
Subjects: Dixie Highway; Hydraulic structures--Ohio; Canals; Railroads
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "View near Dixie Highway near Franklin, O. May 1937." The Dixie Highway, constructed from 1915 to 1927, was a network of roads that connected the Midwest with the Southern part of the United States. In the early years, the Federal government played little role, but from the early 1920s on, it provided increasing funding, until 1927 when the Dixie Highway was taken over as part of the United States highway system. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_021_1
Subjects: Dixie Highway; Hydraulic structures--Ohio; Stone bridges
Places: Franklin (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Montgomery Co. – April 16, 1937. View looking South on Dixie Highway (Route 25) showing Railroad on left, Canal, Highway, Inter-urban on right. River is hidden by trees on the right." Work on the construction of the Dixie Highway started in 1915, a conception of automobile producer Carl G. Fisher. The highway, made up of a connection of paved roads, stretches from the Straits of Mackinac, in Mackinac, Michigan to Miami, Florida. Divided into two sections, a western route makes stops in South Bend, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; and Atlanta, Georgia: while an eastern route makes stops in Detroit, Michigan; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Jacksonville, Florida. In Ohio, Dixie Highway passes through Toledo, Dayton, and Cincinnati. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_008_1
Subjects: Dixie Highway--History--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "General Robert E. Lee Dixie Highway." The plaque on this marker reads: "Erected and Dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and friends. In loving memory of Robert E. Lee and to mark the route of the Dixie Highway. “The shaft memorial and Highway straight attest his worth - He cometh to his own” -Littlefield- Erected 1927 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_025_1
Subjects: Historical markers--Ohio; Dixie Highway; Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870)
Places: Warren County (Ohio)