Description: This photograph of African American members of the Federal Theatre Project was taken in Cincinnati in 1936. It measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). The Federal Theatre Project, organized under the Works Progress Administration (WPA), was created by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The program employed out-of-work actors, directors writers, crew and entertainers, most of whom were out of work after the stock market crash of 1929. Divisions of the Federal Theater Project were established in Cleveland and Cincinnati. An African American adaptation of MacBeth by Orson Welles was one of the most controversial productions of the Federal Theatre Project. Although it ran in several other cities, the play was not produced in Cincinnati because local officials insisted the audience would have to be segregated, a violation of WPA policy. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3165_3780166_001
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Arts and Entertainment; Entertainers
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Movie actress and singer Judy Garland receiving the "Heart of Columbus" when she visited the city in March 1938. During Garland's visit she was initiated as sweetheart of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity at Ohio State University and gave a singing performance at the Ohio Theatre. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00787
Subjects: Women entertainers; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Singer and movie actress Judy Garland performing at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, March 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00789
Subjects: Women entertainers; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows a unicyclist riding on a spiral structure on East Walker Street in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, during a carnival. The spiral, connected to the ground by wires, rises high above the street. A net below the structure provides some safety to the performer. Men and boys stand in the street looking up at the spectacle and more onlookers peer from second floor windows. The Seider & Ludwig Buggy Works can be seen in the photo on the right side of the street. 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_47
Subjects: Fairs--Ohio; Entertainers; Performers; City and town life
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: The photograph shows two men identified as Oscar Veith and Frank Schwilk dressed in hobo costumes. Their clothes are torn and patched, and they both hold broken umbrellas and pose for the camera with their left hands on their hips. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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_53
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Entertainers; Performers; Costumes
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Canal scene at Dayton." This is a photo of a group of musicians on a boat in the Erie Canal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_011_001
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Entertainers; Musicians; Boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows a masked man with a gun "holding up" a man in bed. The man in bed wears pajamas and holds his arms in the air. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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_B01F03_04
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Entertainers; Performers; Costumes
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Cabinet card portrait of a circus "Fat Lady," ca. 1880-1889. She has on numerous pieces of jewelry and holds a fan. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03504
Subjects: Baker Art Gallery; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Circus acts; Entertainers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Phoebe Anne Mozee (also Mosey, Moses), better known as Annie Oakley, was a famous sharpshooter and women's rights advocate in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born August 13, 1860, in Darke County, Ohio, Oakley showed skill with firearms from an early age, using profits earned from the sale of wild game she killed to pay off her parents' mortgage. In 1875, she won a shooting contest against marksman Frank E. Butler in Cincinnati, Ohio, who convinced her to travel and perform with him. Oakley and Butler later married. The two performed in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show where Oakley remained until 1901, traveling across the country and to Europe with the show. She emerged as the first female American superstar and advocated women's right to join the army and serve in active combat situations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2787_005
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Circus; Contests; Cowboys; Darke County (Ohio); Entertainers; Hunting; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926; Ohio History; Ohio Women; Shooters of firearms; Women--Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of the grave of Annie Oakley in Brock Cemetery, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. Phoebe Anne Mozee (also Mosey, Moses), better known as Annie Oakley, was a famous sharpshooter and women's rights advocate in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born August 13, 1860, in Darke County, Ohio, Oakley showed skill with firearms from an early age, using profits earned from the sale of wild game she killed to pay off her parents' mortgage. In 1875, she won a shooting contest against marksman Frank E. Butler in Cincinnati, Ohio, who convinced her to travel and perform with him. Oakley and Butler later married. The two performed in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show where Oakley remained until 1901, traveling across the country and to Europe with the show. She emerged as the first female American superstar and advocated women's right to join the army and serve in active combat situations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2787_012_01
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Darke County (Ohio); Entertainers; Hunting; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926; Cemeteries--Ohio
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Annie Oakley and husband Frank E. Butler. Phoebe Anne Mozee (also Mosey, Moses), better known as Annie Oakley, was a famous sharpshooter and women's rights advocate in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born August 13, 1860, in Darke County, Ohio, Oakley showed skill with firearms from an early age, using profits earned from the sale of wild game she killed to pay off her parents' mortgage. In 1875, she won a shooting contest against marksman Frank E. Butler in Cincinnati, Ohio, who convinced her to travel and perform with him. Oakley and Butler later married. The two performed in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show where Oakley remained until 1901, traveling across the country and to Europe with the show. She emerged as the first female American superstar and advocated women's right to join the army and serve in active combat situations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2787_020
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Darke County (Ohio); Entertainers; Hunting; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926; Ohio Women; Shooters of firearms
 

Description: Photograph of Annie Oakley in profile, taken while she was touring in London, England. Phoebe Anne Mozee (also Mosey, Moses), better known as Annie Oakley, was a famous sharpshooter and women's rights advocate in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born August 13, 1860, in Darke County, Ohio, Oakley showed skill with firearms from an early age, using profits earned from the sale of wild game she killed to pay off her parents' mortgage. In 1875, she won a shooting contest against marksman Frank E. Butler in Cincinnati, Ohio, who convinced her to travel and perform with him. Oakley and Butler later married. The two performed in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show where Oakley remained until 1901, traveling across the country and to Europe with the show. She emerged as the first female American superstar and advocated women's right to join the army and serve in active combat situations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2787_021
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Darke County (Ohio); Entertainers; Hunting; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926; Ohio Women; Shooters of firearms
Places: London (England)