Description: Several caption appear on the reverse. The first reads: "Lebanon" The second reads: "State Picture Book. Ident. - 10 Dummy page 11 - upper 2/3 page; Location - Southwestern Ohio; Credit - Ohio Writers' Project; Caption - Typical Farm Layout; This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." The third reads: "Code - G 27; Class - Agriculture; Ident. - Miami Valley Farm; Location - U. S. 42, near Lebanon; This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project, 78 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." This photograph was probably taken south of downtown Lebanon, as U.S. 42 runs nearly parallel with railroad tracks (which can be seen in the foreground) for many miles in that area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F12_001_1
Subjects: Miami River Valley Region (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Farms--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Normandy Farms, Home of Richard H. Grant on Alexandsville-Bellbrook Rd. 9 1/2 S of Dayton" Normandy Farms was once a private residence brought over from France by its owners. After purchasing the property, Richard H. Grant added extravagant touches from Europe, including marble fireplaces and stained glass windows. In 1955, the Ohio Miami Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church purchased it for $125,000, and it is today known as Normandy United Methodist Church. It was placed on the register for national historic landmarks in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_015_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Agriculture--Ohio--History.; Farms
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a white horse in a small paddock near two small log structures. Because of the hills seen in the background, this image was likely taken in the Appalachian area of southern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_011_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Log structures; Horses; Farms; Rural Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This is a view of serious erosion to a farm land near Oxford, Ohio, in Butler County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_032_1
Subjects: Farms; Erosion; Agriculture--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1949, this photograph shows beef cattle at a watering trough on an unidentified farm in 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_B06F06_014_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Beef cattle; Livestock; Farms; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: An uphill view of a scenic country roadway in Champaign County, Ohio. Flanking the road is a wooden white fence and several telephone polls. On the right side of the photograph many in bloom trees and a small farm can be seen. Champaign County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 38,890. Its county seat is Urbana. It takes its name from the French word for "open level country" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F03_005_001
Subjects: Roads--Ohio; Champaign County (Ohio)--History; Farms--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Barnyard scene, Darke County." The modern city of Greenville stands on the site of Greene Ville Fort, built in 1793 by Anthony Wayne as a staging point for his 1794 campaigns against hostile Native Americans in the area. The modern city was founded in 1808 and by the turn of the twentieth century it was the main metropolitan center of Darke County. Most of the residents in Darke County, however, were farmers in the countryside surrounding Greenville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F07_040_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Agriculture--Ohio--History.; Barns; Plants and Animals; Farms
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated January 9, 1941, these photographs show two Amish farmhouses near Middlefield, Ohio. Ohio is home to the world's largest Amish population. Ohio's Amish Country consists mainly of Holmes County, Wayne County, and Stark County. For nearly two centuries this area has remained unrestrained by modern technologies. 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_B01F06_030
Subjects: Amish; Farms; Amish farmers--Ohio--Geauga County; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Middlefield (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)