Description: This photograph shows an acrobatic team performing a stunt with a man sitting on a chair perched on a stack of three tables. The reverse of this photograph reads "Theater project; acrobatic stunt on Federal theater Project, Dayton, Ohio." The Federal Theater Project was one five projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression designed to help fund theater productions, live artistic performances and employ actors, writers and producers. 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_B12F12_021_001
Subjects: Acrobatics--Photographs; Acrobatics--History; Dayton (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project; Federal Theater Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Attached caption reads: "Federal Theater Project No. 1. Act I of "H. M. S. Pinafore" presented nightly at Burnet Woods, Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. (Writers') 9-12-36. District #16." This is a Federal Theater Project production of W. S. Gilbert's HMS Pinafore. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_025_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Plays; Orchestras; Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. H.M.S. Pinafore
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Federal Theater Project Burnet Woods Lake Cincinnati Ohio - 1936" This is a photo of a Federal Theater Project production of W. S. Gilbert's HMS Pinafore. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_026_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Plays; Orchestras; Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. H.M.S. Pinafore
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Attached caption reads: "District #16 9/16/36. Federal Theater Project No. 1. "H.M.S. Pinafore" under construction at Burnet Woods Lake, Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. (Writers')" This is a photo of the set construction for the Federal Theater Project production of HMS Pinafore. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_027_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. H.M.S. Pinafore; Comic operas
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "One of the Dancing Teams on Theater Project,Dayton,O,June 26,1936." This is a photo of two Federal Theater Project dancers in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_003_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Dancing
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Sugar Brown, Eccentric Dancer Cincinnati, Ohio, 1936" This is a photo of a Federal Theater Project dancer named "Sugar Brown." He seems to have performed with a magician and a trio of acrobats the day this was taken. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_032_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Dancing
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Attached caption reads: "Federal Theater Project No. 1. Act I of "H. M. S. Pinafore" presented every night at Burnet Woods Lake, from September 13 to September 26, 1936. Chorus at end of first act. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. (Writers') 9-12-36. District #16." This production was held outside in front of the lake at Burnet Woods. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_005_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Plays; Orchestras; Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. H.M.S. Pinafore
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This appears to be a photo of a photo showing a Federal Theater production of a play. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_001_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Plays; Orchestras
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Theatre Project One of the Dancing Teams on Theater Project June 26,1936 Dayton Ohio" This performance may have been at Dayton's Soldiers' Home. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_031_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Dancing
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Attached caption reads: "FEDERAL THEATER Louis Gerber, formerly with Fox Vaudeville circuit for twelve years, demonstrating a card trick to an audience consisting mostly of children. Photo by W.P.A. Staff Photographer." This is a photo of a magician performing a card trick for an audience. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_024_001
Subjects: Federal Theater Project (U.S.); Magicians; Card tricks
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "W.P.A. Theater Project June 26, 1936, showing entire cast on stage. Scenery and properties designed, built and painted by employees of the Theater Project. Ladies Costumes designed and made by themselves." The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal project to fund theatre and other live artistic performances in the United States during the Great Depression. It was one of five Federal One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The FTP's primary goal was employment of out-of-work artists, writers, and directors, with the secondary aim of entertaining poor families and creating relevant art. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_019_001
Subjects: Federal Theatre Project (U.S.); Theater--Ohio; Actors--Ohio
 

Description: Original description reads: "Theater Project Group in street clothing June 20, 1936, on steps of Memorial Hall at Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio. Director Garland [Geden?] on top row with straw hat." The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal project to fund theatre and other live artistic performances in the United States during the Great Depression. It was one of five Federal One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The FTP's primary goal was employment of out-of-work artists, writers, and directors, with the secondary aim of entertaining poor families and creating relevant art. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F12_009_001
Subjects: Federal Theatre Project (U.S.); Theater--Ohio--Dayton; Actors--Ohio--Dayton; Soldiers' homes--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)