Description: Photograph showing fireworks during the Bicentennial fireworks celebration in Ashland, Ohio, July 4, 1976. The image was submitted by photographer Brian Roseborough of Ashland in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F130_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Fourth of July celebrations; Holidays; Fireworks
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of a lithograph of Cincinnati, Ohio on September 17, 1859. Abraham Lincoln is speaking from a second floor balcony of the E & D Kinsey’s store on West 5th Street to a large crowd of several thousand people gathered in a public square. Also in the square is a pavilion reading "FIFTH ST MARKET." Fireworks can be seen streaking through the air in the background. "1859" is written on the back of the photograph. 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_B14F12_002_001
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Campaign speeches; Cincinnati (Ohio); Fireworks; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)