Description: This photograph shows Fort Steuben during a flood, possibly the 1937 Ohio River flood, also referred to as the Great Flood. A note on the reverse reads “River at flood stage at Ft. Steuben Jefferson County.” 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_B15F03_008_01
Subjects: Fort Steuben (Steubenville, Ohio); Floods; Ohio River; Suspension bridges--Ohio
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Negative of – Southwest corner of Fort Steuben Jefferson County.” Named after Prussian army officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Fort Steuben features four monuments on each corner to commemorate Steuben’s assistance to George Washington during the Revolutionary War. The inscription for this memorial reads: “South-west Corner of Fort Steuben, erected 1786, named in honor of Major General Frederick William Augustus Baron von Steuben, who rendered distinguished service to the United States army in the War of the Revolution with General George Washington, February 7, 1778 to April 15, 1784.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_012_01
Subjects: Fort Steuben (Steubenville, Ohio); Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 1730-1794
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Negative of – South east corner of Fort Steuben on High between Adams and Market Streets. Jefferson County." Photo taken between 1935- 1943. Named after Prussian army officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Fort Steuben features four monuments on each corner to commemorate Steuben's assistance to George Washington during the Revolutionary War. The inscription for this monument reads: "North-east Corner of Fort Steuben, erected 1786, named in honor of Major General Frederick William Augustus Baron von Steuben, who rendered distinguished service to the United States army in the War of the Revolution with General George Washington, February 7, 1778 to April 15, 1784." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_018_001
Subjects: Fort Steuben (Steubenville, Ohio); Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 1730-1794
Places: Fort Steuben (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Negative of – North east corner of Fort Steuben on High between Adams and Market Streets. Jefferson County.” Named after Prussian army officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Fort Steuben features four monuments on each corner to commemorate Steuben’s assistance to George Washington during the Revolutionary War. The inscription for this monument reads: “North-east Corner of Fort Steuben, erected 1786, named in honor of Major General Frederick William Augustus Baron von Steuben, who rendered distinguished service to the United States army in the War of the Revolution with General George Washington, February 7, 1778 to April 15, 1784.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_007_01
Subjects: Fort Steuben (Steubenville, Ohio); Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 1730-1794
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Negative of – Northwest corner of Ft. Steuben between Market and Adams Streets.” Named after Prussian army officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Fort Steuben features four monuments on each corner to commemorate Steuben’s assistance to George Washington during the Revolutionary War. The inscription for this memorial reads: “North-west Corner of Fort Steuben, erected 1786, named in honor of Major General Frederick William Augustus Baron von Steuben, who rendered distinguished service to the United States army in the War of the Revolution with General George Washington, February 7, 1778 to April 15, 1784.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_009_01
Subjects: Fort Steuben (Steubenville, Ohio); Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 1730-1794
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)