Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting children playing games such as 'leap frog' outside their two room schoolhouse in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, ca. 1900-1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01113
Subjects: Games; Cultural Ohio--Education
Places: Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Sallie Stem and Esther Clarkson Russell Cooke playing croquet on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, in the summer of 1886. Sallie was the niece of Gibraltar caretaker Anna McMeens. Esther was the wife of Reverend Henry Cooke and daughter-in-law of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05439
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns; Sports for women
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Jay Cooke III and Edward Lewis rolling the lawn in preparation to play tennis, on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1889. Reverend Henry Cooke looks on from under the tree. Henry Cooke was the son of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05440
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting a young girl leaning a tree with a tennis racket, Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1880. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05494
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Children
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two people are playing checkers in a parlor with three looking on. This appears to be a family event. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08511
Subjects: Cultural Ohio; Photography--Ohio; Families--Ohio; Games
 

Description: Dated August 5, 1936, this photograph shows boys participating in a potato race in a field during the Centennial Celebration in West Alexandria, Ohio. West Alexandria, a village located in Preble County near its border with Montgomery County, was incorporated in 1836. 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_017_001
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Sports and leisure; Games; Boys; Rural life
Places: West Alexandria (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of paper playing cards with a plaid pattern. The cards are marked with the Schutz Mark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79250
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Games
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "'Spud' Oakwood Playground People at work + play" These children are playing the game "Spud." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F10_013_001
Subjects: Children's games
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated to the early 1900s, this photograph shows children playing stick ball, possibly in a school yard. The photograph is from the Albert Belmont Graham Collection. Based on his experiences as a school superintendent in rural Ohio, Graham advocated for the consolidation of rural schools and promoted agricultural education. He is best known as the founder of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs which became the 4-H organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05495
Subjects: Sports; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Children; Games
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Three boys walking on stilts, possibly in their school yard. The photograph is from the Albert Belmont Graham Collection. Based on his experiences as a school superintendent in rural Ohio, Graham advocated for the consolidation of rural schools and promoted agricultural education. He is best known as the founder of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs which became the 4-H organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05496
Subjects: Children--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Games
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Nine slides document a community picnic held in St. Henry, Ohio around 1966. Included are photographs of men and women playing bingo, the band mothers' cake stand, and people eating chicken. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3035_3652810_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources; Picnics; Bingo; Games
Places: St. Henry (Ohio); Mercer County (Ohio)
 

Description: Disk made of quartzite has large circular indentations on both sides. The edges are rounded. It is mottled yellow, yellowish brown and orange with one area of red. The stone was used in a game played with spears. Item was found in Erie Township, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07247
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Games; American Indian history
Places: Erie Township (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)