Description: Captions on front reads: "Lake County 'Garden Spot of Ohio.'" and "Exhibited By Kirtland Arts & Crafts Associates. Originating Book - Music - Oil & Water Colors - Art Pottery - Handicrafts." This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) shows a framed painting of Lake County centered on Painesville, Ohio. Painesville, the county seat, was incorporated in 1832 and named after General Edward Paine (1746–1841), one of the early settlers of the Western Reserve, who settled in the area around 1800 and represented the region in the territorial legislature. Paine had served as a captain in the Connecticut militia during the American Revolutionary War. When the plat of land was laid in 1805 its original name was Champion after General Henry Champion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F07_001_001
Subjects: Lake County (Ohio)--Maps, Pictorial
Places: Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: The James A. Garfield House in Mentor. Garfield purchased this home in 1876 to accommodate his large family. At this house, he held the first presidential front porch campaign. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06564
Subjects: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Presidents--United States; Lake County (Ohio)
Places: Mentor Hills (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1936, this photograph shows Frozen Cascade Falls in Depression Era Painesville, Ohio. A note on the reverse reads "Elevation is 238 meters (780 ft); Soil stratification is evident on left; Photo taken 1936." 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_B15F04_001_004_001
Subjects: Waterfalls; Lake County (Ohio); Winter; Geography and Natural Resources
Places: Lake County (Ohio); Painesville (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the summer home of the Jay Cooke family on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05430
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Summer; Houses
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the summer home of the Jay Cooke family, called "Cooke's Castle," on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05433
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Houses; Summer
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of Johnson's Island, while the American Civil War was happening this island was considered an ideal place to house POWs. Anyone kept there would have a hard time getting away from the place without any help because of the remote nature of the island. Despite this, Johnson's Island was in an ideal place for supply lines to reach. The prison was built without having much trouble if any getting the necessary materials for, and food was shipped in without issue. Even for the prisoners, life on Johnson's Island was not so bad, they were fed and they were treated relatively well as the prison was specifically made to house men of military rank who most often had rich relatives who were willing and able to send them extra money. This is in contrast to the atrocious conditions experienced in other facilities. The island became a part of a daring attempt to create chaos for the Union and force the Union army to divide its ranks and defend Ohio against an unexpected Confederate campaign. The audacious plot was thought up by Charles Cole and John Yates Beall. Cole managed to use his influence to win over Union officials in Sandusky and had a small number of Confederate soldiers become a part of the Union Army. The plan was for Beall to commandeer a civilian ship along with a number of Confederate soldiers. The plan was to use this civilian boat to take control of the Union ship stationed on Lake Erie. To successfully take control of the ship, Cole would eat dinner with the Union officers who would be drugged before Beall took control of the Union ship. The plot was foiled when Cole was found out as a spy, while Beall's men decided to revolt against him. In the end, Cole was arrested and put away, and Beall sentenced to death for his role in the scheme. The U.S. had no need for the island after the war, and eventually the island would be settled and used by civilians. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06733
Subjects: Civil War--Prisoners and prisons; Civil War 1861-1865; Erie, Lake; Erie County (Ohio)
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: House on Gibraltar Island, possibly used by the caretaker. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05432
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Houses; Summer
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)