Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of the east central industrial area of Mansfield, Ohio. At the center is Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. 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_B11F09_002_001
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio--Mansfield--Pictorial works; Mansfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Mansfield (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works.; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Mansfield Public Library" The Mansfield Public Library is now the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library. It sits at 43 W 3rd St in Mansfield. It has expanded to the lots behind and to both sides of the original building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F05_11_001
Subjects: Mansfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Libraries
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Municipal Building located in Mansfield, Ohio. This building housed the former City Hall at the southwest corner of Second and Walnut Streets in downtown Mansfield. It has since been replaced by the new Mansfield Municipal Building, located on North Diamond Street. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F05_29_001
Subjects: Mansfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; City halls; Municipal government
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of Mansfield General Hospital. The hospital still operates in Mansfield as OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital but has been greatly expanded. The original structure seen here remains part of the new building today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F05_28_001
Subjects: Mansfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hospitals--History--Ohio; Medicine--Ohio
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "John Simpson Junior High School, Mansfield, O. Richland Co." This is a photograph of John Simpson Junior High School in Mansfield, Ohio. This school closed in 2007 as a result of budgetary restrictions. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_016_001
Subjects: Junior high schools--United States; Mansfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Education; School buildings--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)