Description: Photograph of the outdoor markets on the streets of St. Vincent in the West Indies, the birthplace of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker. Walker was the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F10_A_4
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Markets; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
Places: West Indies
 

Description: Caption reads: "Street markets in 1917. Old market days in Dayton. South side of Third Street, looking west from Jefferson Street." Dayton was a city of continued prosperity in the 20th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_059_1
Subjects: Business and Labor; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Stores and shops; Markets; Daily Life
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "Street markets in 1917. Old Market Days in Dayton. East side of Main Street, looking north from Third Street." Dayton was a city of continued prosperity in the twentieth century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_060_1
Subjects: Business and Labor; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Stores and shops; Markets; Daily Life
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Findlay Market, located at the corner of Race and Elder Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visible in the photograph are a vendor’s table, packing crates, passersby, and nearby storefronts. Findlay Market is the state’s oldest surviving municipal market and also the sole survivor among nine such institutions operating in Cincinnati in the 19th and early 20th century. The market was erected in 1852, but disputes with contractors and difficulties correcting problems with the new construction methods delayed its opening until 1855. It was built on land donated to the City of Cincinnati by the estate of General James Findlay (1770–1835) and Jane Irwin Findlay (1769–1851). Findlay Market was designed using a durable but unconventional cast- and wrought-iron frame, a construction technology that had been little used in the United States. The structure was among the first markets in the country to use iron-frame construction technology and is one of very few to have survived. Findlay Market is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Information on the back of the photograph reads: “Market scene. Elder and Race Street, Cincinnati. This photograph shows an outdoor market facing north on Race Street, near the corner of Elder Street, in Cincinnati. Muhlberg Drug stands at the corner of Elder Street, Cohen Shoes is visible at the corner of Glass Alley, and Wesley Chapel can be seen at the far end of the road.” This image of Findlay Market is among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06200
Subjects: Markets--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Church buildings--Ohio; Stores & shops
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Street markets in 1917. Old market days in Dayton. North side of Fifth Street, looking north from Fifth Street." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_006_1
Subjects: Business and Labor; Daily Life; Markets
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Street markets in 1917. Old market days in Dayton. Main Street (East side), looking South from across Third St." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_007_1
Subjects: Business and Labor; Daily Life; Markets
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "Street markets in 1917. Old market days in Dayton. West side of Jefferson Street, looking North from Fifth St." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_036_1
Subjects: Business and Labor; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Stores and shops; Markets; Daily Life
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is a view of Findlay Market, located at the corner of Race and Elder Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visible in the photograph are a vendor’s table, packing crates, passersby, and nearby storefronts. Findlay Market is the state’s oldest surviving municipal market and also the sole survivor among nine such institutions operating in Cincinnati in the 19th and early 20th century. The market was erected in 1852, but disputes with contractors and difficulties correcting problems with the new construction methods delayed its opening until 1855. It was built on land donated to the City of Cincinnati by the estate of General James Findlay (1770–1835) and Jane Irwin Findlay (1769–1851). Findlay Market was designed using a durable but unconventional cast- and wrought-iron frame, a construction technology that had been little used in the United States. The structure was among the first markets in the country to use iron-frame construction technology and is one of very few to have survived. Findlay Market is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Information on the back of the photograph reads: “Market scene. Elder and Race Street, Cincinnati. This photograph shows an outdoor market facing north on Race Street, near the corner of Elder Street, in Cincinnati. Muhlberg Drug stands at the corner of Elder Street, Cohen Shoes is visible at the corner of Glass Alley, and Wesley Chapel can be seen at the far end of the road.” This image of Findlay Market is among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06402
Subjects: Findlay Market (Cincinnati, Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Markets--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; United States. Work Progress Administration
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads, "Columbus, Ohio- shoppers Central market looking north on 4th st. Aug. 6, 1939." This photograph was taken just south of East Rich Street, looking north on South 4th Street in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio's capital city, like many others in 19th century America, built a series of public markets to facilitate agricultural and industrial as well as retail trade around the middle of the 1800s. The city's Central Market was built between 1849 and 1850 at Town and Fourth Streets to serve as a municipal building as well as an economic market, and was soon joined by a West Market, on South Gift Street, and an East market, at the intersection of Mt. Vernon and Miami Avenues. The North market, constructed at Spruce and High Streets on the city's north side, was constructed in 1876. Historically, city ordinances and a city-employed Market Master established and enforced rules governing fees, location of stands, and other standards. By the mid-20th century, changing demographics and shopping preferences, coupled with a series of fires left Columbus with only one public market, the North Market, which after a 1947 fire was housed in a Quonset hut erected by the Merchant's Association. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_029_1
Subjects: Ohio Government; Business and Labor; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Daily Life; Markets; Municipal government; United States; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Prior to the development of large supermarkets, public markets allowed city residents to purchase a wide variety of fresh foods and provided farmers with outlets for their products. This 5 by 6-inch (12.70 by 15.24 cm) photograph shows a busy market day at the Central Market House in Columbus in August 1939. Built in 1850, the market was located on Fourth Street between and Town and Rich streets; for a time the building also housed city hall. It was demolished in 1966. A bus station now stands on the site. Columbus was incorporated in 1834. Not long after, the first city market was established in the block bounded by State, Town, Pearl, and Front streets. It moved in 1850 to Fourth and Town streets. The North Market on Spruce Street was built in 1876. The original building burned down in 1948 and was replaced by a war-surplus Quonset hut. It is the only market still in business. In 1947, fire destroyed the East End Market House on Mt. Vernon Avenue. The West End Market House was located on South Gift Street. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1901_1980767_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Business and Labor; Architecture; Daily Life; Markets; Municipal government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "Street markets in 1917. Old market days in Dayton. East side of Main Street, looking north from Fifth Street." Dayton was a city of continued prosperity during the twentieth century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_061_1
Subjects: Business and Labor; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Stores and shops; Markets; Daily Life
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an outdoor market in Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1935-1943. Vendors are selling produce at stands shielded from the elements by a tent awning (possibly made of canvas). The adjoining walkway is crowded with shoppers and passersby. The produced stands and bushel baskets are overflowing with produce. One vendor is a young boy who is busy waiting on a customer. Behind a wrought-iron fence in the lower-right foreground a woman is sitting on an overturned basket. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06199
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Markets--Ohio; Business--Ohio; Photography--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)