Description: This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in the 1930s. The remnants of this lock indicate it is certainly no longer used at this point in time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_015
Subjects: Montgomery County (Ohio)--History; Locks (Canal); Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The original description reads: "The picture of this man wading in the canal was taken July, 1904." This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal near Dayton in the early 1900s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_031
Subjects: Montgomery County (Ohio)--History; Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Harry E. Crooks of Montgomery County. Electrocuted October 29, 1909, for the Murder of his Wife. Crooks, at age 40, murdered his wife after she obtained a divorce from him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08084
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio; Montgomery County (Ohio); Portrait photography; Capital punishment--Ohio
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "The N.C.R. School House. This is where the conventions and salesmanship schools of the National Cash Register Co. are held, as well as many civic gatherings. Admission cannot be charged for any function. Dayton, Ohio- Montgomery County." The NCR School House stood at 1350 S. Main St. The building was constructed in 1912. Although it is in a folder titled "Schools," it was not a school. It appears to have been a theater used by NCR for its employees. The building is no longer standing today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_014_001
Subjects: National Cash Register Company--Facilities; Theaters; Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Lantern Parade,Riverview Park,July 17.1936 Dayton Ohio Montgomery County People at Work or Play" This is a photo of a children's parade in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F08_035_001
Subjects: Parades
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a wooden bridge over the Miami and Erie Canal in Montgomery, Ohio, most likely located in or near Dayton, Ohio. Many small bridges had been constructed by this time which precluded any large boats from navigating the canal. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio and Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio and was completed in 1845. 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_B02F05_018
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio); Public works
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Miami and Erie Canal in the 1930s. Many small bridges had been constructed by this time which precluded any large boats from navigating the canal. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio and Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio and was completed in 1845. 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_B02F05_019
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio. Bridge on East Third Street east of Smithville Road." In 1796, Israel Ludlow surveyed and platted the town of Dayton along the Great Miami River near the mouth of the Mad River in what is now southwest Ohio. When Ohio became a state in 1803, Dayton became the seat of Montgomery County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_007_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Bridges Ohio; Roads
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1911, this photograph shows two men on the St. Louis canal boat on the Miami and Erie Canal in Montgomery County, Ohio. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "The 'St. Louis', End of an era, Cargo boat built at James Morrison Boat Yard, Dayton, Ohio," and the original description of this photograph reads "This is a picture of the Old Canal Boat named 'St. Louis' taken in 1911." Work began on the Miami and Erie Canal in 1825 and was completed in 1845. During the peak of construction, more than four thousand laborers worked on the canal, generally earning 30 cents per day plus room and board. Many recent immigrants to the United States, especially the Irish, survived thanks to jobs on the canals. Other people, like the residents of the communal society at Zoar, also helped construct canals to assist the survival of their community. Many of Ohio's communities today, including Akron, began as towns for the canal workers. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s. There is a short stretch in the Muskingum Valley near Zanesville still in operation today. By the 1850s, however, canals were losing business to the railroads. 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_B02F06_025
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio; Boats and boating; Montgomery County (Ohio)
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads" "Leafing Through Pages of the Miani Valley Album" INFORMATION UNAVAILABLE This refers to articles in a Montgomery County newspaper. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F02_029_001
Subjects: Montgomery County (Ohio)
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "'Leafing Through Pages of the Miami Valley Album' Photo copied by F.W.P., Dayton, Ohio, 4/22/38" This photo was most likely taken from an old issue of the Dayton Daily News. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_020_001
Subjects: Horses; Ohio History -- Settlement and Early Statehood; Montgomery County (Ohio); Cities and towns--Ohio;
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Showing construction of addition to Montgomery County Court House,Dayton,Ohio (COPY FROM KODAK PRINT) 1936" The Montgomery County Courthouse is an example of Greek Revival style architecture. The building is located on the northwest corner of 3rd and Main streets in Dayton, Ohio. It was built in 1847 and the architect, Howard Daniels of New York, designed the building after the 5th century BC Temple of Hephaestus in Athens. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F07_030_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Courthouses--Ohio--History.
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)