Description: Reverse reads: "Motor boat race." This is a photo of a motor boat race most likely on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio. There are four boats neck and neck and a very large crowd watching from the shore. There is also a Queen City Yacht Club boat docked on the side of the river with people gathered on and around the boat. Motorboat racing was first acknowledged as a sport in 1904 when a race took place from England to France. In the United States, the American Power Boat Association was formed during the same time. The sport gained popularity over the next few years in the United States, with 10 races being scheduled during the 1917 season. Growth of the sport slowed down during World War I and World War II but began to grow again rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_037_001
Subjects: Motorboat racing--Pictorial works; Ohio River--History; Motorboats; Cincinnati--Clubs; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a motor boat race most likely on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio. There are six boats neck and neck racing towards the finish line with several spectator boats in the background. Motorboat racing was first acknowledged as a sport in 1904 when a race took place from England to France. In the United States, the American Power Boat Association was formed during the same time. The sport gained popularity over the next few years in the United States, with 10 races being scheduled during the 1917 season. Growth of the sport slowed down during World War I and World War II but began to grow again rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_038
Subjects: Motorboat racing--Pictorial works; Ohio River--History; Motorboats; Cincinnati--Clubs; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Back caption reads: "In a Motorboat on Miami & Erie Canal. Photograph, taken in 1908, represents the Stoppelmann family, formerly of 863 S. Main St. in the motorboat built by the late Dan Stoppelmann, which is preserved as a relic at the present address, 322 Bolander Ave. Reading from left to right in this picture, taken back of the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, are Henry Roman, of Vine St.: the late Dan Stoppelmann, Mrs. Stoppelmann, Dorothy Niederkorn (now Mrs. William Shields of Five Oaks Ave. Holding Paul Stoppleman) and William Stoppelmann at the rear." Front caption reads: "Photo copied from print loaned by Mrs. Dan Stoppelmann, 322 Bolander Ave. Apr. 27. May 4, 1938. 2–8x10 Prints–Mr. Sims." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_016_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Motorboats; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1943, this photograph shows two men in a motorboat on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio, with a houseboat behind them in the distance. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky, and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. 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_B13F04_011_001
Subjects: Recreation; Ohio River--History; Motorboats; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "In a Motorboat on Miami & Erie Canal. Photograph, taken in 1908, represents the Stoppelmann family, formerly of 863 S. Main St. in the motorboat built by the late Dan Stoppelmann, which is preserved as a relic at the present address, 322 Bolander Ave. Reading from left to right in this picture, taken back of the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, are Henry Roman, of Vine St.: the late Dan Stoppelmann, Mrs. Stoppelmann, Dorothy Niederkorn (now Mrs. William Shields of Five Oaks Ave. holding Paul Stoppleman) and William Stoppelmann at the rear." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_026_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Motorboats; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)