Description: This is a photograph of a mural titled "Working Cartoon." The plaque under the mural reads: "One Half Size WORKING CARTOON. Mural to be installed in the Woodhill Homes by the Ohio WPA Art Program for the Cleveland Housing Authority. Artist Leroy Flint The mural depicts working men and women at home, working at factories, and farming. Leroy Flint was born in 1909 in Ashtubula, Ohio and died in Akron, Ohio in 1991. He was educated at the Cleveland School of Art and was known for abstract genre, figures and printmaking. Posing in the photograph is artist Louis Grebenak. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_007_001
Subjects: Mural painting and decoration--Ohio--Cleveland; Federal Art Project; Mural painting and decoration--United States; Murals--1930-1950; Cartoons; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A WPA art project in Urbana, Ohio depicting World War I era soldiers marching away from a large skull on the horizon. The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration. On April 8, 1935, the United States Congress passed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, which was hoped would allow Americans to cope with the Great Depression. Creation of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was the most important accomplishment of this Act. This government office hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects. During its existence, the WPA constructed more than 600,000 miles of roads and built or repaired more than 124,000 bridges, 125,000 public buildings, 8,000 parks, and 850 airport runways. The WPA also included programs to support education and the arts, providing employment opportunities for out of work educators and artists of all varieties. Although the United States Congress reduced funding for the program in 1939, the WPA remained in operation until June 30, 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_019_001
Subjects: Murals--1930-1950; Mural painting and decoration--Ohio--Urbana; War propaganda--United States; Federal Art Project; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles Sallee was the artist of the Outhwaite Homes Mural Cartoon. He was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1911, the eldest of fourteen children. All his life, he only wanted to be an artist. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_024_001
Subjects: Ohio; Mural painting and decoration--United States.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A mural in a radio room by Louis Grabenah. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_006_001
Subjects: Ohio; Mural painting and decoration--United States.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A photograph of the mural painted by William Krusoe for Lincoln Junior High School in Cleveland, Ohio. The mural was titled "Spirit of Education" and was painted in 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_005_001
Subjects: Education; Lincoln High School (Cleveland, Ohio); Mural painting and decoration--United States.; Murals--1930-1950; Cleveland (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a man painting a large outdoor mural featuring the Statue of Liberty, taken by Roger Graham of Barberton, Ohio. The image was the first prize winner in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B01_10
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Mural painting and decoration; Public art; Artists--Ohio; African American Ohioans
Places: Barberton (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated May 4, 1936, this photograph shows Federal Art Project (FAP) artists painting murals in a classroom in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. The Federal Art Project was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration. 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_B03F14_001_1
Subjects: Mural painting and decoration--Ohio; Education; Federal Art Project; Works Progress Administration
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Artist Emerson Burkhart painting a mural at OSU in Stillman Hall. There are 10 murals on the fourth floor. They were originally painted for the Social Work Library in 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06892
Subjects: Ohio State University--Pictorial works; Mural painting and decoration; mural paintings (visual works)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Portage Hotel - Akron. Photograph of rubber mural in "Rubber room" representing the transfer of seedlings from Brazil to the East Indies. At left, a cotton plantation in center and Charles Goodyear's experiment in vulcanization at right. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_008_001
Subjects: Akron (Ohio); Mural painting and decoration--United States.
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: A mural of a train station in the center of a town photographed for the Ohio WPA Art Program. The artist is unknown. The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration. On April 8, 1935, the United States Congress passed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, which was hoped would allow Americans to cope with the Great Depression. Creation of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was the most important accomplishment of this Act. This government office hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects. During its existence, the WPA constructed more than 600,000 miles of roads and built or repaired more than 124,000 bridges, 125,000 public buildings, 8,000 parks, and 850 airport runways. The WPA also included programs to support education and the arts, providing employment opportunities for out of work educators and artists of all varieties. Although the United States Congress reduced funding for the program in 1939, the WPA remained in operation until June 30, 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_009_001
Subjects: Murals--1930-1950; Mural painting and decoration--Ohio; War propaganda--United States; Federal Art Project; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows an Art Deco mural, painted by an unknown artist, in the "Rubber Room" at the Portage Hotel in Akron, Ohio. The mural depicts the manufacture of mechanical goods. The photograph's caption reads "... All lighting of murals is indirect from light troughs overhead which adds to the striking effect of the picture." 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_B12F09_011_001
Subjects: Mural painting and decoration--Ohio--Akron; Hotels--Ohio--Akron--Decoration; Art deco--United States--History--20th century.; Rubber industry
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This mural shows a man in a bowler hat standing in front of Cleveland city buildings. You can see factories, office buildings and a bridge, with the Terminal Tower in the distance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_023_001
Subjects: Ohio; Mural painting and decoration--United States.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)