Description: A photograph of a home in Muskingum County, Ohio. The photograph shows a boy walking in front of the home and a tree lined street to the right. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_010
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken on April 23, 1935, this photograph shows abandoned buildings on the Barriaklow Heris Farm in Blue Rock Township, in Muskingum County, Ohio. 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_B06F02_029_1
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Abandoned buildings--Pictorial works; Agriculture; Rural life; Farming; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Blue Rock Township (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: The S-Bridge and Ohio Historical Marker for the S-Bridge in Muskingum County. It is like many others on the National Road. The historical marker reads "Coaches, Conestoga wagons, herds of livestock, pioneers on foot or horseback, peddlers, soldiers, beggars - these and many have crossed this bridge on the National Road since 1830. Like many others on the road, the bridge was built with well-cut stone and good mortar in the shape of an "S" because it was easier to erect than one thrown straight across an oblique stream." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06877
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Muskingum County (Ohio); New Concord (Ohio)
Places: New Concord (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Presbyterian Manse." A manse is a house provided by a church, usually Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or United Church, for the minister and his family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_009_001
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Presbyterian;
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Hazlitt Home". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_008
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph along the Muskingum River at McConnelsville, Ohio taken from an elevation. Alongside the river farm houses and farmland can be seen in the distance. The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio. Via the Ohio, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. McConnelsville is a village in Morgan County, Ohio, United States. It is the county seat of Morgan County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_019_001
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio)--1930-1950; Morgan County (Ohio)--History; McConnelsville (Ohio)
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows three men fishing from the river bank under the Y-Bridge, which spans the confluence of the Muskingum and Licking Rivers in Zanesville, Ohio. 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_B01F18_005
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Muskingum River (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio; Roads--Ohio; Fishing
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Farm Implements barn at the Ohio State Fair in Zanesville, Ohio, September 21, 1859. Photographer J. Tresize was commissioned by the Fairs Fine Arts Committee to document the fair. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00711
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the grandstand at the Ohio State Fair in Zanesville, Ohio, September 21, 1859. Photographer J. Tresize was commissioned by the Fairs Fine Arts Committee to document the fair. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00712
Subjects: Muskingum County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo of Howard Chandler Christy’s childhood home in Duncan Falls, Ohio. Howard Chandler Christy was a prominent American artist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Christy was famous for his war-time poster artwork, and he also acted as a historic muralist, portrait painter, and New York City social figure. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_004_001
Subjects: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952; Artists--Ohio; Muskingum County (Ohio); Historic homes
Places: Duncan Falls (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo of “The Barracks,” a home built by Howard Chandler Christy on his family farm. In 1908, Christy returned to his home and built a studio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_005_001
Subjects: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952; Artists--Ohio; Muskingum County (Ohio)--History
Places: Duncan Falls (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 1882 photograph shows a work crew posing at a bridge in Lowell, Ohio, across the Muskingum River. The crew rebuilt the covered bridge, which had been damaged in a recent windstorm. Constructed by a Marietta firm called Hall, Becker and Bailey, the bridge was eventually washed out by floodwaters two years later. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F01_001
Subjects: Covered bridges--Ohio; Muskingum River (Ohio); Laborers; Transportation--Ohio--History;
Places: Lowell (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio);