Description: This photograph shows a locomotive engine that ran on the Big Four Railroad, with a note on the reverse which reads "BIG FOUR ENGINE #7514 S. Pruegfred[?]." The Big Four Railroad was also referred to as the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway. On June 30, 1889, the consolidation of three major railway companies which serviced the American Midwest, formed the Big Four Railroad. In 1890, the Big Four Railway absorbed the Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway. In 1906, the New York Central Railroad acquired the Big Four, and in the 1960s the Penn Central railroad absorbed Big Four's rail lines. This 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 the Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F07_004_001
Subjects: Locomotives--Ohio; Trains--History; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Passenger trains; Engines; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "LEAVING SPRINGFIELD Big Four Station Don't use note car' blockal but' for wartime" This is a photo of a train at the train station in Springfield, Ohio. The station was demolished to make room for the Spring Street bridge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F07_006_001
Subjects: Engines, Train; Passenger trains
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "Shriner parade (1898) crossing viaduct at Union Station" Constructed between 1895 and 1899, Union Station was actually the third train station built in Columbus. It was located at the corner of High and East Naghten. As automobile use increased throughout the course of the 1900s, the popularity of Union Station dwindled. This led to its demolition in 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04_001_1
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)--Aerial views; Columbus (Ohio)--Maps, Pictorial; Passenger trains;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)