Description: Reverse reads: "Free Period -- Scott Pool." This is a photograph of Scott Pool most likely located in Toledo, Ohio. There are several children and adults in the pool posing for the camera. There is a recreation building behind them. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F11_006_001
Subjects: Swimming; Parks--Ohio; Swimming pools--Pictorial works; Pools; Sunbathing; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Butler Co., Middletown, O. Swimming pool at Verity Park. Aug. 10, 1936." This is a photograph of a swimming pool at Verity park in Middletown, Ohio. It was most likely one of 45 municipal swimming pools built by the Works Progress Administration. Middletown is located in Butler County, which is in Ohio's southwestern corner and borders Indiana on its western border. Butler County was established by the State of Ohio on March 24, 1803. Originally a part of Hamilton County, Butler County was named in honor of Richard Butler, who was killed in St. Clair's Defeat in 1791. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_018_001
Subjects: Swimming pools; Recreation; New Deal; Works Progress Administration; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Middletown (Ohio); Butler County (Oho)
 

Description: One of 45 municipal swimming pools built by the Works Progress Administration, this pool was constructed in 1936 and photographed sometime between 1937-1943. Established in 1849 by John Campbell, Ironton was placed along the Ohio River to expedite transport of the area's rich iron-ore reserves. The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad opened in 1851 and is one of the earliest rail lines to operate in the state. In 1833 the first hot blast furnace in America was built, now owned by U. S. Forest Service as Vesuvius Federal Recreation Area and Lake. Until 1890 Ironton was among the predominant producers of iron in the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_001_001
Subjects: Swimming; Pools; Recreation; Works Progress Administration
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Projects #16-31-151-194-296 and 356. Shelterhouse and swimming pools built at a total cost of $30,606.11, of which amount W.P.A. contributed $18,707.11. The project started August, 1935 and was completed June 19, 1936. District #16. Norwood, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F09_002_1
Subjects: Swimming pools; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of two young women in one of the 45 municipal swimming pools built by the Works Progress Administration View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_004_001
Subjects: Swimming pools; Recreation; New Deal; Works Progress Administration
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "'A' dormitory swimming pool. Chillicothe, US Reformatory." The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. Construction of the new reformatory began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_002_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Swimming Pools; Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The sandy "beach" area at Olentangy Park Pool, Columbus, Ohio. Olentangy Park was an amusement park that opened in 1893 by Robert M. Turner, originally called The Villa. It was bought in 1896 by the Columbus Street and Railroad Company, and then again by the Dusenbury brothers in 1899. The brothers constructed a theater, a merry-go-round, and other rides like Loop-the-Loop roller coaster. The property was sold again in 1926 to the Olentangy Amusement Company, then to Leo and Elmer Haenlein in 1929. At this point a zoo and a ballroom were added to the park. Olentangy Park closed in 1937 after being purchased by the L. L. Leveque Company. The Gooding Amusement Company bought the Ferris wheel, airplane ride, rifle range, and the carousel, which is now located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The park was located along the banks of the Olentangy River on land which, as of 2014, was owned by the Olentangy Village Apartments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07726
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks; Pools;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ohio State 15-57-1406 Swimming Pool at Linden Center Federal #10884 Aug. 1936 Dayton Ohio Envelope -- A-1 Photo no - 4" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F10_024_001
Subjects: Swimming pools; Children
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Showing construction of Swimming Pool at Miamsburg, Ohio. 1936." Embossed on the bottom corner is "Sam R. Kremer Photographer Dayton, O." This is most likely the swimming pool that was located at the Miamisburg Community Park, located at 550 First Avenue, which was closed in 1996. The renovations completed in 2001 did not include a new swimming pool. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F04_017_001
Subjects: Swimming pools
Places: Miamisburg (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Y.W.C.A. girls at an Akron Swimming resort" The first Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) chapter was founded in 1872 in New York City. At the time, it was named the U.S., Ladies Christian Association. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F11_016_001
Subjects: Y.W.C.A.; Swimming pools
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Yankee Road Swimming pool and Foundation for filter house, Yankee Road at Taylor St." Middletown is located in Butler County, which is in Ohio's southwestern corner and borders Indiana on its western border. Butler County was established by the State of Ohio on March 24, 1803. Originally a part of Hamilton County, Butler County was named in honor of Richard Butler, who was killed in St. Clair’s Defeat in 1791. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F03_011_1
Subjects: Swimming pools--Pictorial works; Butler County (Ohio)
Places: Middletown (Ohio); Butler County (Oho)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Sand Yard? School Swimming Pool." This is a photograph of several youth laying in the sand at a public pool in Ohio. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_028_001
Subjects: Pools; Sunbathing; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Ohio