Description: Young people roller-skating at Smith's Skating Rink, December 1943. George W. Smith, a well-known Columbus dancing instructor, built Smith's Dance Hall in 1903. Two seasons later, Smith opened Smith's Skating Rink. Both establishments were located at 2150 North Fourth Street in Columbus, Ohio, until they closed in 1971. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06273
Subjects: Sports; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Recreation; Teenagers; Roller skating
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Ice skating, 1937, North End Field. All recreation pictures by H.W. Birrell." This is a photograph of several people ice skating at North End Park in Steubenville, Ohio. Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River on the border of West Virginia. Today North End Park maintains a softball diamond, for use by Steubenville High School, playgrounds, and a picnic area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_039_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works; Skaters; Ice skating; Winter sports; Ice; Sports; Arts and Entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Ice skating, North End Field. Recreational Dept. Steubenville, Ohio." This is a photograph of several people ice skating at North End Park in Steubenville, Ohio. There are some neighborhoods behind the park and a large hill in the background. Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River on the border of West Virginia. Today North End Park maintains a softball diamond, for use by Steubenville High School, playgrounds, and a picnic area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_041_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works; Skaters; Ice skating; Winter sports; Ice; Sports; Arts and Entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Ice skating, Belle View Park. Recreational Dept. Steubenville, Ohio." This is a photograph of several people ice skating at Belleview Park in Steubenville, Ohio. The park is surrounded by fencing and there are a couple houses in the background. Today Belleview Park is Steubenville's main city park, where the local little league holds all of their games. The park is also home to the public swimming pool, tennis courts, and picnic areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_042_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works; Skaters; Ice skating; Winter sports; Ice; Sports; Arts and Entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Skating at Tuscora Park, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Credit Wesley Green, Photographer. Nellie Kaltenbaugh, Writers' Project, New Phila." This photograph shows a group of children and young adults wearing ice skates and posing on a frozen pond. The boy at the far right is on a bicycle. A very small copy of this photograph was glued to the bottom right corner but has fallen off. Tuscora Park is located at 161 Tuscora Avenue NW, just off Interstate 77. The park has three swimming pools, tennis courts, amusement rides, miniature golf, as well as evening band concerts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F14_004_1
Subjects: Parks; Ice skating; Winter sports; Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--Social life and customs;
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women roller skating. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F09_001
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Recreation; Roller skating
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women roller skating. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F09_002
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Recreation; Roller skating
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1965, this photograph shows inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women roller skating. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1679AV_B01_F09_003
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Recreation; Roller skating
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Ice skating on Brookside Pond, Ashland, Ohio." Brookside Park was constructed in 1917 as a result of fundraising by local jeweler Frank Downs and his pastor Rev. A. B. Robertson of the Christian church. The city of Ashland purchased the former Knapp Quarry for $450 and converted the old stone quarry into a duck pond area. Located off of Brookside Drive and Lindale Avenue, the park included the quarry area and surrounding six acres of land. Brookside Park expanded in later years, with the addition of a swimming pool, the Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, tennis courts, shelter houses, shuffleboard, and horseshoes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F13_011_001
Subjects: Skaters; Ice skating; Winter sports; Ice; Sports; Arts and Entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a group of ice skaters having fun on Lake Erie. Though a scene similar to this could be found in countless places in Ohio during the winter, this was most likely in the area of Sandusky Bay and the Lake Erie Islands, as it was grouped with other photographs from that area. Neuman Boat Dock offers the best vantage point for viewing the water front and Sandusky Bay. It was located at the foot of Columbus Avenue, in Sandusky, Ohio, and was a particularly popular place in winter, with skaters, ice sailers and fishing shanties all vying for a piece of the ice. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_048_001
Subjects: Ice skating; Winter sports; Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Sandusky Bay (Ohio)
Places: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Ice-skating in Inwood Park, Cincinnati, Ohio 1941. Courtesy of The Cincinnati Post." Inwood park, a space of almost 20 acres, is located on Vine Street about two miles from the heart of downtown in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati. The original land was once an old stone quarry and the first land acquired for the park was in 1904. The most noted feature is the lake. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F09_015_1
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio); Skating; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)