Description: This 1969 photograph shows a group of women workers at the Leisure Group factory in Medina, Ohio, posing with Flexible Flyer sleds. The Flexible Flyer, a wooden sled with steel runners and steering capability, was patented by Samuel Leeds Allen in 1889, but became much more popular beginning in the 1910s. The Leisure Group purchased Allen's company in the 1960s, and production was moved to Medina, Ohio, for several years before the toy division was purchased and production moved out of state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3267_5916617_001
Subjects: Ohio Women; Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Sleds; Outdoor recreation
Places: Medina (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
 

Description: Colored lithographic print titled “American Winter Scenes--Evening,” by Currier & Ives, showing couples in sleighs arriving to a party at a large home by a lake. During the mid to late nineteenth century, the Currier & Ives printing firm was a well-known producer of lithographic prints. Common subjects matter included historical events such as the Civil and Revolutionary Wars, the North American landscape, rural life in the United States and wildlife. Nathaniel Currier began his career in the printing business as an apprentice at a Boston printing firm in 1828, and opened his own printing firm in New York in 1835. James Ives joined the firm in 1852 as a bookkeeper, and was soon made a partner in 1857. They sold prints from their own New York shop and also distributed them through peddlers and country stores across the United States. Currier and Ives were both succeeded in the printing business by their sons, Edward West Currier and Chauncey Ives. Both sons eventually sold their interest in the firm, and in 1907 the last owner, Daniel W. Logan, closed the business and sold the printing equipment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV25_2_2_001
Subjects: Art, American--Ohio; Prints and printmaking; Winter; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Sleds;
Places: New York (New York);
 

Description: Photograph of a father and daughter riding a sled, taken by Tom Mahl of Elyria, Ohio. The image was one of ten to win Honorable Mention 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_16
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Winter; Families; Sleds; Outdoor recreation
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)