Description: Photograph of two men sitting at a table enjoying some down time. One man at the center of the picture is smoking a cigarette and reading what appears to be a magazine about horses. The other man to the left of the picture is playing some kind of solo card game. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_011_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Sports and leisure; Books and reading; Laborers
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated August 5, 1936, this photograph shows boys participating in a potato race in a field during the Centennial Celebration in West Alexandria, Ohio. West Alexandria, a village located in Preble County near its border with Montgomery County, was incorporated in 1836. 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_B12F12_017_001
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Sports and leisure; Games; Boys; Rural life
Places: West Alexandria (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Kite festival photographed by the Works Progress Administration View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_021_001
Subjects: Recreation; Sports and leisure; Festivals;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "Backyard in Haydenville, Hocking County, Ohio." Photograph looking across a row of backyards without fencing. Four girls are seen playing in the foreground. In the background another girl rides a bicycle, while a toddler, an older boy and an older girl play. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_026_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Recreation; Children; Sports and leisure; Daily life
Places: Haydenville (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of several women, members of the Clinton League, preparing to play "Walk the Chalk" at the group's "June Frolic," held at the North Broadway home of Mrs. W.W. Daniel in June 1927. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_184
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Picnics; Sports and leisure
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of members of the Clinton League playing "Blind Man's Buff" at the group's "June Frolic," held at the North Broadway home of Mrs. W.W. Daniel in June 1927. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_185
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Picnics; Sports and leisure
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of several women, members of the Clinton League, playing "Walk the Chalk" at the group's "June Frolic," held at the North Broadway home of Mrs. W.W. Daniel in June 1927. One woman is identified as Grace Whitaker. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_186
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Picnics; Sports and leisure
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Blurry photograph of members of the Clinton League during the group's "June Frolic," held at the North Broadway home of Mrs. W.W. Daniel in June 1927. A caption reads, "Dignified ladies in long skirts cut many capers." This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_187
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Picnics; Sports and leisure
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of members of the Clinton League during the group's "June Frolic," held at the North Broadway home of Mrs. W.W. Daniel in June 1927. A caption reads, "Dignified ladies in long skirts cut many capers." This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_188
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Picnics; Sports and leisure
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait of a boy posed with a baseball bat and uniform was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. He is identified on the negative as "Hess kid" and was likely from Cairo, West Virginia. Like most of Ewing's work, the photograph was taken in the region of southeastern Ohio and central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B24_F2049
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Sports and leisure; Baseball; Children
Places: Cairo (West Virginia);
 

Description: A group of runners run down North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, with Dick Gregory (at center) in this photograph from the Columbus Free Press Association. Several of the men wear t-shirts that read "Dick Gregory's Food Run," showing a runner against a background of a map of the United States and an overflowing cornucopia. Dick Gregory was an African American comedian and civil rights activist with interest in a number of causes. In the summer of 1976, he completed a cross-country run to raise awareness of world hunger. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B02F09_03
Subjects: Athletes; Running; Sports and leisure; Activists; Social issues;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Plaque nearby reads, "Erected June 1904 by the people of Springfield to the memory of John and David L. Snyder who gave and amply endowed Snyder Park." The Ohio Guide describes Snyder Park as "a 225-acre wooded park with trails, drives, streams and lagoons for boating, facilities for tennis, golf, and horseshoe pitching, and a playground. Band concerts are presented in the park during the summer months." Photographed by the Works Progress Administration in 1940. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_004
Subjects: Works Progress Administration; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Parks
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)