Description: The steamboat captains of the Ohio River often raced each other along stretches of the river for bragging rights as well as the coveted trophy of a pair of gold-tipped elk horns. The 'Tom Greene' was owned and operated by Captain Tom Green of The Green Line Steamer company. The 'Betsy Ann' belonged to Captain Frederick Way, Jr., close friend to Tom Greene even though the two competed for business in shipping along the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_016_001
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River; Greene Line Steamers, Inc.; Way, Frederick, 1901-1992
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The steamboat captains of the Ohio River often raced each other along stretches of the river for bragging rights as well as the coveted trophy of a pair of gold-tipped elk horns. The 'Tom Greene' was owned and operated by Captain Tom Green of The Green Line Steamer company. The 'Betsy Ann' belonged to Captain Frederick Way, Jr., close friend to Tom Greene even though the two competed for business in shipping along the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_017_001
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River; Greene Line Steamers, Inc.; Way, Frederick, 1901-1992
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Boat race between Tom Greene and Betsy Ann, Cincinnati Ohio." The steamboat captains of the Ohio River often raced each other along stretches of the river for bragging rights as well as the coveted trophy of a pair of gold-tipped elk horns. The 'Tom Greene' was owned and operated by Captain Tom Green of The Green Line Steamer company. The 'Betsy Ann' belonged to Captain Frederick Way, Jr., close friend to Tom Greene even though the two competed for business in shipping along the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_038_001
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River; Greene Line Steamers, Inc.; Way, Frederick, 1901-1992
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows cars being transported on the Ohio River on a Greene Line steamboat. Greene Line Steamboats was a steamboat line owned and operated by Captains Gordon and Mary Greene out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Gordon died in 1927, and Mary in 1944, which left the company to their two sons Christopher and Thomas. 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_B12F01_037_001
Subjects: Ohio River; Steamboats; Cars (Automobiles); Transportation--Ohio; Ohio River
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows the Cary-Bird stern-wheel paddle boat in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Cary-Bird was a steam boat from Greene Line Steamboats, a steamboat line owned and operated by Captains Gordon and Mary Greene out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Gordon died in 1927, and Mary in 1944, which left the company to their two sons Christopher and Thomas. 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_B12F01_049_001
Subjects: Ohio River; Steamboats; Cars (Automobiles); Transportation--Ohio; Ohio River
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Notes: Sinclair - Valentine Graunne(?) Green Black #03774-B. top photo: Cincinnati's public landing looking upstream. Notes: New England E. V. White 60# bottom photo: Wharf at Cincinnati (public landing) looking downstream with Roebling Suspension Bridge in the background. Cincinnati's Public Landing, located at the end of Broadway, is a granite slab extending down the bank. During the Riverboat Era Cincinnati was the largest city west of Pittsburgh. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F09_006_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Steamboats; Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1930s or 1940s, this photograph shows a Greene Line Steamboat and a towboat on the Ohio River. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "[?] a towboat on Ohio River Greene Line Steamers." Greene Line Steamers was established in 1890 by Captain Gordon C. Greene and his wife, Captain Mary Greene. Based in Cincinnati, their steamships traveled primarily on the Ohio River, transporting freight between the east and west. In the 1920's, as railroads took over most freight transport, Greene Line Steamers survived by building larger and more modern steamships, limiting their transport to shorter trade routes, and by pioneering the business of passenger pleasure cruises. The company is perhaps most notable for purchasing the 'Delta Queen' in 1946, the last original and operational sternwheeler steamboat, a U.S. National Historic Landmark. After Tom Greene, son of Gordon C. Greene, died unexpectedly in 1950, Greene Line Steamers came under hard financial times and eventually folded in 1958. 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_B12F02_024_001
Subjects: Ohio River; Barges; Steamboats; Natural resources; Transportation--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Cary-Bird, a stern-wheel paddle boat, anchored on the Ohio River. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "The Cary-Bird at Anchor on the Ohio River; Ident. - 28-to Michigan - National Picture 1/8/41 Book; Location - Ohio River; Credit - E. P. Moody; Caption - The Cary-Bird. The photo must be returned to OHIO WRITERS' PROJECT 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." 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_B12F01_005_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Launched in 1832, the Charles Carroll was a side-wheel steamboat named after Maryland statesman and Declaration of Independence signatory Charles Carroll. This illustration appears in "Cincinnati; Story of the Queen City" by Clara Longworth Comtesse de Chambrun, published 1939. This illustration 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_B12F01_041_001
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River--History; Illustrations; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Charles Carroll (Ship: 1832-1853); Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo is taken from a steamboat in the Ohio River. Seen in the background are two of the most recognizable skyscrapers in Cincinnati's skyline: 4th & Vine Tower on the left and the Carew Tower on the right. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_050_001
Subjects: Ohio River; Steamboats; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "In an Ohio River Lock Greene Line Steamer" This is a photo of a steamboat in a lock on the Ohio River. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_052_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Cary-Bird, a stern-wheel paddle boat, anchored on the Ohio River. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "A Close-Up of the Cary-Bird; Photography: E.P. Moody- Ohio River- Dist 4.- Cincinnati." 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_B12F02_013_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)