Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows the Stock Township School, completed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers two years before this photograph was taken. 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_B09F15_002_1
Subjects: School buildings--Ohio; Education; Works Progress Administration
Places: Stock Township (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio)
 

Description: A stock certificate issued to Alden B. Gooding from Orange Co-operative Creamery Co., Lewis Center, Ohio. The certificate's text and graphics (black and gray) are printed on a light-green field. The certificate is signed and dated June 30, 1892. Gooding bought two shares worth $100 each. Signatories are Frank Kenyon, president, and A.J. Havens, secretary. An attached memo form lists the certificate number as 12. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05779
Subjects: Creameries; Stock certificates--1890-1900; Orange Township (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lewis Center (Ohio); Orange Township (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1890s, this is an advertisement for G. W. Kumler's store, located at the corner of Main and Market Streets in Basil, Ohio, which is now part of the village of Baltimore, Ohio. The store sold clothing, shoes, dry goods, hardware, and carpets. In addition to operating this general merchandise store for 37 years, George W. Kumler (1845-1916) is credited as being principal of Basil's first independent school from 1871-1875, and serving as township clerk, township treasurer, and district school director. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1837
Subjects: Advertisements; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Clothing and dress; Dress accessories; Shoes
Places: Basil (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)