Description: A view of High and Rich Streets in Columbus. The photograph shows cars parked along the street in both directions and the street car tracks in the center, with street cars going in both direction. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06762
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Streets--Ohio; Transportation
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Two men and a dog stand alongside what appears to be the southeast corner of City Park Avenue and Lansing Street in Columbus, Ohio. This photograph was taken in Columbus's German Village neighborhood. Located in the south end of Columbus, German Village is an historic neighborhood largely settled by German immigrants, who at one time comprised a third of the city's population. The area is characterized by small, closely-built homes, and residential streets interspersed with small commercial buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC0866_001
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; City and town life; Streets--Ohio--Columbus; German Americans;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken near the intersection of Benton, Hamer and Back Streets in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, this photograph shows a group of children playing on the sidewalk and a man pushing a cart. A note on the photograph's reverse incorrectly identifies it as "Bigelow St. Mt. Auburn." Germans fleeing the upheaval of the revolutions of 1848 settled in Cincinnati in large numbers. By mid-century, a German area north and east of Central Parkway, centered on Vine Street, had become known as Over-the-Rhine. By the 1890s its high concentration of breweries and bars made it the entertainment center of the city; though the neighborhood never recovered from Prohibition, it retains the greatest density of Italianate architecture in the United States. The area was a poor and working-class neighborhood for much of the 20th century, and in the 21st century it continued to endure alternate periods of investment and disinvestment. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F10_021_001
Subjects: Streets; Children; Apartments; Daily life; Automobiles; Over-the-Rhine (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustrated postcard depicts an elevated view looking west on Broad Street from Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Broad Street is tree-lined, with 1940s cars lining it and the side streets near the bottom of the image. The buildings are shaded in tones of green, gray, brown, and yellow. The LeVeque Tower can be seen in the distance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05188
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Columbus (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Capitol Square District (Columbus, Ohio)--Pictorial works; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Leveque Tower (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Cinci., O., Sept 1937. Negro Colony, Mt. Auburn, Dorchester St. Cincinnati streets." This photograph shows a portion of Dorchester Street, which was occupied by the African-American community, in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_03_01
Subjects: Central business district; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Streets--Cincinnati (Ohio); Streets--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "View of Laurel Homes. Corner of Linn and Armory, Cincinnati, Ohio. June 8, 1941." On the left side are some of the four story buildings which are part of Laurel Homes. Lewings Sick Room Supplies is visible on the corner opposite. Laurel Homes was one of two Federal Housing Projects in Cincinnati's West End. Completed in 1938 and costing nearly eight million dollars, the 29 building units are made of buff brick cover a 15 block area and have 1303 apartments. Rent cost anywhere from $12.50 to $26.50 with heat and electricity included. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_08_01
Subjects: Central business district; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Streets--Cincinnati (Ohio); Streets--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Cincinnati streets." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_10_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Streets--Cincinnati (Ohio); Buildings--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Cincinnati streets." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_12_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Streets--Cincinnati (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Automobiles
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph was taken from the northeast corner of Broad and High Streets in Columbus, 1921. The Neil House Hotel and the Huntington Bank "castle" are visible facing High Street along with other Columbus businesses. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03255
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Huntington National Bank of Columbus; Businesses
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows 5th and Vine Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dow's Drugstore is on the right, owned by Cora Dow Goode, who took over her father's (Edwin B. Dow) business. She was only the second woman to graduate from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy and opened several drug stores in the Cincinnati area, and eventually established the Dow Drug Company. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collection 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_B04F02_18_01
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Cincinnati; Central Business Districts; Dow Drug Co.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Elevated view of East Broad Street with the Ohio Statehouse, taken from the intersection of Broad and High Streets in Columbus, Ohio. The postcard was mailed on July 6, 1918, by a soldier stationed at Camp Sherman in Chillicothe, Ohio, during World War I. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05189
Subjects: Ohio--Capital and capitol; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Columbus (Ohio); Streets--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated August 26, 1939, this photograph shows Central Street Market in downtown Columbus, Ohio, looking north on 4th Street, just south of Rich Street. 145 East Rich Street, on the southwest corner of East 4th Street remains (as of 2017), but most of the other buildings have been demolished to make way for more parking in the downtown area. Signs for "Dick Fish and Oysters," "Frosh Furniture," and "Trade-In Store" can be seen. The city’s Central Market was built between 1849 and 1850 at Town and Fourth Streets to serve as a municipal building as well as an economic market, and was soon joined by a West Market, on South Gift Street, and an East market, at the intersection of Mt. Vernon and Miami Avenues. The North market, constructed at Spruce and High Streets on the city’s north side, was constructed in 1876. Historically, city ordinances and a city-employed Market Master established and enforced rules governing fees, location of stands, and other standards. By the mid 20th century, changing demographics and shopping preferences, coupled with a series of fires left Columbus with only one public market, the North Market, which after a 1947 fire was housed in a Quonset hut erected by the Merchant’s Association. The twin rooftops of the Old Post Office, located at 100 South 3rd Street, can just be seen in the distance. Bricker & Eckler, Attorney's at Law, have been in the building since 1986. 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_B08F02_001_001
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Markets--Ohio--Columbus; Storefronts; Daily Life
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)