Description: This photograph shows Adelaid Dybell pointing to an oil painting of mortar and pestles in Cleveland, Ohio, likely teaching, as part of the Federal Art Project. Through the Federal Art Project (FAP), part of the Works Progress Administration, many artists were put to work teaching art classes and providing services. The FAP employed more than 5, 000 artists who created 225, 000 works of art for the American people. Many famous artists got their start working on the WPA, including Will Barnet, Adolph Gottlieb, Archibald Motley, David Park, and Jackson Pollock. 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_B12F09_040_001
Subjects: Art--Study and teaching; Paintings; Art schools; Federal Art Project; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Flutter board - 'Learn to swim' campaign. Navarre Pool." This photograph depicts a "Learn to Swim Campaign" swimming instructor teaching four children how to use flutter boards at Navarre Pool in Navarre, Ohio. The children are surrounding the practicing student and the instructor stands to the right in the white hat. These "Learn to Swim Campaign" was a part of the Works Progress Administration, a project that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F03_0016_001
Subjects: Swimming pools; Swimming; Lifeguards; Swimming for children--Safety measures--Study and teaching; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Navarre (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "ART PROJECT Panel depicting undersea life, one of a series of six representing various stages of organic evolution, painted in the spring of 1936 by The W.P.A. Project of Dayton, Ohio. These panels, 36"x30" and executed in oils will be framed by a class in Manual Training and presented to the schools in the fall of 1936." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_055_001
Subjects: Artists--Ohio; Paintings; Fish; Art--Study and teaching
 

Description: Reverse reads: "PORTSMOUTH - Domestic Science Class of Sciotoville School, one of the basement rooms modernized by the W.P.A." This is a photograph of several students in a science class at Sciotoville School in Portsmouth, Ohio. Sciotoville School was built by the WPA in 1937-38. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_004_001
Subjects: Classrooms; Domestic science; Sciotoville (Portsmouth, Ohio); Schools--Ohio; Students; Teachers; Science--Study and teaching; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: The handwritten note on the back reads: "Trumbull Co. Brookfield Leap[?] School." This is a photo of a home economics class most likely in Brookfield Township School in Trumbull County, Ohio. There are several girls standing around tables in aprons preparing recipes for class. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_031_001
Subjects: Hershey Chocolate Company; Home economics--Ohio--1930-1940; Education; Trumbull County (Ohio)--History; Girls--Study and teaching; Classrooms; Students; Cooking; High Schools--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: An ink sketch of the maternal grandfather of Mary-Ann Burkhart, by Columbus artist Emerson Burkhart. Burkhart (1905-1969) was born in Union Township, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1927, he moved to the East Coast and studied art under the direction of Charles Hawthorne. He returned to Ohio in 1931 to teach at the Ohio School of Art in Columbus. He painted over 3,000 pieces during his career, many of which were portraits of Ohio residents. In addition to painting local street scenes and rural landscapes, he is also known for numerous self-portraits. During the Great Depression, thanks to the funding provided by the WPA Federal Art Project, he executed a number of murals. Several can still be found at Stillman Hall on the Ohio State University campus, and one is located at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He was married to Mary Ann Burkhart, née Martin (1918-1955), a famous New York art model who became an artist herself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H82824_1
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Painters--Ohio; Burkhart, Emerson (1905-1969); Art--Study and teaching
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A black and white linoleum block print depicting men working together, by Columbus artist Emerson Burkhart. Burkhart (1905-1969) was born in Union Township, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1927, he moved to the East Coast and studied art under the direction of Charles Hawthorne. He returned to Ohio in 1931 to teach at the Ohio School of Art in Columbus. He painted over 3,000 pieces during his career, many of which were portraits of Ohio residents. In addition to painting local street scenes and rural landscapes, he is also known for numerous self-portraits. During the Great Depression, thanks to the funding provided by the WPA Federal Art Project, he executed a number of murals. Several can still be found at Stillman Hall on the Ohio State University campus, and one is located at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He was married to Mary Ann Burkhart, née Martin (1918-1955), a famous New York art model who became an artist herself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H82892
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Painters--Ohio; Burkhart, Emerson (1905-1969); Art--Study and teaching
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A linoleum block print depicting a war scene with soldiers in the foreground and houses on fire in the background, by Columbus artist Emerson Burkhart. Burkhart (1905-1969) was born in Union Township, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1927, he moved to the East Coast and studied art under the direction of Charles Hawthorne. He returned to Ohio in 1931 to teach at the Ohio School of Art in Columbus. He painted over 3,000 pieces during his career, many of which were portraits of Ohio residents. In addition to painting local street scenes and rural landscapes, he is also known for numerous self-portraits. During the Great Depression, thanks to the funding provided by the WPA Federal Art Project, he executed a number of murals. Several can still be found at Stillman Hall on the Ohio State University campus, and one is located at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He was married to Mary Ann Burkhart, née Martin (1918-1955), a famous New York art model who became an artist herself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H82825
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Painters--Ohio; Burkhart, Emerson (1905-1969); Art--Study and teaching
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two black and white linoleum block prints, one depicting two women, the other a group of military men, by Columbus artist Emerson Burkhart. Burkhart (1905-1969) was born in Union Township, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1927, he moved to the East Coast and studied art under the direction of Charles Hawthorne. He returned to Ohio in 1931 to teach at the Ohio School of Art in Columbus. He painted over 3,000 pieces during his career, many of which were portraits of Ohio residents. In addition to painting local street scenes and rural landscapes, he is also known for numerous self-portraits. During the Great Depression, thanks to the funding provided by the WPA Federal Art Project, he executed a number of murals. Several can still be found at Stillman Hall on the Ohio State University campus, and one is located at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He was married to Mary Ann Burkhart, née Martin (1918-1955), a famous New York art model who became an artist herself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H82826
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Painters--Ohio; Burkhart, Emerson (1905-1969); Art--Study and teaching
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two black and white linoleum block prints depicting military men by Columbus artist Emerson Burkhart. Burkhart (1905-1969) was born in Union Township, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1927, he moved to the East Coast and studied art under the direction of Charles Hawthorne. He returned to Ohio in 1931 to teach at the Ohio School of Art in Columbus. He painted over 3,000 pieces during his career, many of which were portraits of Ohio residents. In addition to painting local street scenes and rural landscapes, he is also known for numerous self-portraits. During the Great Depression, thanks to the funding provided by the WPA Federal Art Project, he executed a number of murals. Several can still be found at Stillman Hall on the Ohio State University campus, and one is located at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He was married to Mary Ann Burkhart, née Martin (1918-1955), a famous New York art model who became an artist herself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H82826_2
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Painters--Ohio; Burkhart, Emerson (1905-1969); Art--Study and teaching
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A black and white linoleum block print titled "African Americans - 2 Women & 1 Man." It shows three figures including a man in a hat and two women at his sides, with houses in the background. It is a piece by Columbus artist Emerson Burkhart. Burkhart (1905-1969) was born in Union Township, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1927, he moved to the East Coast and studied art under the direction of Charles Hawthorne. He returned to Ohio in 1931 to teach at the Ohio School of Art in Columbus. He painted over 3,000 pieces during his career, many of which were portraits of Ohio residents. In addition to painting local street scenes and rural landscapes, he is also known for numerous self-portraits. During the Great Depression, thanks to the funding provided by the WPA Federal Art Project, he executed a number of murals. Several can still be found at Stillman Hall on the Ohio State University campus, and one is located at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He was married to Mary Ann Burkhart, née Martin (1918-1955), a famous New York art model who became an artist herself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H39816
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Painters--Ohio; Burkhart, Emerson (1905-1969); Art--Study and teaching
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two black and white linoleum block prints depicting men working together by Columbus artist Emerson Burkhart. Burkhart (1905-1969) was born in Union Township, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1927, he moved to the East Coast and studied art under the direction of Charles Hawthorne. He returned to Ohio in 1931 to teach at the Ohio School of Art in Columbus. He painted over 3,000 pieces during his career, many of which were portraits of Ohio residents. In addition to painting local street scenes and rural landscapes, he is also known for numerous self-portraits. During the Great Depression, thanks to the funding provided by the WPA Federal Art Project, he executed a number of murals. Several can still be found at Stillman Hall on the Ohio State University campus, and one is located at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He was married to Mary Ann Burkhart, née Martin (1918-1955), a famous New York art model who became an artist herself. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H82887_2
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Painters--Ohio; Burkhart, Emerson (1905-1969); Art--Study and teaching
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)