Description: Original description reads: "Detroit-Superior high level bridge." Opened to traffic on Thanksgiving Day 1917, the Detroit-Superior Bridge was the city's first high-level bridge over the Cuyahoga River connecting Detroit and Superior avenues. Built at a cost of $5.284 million, the bridge took 5 years to complete. The bridge was renamed Veterans Memorial in Veterans Day ceremonies on November 11, 1989 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F09_16_01
Subjects: Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Transportation--Cleveland (Ohio); Bridges--Ohio--Cleveland; Bridges--Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Ships--Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Veterans Memorial Bridge (Cleveland, Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Alfred E. Kelley (1789-1859), who was a leading figure in state politics and became the youngest member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1814. He continued in public service as the first mayor of Cleveland beginning in 1815. His support of canal construction led him to become known as the "father of the Ohio canal system." Before long he realized the limitations of canals, and became a proponent of railroads in the 1840s and 1850s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03985
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Cleveland (Ohio); Ohio--Politics and government; Mayors--Ohio
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "The Pioneer Goes Under. Freighter Pioneer going up the Cuyahoga River. Note tug ahead. District #4, Cleveland, Ohio. Project Photographer: Frank Jaffa, 1940. File Negative #210. Ident: 36-to Michigan -National 1/27/41 Picture Book. Location: Cleveland, Ohio. Capt: Freighter under Lift Bridge on the Cuyahoga River." View of a freighter and the Detroit-Superior bridge over the Cuyahoga River. The Detroit-Superior Bridge opened to traffic on Thanksgiving Day 1917. It was the city's first high-level bridge over the Cuyahoga River connecting Detroit and Superior avenues. Built at a cost of $5.284 million, the bridge took 5 years to complete. The bridge was renamed Veterans Memorial in Veterans Day ceremonies on November 11, 1989 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_16_01
Subjects: Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Transportation--Cleveland (Ohio); Bridges--Ohio--Cleveland; Bridges--Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Ships--Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Veterans Memorial Bridge (Cleveland, Ohio); National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on a very similar photograph reads: "The Pioneer Goes Under. Freighter Pioneer going up the Cuyahoga River. Note tug ahead. District #4, Cleveland, Ohio. Project Photographer: Frank Jaffa, 1940. File Negative #210. Ident: 36-to Michigan -National 1/27/41 Picture Book. Location: Cleveland, Ohio. Capt: Freighter under Lift Bridge on the Cuyahoga River." This photograph shows cargo ship "Pioneer of Wilmington, Del." on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio. Behind the boat is the Detroit - Superior High Level Bridge. The Detroit-Superior Bridge opened to traffic on Thanksgiving Day 1917. It was the city's first high-level bridge over the Cuyahoga River connecting Detroit and Superior avenues. Built at a cost of $5.284 million, the bridge took 5 years to complete. The bridge was renamed Veterans Memorial in Veterans Day ceremonies on November 11, 1989 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_37_01
Subjects: Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Transportation--Cleveland (Ohio); Bridges--Ohio--Cleveland; Bridges--Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Ships--Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Veterans Memorial Bridge (Cleveland, Ohio); National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an airplane is taking off from Cleveland Municipal Airport, with a caption which reads "Modern Plane taking off, Cleveland Airport. Ohio Picture Book. Page: 39. Picture: 48 (lower). Credit: None." The Cleveland Airport was built in 1925 and is located 8 miles southwest of Public Square at Brookpark Road and Riverside Drive. The airport, originally known as Cleveland Municipal, was renamed Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport on July 26, 1951, to commemorate the 82nd birthday of William R. Hopkins who founded it. It was shortly after World War I, that Cleveland envisioned an airport. The airport did not become possible until the federal government was convinced that the city could provide an adequate facility for U.S. Air Mail planes to stop in Cleveland on their coast-to-coast flights. It was on July 1, 1925, that the U.S. Air Mail made the first flight at the airport. Its first terminal building was constructed in 1927 and featured the world's first airport control tower. In 1929, the National Air Races held in Cleveland for the first time as part of the ceremonies dedicating Cleveland's Municipal Airport. 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_B04F11_46_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); Cleveland Municipal Airport; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Airports; Airplanes; Flight; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1890s, this photograph shows a tally-ho party on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. A tally-ho referred to a carriage or coach drawn by four horses. 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_B04F09_24_01
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles; Transportation--Ohio; Horses; Clothing and dress; Cleveland (Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Buildings at the south end of Cleveland Mall, looking east from Terminal Tower, include the Cleveland Public Library main branch and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Conceived in the 1903 Group Plan as a civic center in the City Beautiful style, a long park flanked by neoclassical government buildings, the Mall was to have been capped at its north end by the Union Terminal train station. The station's intended location shifted south and west; a rail approach from the southeast, along Ontario Avenue, was excavated and bridged in 1929. The Mall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 (#75001360). Reverse reads: "Along Lake Erie, east from Terminal Tower. Mall Group, Cleveland." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F10_29_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Rivers; Lake Erie; Postcards--Ohio--Cleveland; Cargo Ships; Boats and Boating; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Lakefront scene from river entrance Cleveland Ohio." Reverse reads: "Credit to Carl McDow; Return after using." Cleveland prospered in the late nineteenth century, profiting from nearby deposits of iron ore and coal, and built on major transportation routes such as the New York Central railway and the Ohio-Erie canal. The Great Depression decimated the city's oil and steel industries; by 1933, one-third of Cleveland's workforce was unemployed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F10_41_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Rivers; Lake Erie; Postcards--Ohio--Cleveland; Cargo Ships; Boats and Boating; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the cargo ships used to transport primarily iron ore and coal across Lake Erie, to the port of Cleveland. The ship further back is having its cargo unloaded by a specialized unloader developed for unloading ores at docks (the Hulett iron-ore unloader). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_41_01
Subjects: Ores--Transportation; Cargo ships; Industries--Ohio; Cargo Ships; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Fishing tugs at their dock, ft of Walnut St. Open bridge is Pennsylvania R.R. In far background are grain elevators and artificial gas storage tank." More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_05_01
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ships; Shipping industry; Harbors; Docks--Ohio--Cleveland; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "South of the harbor along the Cuyahoga river." The Terminal Tower looms over downtown Cleveland in the background as cargo ships make use of the Cuyahoga River in the forefront. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_32_01
Subjects: Transportation--Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structure, etc.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the C&B Steamers ship at the Steamship City dock on Lake Erie at the East 9th Street Pier. The brick building on the left has a sign which reads "Lunches[;] Soda[,] Grill[,] Candy[,] Cigars" and the C&B sign reads "C&B Steamers to Buffalo at 9 P.M.[,] C&B Line[,] Canada[,] Port Stanley[,] Friday[,] Sunday." The Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. (C&B), a popular steamship line and later a trucking firm, was established by Morris A. Bradley in 1885 and incorporated in 1892, with Bradley as president. Passenger and freight service was initiated between Cleveland and Buffalo, leaving Cleveland from the foot of St. Clair Ave, and in 1896, the "City of Buffalo" was added. The "City of Erie" replaced the "State of Ohio" in 1898, providing night service from Cleveland to Toledo. In 1914 Cedar Point and Put-in-Bay were added to the C&B route. As passenger service became increasingly popular, the luxurious "SEEANDBEE, " a costly sidewheel passenger steamer, began regular trips between Cleveland and Buffalo in 1913. At that time, the C&B and the Detroit & Cleveland (D&C) lines obtained a 50-year lease from Cleveland for property at the foot of 9th St. for $55, 000. There the two companies built the E. 9th St. Pier and a new lake terminal, dedicated in 1915; in exchange, the city built a bridge over the E. 9th St. railroad tracks, paved the E. 9th St. approach, and provided a street railway to the pier. The destruction of the steamship "City of Buffalo" by fire in 1938, along with the Depression and increasing competition from trucks and railroads, caused the bankruptcy and liquidation of Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. in 1939. Their E. 9th St. Pier was transferred to the Lederer Terminal Warehouse Co., and both the "Goodtime" and the "City of Erie" steamers were sold for salvage. 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_019_001
Subjects: Lake Erie; Steamboats; Cargo Ships; Transportation--Ohio; Cleveland (Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)