Description: A photo taken while workmen moved a dry-root tree. Trees were donated by one of the foremen, Mr. Kessler. Sixty trees, ranging from 3" to 5" in diameter, were moved to the property by December 1, 1934. Work started on the project on November 13, 1934. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 34, Planting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_nov34_b11_18
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Planting; Trees; Tree planting
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows two Civilian Conservation Corps members removing a tree stump during camp clean up at Camp Butler in Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio. A caption accompanying the photograph reads "Camp Butler - S.C.S. 6 - Co. 3533. Hamilton, Ohio. Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) boys sawing tree stump during camp clean up. Photo by Federal Writers' Project. Office copy." The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_047_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Saws; Stump removal (Tree stumps); New Deal; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Contour plowing for spring tree planting in Reilly Township, Butler County." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_022_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Tree planting--United States; Farm life
Places: Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "In the Spring They Come to Buy Our Sugar (Geauga County near Chardon, Ohio) District 4, Cleveland, Ohio Photographer E.P. Moody March, 1941" This is a photo of three men and a boy taking sap from a tree near Chardon, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F08_016_001
Subjects: Tree trunks; Cars
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Workmen unload a tree to be planted adjacent to the parking area. This photo was taken as part of Project No. 34, Planting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_sep34_b9_08
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939, Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Planting; Tree planting
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tree with an ear. The Works Progress Administration WPA was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_006
Subjects: Nature; Tree; Natural wonder
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A photograph of a workman standing by a truck with trees ready for planting. Trees were donated by one of the foreman, Mr. Kessler, whose property adjoined the park and was located a short distance away. About 1000 native trees from 2" to 8" in diameter were obtained. A greater percentage being smaller trees. Trees transplanted were chosen from a similar growing location to the one to which the tree was to be moved. The photo was part of Project No. 34, Planting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_feb35_b35_56
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Planting; Tree planting
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Norway Spruce," a plate from "The Specimen Book of Fruits, Flowers, and Ornamental Trees Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature for the Use of Nurserymen," by Frank Morse. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04830
Subjects: Gardening; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Tree planting--United States; Trees
Places: Rochester (New York)
 

Description: A photo of workmen planting elms in the meadow area along the county road. This photo was taken as part of Project No. 34, Planting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_nov34_b11_16
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Planting; Tree planting; Elm
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts the planting of trees by elementary students. The planting process was likely a late celebration of Arbor Day. Arbor Day is a United States holiday dedicated to the planting of trees on a national scale, education on the importance of trees, and education on how to plant trees. The holiday is celebrated the last Friday in April in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B01_00010_30
Subjects: Tree planting; Arbor Day; Students--Ohio; Children
Places: Ohio;
 

Description: This image depicts the planting of trees by elementary students. The planting process was likely a late celebration of Arbor Day. Arbor Day is a United States holiday dedicated to the planting of trees on a national scale, education on the importance of trees, and education on how to plant trees. The holiday is celebrated the last Friday in April in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B01_00010_28
Subjects: Tree planting; Arbor Day; Students--Ohio; Children
Places: Ohio;
 

Description: This image depicts the planting of trees by elementary students. The planting process was likely a late celebration of Arbor Day. Arbor Day is a United States holiday dedicated to the planting of trees on a national scale, education on the importance of trees, and education on how to plant trees. The holiday is celebrated the last Friday in April in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B01_00010_29
Subjects: Tree planting; Arbor Day; Students--Ohio; Children
Places: Ohio;