Description: Photograph of "They Came as Wadsworth’s First Settlers After the War of 1812" by F. Thornton Martin in 1938. The painting is located at the post office in Wadsworth, Ohio in Medina County. The photo is from the Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection, AV 48. The collection represents thirty murals or plaster reliefs installed in twenty-five Ohio post offices between 1937 and 1943. In 1988, Connie Girard photographed the artwork. Photos were published in the article “Not By Bread Alone, Post Office Art of the New Deal.” Timeline. June-July 1989, p. 2-19 by Gerald Markowitz and Marlene Park. In 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President he promised Americans a "New Deal" and created public works programs to provide jobs for the millions of unemployed people, including artists. Ten thousand unknown and established artists were commissioned by the government to create murals, paintings, photographs, posters, prints and sculpture. The goal was not only to employ artists, but also to bring fine art into the daily lives of all people. The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) was funded for six months in 1933 – 1934. The PWAP was succeeded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Organized in 1934 the Section of Painting and Sculpture operated until 1943. Under the auspices of this organization sixty-six new Ohio post offices received artwork. The majority of the post offices were located in small towns. Post offices were chosen as a location for artwork because, particularly in small towns, they were centers of community activity. Most of the painted murals or murals in plaster relief created are realistic images reflecting the history, common activities or major industries of the communities in which the post offices are located. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: av48_b2_f24_01
Subjects: Post office stations and branches--Ohio--Photographs; Public art--Ohio--Photographs; Public Works of Art Project (United States); New Deal art
Places: Wadsworth (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General James Samuel Wadsworth, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Livingston County, New York, Wadsworth fought at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. He was mortally wounded at the Wilderness trying to reform after his men had lost their way in the dense undergrowth. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_06
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; Wadsworth, James Samuel, 1807-1864
Places: Ohio; Livingston County (New York)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_037_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. Reverse reads: "Cincinnati City Hall Tower and Clock." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_024_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. Reverse reads: "One of four stained glass windows located on the second floor of the Cincinnati City Hall (Plum Street entrance), measuring approximately 5 x 12 ft. with the following inscription: 'Building of the first log cabins --1788' Photo by Federal Writers' Photographer, District #12, Cincinnati, Ohio. June 7, 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_020_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911; Stained glass
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cincinnati City Hall is a four and a half story building located at 801 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. It was designed by local architect Samuel Hannaford, in the Richardson Romanesque style. Construction began in August 16, 1888 can was completed in 1893, with a spectacular dedication ceremony on May 13th of that year. Construction was done by three different Cincinnati companies: David Hummel Company, stonework; M. Clements, ironwork; and F. Pedretti Sons, painting. New York based Pottier Stymus & Co. G.C. Riordan & Co. made the stained glass windows throughout the building. The large allegorical window facing Plum Street is inscribed with a line from the poem “Catawba Wine” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s, which is a reference to Cincinnati and reads “To the Queen City of the West, in her garlands dressed, On the banks of the Beautiful River”. The symbol for the city of Cincinnati, which consists of the scales of justice above a caduceus crossed by a sword below the words “Juncta Juvant” (latin for “Strength in Unity”). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1972. Photograph ca. 1935-1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F08_013
Subjects: Government buildings; Public buildings--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "City Hall Tower and Clock. Taken from Eighth and Plum" Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_041_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Government buildings; Ohio Government; ; Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. Reverse reads, in part: "One of four historical stained glass windows located on the second floor of Cincinnati City Hall (Plum Street entrance), measuring approximately 5 x 12 ft., with the following inscription: Settlers arriving by river." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_013_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911; Stained glass
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)