Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Butler County Emergency School, a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. 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. 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_B02F04_008_1
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--Buildings; Education; Universities and colleges; College campuses--Ohio; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Attached caption reads: "Project A.P.N. #6066-14073. Recreation project in the City of Norwood. Handicraft, sewing and knitting, are among the numerous activities at St. Peter and Paul parochial school, Moeller & Dex Avenues, Norwood. From left to right: Rita Steinhauer, 13, 2265 Feldmann Ave.; Norma Daley, 13, 2540 Cypress Way, Pleasant Ridge; and Antoinette Folchi, 13, 5307 Ralston Ave., 8th grade -- Peggie McDonough, 12, 2350 Kuatman Ave,; Jane Busemeyer, 12, 2329 O'Brien Place; and Rose Mary Cleary, 12, 2201 Hanneford Ave.,-7th grade pupils. -- Mary Agnes Obermeyer, 11, 5245 Warren Ave.; Marry Jean Buschle, 10, 2532 Roundview Drive, - 5th grade pupils. The pupils mentioned above display a large variety of articles made by them, under the supervision of W.P.A. supervisors. Photo by Federal Writers' Projects photographer. Norwood, Ohio. January 21, 1937." This class was funded by the Works Progress Administration of Ohio. St. Peter and Paul school can be found in Reading, Ohio, at the corners of Church and West Vine streets. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F06_047_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Handicrafts
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows an unknown abandoned coal mine entrance in Ohio. 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_B07F12_027_1
Subjects: Abandoned buildings--Pictorial works; Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Coal miners; Geography and Natural Resources; Industries--Ohio; Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Landing and take-off at Lunken Airport. Credit: Myron Benson." This photograph depicts a plane landing at Lunken airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. An American Airlines airplane prepares to take-off in the foreground. Cincinnati Municipal Airport, also known as Lunken Field or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport, was named after Eshelby Lunken. Located three miles southeast of Downtown Cincinnati, it was a commercial airport in the 1920's through the 1940's. When the original 1000-acre airfield was dedicated in 1925 it was the largest municipal airfield in the world. Lunken Airport was supplanted by the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1947 following catastrophic flooding from the Ohio River. The flooding problem prompted the airport's nickname of "Sunken Lunken". The control tower, located at the southwest corner of the airport, was almost totally submerged during the historic Ohio River flood of 1937, and now has a single black brick facing the airfield to indicate the high-water mark. Today the old control tower is home to the Lunken Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, and is the oldest standing control tower in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_008_1
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport; Lunken Airport (Cincinnati, Ohio); American Airlines, inc.--History; Airports--Ohio; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: Project #16-31-83. The library in Laurel Hall of the Shelter Care Division of W.P.A. provides some 1,500 titles to select from. Magazines and newspapers are also provided for the man whose needs are not considered supplied with the mere provision of adequate food, shelter, and clothing. Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project No.1. (Writers') District #36. 6-16-36 H36 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F06_010_001
Subjects: Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration in Ohio; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.);
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a Works Progress Administration Sewing Class exhibition in Toledo, Ohio. Pictured are handkerchiefs, quilts and different pieces of clothing. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_021_001
Subjects: Exhibitions--1930-1950; Sewing--United States--History--20th century; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Works Progress Administration Sewing Class exhibition in Toledo, Ohio. Pictured are handkerchiefs, quilted patterns and crocheted lace. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_018_001
Subjects: Exhibitions--1930-1950; Sewing--United States--History--20th century; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Works Progress Administration Sewing Class exhibition in Toledo, Ohio. Pictured are handkerchiefs, quilted patterns, crocheted lace and clothing. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_025_001
Subjects: Quilts; Crocheting; Embroidery; Exhibitions--1930-1950; Sewing--United States--History--20th century; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Firestone spark plug factory production line. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Akron, O." This photo depicts a spark plug production line at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio. These workers, mostly women, were likely working as part of the Works Progress Administration project. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_001_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Akron; Spark plugs; Rubber industry and trade--Ohio--Equipment and supplies; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; Firestone Tire & Rubber Company; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated April 15, 1936, this photograph shows teachers for the Butler County Emergency School, a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Emergency School Teachers-April 15, 1936, meeting at Y.W.C.A. H.R. Reade, County Supervisor. Mr. Reade in gray suit in front row." 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. 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_B02F04_011_1
Subjects: Teachers; Education; Schools--Ohio; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 19, 1936, this photograph shows women and children, members of the parent education program at Butler County Emergency School, posing for a portrait outside. Butler County Emergency School was a Works Progress Administration program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler County, R.R. #I, Middletown, O. at Rolling Mill Park. Parent Education, child study, and good citizenship. Miss Helen Matson, Teacher. Butler Co. Emer. Schls." 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. 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_B02F04_010_1
Subjects: Teachers; Education; Schools--Ohio; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Middletown (Ohio); Butler County (Oho)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows ladies sewing as part of the Butler County Emergency School sewing project. Butler County Emergency School was a Works Progress Administration program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Middletown, O.. Sewing Project (white) R.R.I. [Rural Route #I], Middletown, Rolling Mill Park. Teacher, Miss Helen Matson. The main objective in this group is Parent Education, Child Study, and Good Citizenship. This is brought about in a tactful manner after interesting the group in crafts and sewing. All Southern people." 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. 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_B02F04_015_1
Subjects: Quilts; Crocheting; Schools--Ohio; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Middletown (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)