Description: This is the front facade of the Columbiana County Courthouse. The structure was completed in 1871 by architect H.E. Myer, and is located on the southwest corner of the public square in Lisbon, Ohio. The Italianate style building was renovated in 1934 with funds from the Works Progress Administration. At that time the mansard roof and cornice were replaced with the present flat roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_085
Subjects: Courthouses;
Places: Lisbon (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio); 105 S. Market St.
 

Description: Welcome home celebration for Neil Armstrong after NASA mission Gemini 8. Attending banquet with wife Janet, mother Viola, father Stephen, and Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes held in gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_034
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Celebrations
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is a receipt from the Ohio Monument Association signed by the Ohio State Treasurer, G. Volney Dorsey. The receipt is numbered number 8. The text on the receipt reads, “Ohio Monument Association, Columbus, Ohio, 1865. Received of D. Thomson of Hardin County, Ohio one dollar as a contribution for the erection of a statue of Abraham Lincoln.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F10_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
 

Description: Portrait of Major General William S. Rosecrans from Delaware County, Ohio, ca. 1861-1865. Photograph was made from a negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00542
Subjects: Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Delaware County (Ohio); New York (New York)
 

Description: This man is holding one end of a power shovel made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. The shovel was pulled by a steel cable and guided by human hands. The power shovel was used to move bulk material from box cars to chutes, hoppers, elevators or conveyors. This photograph was taken at a filtration plant in Columbus, Ohio, 1917. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01372
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Coshocton is the county seat of Coshocton County in east central Ohio. On January 31, 1810, the State of Ohio authorized the creation of Coshocton County. The county's name comes from the Delaware Indian word for "black bear town." The Delaware Indians' territory centered in modern-day Coshocton County until white settlement led the tribe to move further west in the years following the American Revolution. County residents began to prosper with completion of the Ohio and Erie Canal. Thanks to the canal, Coshocton became a major commercial center in eastern Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F05_004_1
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History; Roads; Rural Roads; Trees; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Coshocton (Ohio); Coshocton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo showing the entrance to the bleacher seats at Crosley Field, the former baseball stadium for the Cincinnati Reds. Crosely Field was opened on April 11, 1912, closed on June 24, 1970, and demolished on April 12, 1972. This was the season opener following the Reds' winning the World Series in 1940. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_030_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Crosley Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Baseball fans; Fashion; Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team);
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Crosley Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Anthony Wayne Treaty Memorial in Darke County, Ohio, which commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Greeneville, with a note on the reverse which reads "Anthony Wayne Treaty Memorial. W. Main St. near spot where treaty was signed." General Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to the rank of brigadier general and the nickname of "Mad" Anthony Wayne. On August 20, 1794, an American army commanded by Anthony Wayne defeated an American Indian Confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. In January 1795, representatives from the various tribes met with Wayne at Fort Greene Ville. The Americans and natives spent the next eight months negotiating a treaty. It became known as the Treaty of Greeneville. On August 3, 1795, leaders of the Wyandotte, Delaware, Shawnee, Ottawa, Miami, Eel River, Wea, Chippewa, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Piankashaw, and the Kaskaskia formally signed the treaty. Many American Indian groups refused to honor the agreement. White settlers continued to move onto the contested land. Violence continued between them and Native American leaders like Tecumseh and the Prophet would emerge in the early 1800s to carry on the Indian struggle to regain their lost land. 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_B01F05_009_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; American Indians in Ohio; Treaty of Greenville; Memorials--Ohio; Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in the 1930s. The scene is most likely from just outside Dayton, Ohio. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_041
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Euclid Avenue--Winter scene, about 1885." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F09_10_01
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Cleveland; Winter--Ohio--Cleveland
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This art deco style illustration for “Crafts” was not used in The Ohio Guide. It shows a man using a chisel and hammer. A signature of the artist “A. Koerbling” can also be seen. This illustration is a photographic reproduction of a drawing. It is one of a series produced as possible chapter headings for The Ohio Guide. From 1935 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), through its Federal Writers' Project created The American Guide Series, which included forty-eight state guides, as well as supplemental guides for large cities, etc. The state guides are divided into three sections. In the first section are general essays about the state on things such as agriculture, culture, history, industry, religion, etc. The second section contains an overview of the various cities and towns around the state, as well as enumerating various points of interest. The last section is dedicated to various tours around the state. The tourist is taken from city to city, with turn by turn directions, and descriptions of what can be seen along the way. While much of the country has grown and changed since the guides were written, it is surprising how much remains, and sometimes more surprising what has been lost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F16_011
Subjects: Books Chapter-headings; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows two workmen operating a large machine. It might be hydraulic press of some kind, which is being used on something that could be a propeller. The word "Erie" is visible on the left. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_011_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Factories; Hydraulic presses
Places: Ohio