Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Alexander McDonald estate in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. Alexander and his brother James settled in Cincinnati in the late 1860s and played a prominent role in the petroleum industry by establishing the Consolidated Tank Line Company. In 1890, they exchanged their stock in the Consolidated Tank Line Company for stock in the Standard Oil Company and Alexander McDonald became president of the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky. In the nineteenth century, mansions with set in extensive park land, woodlands, and gardens were built in this area. The McDonald mansion was designed by Samuel Hannaford in the later part of the 19th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F08_001_1
Subjects: Mansions--Ohio; Federal Writers' Project; Oil industry; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration depicting the "Great Hinckley Hunt," which took place on December 24, 1818. Farmers in the area of Medina County saw the wildlife as a natural enemy to the safety of not only their families but their crops as well. It was decided that four lines would be formed by over 500 men from around the township of Hinckley, who would then proceed to hunt towards township's center. In one day of hunting, the men killed three hundred deer, seventeen wolves, twenty one bears, and countless small game. Only one man was injured. The image is taken from Henry Howe's "Historical Collection of Ohio," 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03975
Subjects: Animals; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Hunting
Places: Medina (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a bridge over the Tuscarawas River in Tuscarawas County, 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_B14F01_040_001
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Bridges Ohio; Tuscarawas River (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1943, this photograph shows four young boys at the start of a bicycle race during play-day in Norwalk, Ohio. Several boys stand on the sidelines watching, and an adult man raises his hand to signal the start. 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_B13F01_044_001
Subjects: Bicycles; Bicycle races; Boys; Summer; Photography--Ohio
Places: Norwalk (Ohio); Huron County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Rumors persist in connecting this old mansion with tales of the Underground Railway. It is said that a secret tunnel which leads from beneath the house to the shore of Lake Erie was used before the Civil War to smuggle runaway slaves to boats bound for Canada." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_022_1
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio.; Ohio Underground Railroad Association; Slave's escape, or, The underground railroad
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1990, this photograph shows the exterior of the Columbus Museum of Art, located in downtown Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County. The first iteration of the museum was called the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts in 1878, which was in Sessions Mansion, home of Francis Charles Sessions, first president of the Commercial National Bank and founder of the Columbus Art School. The current building for the museum, located at 480 East Broad Street, opened in 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06716
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Art museums; Museums; Art and artists
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: A black and white photograph features the exterior image of the front view Lincoln Memorial located in Washington, D.C at the west end of the National Mall. Finished in 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was built in memory of President Abraham Lincoln. The memorial was designed by architect Henry Bacon. The exterior, inspired by ancient Greece architecture, features 36 columns (the 12 columns located in front are clearly visible). Above the columns, among the carved embellishments are the carved names of the 36 Union states and the dates when they joined the Union. On the top frieze, inscribed in the marble are the names of the 48 states presented, in 1922, at the time of the dedication of the memorial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F05_025_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Washington, D.C.
 

Description: A young man and woman at Niagra Falls. Glass plate negatives of various Trumbull County and northeastern Ohio scenes, places, people and events taken by John E. Pickering and Edward D. Pickering from the 1880s to the 1910s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08477
Subjects: Geography; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; waterfalls
Places: Niagra Falls (New York)
 

Description: Ohio Reformatory for Women inmate scrubbing floor, ca. 1950-1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00187
Subjects: Correctional institutions; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "RIVERBOATS" This seems to be a steamboat that sunk into the frozen Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_032_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows a mine fan wheel made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. The fan wheel is approximately 15 feet in diameter and would be installed inside of a fan housing at a mine site. This photograph includes one of the Jeffrey factory buildings in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00928
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of the Ohio Guide books on sale at the James Book Store in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Ohio Guide was published as part of the American Guide Series, compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the W.P.A., one of the federal programs from the 1930s. The James Book Store was located at 516 Main Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. Once the oldest bookstore west of the Alleghenies, it was owned by brothers Joseph A. James and Uriah P. James, who opened a book department in 1831 (and closed in 1854), in addition to their printing and publishing business. It is uncertain when the bookstore closed, but it seems to have been in business long after the book department closed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_30_001
Subjects: American guide series
Places: Ohio