Description: These three photographs are of Camp Brian Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp, located in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The three photographs were taken September 1937. The first image displays the members at camp attending the noon work call at one of the barracks. The second image displays (left to right) the mess hall, John Bryan Barn (large white building in background) and Barrack #5 and a recreation hall. At the time the barn was the largest in the state of Ohio. The third displays (left to right) barracks #2 and #1, the mess hall and the recreation hall. Part of President Roosevelt's New Deal program, the CCC camps were formed to help preserve our nation's land. In addition, the program was also designed to help unemployed young men of the time. The program had a long life, beginning in 1933 and coming to an end in 1942. At the end of 1935, there were approximately 2,650 camps in all states, in Ohio alone, there were 110 camps. The main focus of the camps was land conservation. The CCC members planted over 3 billion trees, among other important projects. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3341_4826101_001
Subjects: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Daily life; Business and labor; Ohio Government; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a motorcycle race at Randall Park in the village of North Randall, Ohio. This track was originally built in 1908 and used for horse racing. From 1909 to 1938, the track was a part of the Grand Harness Racing Circuit and became known as "the Saratoga of the West". In 1951, the site was purchased by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation of Youngstown, Ohio and would turn the area into the Randall Park Mall, which was opened 1976. The mall is now considered "dead" after many stores closed as recently as 2009. In the photo, motorcycles can be seen coming around the corner with a cloud of dust following them. Several on-lookers (mostly men) can be seen watching the race from the infield. Different outfits can be seen being worn by the people. In the background, several buildings can be seen as well as a Drive-In Theatre. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_021_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Motorcycle racing--Pictorial works; Motorcycles; Fashion--Pictorial works; Racetracks; Racetracks (Horse racing)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Picture of Leo the Lion at Zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio." On September 18, 1875, the Cincinnati Zoological Garden (now known as the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden) opened its doors. The zoo’s collection was very small, originally consisting of just eight monkeys, two grizzly bears, three deer, six raccoons, two elk, a buffalo, a hyena, a tiger, an alligator, a circus elephant, and over four hundred birds, including a talking crow. The zoo began earlier in the decade through the efforts of Andrew Erkenbrecher, a German immigrant. Influenced by European zoos, Erkenbrecher and the other trustees planned to place their animals in naturalistic, more rural settings than the menageries of New York or Chicago. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F04_005_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Arts and Entertainment; Zoos; Zoo animals; Lions
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows the Miami and Erie Canal in Dayton, Ohio. Work began on the Miami and Erie Canal in 1825 and was completed in 1845. During the peak of construction, more than four thousand laborers worked on the canal, generally earning 30 cents per day plus room and board. Many recent immigrants to the United States, especially the Irish, survived thanks to jobs on the canals. Other people, like the residents of the communal society at Zoar, also helped construct canals to assist the survival of their community. Many of Ohio’s communities today, including Akron, began as towns for the canal workers. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s. There is a short stretch in the Muskingum Valley near Zanesville still in operation today. By the 1850s, however, canals were losing business to the railroads. 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_B02F06_003
Subjects: Canals Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Transportation--Ohio; Public works
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Surplus Commodities line (1938), Cleveland, Ohio. Unemployed Awaiting Government Distribution of Surplus Commodities. Photograph by Edwin Locke, courtesy of United States Film Service." This photograph appeared in The Ohio Guide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_23_01
Subjects: Commodities, Surplus
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A poster advertising the WPA welfare services is shown in this photograph. It is advertising school lunch programs, sewing, matron services, housekeeping aids and canning and gardening. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_030_001
Subjects: Ohio; Posters; Ohio Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows Federal Arts Project artists working, probably in the gymnasium at the Garrett Morgan School of Science in Cincinnati, 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_B11F6_003_001
Subjects: Artists; Painting; Morgan School; Federal Arts Project; Works Progress Administration
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Casting Scene Shenindoa Pen Mold, Dover, O. Wesley Green Photographer, New Phila. Nellie E. Kaltenbaugh, Ohio Writers' Project, New Phila." The Shenango - Penn Mold Company was located on West Third Street on the site of the former Dover Boiler Works, in Dover, Ohio. The company produced fine metals and alloys and was one of only three companies in Tuscarawas County to receive the Army Navy E Award for exemplary production in aiding the country during World War II. Shenango Furnace Company, of Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, bought the Penn Mold and Manufacturing Company in Dover, Ohio in 1926 and used the blast furnace there to manufacture brass and centrifugal castings exclusively. The company began using the name Shenango-Penn Mold Company the same year. By the 1940s, the company had grown to become one of the country's largest producers of ingot molds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F14_008_1
Subjects: Blast furnaces--United States; Brass castings
Places: Dover (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the interior of an industrial factory. Three men appear to be repairing the machinery. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_023_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Factories
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A photograph of the city of Fremont, Ohio, showing the church spires. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_019_1
Subjects: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio); Church buildings--Ohio; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located at 358 North Parkway in Columbus, the Governor's Mansion has been home to nine of Ohio's governors. The first governor to move into the residence in 1955 was the Jeffery family. Currently Ted Strickland and his wife Francis reside in the home. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_021_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Ohio Government; Governors; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: George White (1872-1953), governor of Ohio from 1931 to 1935. As governor, White had to deal with the Great Depression. He attempted to create numerous relief programs, but he faced opposition from the Republican-controlled legislature, as well as from some opponents within his own party. Upon taking office, White successfully reduced the state budget by twenty million dollars, a fifteen-percent reduction. He also created the Ohio Highway Patrol and implemented sales taxes on cosmetics, cigarettes, and other non-essential items to increase state revenues. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_35
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)