Description: Three photographs document scenes at the annual Ski Carnival at Snow Trails Ski Resort near Mansfield, Ohio in 1967. The first photograph shows the Ski Carnival Queen. Two other photographs of resort visitors are also included. The Snow Trails Ski Carnival began in 1961 and features a Bikini Race, in which skiers compete wearing swimsuits. Other events at the carnival include serious ski racing, dances in the lodge, and the crowning of the Ohio Winter Ski Carnival Queen. The photographs measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). Snow Trails Ski Resort opened in 1960. Founder Dave Carto became interested in the sport while serving in the Army in Minnesota. Snow Trails was the first ski resort built that relied completely on artificial snow. It became the first resort in Ohio to operate a double chair lift in 1962. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3232_4435139_001
Subjects: Sports; Arts and entertainment; Skiing; Celebrations; Winter;
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade and clock tower of the Lake County Courthouse. This Beaux-Arts courthouse replaced the ca. 1840 courthouse which now serves as the Painesville City Hall. It has large Doric columns and an oversized entablature between the column capitals and the roof. Some of the materials used to build this structure were stone and Tennessee marble. Outside the front entrance are statues of Cain and Abel who represent the first crime. The sculptor hoped these statues would promote prison reform. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_254
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio); 47 N. Park Pl.
 

Description: This photograph shows the welcome home celebration for Neil Armstrong after NASA mission Gemini 8; Gymnasium of Wapakoneta High School (formerly Blume High). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_056
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Celebrations
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of a picnic scene titled "Hocking Valley Picnic" by David Broderick Walcutt created in 1854. The painting is part of the Ohio Historical Society fine art collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00714
Subjects: Painters--Ohio; Art and Artists
 

Description: Ohio Department of Liquor Control employees monitoring alcohol prices, March 5, 1966. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01095
Subjects: Ohio--Officials and employees; Ohio History--State and Local Government
 

Description: Photograph showing three horses, including a mare with her colt. The caption on the reverse side reads "Family life." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_012_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.; Horses
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows the cornice of the Adath Israel Temple, also referred to as the Avondale Synagogue, a neo-classical revival synagogue built 1926 by Oscar Schwartz, located at 3556 Reading Road in Avondale, a neighborhood of 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_B02F15_022_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Synagogues--Ohio--Cincinnati; Schwartz, Oscar, fl. 1916-1931.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This aerial view shows Cleveland, Ohio, including a view of Republic Steel. The Republic Steel Corporation was founded in 1899 in Youngstown, Ohio. The firm was originally known as Republic Iron and Steel Company. 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_B04F11_23_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Aerial photography; Downtown; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Miami County - Troy, Ohio - May 28, 1937. BOOK PROJECT IN HEYWOOD SCHOOL" This appears to be a photo of a book repair project that was sponsored by the WPA. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F10_003_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Book repairing
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: In January and February of 1937, weeks of heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River to flood parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, causing $500 million in property damages, and displacing and killing hundreds. By the end of January, the Ohio River measured 80 feet deep in Cincinnati, one of the areas most affected. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched thousands of relief workers from the Works Progress Administration to rescue flood victims and restore affected cities. This photograph shows the Water Works Pumping Station in Alikanna, Ohio, just north of Steubenville, with flood waters backing up Wills Creek. 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_B08F06_020_001
Subjects: Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Alikanna (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Mixed hard wood pole stand in the Granny-Dry Creek Project Area which has been protected from fire and grazing for the last 25 years." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F03_007_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.
Places: Knox County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Used by Joseph Bemeler, leader of the Separatists the first communistic experiment in America, located on Route #8 North from Dover, Ohio.” The Kings Palace, or the Number One House as it was later called, served as the home of Joseph Bimeler, leader of the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Built in 1835, the house was originally intended as a senior citizen home for Society members, but that purpose was rejected by the elders of Zoar. Instead, Bimeler occupied the home until his death in 1853. A group of separatists from Germany, eventually known as Zoarites, established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County in 1817. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, they had separated from the official German religion, the Lutheran Church. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole. In exchange for their work, the Society would provide for them. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the separatists experienced economic prosperity. Due in part to influences from the outside world and the death of original residents, the remaining members decided to dissolve the society in 1898, and its property was divided among the Zoarites. It was an end to the communal experience at Zoar. The Village is now an Ohio Historical Society site and is open to the public as Zoar Village State Memorial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F03_028_001
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio)--History--Pictorial works.; Society of Separatists of Zoar--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)