Description: Photograph showing an S-Bridge along Route 40, the National Road, in Guernsey County, Ohio. The photograph was collected in the D. Henry Overman Bridge Collection, which documents the career of Overman, a native of Waverly, Ohio, and a resident of Columbus. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1923 with a degree in civil engineering. Overman joined the Ohio Department of Highways (now the Ohio Department of Transportation) on June 10, 1918, where he was employed until his retirement in 1964, serving as assistant chief for the Bureau of Bridges for nine years, and as the chief of the Bureau for his last eight years on the job. During his approximately 45 year career, Overman designed a number of bridges in Ohio, including the stone-faced bridge over the Scioto River at Routes 161 and 33 in Dublin, and the Lorain Avenue Viaduct, a steel bridge in Cleveland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV184_B01F07_01
Subjects: Bridges; Engineering; Ohio Department of Highways; Transportation--Ohio--History; National Road
Places: Guernsey County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the front facade of the Montgomery County Historical Society, the former Montgomery County Courthouse. This structure, built between 1847 and 1850 at a cost of $63,000, was designed in temple form and is recognized as an outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture. It has a stone roof and a cantilevered stone staircase. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_344
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; porticoes; vaults (structural elements); pilasters; Greek Revival
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio); 451 W. 3rd St.
 

Description: Bust reads "Neil A. Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Apollo XI". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F6_013
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Monument to Harvey Rice, educator, historian, and legislator, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, County, ca. 1940-1949. In 1900, Harvey S. Firestone established the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio. Firestone relied on other companies to manufacture the rubber. His firm simply fastened the rubber to steel carriage wheels. In its first year of operation the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company grossed more than $100,000 in profit. In 1903 the company began to manufacture rubber, and in 1904 the firm proceeded to develop pneumatic tires for automobiles. In 1905, Henry Ford placed his first order for tires from Firestone. Firestone immediately hired additional workers, raising the number of employees from one dozen to 130. The following year, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company produced more than twenty-eight thousand tires and sold more than one million dollars worth of tires. By 1910, the company manufactured more than one million tires. Firestone's innovations in tire design allowed automobiles to travel faster and more safely. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00330
Subjects: Monuments; Education
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A two strand conveyor with flights was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was in use at the C. E. Sears and Company of Circleville, Ohio, in this photograph taken ca. 1895. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01211
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Circleville (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Backyard in Haydenville, Hocking County, Ohio." Photograph looking across a row of backyards without fencing. Four girls are seen playing in the foreground. In the background another girl rides a bicycle, while a toddler, an older boy and an older girl play. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_026_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Recreation; Children; Sports and leisure; Daily life
Places: Haydenville (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Division of Professional and Service Projects of the WPA undertook a city-by-city study of obstructions to vehicle and pedestrian traffic to identify dangerous features such as "columns, raised streetcar loading zones, street offsets and dead ends, signals and signs in the roadway, etc." Reverse reads: "Traffic Survey, Dayton, Ohio. May 15, 1937" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_027_1
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio); Traffic surveys
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is of a map of downtown Cincinnati, centered on Plum Street. The farthest street visible to the north is Liberty Street, to the east is Eden Park, to the south is the Ohio River and to the west is Mill Creek. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F03_34_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Maps--Facsimiles
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Dayton, Ohio--513 W. First St. Household workers training course. For Mrs. Wright - taken by direction of Mrs. Craven." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_016_1
Subjects: Household employees; Occupational training
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: World War I soldier's monument to honor those that served in the first world war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04D_008_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Sculpture; World War I; Miltary Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Interior view of Library Truck. Woman reading book, near Cincinnati, Ohio." This photograph shows a woman seated at a small table, inside a branch truck of the Cincinnati Public Library. The Cincinnati Public Library “book wagon” was first begun in 1927 to provide service for county schools and eventually to “bookstops” around the county. It was a simply a one-ton truck with bookshelves covered by glass lift-up panels, on the outside. The Bookmobile Service grew steadily, especially through the 1930s and 1940s. By 1988, the Bookmobile was undercut; its need was slowly decreasing as new suburban branches opened and better transportation allowed people better mobility. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is now one of the largest and busiest public libraries in the world and operates 41 branch locations. It began in 1802 as a subscription library. The legal birthday of the Cincinnati Public Library is March 14, 1853 with the passing of the Ohio Common Schools Act, though it was of little importance at the time. In part, the act established funding from taxation for school libraries. In 1856, the library was called the “Common School and Family Library” and shared an office with the Office of Public Schools. It wasn’t long before it became obvious that the library would need more space and better access, so in 1857 a partnership was formed with the Ohio Mechanics Library to occupy the second floor of their building at Sixth and Vine. An official Public Library building was finally completed in 1874, having been designed by architect J.W. McLaughlin. The building was considered the "the most magnificent public library in the country." It was located at 629 Vine Street, on the west side, between 6th and 7th Streets, it is now referred to as "Old Main" Public Library. It was demolished in 1955 when the “New Main” building opened at 800 Vine Street. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is now one of the largest and busiest public libraries in the world and operates 41 branch locations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F13_013_1
Subjects: Cincinnati. Public Library; Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County; Murdoch, James; McLaughlin, J. W.; Bookmobiles--United States
Places: Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man shoveling snow on a street in Ohio. There is a huge snow drift behind and a car driving down the road in the distance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_031_001
Subjects: Winter; Snow; Climate and weather; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio