Description: Caption reads: "Montgomery County Winter Scene, February 1938. A picturesque scene on the Dayton State Hospital grounds. From negative loaned by Charles Jarbeau." Photograph of a winter scene with snow covered tree branches. Located on a hill, southeast of the city of Dayton, the photograph was taken on the grounds of the Dayton State Hospital in February of 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_027_001
Subjects: Winter--Ohio--Dayton; Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a man in an ice boat on Lake Erie. Ice sailing was and still is very popular winter sport, especially in the Sandusky Bay, where there are still many active ice sailing clubs. It was also used as a means of transportation to and from the Lake Erie Islands, during the frozen winter months when the ferries were unable to traverse the waters. Neuman Boat Dock offers the best vantage point for viewing the water front and Sandusky Bay. It was located at the foot of Columbus Avenue, in Sandusky, Ohio, and was a particularly popular place in winter, with skaters, ice sailers and fishing shanties all vying for a piece of the ice. An ice boat (also “iceboat") is a boat or purpose-built framework similar in functional design to a sail boat but fitted with skis or runners (skates) and designed to run over ice instead of through (liquid) water. Ice yachting is the sport of sailing and racing iceboats. Sailable ice is known in the sport as "hard water" versus sailing on liquid or "soft" water. A related sport, land sailing, utilizes a configuration with an iceboat-like fuselage or frame equipped with wheels instead of runners. Iceboats commonly used for racing are usually only for one person, but several classes of two-seat and multiple-seat iceboats are more or less common. On some boats, a "side car" can be fitted to take others along for a ride View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_026_001
Subjects: Winter sports; Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Sandusky Bay (Ohio)
Places: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a man in an ice boat on Lake Erie. Ice sailing was and still is very popular winter sport, especially in the Sandusky Bay, where there are still many active ice sailing clubs. It was also used as a means of transportation to and from the Lake Erie Islands, during the frozen winter months when the ferries were unable to traverse the waters. Neuman Boat Dock offers the best vantage point for viewing the water front and Sandusky Bay. It was located at the foot of Columbus Avenue, in Sandusky, Ohio, and was a particularly popular place in winter, with skaters, ice sailers and fishing shanties all vying for a piece of the ice. An ice boat (also “iceboat") is a boat or purpose-built framework similar in functional design to a sail boat but fitted with skis or runners (skates) and designed to run over ice instead of through (liquid) water. Ice yachting is the sport of sailing and racing iceboats. Sailable ice is known in the sport as "hard water" versus sailing on liquid or "soft" water. A related sport, land sailing, utilizes a configuration with an iceboat-like fuselage or frame equipped with wheels instead of runners. Iceboats commonly used for racing are usually only for one person, but several classes of two-seat and multiple-seat iceboats are more or less common. On some boats, a "side car" can be fitted to take others along for a ride View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_019_001
Subjects: Winter sports; Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Sandusky Bay (Ohio)
Places: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Grant Street entrance at Ashland College in the winter. The building to the right is the campus library. The United Brethren Church opened Ashland College, the predecessor of Ashland University, in 1879, in Ashland, Ohio. The school originally enrolled seventy-five students and had eight faculty members. The institution struggled during its first years, eventually filing for bankruptcy in 1888, and the court ordered the school's sale. In 1888, the United Brethren Church purchased Ashland College's buildings from the court and established Ashland University. The next year, Ashland University founded a theological seminary. The institution continued to struggle financially, closing its doors in both 1896 and 1897. In 1898, Ashland University reopened its doors and returned to its original name of Ashland College. Within four years, the institution had eliminated its previous debts and established a sizable endowment, allowing the school to construct new buildings and expand its faculty. 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_B10F02_014_001
Subjects: Ashland College (Ashland, Ohio)--History; College campuses; Universities and colleges; Winter; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Colored lithographic print titled “American Winter Scenes--Evening,” by Currier & Ives, showing couples in sleighs arriving to a party at a large home by a lake. During the mid to late nineteenth century, the Currier & Ives printing firm was a well-known producer of lithographic prints. Common subjects matter included historical events such as the Civil and Revolutionary Wars, the North American landscape, rural life in the United States and wildlife. Nathaniel Currier began his career in the printing business as an apprentice at a Boston printing firm in 1828, and opened his own printing firm in New York in 1835. James Ives joined the firm in 1852 as a bookkeeper, and was soon made a partner in 1857. They sold prints from their own New York shop and also distributed them through peddlers and country stores across the United States. Currier and Ives were both succeeded in the printing business by their sons, Edward West Currier and Chauncey Ives. Both sons eventually sold their interest in the firm, and in 1907 the last owner, Daniel W. Logan, closed the business and sold the printing equipment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV25_2_2_001
Subjects: Art, American--Ohio; Prints and printmaking; Winter; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Sleds;
Places: New York (New York);
 

Description: Back reads: April 22, 1938 Federal Writers' Project 902 Municipal Bldg Akron, Ohio Winter Scene in the Cuyahoga River Gorge Reservation, in the Akron Metropolitan Park District. Located in Cuyahoga Falls, near old Marathon Rubber Plant, adjacent to State Route 5, Summit County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F10_006_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project--Works Progress Administration in Ohio--natural resources--winter--waterfalls
Places: Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Print by Currier & Ives titled "Pleasures of Winter," from the "American Country Life" series. This illustration shows an African American servant drawing a sleigh up to the front of a large country home as a family waits to embark. A young boy is poised to throw a snowball at the servant. During the mid to late nineteenth century, the Currier & Ives printing firm was a well-known producer of lithographic prints. Common subjects matter included historical events such as the Civil and Revolutionary Wars, the North American landscape, rural life in the United States and wildlife. Nathaniel Currier began his career in the printing business as an apprentice at a Boston printing firm in 1828, and opened his own printing firm in New York in 1835. James Ives joined the firm in 1852 as a bookkeeper, and was soon made a partner in 1857. They sold prints from their own New York shop and also distributed them through peddlers and country stores across the United States. Currier and Ives were both succeeded in the printing business by their sons, Edward West Currier and Chauncey Ives. Both sons eventually sold their interest in the firm, and in 1907 the last owner, Daniel W. Logan, closed the business and sold the printing equipment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H39544
Subjects: Art, American--Ohio; Prints and printmaking; Winter; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture;
Places: New York (New York);
 

Description: The photograph shows a group of women and children standing in front of an awning, dressed in winter clothes. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B01F01_44
Subjects: City and town life; Daily Life; Photographers--Ohio; Winter
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Caption reads: "Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 1938. Winter Scene on The State Hospital Grounds. Neg. Loaned by Chas. Jarbo. 'A winding road, trees glazed with ice and snow, a peaceful calm--a picturesque scene on the State Hospital grounds.' Feb. 27th. Journal." Photograph of snow covered trees along a winding road. Located on a hill southeast of the city of Dayton, the photograph was taken on the grounds of The Dayton State Hospital in February of 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_020_001
Subjects: Winter--Ohio--Dayton; Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 1938. Winter Scene on State Hospital Grounds. Negative loaned by Chas. Jarbo. 'Dayton Becomes Gem City in Reality: A striking vista seen through the evergreens surrounding the sunken gardens at The Dayton State Hospital, with the Hospital's big smokestack in the distance.' Feb. 21st. Herald." Photograph of snow covered evergreen trees with view of the hospital's smokestack in the background. Located on a hill on the southeast side of the city of Dayton, the photograph was taken on The Dayton State Hospital grounds in February of 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_029_001
Subjects: Winter--Ohio--Dayton; Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Farms and farm life revolve around the weather. This 1948 photograph by Joe Munroe demonstrates how farmers must be prepared for anything, as a New York snowstorm has buried the area in thick snow. Farmers must prepare during the summer and fall for the winter months ahead, including storing feed and planning shelter for livestock. These issues are often compounded by the difficulty of travel on snow-covered county roads. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27_F619_JPG106
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Climate and Weather; Winter
Places: New York
 

Description: This photograph shows a group of ice skaters having fun on Lake Erie. Though a scene similar to this could be found in countless places in Ohio during the winter, this was most likely in the area of Sandusky Bay and the Lake Erie Islands, as it was grouped with other photographs from that area. Neuman Boat Dock offers the best vantage point for viewing the water front and Sandusky Bay. It was located at the foot of Columbus Avenue, in Sandusky, Ohio, and was a particularly popular place in winter, with skaters, ice sailers and fishing shanties all vying for a piece of the ice. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_048_001
Subjects: Ice skating; Winter sports; Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Sandusky Bay (Ohio)
Places: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)