Description: Reverse reads: "A Street in heart of Toledo, Ohio." This photograph depicts a row of houses in downtown Toledo, Ohio. There are several cars parked on the street. During the late nineteenth century, Toledo was known as the "City of Glass" for its numerous glass-producing facilities. However, due to its dependence on manufacturing, the city suffered high unemployment rates during the Great Depression. As World War II began, Toledo's industries began to focus on wartime production, and unemployment concerns disappeared. Toledo made a unique contribution to the war effort; home to the Willys-Overland Company, this firm began producing military Jeeps in 1941. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_035_001
Subjects: Neighborhoods--United States--History; Toledo (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Architecture; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: The city of Akron was first a small canal town in 1825, but grew rapidly into a large city. The name came from a Greek word meaning "an elevation" or "point." Originally, the community was located slightly south of its present location, in modern-day South Akron. By the second half of the 1800s, railroads connected the community to other important cities in Ohio, and other industries emerged. There were a number of stoneware and cereal manufacturers, as well as a well-known sewer pipe industry. The Barber Match Company, later a branch of the Diamond Match Company, produced one-fifth of all the matches in the United States. The Buckeye Mower and Reaper Company, originally located in Canton, moved to Akron in 1863. Probably among the most famous companies established in Akron were the B.F. Goodrich Company and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, both rubber and tire manufacturers that began to prosper after the advent of the automobile age. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_004_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Neighborhoods--Ohio--Akron; Akron (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Flytown neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1920. An industrial boom happened in Flytown during the 1870s and continued through the 1920s, as cheap land attracted foundries, lumberyards, and railroads to the area. As European immigrants and African American migrants from the south settled in the area, Flytown became one of the most diverse portions of Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV148_B01F02_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Neighborhoods; Great Migration
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustration shows a planned low-income housing community to be built on the East Side of Columbus, Ohio, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection. The community would have been bounded by Woodland, Woodward, and Brentnell Avenues, as well as the New York Centrail Railroad right-of-way. Columbus residents strongly voted against a City Council rezoning of this property in an August 1963 referendum, which meant that the project was unable to move forward. An accompanying typed sheet providing additional details about the project reads, "An architect's rendering of one of the 82 brick buildings which will comprise the proposed Columbus Village, a new low-rent, low-income public housing, planned for the East End of the city on 45 acres of vacant land. Four different types of brick buildings are planned, according to the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, to give variety and avoid monotony. Playgrounds and a park are part of the plans. The buildings would house 524 low-income families at rentals ranging from $16 to $52 a month, with $34 a month the average. Apartments will range from one to five bedrooms with modern kitchens and baths, and will house 2,224 men, women and children. Under the law, families of veterans and servicemen with low income have top priority. Families with children living in sub-standard housing and with low income are next. Aged persons on small pensions, persons on welfare, aid to the blind and aid to dependent children are also eligible. The income limits for eligibility are set low by state law." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B03F05_12_01
Subjects: Public housing; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Neighborhoods--Ohio--Columbus; Rental housing
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Akron was originally laid out in 1825 and in 1841, became the seat of Summit County. Many of the town's earliest residents were Irish immigrants employed to build the Ohio and Erie Canal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_013_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Neighborhoods--Ohio--Akron; Akron (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the I.T. Frary Home on Bellfield Avenue in Cleveland. It measures 5.5" x 3.5" (12.7 x 8.89 cm). This photograph was taken by Ihna Thayer Frary. The Ihna Thayer Frary Audiovisual Collection was given to the Ohio Historical Society by Mr. Frary in two sections. One was in March of 1963 and the remainder in May of 1965 by his sons, Dr. Spencer G. and Allen T. Frary following their father's death. I.T. Frary (1873-1965) was the publicity and membership secretary for the Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. He taught for many years at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He did much research of Ohio and American architecture and was the author of seven major works and numerous scholarly articles on architectural and art history. One of his major works was Early Homes of Ohio published in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3378_5759480_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Architecture; Houses; Neighborhoods
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a view of the street and sidewalk of a residential neighborhood. On the right, a group of people appear to be repairing the sidewalk. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B13_F730
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photography; Neighborhoods; Streets
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Zenas King (1818-1892) built this house in 1847. It is an example of Greek Revival architecture. King founded the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio and invented the iron suspension bridge. The house has a temple front, rare west of the Cuyahoga River. It is noted for its portico supported by ionic columns and hand carved fretwork on the pediment, as well as its use of undersized bricks. The house still stands at 128 Center Street. The temple portico has an entablature with dentil detailing and a triangular gable known as a pediment. The tympanum, or face of the pediment, is decorated with shells and scrolls. Pilasters are found at the front corners and give the illusion of additional columns. The first floor windows are ornamented with anthemion, a conventionalized leaf ornament which appears to radiate from a single point. The northern and southern wings give the house an asymmetrical appearance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F10_020_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Dwellings; Milan (Ohio)--History; Neighborhoods--United States--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Milan (Ohio); Huron County (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated August 11, 1936, this photograph shows Clover Street in Dayton, Ohio, in the process of being repaved. The photograph's reverse reads "Removal of Car Tracks and repaving Clover Street. On the left, is a small restaurant with "'Salada' Tea" in the window. This view shows the car tracks and old paving West from a point just East of Corwin Street Aug.11,1936." 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_B09F06_010_001
Subjects: Streets; Dayton (Ohio); Construction; Neighborhoods; Houses
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated August 11, 1936, this photograph shows the removal of car tracks and repaving of Clover Street in Dayton, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "This view shows a portion of the new paving being finished west from Quitman Street to Wayne Avenue." Men and children stand to either side of the street which is lined by houses. 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_B09F06_028_001
Subjects: Streets; Dayton (Ohio); Construction; Neighborhoods; Houses
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the intersection of South Central and Sullivant Avenues on the west side of Columbus, Ohio, taken by photographer Allen Zak and given the caption, "Economic Indicator: Looks like the Recession is over at long last and none too soon." A bicyclist and cars pass by. This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F15_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Neighborhoods; Streets -- Ohio -- Columbus; Bicycles and bicycling;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Zenas King (1818-1892) built this house in 1847. It is an example of Greek Revival architecture. King founded the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio and invented the iron suspension bridge. The house has a temple front, rare west of the Cuyahoga River. It is noted for its portico supported by ionic columns and hand carved fretwork on the pediment, as well as its use of undersized bricks. The house still stands at 128 Center Street. The temple portico has an entablature with dentil detailing and a triangular gable known as a pediment. The tympanum, or face of the pediment, is decorated with shells and scrolls. Pilasters are found at the front corners and give the illusion of additional columns. The first floor windows are ornamented with anthemion, a conventionalized leaf ornament which appears to radiate from a single point. The northern and southern wings give the house an asymmetrical appearance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_033_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Dwellings; Milan (Ohio)--History; Neighborhoods--United States--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Milan (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio); Huron County (Ohio)