Description: This is a photo of the Ohio Guide books on sale at the James Book Store in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Ohio Guide was published as part of the American Guide Series, compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the W.P.A., one of the federal programs from the 1930s. The James Book Store was located at 516 Main Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. Once the oldest bookstore west of the Alleghenies, it was owned by brothers Joseph A. James and Uriah P. James, who opened a book department in 1831 (and closed in 1854), in addition to their printing and publishing business. It is uncertain when the bookstore closed, but it seems to have been in business long after the book department closed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_05_001
Subjects: Ohio--Guidebooks; American guide series
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Tug "Florida," Great Lakes Towing Co. Dist. 6 Files." This is a photograph of a Great Lakes Towing Company tugboat named "Florida" headed down the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. The Great Lakes Towing Company was founded in 1899 in Cleveland and provided vessel towing as well as marine salvage and ice breaking. It was so successful in 1913 it was charged with operating a monopoly. Today, the Great Lakes Towing Company’s headquarters remains in Cleveland and it is the last remaining tugboat operation in the Great Lakes region. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_028_001
Subjects: Tugboats; Maumee River (Ind. and Ohio); Cargo Ships; Toledo (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of two women and a child sitting in a horse-drawn buggy and looking back to the camera. A marking on the negative reads: "CA Smith Big Bend WVA." This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. 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: AL06696
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Horse-drawn vehicles; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Photography--History
Places: Big Bend (West Virginia)
 

Description: Dated April 26, 1937, this photograph shows Antioch Hall at Antioch College in Greene County, Ohio, in Yellow Springs. Antioch College was founded in 1852 as the first nonsectarian, co-educational institution in the nation to offer the same educational opportunities to both men and women. It was also among the first to offer equal educational opportunities to African Americans. Antioch Hall, completed in 1853, served as the main building for the college and included a chapel, lecture hall, recitation rooms, laboratory, and library. 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_B05F02_011_1
Subjects: Education; Universities and colleges; Architecture; Antioch College; College campuses
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: John A. Roebling suspension bridge over the Ohio River was completed in 1866 and connects Cincinnati, Ohio to Covington, Kentucky. Photograph ca. 1935-1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_030
Subjects: Suspension bridges--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse Reads "Miamisburg Mound" and "Aug 4 1936". The Miamisburg Mound is the largest conical burial mound in the state of Ohio and possibly in the eastern U. S. Archaeological investigations of the surrounding area suggest that it was constructed by the prehistoric Adena Indians (800 BC - AD 100). Built on a 100-foot-high bluff, the mound measures 877 feet in circumference. It was originally more than 70 feet high. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F03_012_001
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio--Montgomery County; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); Automobiles
Places: Miamisburg (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "GRANT MEMORIAL CHURCH Grant Memorial Church of native rubble stone is of a design in keeping with the rugged character in whose memory it was dedicated. It was constructed by the Methodist Episcopal Congregation in Point Pleasant. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project #1 (Writers')" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_010_1
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Commemoration; Methodist Episcopal Church.
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Monroe Township (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, the top photograph shows a herd of dairy cattle drinking in a stream or pond in Ohio. The second photograph shows a conservation project to prevent soil erosion in 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_B06F03_022_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Cattle; Rural life; Erosion
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Monument reads "To the Pioneers landing near this spot Nov. 18, 1788 Once called Columbia Baptist Cemetery, the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery is located at 333 Wilmer Avenue in the Columbia - Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Columbia was settled in 1788, and is the oldest in Hamilton County, having been established one month prior to Losantiville (later called Cincinnati). The cemetery occupies the site of the Columbia Baptist Church, founded in 1790. This cemetery not only has Revolutionary and Cival War veterans, but also Benjamin Stites, the founder of Columbia. The Corinthian column was added in 1888, and was once part of the 1856 Cincinnati Post Office, designed by James Keys Wilson. In 1967 a restoration project was begun by Supervision Horticulturist for the Park Board, Frederick L. Payne, which took four years to complete. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places Austust 29, 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_002_001
Subjects: Cemeteries--Ohio--Hamilton County; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of a sculpture of Simon Kenton. Ohio sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward designed this statue of Simon Kenton, an early Ohio settler who was known for his conflicts with American Indians, in the early 1860s. He had hoped an enlargement of this statue, to be placed in Columbus, Ohio, would be his first public monument. Due to the outbreak of the Civil War, however, the project was not approved. The statue measures 26" high (66.04 cm). Ward (1830-1910) was born in Urbana, Ohio. He moved to New York in 1849 to study under sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. In 1861 he established a studio and began working on pieces with distinctly American themes. The Indian Hunter was his first public work and one of several pieces placed in Central Park in New York. He also created statues of George Washington and James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C. Ward also created the pediment statues at the New York Stock Exchange, focusing on figures signifying American wealth and commerce. Simon Kenton (1755-1836) was born in Virginia and fled to avoid prosecution for a fight in which he believed that he killed his opponent. Using the name Simon Butler, he settled in Boonesboro, Kentucky. He served as a spy during Lord Dunmore's War and spent time in a British prison in Detroit. He joined General Anthony Wayne's offensive against the American Indians in Ohio in 1793 at fought in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. During the War of 1812 he commanded troops at the Battle of the Thames, in which the Americans were victorious over the British. Kenton died in Logan County, Ohio on April 29, 1836. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_013_001
Subjects: Sculpture; Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910; Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., 1937. Stadium, Univ. of Cinci." This photograph show the south end of Nippert Stadium, with Schmidlapp Hall behind. Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000. Schmidlapp Hall was completed in 1910 at a cost of $97,000 by architects Tietig Lee and Garber & Woodward. It was the university’s gymnasium, home of UC’s Bearcats basketball team, and athletic facility as well as housing the University of Cincinnati ROTC unit for a time. In 1995 it was renamed the Dieterle Vocal Arts Center (DVAC) and is the center of nearly all choral and vocal activity for the university’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) with many studios and rehearsal rooms View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_03_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works; University of Cincinnati. Bearcat
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows damage to deeds of Summit County. Open page is dated Jan. 1st, 1915. These archives are now held at the Summit County Recorder's Office on Main St. in Akron View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F10_002_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Public records; Pests
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)