Description: Caption reads: "Trailer Camp at Island Park operated by the City of Dayton. A completely equipped municipal camp for campers and 'trailerites.' In addition to parking facilities, city water, gas, electricity, and police protection are furnished for 50¢ a night or $3.00 per week." Island Park opened on June 20, 1914, on the former location of White City Amusement Park in Dayton, Ohio. White City had been destroyed in the flood of 1913, and interest to rebuild it was sparked after the Dayton Canoe Club held its first regatta here on July 13, 1913. The park became an ideal location for canoeing, boating, ice skating, concerts, dancing, and general recreation, and remained a point of recreational focus for decades. Today it is known as Island MetroPark, operated by Five Rivers MetroParks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_023_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Parks; Camping; Sports and leisure
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows two boys sitting by a pond, with a note on the reverse which reads "People at work or play." 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_B10F08_015_001
Subjects: Ponds; Trees; Boys; Parks Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources; Nature
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Two photographs show Lake Vesuvius near Ironton, Ohio. The first photograph was taken in winter, the second in the fall. Lake Vesuvius was named after the iron furnace located nearby. The lake was built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The slides measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3026_3645061_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Climate and Weather; Snow; Lakes & ponds
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows a man wearing thigh high wader boots. He is reaching down into the water for something, possibly fish, crayfish, or frogs. A little girl watches from the shore. A little further down the shore, several buckets sit on the bank of the river. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F03_0027_001
Subjects: Fishing; Hunting; Rivers; Fishing--Social aspects--United States; Geography and Natural Resources; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Shelter House, Kennedy Hts park Cincinnati Ohio." Kennedy Heights Park was established in 1930. This shelter does not to appear to still be standing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_013_001
Subjects: Parks; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Ohio History -- Natural and Native Ohio;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a man and woman waving from the rock shelter. A caption on the back of this photograph reads: "Rockhouse Park, Hocking State Forest." Rock House, the only true cave in the Hocking Hills region, is a tunnel-like corridor situated on the side of a 150-foot Blackhand sandstone cliff. Small recesses in the rear of the cave are believed to have been used by American Indians as baking ovens. According to local folklore, the cave was also used as a hideout by robbers, horse thieves, and bootleggers, earning it the name Robbers' Roost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_003_1
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); State parks and reserves; Geology; Natural features; Outdoor recreation; Hiking
Places: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Miami and Erie Canal near Dayton, Ohio, in 1911. A canal boat in disrepair sinks into the water. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. The photograph's original caption reads "This is a picture of an abandoned Canal Boat, back of the Fairgrounds, Montgomery County, 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_B02F05_007
Subjects: Canals; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio; Boats; Geography and Natural Resources
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two men and two women in a rocky, wooded area. The three on the left are standing on a log. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08508
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Portrait photography; Nature;
 

Description: Daguerreotype photograph of a house exterior, ca. 1866-1900 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03728
Subjects: Dwellings--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Ice skating, North End Field. Recreational Dept. Steubenville, Ohio." This is a photograph of several people ice skating at North End Park in Steubenville, Ohio. There are some neighborhoods behind the park and a large hill in the background. Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River on the border of West Virginia. Today North End Park maintains a softball diamond, for use by Steubenville High School, playgrounds, and a picnic area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_041_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works; Skaters; Ice skating; Winter sports; Ice; Sports; Arts and Entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, taken in the 1960s, documents Rokeby Lock #8 on the Muskingum River. It measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). The Muskingum River begins at the confluence of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers in Coshocton, Ohio and flows south to the Ohio River at Marietta. Ten locks constructed along the river allow boats to travel the 112-mile distance of the Muskingum River. In 2001, the American Society of Civil Engineers named the Muskingum River locks a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Locks allow boats to navigate the different elevations of the natural terrain. The structure consisted of two gated areas in the canal. When a boat entered the lock, a gate closed behind it and the water level was raised, floating the boat to the higher elevation. When the water level inside the lock equaled that on the other side of the gate, the boat was released. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3055_3656310_001
Subjects: Transportation; Geography and Natural Resources; Locks (Hydraulic engineering); Canals
Places: Rokeby (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard with the caption "The Famous Blue Hole, Castalia, Ohio." The Blue Hole is a large spring fed by an underground river. The depth of the Blue Hole is unknown. It maintains a water temperature of 48 degrees year round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03464
Subjects: Erie County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Tourism
Places: Castalia (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)