Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, with the Terminal Tower and lakefront featured. 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_B04F10_04_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Aerial photography; Downtown; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Feast of Assumption (5) (Italian Fiesta) Mayfield Road Cleveland Ohio A crowd is seen gathered before the Church of the Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic church at Mayfield Road and Coltman Avenue in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood, for the Feast of the Assumption procession. This procession occurs each year on August 15th, following a mass celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Virgin Mary statue is carried in the procession and one dollar bills are pinned to her robe by the faithful. The Feast of the Assumption celebration takes place in mid-August and is one of Cleveland's longest-running festivals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F08_003_001
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); Religious festivals; Roman Catholic Church; Processions; Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Lakefront scene from river entrance Cleveland Ohio." Reverse reads: "Credit to Carl McDow; Return after using." Cleveland prospered in the late nineteenth century, profiting from nearby deposits of iron ore and coal, and built on major transportation routes such as the New York Central railway and the Ohio-Erie canal. The Great Depression decimated the city's oil and steel industries; by 1933, one-third of Cleveland's workforce was unemployed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F10_41_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Rivers; Lake Erie; Postcards--Ohio--Cleveland; Cargo Ships; Boats and Boating; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is of the right corner of the room which contains the display for the Ohio Writers' Publication of "The Poles In Cleveland View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F11_017_1
Subjects: Polish Americans--Ohio--Cleveland--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.; Polish Americans--Ohio--Cleveland--History; Polish people--Ohio--Cleveland.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: South end of the lake at Wade Park in Cleveland showing the old boat house at the left in 1900. The Western Reserve University is shown in the background. The park was the first of J. H. Wade to the city in 1882. Wade planned his park in 1872 and spent thousands of dollars in its development. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06009
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Parks; Cleveland (Ohio); Outdoor recreation
Places: Cleveland (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Exclusive Home Furnishings. In front of the Sterling and Welch Store on Euclid near 12 street. District #4, Cleveland. File Negative #20. Project Photographer: Frank Jaffa, October 1940." A secondary caption reads: "Ident. - 61 - State Picture Book Page 45 - lower. Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio Writers' Project. Euclid Avenue at East 12th Street)." The marquee for the Hotel Statler is visible down the street, which reads: "The Cuban Terrace, Opens October 7th" and below, a second marquee reads: "Gable - Tracy - Colbert - Lamarr in Boom Town." Sterling & Welch began in 1845 when Thos. S. and Wm. Beckwith opened a dry goods store on Superior St. In 1857 the store replaced its dry goods line with floor coverings and curtains. Both Frederick A. Sterling and Geo. P. Welch joined the company in its early years and by 1889 they had control of the partnership which was incorporated in 1902 as the Sterling & Welch Co. In 1909 the firm moved from its location on lower Euclid Avenue to 1215-1225 Euclid Ave., where it built one of the largest and finest home furnishing stores in the area. In 1927 Sterling & Welch began the tradition of installing the nation's largest indoor Christmas tree in its atrium. The store closed in 1968 and the building has been demolished. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F10_08_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Department stores Ohio Cleveland History; Home furnishings industry and trade; Demolished buildings
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of a modern day Lake Steamer and the Byrd Sailing Ship (City of New York) at the 9th Street docks in Cleveland, Ohio. The City of New York was the ship Admiral Richard E Byrd outfitted for his famous polar exploration. The City of New York later became a museum of polar exploration, touring the Atlantic Coast and the Great Lakes. She ended up in Cleveland, where she was trapped by a newly constructed bridge. She remained there until World War II. To help meet the great need for additional shipping during the was, her masts were taken down and she left the Great Lakes for service on the east coast. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_19_01
Subjects: Ships--Design; Ships; Cargo ships; Lake steamers--Great Lakes (North America)--History; Docks--Ohio--Cleveland; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Fishing tugs at their dock, ft of Walnut St. Open bridge is Pennsylvania R.R. In far background are grain elevators and artificial gas storage tank." More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_05_01
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ships; Shipping industry; Harbors; Docks--Ohio--Cleveland; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: In the 1930s and 1940s, an area east of the Cuyahoga, traced by Central, Scovill and Woodland Avenues, was the heart of Cleveland's African American community. During and after the First World War, industrial demand and a shortage of southern European immigrants led Cleveland's factories to hire African American labor. From 1910 to 1930, the African American population grew sevenfold, as participants in the Great Migration fled the South. The Central Avenue ghetto consolidated; schools became segregated as white families moved eastward; their curricula were frequently changed to manual training from arts and sciences. Cut off from downtown over the course of the 1950s by construction of the Innerbelt Freeway, the area was prepared for urban renewal. This site is now part of Cuyahoga Community College campus. Reverse reads: "Land of the Junk Yard and Tired Horse. Woodland Avenue at East 29 Street. There are always junk wagons to be seen in this area, and broken down horses. Ident. 60 State Picture Book page 45 upper. Location: Cleveland Ohio. Credit: Ohio Writers' Project. Caption: Woodland Avenue at 29th Street, Cleveland" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F10_43_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "These photographs show a Cleveland Polish folk artist at work. Madame Piotrowska is putting the finishing touches on an accurate image of a Polish peasant girl. carved from wood. Madame Piotrowska's brothers were officers in the Polish arms; since the invasion; one is missing, the other in a concentration camp. She has sent many hand painted postcards to the incarcerated brother, hoping to cheer him. these cards are painted in Oil on paper-thin, card -size pieces of wood. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_001_001
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Folk artists
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "These photographs show a Cleveland Polish folk artist at work. Madame Piotrowska is putting the finishing touches on an accurate image of a Polish girl. Madame Piotrowska's brothers were officers in the Polish army; since the invasion, one is missing and the other in a concentration camp. She has sent many hand painted postcards to the incarcerated brother, hoping to cheer him. These cards are painted in oil on paper-thin, card-size pieces of wood." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_003_001
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Folk artists
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a photograph showing an East Cleveland electric streetcar on the Euclid Avenue route. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F10_16_01
Subjects: Street-cars; Street-railroads--Ohio; Cleveland (Ohio);
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)