Description: Fully equipped by the WPA, the model playhouse at the Ohio State School for the Blind gives children the opportunity to learn about the problems of home life. Reverse reads: “On School Life Magazine Cover. ‘Good Morning Neighbor.’ Model house, four rooms – living room, dining room, bed room, and kitchen. Completely furnished even to an electric stove on which they sometimes cook. Children learning features of a home.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_22_001
Subjects: Models; Playhouses; Schools--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: 22265. Photo by Wilson. Ohio, Columbus. Photo shows blind students getting this story of the Nativity from their fingertips on a model which was made by EPA workers for the students at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in 1837. In the 1900s the name was changed to the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio Department of Education took control of the school at this time. In 1953, the school moved from its location on Main Street, Columbus to 5220 North High Street in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_24_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Students; Education--Ohio; School--Ohio; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a ladder from a collection of models, that were constructed at the school by a WPA project, for the Ohio State School for the Blind and are located in the basement of the school. The models are of various monuments around the United States that blind students can examine with their hands. In 1837, the Ohio government established the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio State School for the Blind. It was the first public school for the blind in the United States. The school opened its doors in 1839, and it was located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution. Eleven students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind this first year. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but upon moving to a new building in 1874, more than three hundred students could attend at one time. Between 1839 and 1901, 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s, the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953, the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education (kindergarten through high school) at the institution. In addition, the Ohio State School for the Blind offered vocational training for its students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_017_001
Subjects: Models; Ladders; Schools--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "'GOOD MORNING, NEIGHBOR' * This playhouse is fully equipped, consisting of a living room, dining room, bedroom and kitchen. Many problems dealing with home life are solved here directly by means of the 'make believe' home at the Ohio State School for the Blind." The Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in 1837. In the 1900s the name was changed to the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio Department of Education took control of the school at this time. In 1953, the school moved from its location on Main Street, Columbus to 5220 North High Street in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_007_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Playhouses; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A statue of a man with his dog used as a teaching tool at the school for the blind. The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in April of 1837 and by July of 1837 began instruction in rented rooms. The first school building was built in 1839, and could accommodate sixty students. This photograph, ca. 1935-1943 shows the four story sandstone structure in the Second Roman style of architeture with a Mansard roof. It is located on the corner of Parsons Avenue, and East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio and first opened it's doors on May 21, 1874. Early in the 20th century, the Ohio Department of Education assumed control and the name of the school was changed to the Ohio School for the Blind. In 1953, the school moved to it's current location on North High Street near Morse Road. The building has undergone several renovations, and once had a central tower reached an additional three stories, and pointed spires on the north and south ends. It has since been occupied by the Ohio Highway Patrol and then by Columbus Environmental Health. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_035_001
Subjects: Statues; Schools--Ohio; Blind--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)