Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke catching a fish. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F02_011
Subjects: Fishing; Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots, Military
 

Description: Two young fishermen displaying their catch and equipment. The boy on the right has a large fish and the one on the left has several smaller fish and what appears to be a bird. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08506
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Fishing; Outdoor recreation
 

Description: Caption reads: "The Rearing Ponds at The Fish Hatchery at Fairmont Park, Dayton Ohio. Now being greatly enlarged by W.P.A." This is one of the five fish hatcheries in Ohio that W.P.A. workers improved. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_015_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Business and Labor; Fishing industry
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a man duck hunting. It was most likely taken around the Sandusky area. During the late 1800s, the Lake Erie marshes were known as some of the best waterfowl hunting areas in the United States. As early as 1890 much of the wetland area was being operated for private shooting. By the end of 1951 the entire 30,000 acres of remaining marshland along Lake Erie, from Toledo to Sandusky, was under private club ownership. Today, the region still supports some of the most intensively developed and managed waterfowling clubs in the Midwest. The Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, purchased by the Ohio Division of Wildlife in August 1951, lies in some of Ohio’s finest remaining wetlands. The marsh complex has historically been inhabited by large numbers of waterfowl, waterbirds, shorebirds, and songbirds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_002_001
Subjects: Duck hunting; Hunting--Ohio; Hunting and fishing clubs--United States; Marshes--Ohio; Sandusky (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Plants and Animals; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: These points are examples of a Clovis and lanceolate points made by Paleo-Indians, who occupied Ohio between 15,000 and 9,000 years ago. Paleo-Indians learned to thin their spear points and knife blades by careful flaking, called knapping, rather than by fluting. High-quality sources of flint in Ohio were available from which to make distinctive spear points and knives. The Clovis point, with the concave base and long "flute" or channel running from the base toward the tip, is on the bottom. It measures 4.5" (11.43 cm) long. The lanceolate point, with a straight base, is on top and measures 4.5" (11.43 cm) long. Lanceolate points are named for their elongated, leaf-like shape. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1500_1807690_001
Subjects: American Indians in Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources; Flint; Projectile points; Tools; Fishing & hunting gear
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows a man duck hunting. It was most likely taken around the Sandusky area. During the late 1800s, the Lake Erie marshes were known as some of the best waterfowl hunting areas in the United States. As early as 1890 much of the wetland area was being operated for private shooting. By the end of 1951 the entire 30,000 acres of remaining marshland along Lake Erie, from Toledo to Sandusky, was under private club ownership. Today, the region still supports some of the most intensively developed and managed waterfowling clubs in the Midwest. The Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, purchased by the Ohio Division of Wildlife in August 1951, lies in some of Ohio’s finest remaining wetlands. The marsh complex has historically been inhabited by large numbers of waterfowl, waterbirds, shorebirds, and songbirds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_040_001
Subjects: Duck hunting; Hunting--Ohio; Hunting and fishing clubs--United States; Marshes--Ohio; Sandusky (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Plants and Animals; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a men duck hunting using a small boat. It was most likely taken around the Sandusky area. During the late 1800s, the Lake Erie marshes were known as some of the best waterfowl hunting areas in the United States. As early as 1890 much of the wetland area was being operated for private shooting. By the end of 1951 the entire 30,000 acres of remaining marshland along Lake Erie, from Toledo to Sandusky, was under private club ownership. Today, the region still supports some of the most intensively developed and managed waterfowling clubs in the Midwest. The Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, purchased by the Ohio Division of Wildlife in August 1951, lies in some of Ohio’s finest remaining wetlands. The marsh complex has historically been inhabited by large numbers of waterfowl, waterbirds, shorebirds, and songbirds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_043_001
Subjects: Duck hunting; Hunting--Ohio; Hunting and fishing clubs--United States; Marshes--Ohio; Sandusky (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Plants and Animals; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a man duck hunting. It was most likely taken around the Sandusky area. During the late 1800s, the Lake Erie marshes were known as some of the best waterfowl hunting areas in the United States. As early as 1890 much of the wetland area was being operated for private shooting. By the end of 1951 the entire 30,000 acres of remaining marshland along Lake Erie, from Toledo to Sandusky, was under private club ownership. Today, the region still supports some of the most intensively developed and managed waterfowling clubs in the Midwest. The Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, purchased by the Ohio Division of Wildlife in August 1951, lies in some of Ohio’s finest remaining wetlands. The marsh complex has historically been inhabited by large numbers of waterfowl, waterbirds, shorebirds, and songbirds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_044_001
Subjects: Duck hunting; Hunting--Ohio; Hunting and fishing clubs--United States; Marshes--Ohio; Sandusky (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Plants and Animals; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows two men duck hunting, in a small boat. It was most likely taken around the Sandusky area. During the late 1800s, the Lake Erie marshes were known as some of the best waterfowl hunting areas in the United States. As early as 1890 much of the wetland area was being operated for private shooting. By the end of 1951 the entire 30,000 acres of remaining marshland along Lake Erie, from Toledo to Sandusky, was under private club ownership. Today, the region still supports some of the most intensively developed and managed waterfowling clubs in the Midwest. The Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, purchased by the Ohio Division of Wildlife in August 1951, lies in some of Ohio’s finest remaining wetlands. The marsh complex has historically been inhabited by large numbers of waterfowl, waterbirds, shorebirds, and songbirds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_045_001
Subjects: Duck hunting; Hunting--Ohio; Hunting and fishing clubs--United States; Marshes--Ohio; Sandusky (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Plants and Animals; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Paul Laurence Dunbar, pictured far left, with several unidentified gentlemen holding fish. The men are wearing casual slacks, long-sleeved button front shirts, and hats. Dunbar, a native of Dayton, Ohio, was a prominent African American poet, playwright, and author over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05266
Subjects: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906--Homes and haunts--Ohio; African American authors; Fishing;
 

Description: Photograph showing Ruth Weinman Herndon posing with fish she caught. Ruth Weinman (1907-2002) was a life-long resident of Columbus, Ohio. Born September 6, 1907, she was the daughter of Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman (1869-1957) and William Nelson Weinman (1868-1950), owner of the Weinman Pump Manufacturing Company. The Weinmans were a prominent German-American family in central Ohio throughout the 20th century. Ruth lived with her parents at 380 King Avenue in Columbus until 1914, when her parents hired Columbus architect Frank Packard to build a home at 1445 Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff. After graduating from Columbus School for Girls in 1925, Ruth studied sociology at Ohio State University, graduating in 1929. She married L. Kermit Herndon. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06052
Subjects: Fishing--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Children; German Americans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Flat, roughly oval sandstone cobble has concave chipped indentations on opposite sides of the edge. It was used as to sink fishnets. Item was excavated at Tuttle Hill in Independence Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07317
Subjects: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Fishing & hunting gear; American Indian history and society
Places: Independence Township (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)