Description: This photograph of a group of women at the Lawrence County Farm Field Day was taken in July 1965. The women were working the concession stand for visitors to the field day. The slide measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3029_3645083_001
Subjects: Agriculture; Ohio Women; Farms; Expositions and fairs
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Malabar Farm, shown in these three photographs, was the home of Ohio author, farmer, and conservationist Louis Bromfield. Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book Early Autumn in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. Many Hollywood celebrities visited the farm, and Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were married there. Bromfield's 32-room country mansion is preserved exactly the way he left it upon his death in 1956 and includes personal artifacts, books, photographs, original paintings, antique furniture, and a 914-acre working farm complete with livestock and crops.The photographs are 5" x 4" (12.7 x 10.16 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3296_4754277_002
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Agriculture; Farms; Houses; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956)
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Etching by Elis F. Miller showing an unidentified rural landscape. Miller was born in Canton, Ohio, on October 15, 1840. As a child, both he and his sister Mary Emily sketched and painted. In 1862, Miller joined Company B of the 15th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a musician. When he was mustered out in 1865, Miller went to Columbus, where his mother, Harriet J. Miller, sister “Emily,” and Emily’s husband had moved the previous year. During the early years of his career Miller worked as a photographer to support himself. He continued drawing and primarily worked as a landscape artist, traveling to southern Ohio, West Virginia, and the Lake Erie Islands. These sketches were later used as the basis of his watercolors and etchings. Miller specialized in watercolors and won ten “best” awards at the Ohio State Fair between 1875 and 1881. He exhibited two landscapes at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876 and made a name for himself with his landscape work in etchings. He used a new European process of the time called “cliché verre,” in which glass photographic plates coated with emulsion were etched with a fine needle. Miller then exposed the plates in the sun next to light-sensitive paper to create the final piece of art. Although Miller’s work was appreciated in Columbus, it was not until the 1880s that it was recognized by East Coast art circles. Today Miller’s work can be found at the Smithsonian, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Columbus Museum of Art. He died of tubercular meningitis on March 20, 1884. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P385_B03F06_001_001
Subjects: Artists--Ohio; Civil War; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Miller, Elis, 1840-1884; Farms;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken during winter sometime between 1935-1943, this photograph shows a Depression-Era barn in rural 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_B15F04_003_004_001
Subjects: Great Depression; Agriculture; Barns; Farms; Rural life
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Depression-era house in rural Ohio. A horse-drawn cart can be seen inside the fence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_005_001
Subjects: Great Depression; Rural life; Horse-drawn carts; Farms
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated January 9, 1941, these photographs show two Amish farmhouses near Middlefield, Ohio. Ohio is home to the world's largest Amish population. Ohio's Amish Country consists mainly of Holmes County, Wayne County, and Stark County. For nearly two centuries this area has remained unrestrained by modern technologies. 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_B01F06_030
Subjects: Amish; Farms; Amish farmers--Ohio--Geauga County; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Middlefield (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a valley somewhere in Ohio, with several fields and farmhouses. More information needed as to the exact location. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F02_008_001
Subjects: Farms Ohio; Land use, Rural--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph showing a white horse in a small paddock near two small log structures. Because of the hills seen in the background, this image was likely taken in the Appalachian area of southern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_011_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Log structures; Horses; Farms; Rural Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Duroc hogs feeding in red clover on a farm in Delaware County, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_006_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Hogs; Livestock; Farms
Places: Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo depicts a meadow featuring patches of tall grasses in an unknown location in Ohio. A small area of forestation and a pathway surround the meadow. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F02_023_001
Subjects: Farms Ohio; Land use, Rural--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Coon Hollow Road - South of La Porte, Lorain County. Photograph by Henry P. Boynton." The name "Coon Hollow Road" does not appear on maps from this time--the location has been tentatively identified as a section of what is now known as Robson Road in Grafton, Ohio. The photograph shows a country farm, with barn and silo, on a rural road in Ohio. LaPorte is located in Carlisle Township in Lorain County, near the intersection of Grafton Road and Ohio Route 301. Grafton is a village of approximately 6,600, located along the east branch of the Black River in Lorain County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F16_002_1
Subjects: Farms; Landscape photography; Rural life; Agriculture--Ohio;
Places: LaPorte (Ohio); Carlisle Township (Ohio); Grafton (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a farm in Ohio's Appalachian foothills, near Marietta. Much of the land between Marietta and Woodsfield is occupied by Wayne National Forest. Discussion of a national forest in southeastern Ohio began in 1919; the first tracts of land were purchased in 1935. The park was operated as Wayne-Hoosier National Forest until 1951, when Ohio's and Indiana's forests were administratively separated. The Wayne currently preserves the natural and archaeological heritage of southeastern Ohio, spanning 12 counties and more than 240,000 acres. Reverse reads, in part: "Class--Agriculture. Ident.--Farm scene. Location--On the road between Marietta and Woodsfield. Caption--Hillside and bottomland." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F18_004_1
Subjects: Farms--Ohio.
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)