Grottoes at the Cincinnati Zoo   Save
Ohio Guide Photographs
Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the barless grottoes at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden in Cincinnati, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Modern Barless Grottoes where animals roam in surroundings similar to the African Veldt." The alternate caption reads "In these naturalistic, barless enclosures of the most modern design, roam the lions, tigers, and bears of the Cincinnati Zoological Garden, a municipal enterprise. The Zoo, on Vine Street at Erkenbrecher Avenue, is open the year round, and the animals are on display at all times. Admission: adults, 25 cents: children under twelve, 15 cents." 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_B03F09_009_1
Subjects: Zoos--Ohio; Public spaces--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)