Description: Handwritten on reverse: "WPA Collection. Ohio Guide."
This photographic montage, presumably made for possible use in The Ohio Guide, is made up of Tuscarawas County newspaper mastheads, headlines and miscellaneous articles and photographs, most of which are dated around December 7, 1938.
Newspaper mastheads that appear in the photograph include: Dennison Daily Paragraph, The Daily Times, The Evening Chronicle (Uhrichsville), The Budget, Strasburg Record, The Daily Reporter, Newcomerstown News.
Headlines that appear include: "Thomas Kemp", "Officers Installed On Tuesday Evening", "Christmas Play Sunday Dec. 18", "Wardell - Ricker Nuptials", "Cooking Show Opens Friday For Two Days", "Creek Project Comes to Life After Parley", and "Tax Protest Spreads as Town Meet Nears".
From 1935 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), through its Federal Writers' Project created The American Guide Series, which included forty-eight state guides, as well as supplemental guides for large cities, etc.
The state guides are divided into three sections. In the first section are general essays about the state on things such as agriculture, culture, history, industry, religion, etc. The second section contains an overview of the various cities and towns around the state, as well as enumerating various points of interest. The last section is dedicated to various tours around the state. The tourist is taken from city to city, with turn by turn directions, and descriptions of what can be seen along the way. While much of the country has grown and changed since the guides were written, it is surprising how much remains, and sometimes more surprising what has been lost.
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Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F16_069
Subjects: Montages; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)