Jump to content

File:Ohio Guide chapter heading - Columbus.png

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (3,857 × 1,500 pixels, file size: 5.2 MB, MIME type: image/png)

Summary

Description
English: "This art deco style illustration for “Columbus” was used in The Ohio Guide. It depicts (from right to left) the Ohio State Office Building, American Insurance Union Citadel (now LeVeque Tower) and City Hall. A bridge, mostly like the Broad Street bridge, spans the Scioto River.

This illustration is a photographic reproduction of a drawing. It is one of a series produced as possible chapter headings for The Ohio Guide. A signature of the artist “A. Koerbling” can also be seen. A signature of the artist “A. Koerbling” can also be seen.

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."
Date between circa 1935 and circa 1943
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1935-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll34/id/7212
Author Ohio Federal Writers' Project, A. Koerbling

Licensing

Public domain
This image is a work of a Works Progress Administration employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §§ 101 and 105).

English  français  日本語  македонски  русский  +/−

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:58, 3 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 22:58, 3 May 20203,857 × 1,500 (5.2 MB)Uploaded a work by Ohio Federal Writers' Project, A. Koerbling from https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll34/id/7212 with UploadWizard