Cedar Falls photograph
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Title |
Cedar Falls photograph |
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Creator |
Ohio Federal Writers' Project |
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Subject |
Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio)
State parks and reserves
Waterfalls
Outdoor recreation
Geology and Natural Resources |
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Time Period |
1930s
1940s |
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Place |
Cedar Falls (Ohio)
Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio)
Hocking County (Ohio)
South Logan (Ohio) |
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Description |
Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Cedar Falls at Hocking Hills State Park in Hocking County, Ohio. Cedar Falls is best known for its fanned waterfall and hemlock-lined trail. In 1924, the state of Ohio purchased 146 acres in the Hocking Hills that became Hocking Hills State Park in 1949. In 1972, the park added a dining lodge and cabins. Hocking Hills State Park is known for its geologic features of blackhand sandstone, including Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, and Rock House. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Landscape, Rocky Falls, Cedar Falls, Hocking State Park (Ohio), Credit: J.O. Lord." 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. |
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Date of Original |
ca. 1935-1940 |
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Collection |
Ohio Guide Collection |
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Source |
State Archives Series 1039 AV; Box 7, Folder 4 |
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Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
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Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
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Type |
StillImage |
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File Name |
SA1039AV_B07F04_012_1.tif |
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Image Height |
4914 |
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Image Width |
6063 |
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File Size |
118738402 Bytes |
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Display File Type |
image/jp2 |
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Format |
picture |
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Date created |
2011-04-22 |
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Date modified |
2017-08-01 |
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