Beatty Park shelter lodge photograph   Save
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Description: Dated April 15, 1939, this photograph shows Shelter Lodge in Beatty Park in Steubenville, Ohio. A handwritten note on the photograph's reverse reads "Shelter Lodge in Beatty Park. Steubenville, O. Miller and Son 436 Market St. Steubenville, Ohio" and there is a photographer's mark on the front which reads "Miller & Son Steubenville Ohio 4-15-39." The original Beatty Park entrance was located at 737 Lincoln Avenue. The park was comprised of 100 acres and afforded picnic sites and camps for auto trailers. A full-time worker had charge of the city's recreational program here, which included baseball, basketball, swimming, golf and other sports. Beatty Park was reopened for public use in September 2007 thanks to efforts by local individuals working with the Steubenville Parks and Recreation Department after many years of disrepair. 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_B08F06_037_001
Subjects: Parks; Hiking trails; Steubenville (Ohio); Geography and Natural Resources; Recreation
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)