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Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, Carriage House & Garage, 714 North Portage Path, Akro...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-67 Survey number: HABS OH-50-A Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75002058

Arnold House, Copley, Summit County, OH

Arnold House, Copley, Summit County, OH

Survey number: HABS OH-220 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Washington Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Washington Lake Dam, Kamas, Sum...

Significance: Washington Lake is the largest body of water to be reservoired in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Its dam, built cooperatively by four of the principal regional irrigation compan... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Lost Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Lost Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit Co...

Significance: With the crest of 950 feet, the Lost Lake dam is the largest of the earth-fill retention structures built over the natural lakes in the upper Provo River drainage. It represents a considerable in... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Teapot Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Teapot Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit ...

Significance: Teapot Lake is one of several lakes in the upper Provo River drainage impounded by the Provo Reservoir Company using previously granted water rights (1909, in this instance). The dam and secondar... More

James Wallace House, 8230 Brandywine Road, Northfield Center, Summit County, OH

James Wallace House, 8230 Brandywine Road, Northfield Center, Summit C...

Significance: The James Wallace house and outbuildings represent the entrepreneurial and agricultural efforts of the owners to enlarge the population and improve the economic foundation of the Cuyahoga Valley. ... More

Snake River Ditch, Headgate on north bank of Snake River, Dillon, Summit County, CO

Snake River Ditch, Headgate on north bank of Snake River, Dillon, Summ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel Findley School, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Streets, Akron, Summit C...

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Findley Academy carries elements of the Beaux Arts style with additional Classical Revival details, evident throughout the exterior and interior. These... More

Twinsburg Congregational Church, Route 14, Twinsburg, Summit County, OH

Twinsburg Congregational Church, Route 14, Twinsburg, Summit County, O...

Survey number: HABS OH-29 Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Fire Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Fire Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Fire, Weir and Pot lakes, all built in 1934 by the Provo Reservoir Company, are indicative of the renewed local interest in reservoir-building sparked by the drought of 1931. They are historicall... More

Ledges Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Ledges Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Structures such as the Ledges shelter made the Cuyahoga Valley area more accessible for recreational use. These buildings represent the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the area. Surve... More

Ledges Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Ledges Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Structures such as the Ledges shelter made the Cuyahoga Valley area more accessible for recreational use. These buildings represent the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the area. Surve... More

Ledges Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Ledges Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Structures such as the Ledges shelter made the Cuyahoga Valley area more accessible for recreational use. These buildings represent the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the area. Surve... More

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Lane School was constructed in 1902 as an elementary school and opened its doors in September, 1903. It was named after Samuel A. Lane, noted Historian and elected official of Akron. It was design... More

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Samuel A. Lane School, 501 Howe Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Lane School was constructed in 1902 as an elementary school and opened its doors in September, 1903. It was named after Samuel A. Lane, noted Historian and elected official of Akron. It was design... More

Western Reserve Academy, Chapel, Western Reserve University, Hudson, Summit County, OH

Western Reserve Academy, Chapel, Western Reserve University, Hudson, S...

Survey number: HABS OH-22-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1836 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001539

Silver King Mining Company, Covered Tramway, Park City West, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Covered Tramway, Park City West, Park City...

Significance: At the beginning of the twentieth century the Silver King Coalition Mine in Park City, Utah, was both the largest producer of ore and ore-concentrates in the region and the largest dividend-payer ... More

Elizabeth Park Pavilion, Stuber & East North Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Elizabeth Park Pavilion, Stuber & East North Street, Akron, Summit Cou...

1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS OH-2253

Hudson Library & Historical Society, 49 East Main Street, Hudson, Summit County, OH

Hudson Library & Historical Society, 49 East Main Street, Hudson, Summ...

Significance: Built in 1832 by Fredrick Baldwin, one of Hudson's earliest merchants. He had New England journeymen, imported to work on Western Reserve Academy buildings, construct his house of black walnut. On... More

Hudson Library & Historical Society, 49 East Main Street, Hudson, Summit County, OH

Hudson Library & Historical Society, 49 East Main Street, Hudson, Summ...

Significance: Built in 1832 by Fredrick Baldwin, one of Hudson's earliest merchants. He had New England journeymen, imported to work on Western Reserve Academy buildings, construct his house of black walnut. On... More

St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Park Avenue, Park City, Summit County, UT

St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Park Avenue, Park City, Summit Coun...

Significance: This is the oldest Catholic School and church in the Diocese of Salt Lake City and the State of Utah. Survey number: HABS UT-35 Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction

Jonathan Hale House, Oak Hill Road, Ira, Summit County, OH

Jonathan Hale House, Oak Hill Road, Ira, Summit County, OH

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, Hudson, Summit County, OH

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, ...

Survey number: HABS OH-275 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001539

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, Hudson, Summit County, OH

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, ...

Survey number: HABS OH-275 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001539

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, Hudson, Summit County, OH

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, ...

Survey number: HABS OH-275 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001539

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: Stan Hywet Hall is one of the most outstanding examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. As a house museum, it is notable for its high degree of architectural integrity and for ... More

Jaite Paper Mill, 1200 West Highland Road, Sagamore Hills, Summit County, OH

Jaite Paper Mill, 1200 West Highland Road, Sagamore Hills, Summit Coun...

Significance: The Jaite Paper Mill is the focal point of the Jaite Mill Historic District, one of the few remaining company towns in northeast Ohio. Originally built by Charles Jaite in 1905, the mill was cons... More

Jaite Paper Mill, 1200 West Highland Road, Sagamore Hills, Summit County, OH

Jaite Paper Mill, 1200 West Highland Road, Sagamore Hills, Summit Coun...

Significance: The Jaite Paper Mill is the focal point of the Jaite Mill Historic District, one of the few remaining company towns in northeast Ohio. Originally built by Charles Jaite in 1905, the mill was cons... More

Jaite Paper Mill, 1200 West Highland Road, Sagamore Hills, Summit County, OH

Jaite Paper Mill, 1200 West Highland Road, Sagamore Hills, Summit Coun...

Significance: The Jaite Paper Mill is the focal point of the Jaite Mill Historic District, one of the few remaining company towns in northeast Ohio. Originally built by Charles Jaite in 1905, the mill was cons... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

Young Women's Christian Association, 146 South High Street, Akron, Sum...

Significance: The Akron YWCA is the largest building ever designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Fichter & Brooker. This 10-story building is essentially Art Deco in style but also reflects a str... More

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Street...

Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal productio... More

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Street...

Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal productio... More

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Street...

Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal productio... More

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, Akron, Summit County, OH

Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Street...

Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal productio... More

Thomas Powers Ranch, Open Air Shed, 4137 North Highway 224, Snyderville, Summit County, UT

Thomas Powers Ranch, Open Air Shed, 4137 North Highway 224, Snydervill...

Survey number: HABS UT-126-C Public domain photograph of a shed, barn, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manatoc Reservation, Buena Vista Cabin, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Manatoc Reservation, Buena Vista Cabin, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, ...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Buena Vista is located at one of the highest points on the campground. It has bunks for 16 boy scouts, equipped with a fireplace, woodburning stove and... More

A black and white photo of a fence in the snow, Snow fence. Summit County, Utah

A black and white photo of a fence in the snow, Snow fence. Summit Cou...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft is carefully balanced on a special machine to guarantee flawless performance in service. Inspector is making final check on airplane tires destined for military service. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft i...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Loading raw rubber. Bales of raw rubber, removed from wooden crates in which they have traveled from Singapore, are wheeled up to this endless chain loader, which will automatically feed it into the "guillotine," the first step in making tires at an Ohio tire plant

Loading raw rubber. Bales of raw rubber, removed from wooden crates in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The halftrac production department of an Ohio tire plant now handling a large Army order displays a poster that expresses the sentiments of the management and the workers. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The halftrac production department of an Ohio tire plant now handling ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of the zipper-covered "manhole" in the nose of a gigantic barrage balloon, this worker has finished patching, touching up and checking the great bag, and is ready to give the signal to deflate the balloon, pack it and ship it to Uncle Sam's army training fields where balloon squadrons are learning the technique of handling the blimp-sized gas bags. This ship is of the ballonet type. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of th...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. This balloon room worker is assembling fabric tubes which will comprise inflatable seats in finished boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other mi...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subcontracting aircraft parts. The entire floor space of this huge Ohio plant is devoted to the manufacture of airplane parts. Working areas are covered with canvas so that they may be individually heated. It is not possible to heat the entire air volume of the building, which approximates 45,000,000 cubic feet. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. The entire floor space of this huge Ohi...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drying at top speed. Reeled away from the calendaring machine, the fresh stock rolls over towering drying racks shown here. Weighted tension bars keep the festooned sheet of new fabric taut and straight as it cools and dries. From the drying racks, the fabric travels quickly onto rolls of cloth where it is rolled onto reels small enough to handle. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Drying at top speed. Reeled away from the calendaring machine, the fre...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Raw rubber cut into pie-shape. Delivery end of the cutter. The wedge-shaped hunks of rubber fell out on this dusting tray where they are covered with soapstone dust to prevent them from sticking back together again. Rubber is cut in wedge shape, to assist in feeding it into the mill rolls during processing

Raw rubber cut into pie-shape. Delivery end of the cutter. The wedge-s...

Public domain photograph of organ, keyboard instrument, church, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Off to the calendaring machine. The finished batch is taken by other tire workers to the next step in the milling process. In this instance, the batch goes from the mill room to the calendaring machine, where it will become a part of the cord fabric. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Off to the calendaring machine. The finished batch is taken by other t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Tubes are extruded. Much as meat is forced through a grinder, tube rubber is forced through this machine and out the opening at the end, which allows an even flow of rubber to make a seamless rubber tube. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Tubes are extruded. Much as meat is forced through a grinder, tube rub...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Wrapping in cloth prevents sticking. Reels of fabric may be stored for a few moments or a few days, wrapped in cloth to prevent it from sticking to itself when rolled up. These reels are brought from storage to machines such as this, in which the fabric is out on a powered bias cutter to exact length for one ply of a tire. This worker is making a layer of two plies, with the cords running at right angles, one laid on top of the other. This layer will later be used by a tire builder in building up the plies of his tire to the required number. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Wrapping in cloth prevents sticking. Reels of fabric may be stored for...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Road across Loveland Pass near Dillon, Colorado

Road across Loveland Pass near Dillon, Colorado

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Raw rubber wheeled to mill room. Wagonload of cut rubber is carted from the cutting machine into the "make-up" room where ingredients are gathered, weighed and measured for each batch of rubber to be made up into General tires. Firestone (General Tires). Akron, Ohio.

Raw rubber wheeled to mill room. Wagonload of cut rubber is carted fro...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flotation bag manufacturing. This maze of fabric represents various parts of flotation bags for military aircraft which, when finished, will be like the huge air container shown in background. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. This maze of fabric represents various pa...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A sign hanging from the side of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A sign hanging from the side of a building. Office of War Information ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Ghost mining town coming to life because of defense mining boom. Montezuma, Colorado

Ghost mining town coming to life because of defense mining boom. Monte...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this tire storeroom are playing important part in the nation's war effort. Tires like these are used on huge trucks and military prime movers. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this ti...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Giant tire manufacturer. This bomber tire has just been removed from a mold and is on its way to final inspection, where it will be thoroughly checked before becoming a part of Uncle Sam's fighting forces. Airplane tire production is going forward twenty- four hours a day, seven days a week in this large Eastern plant in an all-out effort to "Keep 'em flying"

Giant tire manufacturer. This bomber tire has just been removed from a...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). Carefully selected soap is used in the making of solutions used during the manufacture of synthetic rubber. This worker is mixing a solution at the B.F. Goodrich plant, in Akron, Ohio. It is mixed in a nickel-lined tank. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). Carefully selected soap is used in the ma...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, was designed for the vulcanizing of giant tires used on earth-moving machinery, but is now helping out the war program by vulcanizing self-sealing gas tanks for the nation's war planes. The mold containing the tank has been lowered into the vulcanizing unit and the huge cover is being lowered into position before the heat is turned on

Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, w...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). After the milling process, where crumbs of synthetic rubber are pressed into sheets, then trimmed to size and cooled, the sheets are placed in these charging and discharging vacuum dryers. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). After the milling process, where crumbs o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gigantic scrap yard in the heart of Akron, Ohio, was the scene of great activity during intensive scrap metal drive. Everything from old cannons to abandoned automobiles and dismantled lamp posts were turned in in order to provide scrap metal for the sinews of war

Gigantic scrap yard in the heart of Akron, Ohio, was the scene of grea...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. A life raft built by Mrs. May E. Thompson and Robert S. Barnhart and six members of his crew drifted for three weeks in the Pacific before being picked up. Said Barnhart, when informed of the part they had played in the rescue, "it makes a fellow mighty happy to know that something he has done in the war effort has really cashed in"

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. A life raft built by Mrs. May E. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A chair lift carries skiers and snowboarders to and from the heights at the Copper Mountain Ski Resort, near the town of Frisco in Summit County, Colorado

A chair lift carries skiers and snowboarders to and from the heights a...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Fun in "tumble bubbles" at the Frisco Adventure Park in Frisco, Colorado

Fun in "tumble bubbles" at the Frisco Adventure Park in Frisco, Colora...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park Cit...

Significance: One problem encountered by the Silver King Mining Company was the transportation of its ore over the rough terrain between the mine and the railhead in Park City. The solution was a 7,000' long ae... More

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park Cit...

Significance: One problem encountered by the Silver King Mining Company was the transportation of its ore over the rough terrain between the mine and the railhead in Park City. The solution was a 7,000' long ae... More

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Loading Station, Park Avenue, Park Cit...

Significance: One problem encountered by the Silver King Mining Company was the transportation of its ore over the rough terrain between the mine and the railhead in Park City. The solution was a 7,000' long ae... More

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Mill, Park City West, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Mill, Park City West, Park City, Summi...

Significance: At the beginning of the twentieth century the Silver King Coalition Mine in Park City, Utah, was both the largest producer of ore and ore-concentrates in the region and the largest dividend-payer ... More

Thomas Powers Ranch, Garage, 4137 North Highway 224, Snyderville, Summit County, UT

Thomas Powers Ranch, Garage, 4137 North Highway 224, Snyderville, Summ...

Survey number: HABS UT-126-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Big Elk Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Big Elk Lake Dam, Wasatch Natio...

Public domain photograph of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henefer Bridge, Spanning Weber River at Center Street, Henefer, Summit County, UT

Henefer Bridge, Spanning Weber River at Center Street, Henefer, Summit...

Significance: The Henefer Bridge is a single-span pony truss bridge constructed in 1907-1908. The bridge is one of the few, if not the only, example of a pony truss with pinned connections built in the State o... More

Congregational Church, Village Green, Tallmadge, Summit County, OH

Congregational Church, Village Green, Tallmadge, Summit County, OH

Survey number: HABS OH-22-6 Building/structure dates: ca. 1825 Initial Construction

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch Nati...

Significance: Typical earth-fill structures, the dams on Marjorie and Duck lakes were constructed using similar specifications, including the stipulation for "carefully hand-laid rock faces." They are represen... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch Nati...

Significance: Typical earth-fill structures, the dams on Marjorie and Duck lakes were constructed using similar specifications, including the stipulation for "carefully hand-laid rock faces." They are represen... More

First National Bank of Hudson, Aurora & Main Streets, Hudson, Summit County, OH

First National Bank of Hudson, Aurora & Main Streets, Hudson, Summit C...

Significance: It was in 1830 that A. A. Brewster built himself the finest store in town. It was a store on the first floor, offices for doctors and lawyers on the second, and auditorium on the third. Except for... More

Silver King Mining Company, Water Tanks, Park City West, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Water Tanks, Park City West, Park City, Su...

Survey number: HAER UT-22-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kimball Hotel, U.S. Route 40, Silver Creek Junction, Summit County, UT

Kimball Hotel, U.S. Route 40, Silver Creek Junction, Summit County, UT

Significance: This is one of the few remaining original stations of the Overland Stage. It also served as a station for the Holladay Stage Line and the Wells Fargo Express Company as well as a hotel. Unproces... More

Samuel Pierce Hoyt Mill, U.S. Route 189 Vicinity, Hoytsville, Summit County, UT

Samuel Pierce Hoyt Mill, U.S. Route 189 Vicinity, Hoytsville, Summit C...

Significance: On same property as the Samuel Pierce Hoyt House-an extremely handsome example of a country mansion, belonging to one of the early pioneers of a settlement which bears his name. Survey number: H... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Construction of Long Lake Dam was undertaken in 1923 by the Provo Reservoir Company to augment water flow through its canal to the pumping station completed that same year at the Jordan Narrows. ... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Wall Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Wall Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit Co...

Significance: Wall Lake is the deepest body of water to be reservoired in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Its dam, built conservatively by four of the principal regional irrigation companies, ... More

Thomas Powers Ranch, Residence, 4137 North Highway 224, Snyderville, Summit County, UT

Thomas Powers Ranch, Residence, 4137 North Highway 224, Snyderville, S...

Survey number: HABS UT-126-K Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Powers Ranch, Residence, 4137 North Highway 224, Snyderville, Summit County, UT

Thomas Powers Ranch, Residence, 4137 North Highway 224, Snyderville, S...

Survey number: HABS UT-126-K Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James Wallace House, 8230 Brandywine Road, Northfield Center, Summit County, OH

James Wallace House, 8230 Brandywine Road, Northfield Center, Summit C...

Significance: The James Wallace house and outbuildings represent the entrepreneurial and agricultural efforts of the owners to enlarge the population and improve the economic foundation of the Cuyahoga Valley. ... More

Snake River Ditch, Headgate on north bank of Snake River, Dillon, Summit County, CO

Snake River Ditch, Headgate on north bank of Snake River, Dillon, Summ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Q. Cannon Association Residence, House, 4459 North Highway 224, Snyderville, Summit County, UT

George Q. Cannon Association Residence, House, 4459 North Highway 224,...

Survey number: HABS UT-127-A Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Q. Cannon Association Residence, House, 4459 North Highway 224, Snyderville, Summit County, UT

George Q. Cannon Association Residence, House, 4459 North Highway 224,...

Survey number: HABS UT-127-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Trial Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Trial Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit C...

Significance: Trial Lake is the second largest body of water to be reservoired in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Its dam, built cooperatively by four of the principal regional irrigation comp... More

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