This mid-20th-century placemat from “Huck” Foehr’s Turkey Shoppe serves as both advertising for Southern Ohio’s finest restaurant and a cultural snapshot of Portsmouth’s business district. With a directory of local businesses and a stylized map, the piece captures the spirit of an era and tells a community’s story.
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The WPA Map of Veteran Burials on Long Run
Two WPA-created maps of documenting the burials of veterans in Clay Township, Scioto County, Ohio. This left map illustrates the burials at the Long Run United Brethren Cemetery and the right map documents the burials at Long Run Universal Cemetery.
1960’s Scioto County Sheriff’s Road Directory
Townships of Ohio Map
While working on a story today I found the need to visualize township boundaries in each county of Ohio, specifically in areas where county lines meet. Sure I could fire up Google Earth with a township layer enabled, but sometimes paper is just easier. I found this pdf at “Williams Continue Reading
