Description: Inmate seated in his cell in the honor dormitory at the Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1969-1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01792
Subjects: Prisoners; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait depicting Dr. Jared P. Kirtland (1793-1877), who was an operator on the Underground Railroad in Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03191
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Poland (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1800 taken from "Cincinnati, Story of the Queen City by Clara Longworth de Chambrun, page 74 It is from a lithograph of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_010_001
Subjects: Lithographs; Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F111_04
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Type B-3 pulverizers made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio inside the factory, 1939. They were built for the Bethlehem Steel Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01580
Subjects: Crushing machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of A. P. Dutton (b. 1822), who was an agent of the Underground Railroad in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03232
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Wisconsin; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Racine (Wisconsin); Racine County (Wisconsin)
 

Description: Miss America robe made of American Beauty panne velvet, trimmed with ermine and lined with white satin, modeled by Miss Tab Kirk, an employee in the F. & R. Lazarus Company Infants Department. For its diamond jubilee in 1926, Lazarus held a New Years Eve street party at West Town and South High Streets. Miss America did not come as had been advertised, so the robe was worn by a Lazarus employee. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department store View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04415
Subjects: Pageants--Ohio; Lazarus Department Store; Employees; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of the skyline of Cincinnati, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_036_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B03F532_001tif
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Fred Norton in his baseball uniform, ca. 1913-1917. Norton was an outstanding Ohio State University student athlete who became a member of the 27th "Eagle" Pursuit Squadron in France, and was the first Ohio State graduate to be killed in World War I. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, and is the namesake of Ohio State's Norton Field. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04070
Subjects: Sports; World War I; Ohio State University--Athletics; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 9th Independent Battery, Ohio Veteran Volunteer Light Artillery. Text on flag reads: 9th Ba[ttery] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02320
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Digital print of the first page of the 1802 Ohio Constitution. In November 1802, thirty-five delegates of the Ohio Constitutional Convention convened to draft a state constitution. In order for Ohio to become a state, representatives of the territory had to submit a constitution to the United States Congress for approval. This was the final requirement under the Northwest Ordinance that Ohio had to meet before becoming a state. Twenty six of the delegates favored the platform of the Democratic-Republican Party. Among these men was Edward Tiffin, the president of the convention. Democratic-Republicans favored a small government with limited powers, in which the legislative branch should hold the few powers that the government actually possessed. Seven delegates to the convention were Federalists. Federalists believed in a much stronger government. The remaining two delegates were independents. Since the Democratic-Republicans controlled the convention, Ohio's first state constitution established a relatively weak government with the legislative branch holding most of the power. The convention approved the Constitution on November 29, 1802, and adjourned, and Ohio's Constitution of 1803 remained in effect until the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1851 adopted a new one. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02729
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Constitutions; Ohio Government; Ohio History; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)