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_B05F1047_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Birds Eye View of Columbus, Ohio by Caldwell & Gould civil engineers. Drawn by H.H. & O.H. Bailey. Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cincinnati. O. Published by Fowler & Bailey The statehouse, Union Station, and the Scioto River are prominent features of 19th century Columbus. View extends from the penitentiary and Goodale Park in the North to German Village in the South, and from Franklinton in the West to The Ohio State School for the Deaf in the East. An *asterisk* indicates the building stands today. Legend along left: 1 Capitol *Broad & High* 2 U.S. Arsenal 3 State Arsenal 4 Blind Asylum 5 Deaf and Dumb Asylum *East Town Street* 6 Penitentiary 7 Medical Institute 8 Courthouse 9 City Hall 10 High School 11 Public Schools 12 Goodale Park 13 Hannah Neil Mission 14 John L. Gill's Car & Car and Agricultural Works CHURCHES 15 Baptist 16 Cathedral (Catholic) *East Broad & Fifth Street* 17 Church of the Holy Cross (Catholic) 18 St. Patrick's (Catholic) 19 Town Street (Methodist) 20 Bigelow Chapel (Methodist) 21 German (Methodist) 22 Wesley Chapel (Methodist) 23 Congregational *South Third Street* 24 Presbyterian 25 Presbyterian 26 St. Paul's Lutheran 27 German (Lutheran) 28 English (Lutheran) 29 Hebrew 30 Evangelical 31 Episcopal *East Broad & Third Street* View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS5682
Subjects: Maps; Pictorial maps;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Construction of coke screening building foundation at Republic Steel's Birmingham, Alabama Works. Southwest View. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F01_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Coke plants;
Places: Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio) Birmingham (Alabama)
 

Description: This photo appears to be a college or university classroom with a group of men sitting at desks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04_013_1
Subjects: Universities & colleges--United States--1890-1940
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert, October 20, 1947. Herbert served one, two year term as Governor, from 1947-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00556
Subjects: Herbert, Thomas J.; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Governors--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: National Colors of General Leo Kreber, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 87 cm high by 150 cm wide. This flag shows the national colors of General Leo Kreber of the 37th Infantry Division. The 48 gold embroidered stars are arranged in six rows of eight stars on a blue canton. It is 65 cm high by 50 cm wide with 13 stripes, 7 red and 6 white, all 7 cm high. The fringe is gold with self-plied loops which are 5 cm long. The shape is rectangular. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02297
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph depicts two gatemen at the south bridge of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Campbell Works. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F54_005
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Steel industry
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Butler County, about 5 miles south of Hamilton, Ohio, on Dixie Highway two 3 story, 3 room additions to Fairfield Twp. School, July 14, 1936." Butler County was established by the State of Ohio on March 24, 1803. The county was named in honor of Richard Butler, who was killed in St. Clair’s Defeat in 1791. Originally a part of Hamilton County, Butler County is located in Ohio's southwestern corner and borders Indiana on its western border. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F03_006_1
Subjects: Education; School buildings--Ohio; School--Ohio; Butler County (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three children, likely siblings, stand by a fence for their portrait together. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed ""Ewing Brothers"" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b06_f347
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Ross County Historical Society McKell Library and museum, located in Chillicothe, Oh. The museum is seen in the background, to the left of the library. Caption reads: "Eugene Rigney, Ross Co., district 6." Eugene Rigney was a former director of the Ross County Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F10_027_001
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)--History, Local; Museums
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Fertilizer loader made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio on display in the factory yard, 1919. Jeffrey advertised that one man operating this machine could do the work of 6 to 8 men. This machine was designed to both dig and load fertilizer. The buckets on the conveyor were made by Ohio Malleable Iron Company, a Columbus-based subsidiary of Jeffrey. This loader was purchased by Hugh Wood and Company, Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01391
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: This cabinet is made of poplar pained red. It has one door and a grained pattern. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8386
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)