Description: Photograph showing Governor John Joyce Gilligan and his family at their home in 1955. Gilligan started his political career in 1953 when he campaigned and won a seat in the Cincinnati City Council. Later, Gilligan ran for the United States House of Representatives and served for one term. However, he was not re-elected and suffered two more political defeats in running for the United States Senate. Despite these failed endeavors, Gilligan won the office of Governor of Ohio in 1971. He served as governor until 1975. Gilligan's governorship is remembered for several successes, such as the beginning of the state lottery, the graduated state income tax, the voting age lowered to eighteen, and an improved transportation infrastructure. After his term, Gilligan focused his political efforts towards international development and also taught at the collegiate level. Influenced by her father's political career and ambitions, Gilligan's daughter Kathleen (Gilligan) Sebelius served as governor of Kansas from 2003 until 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV155_B01_F18_01
Subjects: Gilligan, John Joyce, 1921-; Families; Governors; Politicians; Ohio--Politics and government;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "A view of the main business section of Hamilton, Ohio taken from West Hamilton (Roseville), older Hamilton. Closely grouped behind the iron bridge in the center of the photograph can be seen: Memorial Building, new City Hall Building, Anthony Wayne Hotel, the Butler County Courthouse, and office buildings." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F03_001_1
Subjects: Central business districts; Bridges--Ohio; Hamilton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler 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_B05F0881_006
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Unidentified piece of equipment made by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F127_033
Subjects: William B. Pollock Company; Steel Industry
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "A slow descending sun raises brooding Old World Spires on the Cincinnati horizon." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_015_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, taken in a boiler house, depicts what seem to be two cylindrical hoppers Boiler houses provide steam to the rest of the plant to run any steam-powered machinery. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so it was likely taken at a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F37_023
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Boiler house
 

Description: This photograph shows members of the Victory Garden Club of Columbus, Ohio, proudly displaying their harvest around 1944. The photograph was printed in the pamphlet "Manual for Company-Employee Gardens" by the National Victory Garden Institute. The pamphlet is 38 pages long and measures 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm). During World War II (1941-1945), many people supplemented the food they had available for personal use by planting vegetable gardens, both to support the war effort and due to food shortages and rationing. The gardens were promoted widely by the government and industry, and were known as "victory gardens" due to their importance to the war effort. Gardens were planted during World War I as well, but were called "war gardens" until the end of the war, when the term "victory garden" came into use. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3308_4561934_002
Subjects: Military Ohio; Agriculture; Daily life; World War II; Victory gardens; Societies and clubs
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); New York (New York)
 

Description: Caption reads: "A group of McGuffey High School students in Biology constructed by WPA in McGuffey Hall, at Miami University in Butler County." McGuffey Hall is named for William Holmes McGuffey a professor at Miami University from 1826 to 1836. Between 1836 and 1845 he served as president of three Ohio institutions. He is best known as the author of the popular series of children's textbooks called McGuffey's Readers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04_020_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Miami University (Oxford, Ohio); Students; Interiors
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of the regimental colors of the 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Text on flag reads: Text of AC 4a: 10th Ohio Calvary. Text of AC 4b: Tunnell Hill Resacca Atlanta, Macon Waynesboro Savannah. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02332
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Women attending a training program on household management, located on 513 W. First St. in Dayton. Reverse Reads: “Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1936 Household Workers Training Course” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_04_001
Subjects: Household employees; Occupational training
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This political cartoon depicts a dark figure named "YOUNGSTOWN SMOKE EVIL" with a bag labeled "YOUNGSTOWN SMOKE EVIL". The figure is putting papers into his bag. They are labeled as follows: "$MONEY LOSS IN HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT", "MONEY LOSS IN WEARING APPAREL", " MONEY LOSS IN LAUNDRY AND DRYCLEANING BILLS", "MONEY LOSS IN PAINT AND HOUSE REPAIRS", "MONEY LOSS IN COLDS SORE THROATS", "MONEY LOSS IN SICKNESS AND DOTOR'S BILLS", and "MONE LOSS IN HOUSE CLEANING". A woman labeled "WOMEN OF YOUNGSTOWN" looks as if she wants the dark figure to stop what its doing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F58_018
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Cartoon & Satire; Pollution
 

Description: Portrait print of Philip Henry Sheridan in uniform. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2855_01
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Military Ohio; Military uniforms
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)