Description: This photograph depicts blast furnace ovens at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F24_006
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows the chapel at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, in Summit County. Built in 1836 in the Yale College architectural style, the chapel visually dominates the campus. Western Reserve Academy was originally called "The Yale of the West," as all of its professors and initial presidents were graduates of Yale. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_052_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Chapels; Education; Schools; Western Reserve Academy (Hudson, Ohio)
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a painting of one of the flank marker's of the 41st Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. The marker has three horizontal strips of red, white and blue. At the bottom of the pole, the artist's name, Rob Needham, is written. At the bottom of the painting is printed "41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. A flank marker is a small flag carried at the front and rear of the regiment. To qualify as a flank marker, it must be carried on a long pole. This painting has not been cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02411
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This is a photo of Ely Park in Elyria. The domed building in the background is the Lorain County Courthouse. In the middle of the park is a Civil War memorial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_045_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: Aerial view of the Historical Society and Village. This picture shows the Ohio Historical Society, a non-profit organization incorporated in 1885. It was founded to promote knowledge of archaeology and history, particularly Ohio. In the photograph, the Ohio Village, a Civil War era village on 15 acres is being built. It has homes, church, school house, craft shops and several other buildings. It was opened on July 27, 1974. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07910
Subjects: Education; Aerial photographs; Ohio--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin 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_B02F300_01
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a coke sample with a caption that reads, "-80 MESH +100 MESH 100% NEMACOLIN". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F73_006
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Coke
 

Description: Original description reads: "Casting room at Rapid Electrotype, Co. Cincinnati, Ohio." Electrotyping is an application of the art of electroplating to typography, used for making duplicate plates for relief printing. The Rapid Electrotype Company was founded in 1899, pioneering in making and distributing newspaper advertising plates to newspapers and dealers throughout the United States. This unique service allowed advertising agencies and advertisers to drastically increase their capacity of printing in the first quarter of the 20th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F11_028_1
Subjects: Electrotyping; Printing industry; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Dry dock on the Ohio Canal." During the late 1810s, Governor Thomas Worthington and Governor Ethan Allen Brown both supported internal improvements, especially canals. Both men believed that Ohioans needed quick and easy access to the Ohio River and to Lake Erie if they were to profit financially. In 1822, the Ohio legislature realized the importance of internal improvements and created a new Ohio Canal Commission. The Canal Commission eventually recommended a route starting at Lake Erie, passing through the Cuyahoga Valley, the Muskingum Valley, the Licking Valley, and then to the Ohio River along the Scioto Valley. The Commission also recommended a western route along the Miami and Maumee Valleys. By 1833, the Ohio and Erie Canal was complete, followed twelve years later by the Miami and Erie Canal. Once completed, thirty-three of Ohio's eighty-eight counties either had portions of canals running through them or quarries to mine rock for construction. The canals had many advantages to Ohioans. Most importantly, the cost to ship goods from the East Coast to Ohio and vice versa declined tremendously from 125 dollars per ton of goods to twenty-five dollars per ton of goods. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s, their demise due in part to competition from the much speedier railroads. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_002_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Dry docks--United States--History; Boats and Boating; Ohio canal; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Outskirts of Toledo, leading toward Detroit, Route 25." This is a photograph taken from inside a car looking down route 25 towards Detroit in Toledo, Ohio. There are several businesses on both sides of the road including a garage, gas stations and a pottery store. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_022_001
Subjects: Storefronts; Roads; Traffic lanes; Automobile driving; Toledo (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph showing a reservoir, which is a lake used to store water. The description beneath the photograph reads: "Wall at West End of Grand Reservoir| Celina, O." The attached description located on the back of the page reads: "PHOTOGRAPH No. 28.| GRAND RESERVOIR WALL.| Wall at west end of Grand Reservoir at Celina, Ohio. A public highway parallels the lake at this point. Said wall does not have any hand rail, the lack of which is a menace to traffic. The department recommends the construction of a pipe hand rail along the entire length of this wall." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_028
Subjects: Waterworks; Bridges; Canals; Rivers; Lakes & ponds; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Celina (Ohio); Mercer 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_B04F802_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)