Description: Caption reads: "Foundations for new bridge on Turkey Foot Road near Massillon, Ohio." The town of Massillon, located along the Tuscarawas River in Stark County, was named in 1826 by landowner James Duncan after Jean Baptiste Massillon, the Court Preacher to Louis IV of France. The new town incorporated the town of Kendal, located in the northeast section of Massillon, which had been founded by Thomas Rotch in 1812. In 1853, Massillon was incorporated as a village. Massillon was known as the "wheat city" for many years, exporting wheat after the Ohio-Erie Canal opened in 1828. When the railroad came in 1852, industrial growth brought Pig-iron, glass, and coal mining industries. Another industry was developed by Joseph Davenport, the inventor, who founded the Massillon Bridge Company. Massillon became known for its steel and metal working activities and continues today in these areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F16_001_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Bridges Ohio; Massillon (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Massillon (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of 2nd Lt. John Smith, who served with Companies K, A, & B of the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Company K was recruited from Morgan and Washington Counties, Ohio. Company A was recruited from Monroe County, Ohio, and Company B was recruited from Noble and Washington Counties, Ohio. From: Reinersville, Morgan County, Ohio Age: 22 Enlisted: November 28, 1861, 3-year term Appointed Corporal: January 11, 1862 Appointed 1st Sergeant: December 20, 1863 Captured at Mark's Mills, Arkansas, April 25, 1864 Transfered from Co. K to Co. A: January 17, 1865 Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of Co. B: March 29, 1865 Command of Co. D since October 18, 1865 Mustered Out: March 8, 1866 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f16_19
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 77th (1861-1866) Company K; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 77th (1861-1866); United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 77th (
Places: Morgan County (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio); Monroe 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_B02F296_02
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This Michigan flag has the pattern of the State Seal. The seal shows a deer, a moose, and an eagle. The motto on the red banner on top of the seal flag reads "E Pluribus Unum" (out of many one). In the middle is the motto "Tuebor" (I will defend). On the bottom in the white banner is the motto "Siquaeris Penimsulam Amcenam Circumspice" meaning "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you". It is rectangular in shape and the dimensions are 90 by 152 cm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65258_001
Subjects: State Flags; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact
Places: Michigan
 

Description: This color images shows the entrance to the Mathews House, a historic building now located on the campus of Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio. Three steps lead to the front door, which is framed by two side lights and topped by a fanlight with ornamentation (difficult to see in this image). The famed master architect and builder Jonathan Goldsmith (1783-1847) designed and built this well-proportioned Greek Revival residence for Dr. John H. Mathews (1785-1862), the first physician in Painesville, Ohio. The house also served as the first hospital in that community. It is considered to be one of the finest Goldsmith houses. The house was moved to its present location on the campus of Lake Erie College from its original North State Street site in 1949. Lake Erie College is on the National Register of Historic Places. Dr. John Henry Mathews married Martha Devotion Huntington, daughter of Samuel H. Huntington, third governor of Ohio. According to the Western Reserved Historical Society, Dr. Mathews was an abolitionist and suspected member of the Underground Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06625
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio; Greek revival (Architecture); National Register of Historic Places; Mathews, John Henry, 1785-1862; Goldsmith, Jonathan, 1783-1847
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration captioned "Battle of Gettysburg, Thursday Evening, July 2nd, 1863, as seen from Rocky Hill on Meade's Left," from Frank Leslie's "Pictorial History of the American Civil War." The Union Army, led by Major General George G. Meade, claimed victory over the Confederates, led by General Robert E. Lee, who withdrew from the Gettysburg battlefield on July 4. An estimated total of 51,000 casualties were suffered during this three-day battle, making it one of the deadliest of the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04210
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Battlefields; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Places: Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Flour mill & elevator, Chatfield, Crawford County, Ohio, ca. 1900-1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00471
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Chatfield (Ohio); Crawford 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_B04F797_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: The Y-Bridge in Zanesville, Ohio, as seen from a distance. The first bridge was built in 1814, the first of five. The others were built in 1819, 1932, 1900 and 1984. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 1973. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08405
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Bridges; Civil engineering
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Detail of area above a door in the cabin where Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1875) was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. This photograph was taken at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio, February 7, 1936. Loose wooden planks are visible above the top of the wall's frame. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant. The cabin, in poor condition, was dismantled in February 1936. It has been restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. Grant Birthplace is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52 about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05804
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Statue of Abraham Lincoln, in Lytle Park, Cincinnati. Facing the corner of East fourth and Lawrence Streets, this statue was modeled in bronze by George Grey Barnard, and was presented to the City of Cincinnati by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P Taft on March 31, 1917. From left to right in the background is the Anna Louise Inn, a residential hotel home for young women; the Marine Memorial, which bears the names of fifty-four Cincinnati Marines who fell during the World War: and the Michael Mullen Memorial Band-Stand, erected in 1935 by friends of this popular former councilman and civic leader." Lytle Park is 2.3 acres and bounded by Fourth Street and Lawrence Street in downtown Cincinnati. It is the original site of the home of General William Henry Lytle, the first Surveyor General of the State of Ohio. A 15 foot bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft stands in the park, which initially caused a storm of critical controversy with its realism. Concerts are often given at the Michael Mullen memorial bandstand. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_016_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Monuments & memorials--United States--1900-1940; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Belt conveyor and elevator made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. This equipment was used with a concrete mixer by the Andrews Asphalt Paving Company to pave a road in Hamilton, Ohio, 1916. Two young children sitting on the sidewalk look on. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01349
Subjects: Streets -- Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)