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_B05F0910_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Carol Sue Cyrus, Miss Wheelchair Ohio, smiles in the 1976-77 Miss Wheelchair America Pageant. The Miss Wheelchair America Pageant was founded in September, 1971, by an Ohio psychiatrist who wished to establish a spokesperson for disabled Americans. The first pageant was held in the spring of 1972 with only three contestants and quickly grew to encompass multiple states, cities, and U.S. territories. Despite being based on the Miss America Pageant, the Miss Wheelchair America Pageant is not a beauty pageant, but a celebration of the talent and courage of the handicapped, with the primary judging criteria being personal accomplishment. The winners responsibilities focus on raising awareness of the needs of the disabled through appearances and outreach, as well as by assisting with establishing and maintaining pageant committees in all states. In 1974, Miss Wheelchair America went from being a volunteer activity to a recognized non-profit corporation dedicated to helping its participants in their objectives to remove architectural, environmental and attitudinal barriers for the handicapped. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS934_B02_F38_003
Subjects: Pageants--Ohio; Pageants--United States; Women with disabilities--Attitudes
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Wright Brothers Cycle Shop in Dayton, Ohio. In 1892, the Wright Brothers bought bicycles. They began repairing bicycles for friends, then started their own repair business. They opened up a bicycle shop in 1893, and three years later, made their own bicycles called Van Cleves and St. Clairs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06857
Subjects: Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912; Montgomery County (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "W.P.A. display at Mont. Co. Fair, 1936. Dayton, Ohio." On April 8, 1935, the United States Congress passed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, which was hoped would allow Americans to cope with the Great Depression. Creation of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was the most important accomplishment of this Act. This government office hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects. During its existence, the WPA constructed more than 600,000 miles of roads and built or repaired more than 124,000 bridges, 125,000 public buildings, 8,000 parks, and 850 airport runways. Although the United States Congress reduced funding for the program in 1939, the WPA remained in operation until June 30, 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_029_001
Subjects: United States. Works Progress Administration; Exhibit booths--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02038
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Letter dated March 17, 1992, from a redacted complainant to Billy Inmon, Director of the Ohio State Fair. The letter complains about Stonewall handing out gay and lesbian literature at the Ohio State Fair the previous summer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1150AV_B02_F19_02
Subjects: Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI); Columbus (Ohio); Gay activists; Gay rights—Religious aspects; Ohio State Fair;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Frank M. Junkins identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F077_02
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph showing the construction of the cast house for a blast furnace, US Steel-Ohio Works, Youngstown, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B01F06_001.tif;AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B01F06_001
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; United States Steel Corporation
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Bicentennial barn-painting program was an inexpensive, grassroots marketing campaign that painted the official logo of the Ohio Bicentennial on a highly visible historic barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties. Over 2,000 farmers and landowners submitted their barn descriptions to the committee for consideration. Beginning in 1998, artist Scott Hagan spent five years painting the logos, tailored to every barn's unique character. Typically, the barn owners hosted a celebration at the completion of their barn painting. This photograph is an exterior view of Barn # 57, located at 3135 Stephenson Road in Ripley, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08622
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Barns; Ohio Bicentennial, 2003
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption: Prehistoric Mound at Marietta O. Photo of Conus mound taken between 1935-1943. The early residents of Marietta recognized the earthworks as an important cultural feature worthy of preservation. It is to their credit that as early as 1788 they enacted resolutions that set aside several of the largest mounds for continual preservation on public lands. Radiocarbon dates, internal mound structure, stone tools, and types of pottery uncovered indicate that at least some portions of the Marietta Earthworks were created by the Hopewell Culture, which flourished generally between 100 B.C. and A.D. 400. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_070
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio; Cemeteries--Ohio; Earthworks (Archaeology); Marietta (Ohio); Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400)
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of men at work on subway construction north of Mohawk Place in the bed of the old Miami Erie Canal, Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1920-1928. Construction of the subway began during the building of the Cincinnati Central Parkway over the canal bed in the early 1920s. The project was partly financed by the Ohio Department of Public Works. The canal bed was deepened to form the subway tube, but the rapid-transit system was never completed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03498
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
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_B03F514_005
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)