Description: Vintage postcard showing the interior of the Snyder-Chaffee Chocolate Shop, located at 47 North High Street in downtown Columbus, ca. 1910-1919. The reverse of the postcard reveals that Snyder-Chaffee confections were made in a factory located at 29-39 West Gay Street "that's clean as a 'pink.'" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06300
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Stores and shops; Ohio Company; Photography--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 67th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02019
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

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_B05F1011_006
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Night-time photograph showing the reflection of the Ohio State Office Building and the American Insurance Union Citadel (now the LeVeque Tower) in the Scioto River, taken from the river's west bank in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05458
Subjects: Office buildings; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Toy Orchestra - Weiler Homes People + work" This is a photograph of several children performing a show at Weiler homes in Toledo, Ohio. Most of the children are playing various instruments and there is a girl dancing in the center. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F08_010_001
Subjects: Performers; Children; Dance; Theater; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (the CCC) in the 1930s, historic Virginia Kendall Park was originally a part of the Akron Metropolitan Park District. These seven photographs show the park in its early stages. The first is of the construction of the combination shelter house and caretaker's dwelling. The second is the lake, pier, and bathhouse at the waterfront. The next four show the completed combination shelter house in June of 1936. The final image is of the stone steps along a foot trail in the winter of 1937-1938. The 1,574 acres of Virginia Kendall came under the management of the National Park Service, as a part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, on New Year's Day in 1978. The first two photographs measure approximately 5.75 by 3.75 inches (14.61 by 9.53 cm). The next four measure approximately 4.5 by 3.5 inches (11.43 by 8.89 cm), and the seventh measures approximately 3.25 by 5 inches (8.26 by 12.70 cm). The United States Congress established the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933 as a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. For unemployed young men, the CCC supplied work and administered vocational training through the development and preservation of America's natural resources. By 1935, at the height of the program, there were over 500,000 members and more than 2,600 camps across every state in the nation, including 110 in Ohio. As a result of World War II and the need for more resources to go toward national defense projects, Congress terminated the CCC in 1942 against President Roosevelt's wishes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3391_6642921_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Daily life; Agriculture; State parks & reserves; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Joe Munroe shooting and directing actors on the set of his first film, a 1940 experimental jazz film. It was made when Munroe was a student at Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Munroe was also a photographer and an environmental activist. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05918
Subjects: Motion picture production; Joe Munroe; Photography -- History
Places: Bloomfield Hills (Michigan)
 

Description: Ohio's state flag was adopted in 1902. The Ohio burgee, as the swallowtail design is properly called, was designed by John Eisenmann. The large blue triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys, and the stripes represent roads and waterways. The 13 stars grouped about the circle represent the original states of the union; the 4 stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the union. The white circle with its red center not only represents the "O" in Ohio, but also suggests Ohio's famous nickname, "The Buckeye State." This flag measures 150 by 245 cm and is made of cotton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65045_001
Subjects: Statehouse--Ohio; Pennant; Flags. Ohio. 1950-1960
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Blast furnace and south wall of ore yard 1916 at Republic Steel Youngstown, Ohio. The Republic Iron and Steel Company was organized in 1899, establishing its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. In 1905 the company moved its headquarters to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1911 transferred them to Youngstown, Ohio. The company became the Republic Steel Corporation in 1930 and in 1936 moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Until the decline of the steel industry in the 1970s and early 1980s, Republic was a vital economic force in the Mahoning Valley area. Nationally, the company was a mainstay of steel production in the United States, producing steel used by, among others, the American automobile, defense, and air industries. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when steel companies across the country were closing plants, the company substantially reduced its operations in the vicinity of Youngstown. In 1983 LTV bought Republic Steel, making the former company the nation's second largest steel-making concern. The Brown Collection contains materials on the Republic Corporation up until the time of its merger with LTV. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F35_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Farmer walks through his cotton field with trained geese, which are used as natural pest and weed control on some farms. This is a low tech way of keep the field clean, but it works well. Photographed by Joe Munroe in Bakersfield, California, 1965. Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B09_F07_002
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Geese; Livestock; Farming; Farm life
Places: Bakersfield (California)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 76th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Fort Donelson. Shiloh. Siege of Corinth. Chickasaw [?] 76th Ohio Veteran Infantry Siege of Vicksburg. Siege of Jackson. Lookout Mountain. Mission Ridg[e]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02488
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: The Ironton–Russell Bridge opened in 1922 as the first highway bridge along the Ohio River between Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Soon, the Ironton-Russell bridge was followed by numerous others at Ashland, Portsmouth, and Huntington. The bridge was retrofitted in the 1970s with strengthening beams and plates. Photo taken by the Works Progress Administration sometime between 1936-1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_002_004
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio--Cincinnati; Transportation--Roads; Architecture--Ohio;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)