Description: This "s"-shaped wrench has two open ("c"-shaped) ends. It was manufactured from iron. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73582
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hercules chain made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at a car wash, 1929. The location of this car wash is unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01514
Subjects: Automobiles; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: 1967 Air show; Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown in Wapakoneta, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F3_044
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize 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_B03F508_008
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: The Cincinnati Workhouse was built between 1867-1870. The grounds occupied 6 acres of land, 3 of those acres occupied by buildings. Prisoners were moved out of the building in the late 1980s and the building was demolished in 1990. Today the site is home to the River City Correctional Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_036_1
Subjects: Jails--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker swimming in the Kingstown Bay with unidentified individuals while visiting St. Vincent in the West Indies. Bishop Walker was the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940’s and father of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F10_P_7
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
 

Description: Carte de visite of Lt. John l. Palmer, who served with Companies G, D, & A of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Company G was recruited from Washington and Columbiana Counties, Ohio, and was also known as the "Salem Light Guard." Company D was recruited from Jackson County, Ohio, and Company A was recruited from Lowell, Washington County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f14_13
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1861-1865) Company G; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1861-1865) Company D; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Reg
Places: Lowell (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "In an Ohio River Lock Greene Line Steamer" This is a photo of a steamboat in a lock on the Ohio River. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_052_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Section of a panorama painted by Albert Ruger in the 1880's depicting an event known as the "Great Locomotive Chase" or "Andrews' Raid." In 1862, Secret Service Agent James J. Andrews led volunteer Union soldiers, mostly Ohioans, on a mission to steal a Confederate locomotive and drive from the south to the north, destroying the rail lines along the way. The mission failed shortly after it was begun and several of the captured men were hung while others were later exchanged and some escaped. This scene depicts William J. Knight uncoupling passenger cars at Big Shanty. William J. Knight was a private in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who participated in the raid. Knight escaped and in 1878 he began touring and giving lectures describing the raid. Ruger's panorama accompanied him for more than eighteen years. The panorama is now part of the museum collections of the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02941
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862; Ohio--History, Military--19th century; Ruger, A.; Andrews, James J., 1829-1862; Chattanooga Railroad Expedition (1862)
 

Description: This photograph of African-American members of the Federal Theatre Project was taken in Cincinnati in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00030
Subjects: Dancers; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); 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_B03F538_005
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph showing a group of people outside the Kanawha Hotel was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. The Kanawha Hotel is now an historic landmark, located in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Its construction dates to about 1800, and it was in operation from 1812 through 1928 before being sold as a private residence. Like most of Ewing's work, the photograph was taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b02_f170
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Hotels
Places: Elizabeth (West Virginia)