Description: Blue enameled graniteware canning kettle pictured without lid, made ca. 1940-1950. Inside is a metal rack to hold the canning jars. Canning involves cooking food, sealing it in a sterilized container, and boiling the container to kill any remaining bacteria. It is designed to extend the shelf-life for many types of foods. This kettle could be used to sterilize jars both before and after filling using boiling water. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05414
Subjects: Canning and preserving; Kitchen utensils
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Two laborers using a portable bag stacker built by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio at the Hershey Chocolate Company, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 1934. Bag stackers were used by manufacturers to reduce the labor cost of stacking bags and boxes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01540
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Hershey (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This black and white photograph taken June 20, 1937 shows three picketers manning their position on a log barrier at Republic Steel's Hot Metal gate on South Main St. in Warren, Ohio. The picture was taken during the course of the violent and deadly 'Little Steel' strike of 1937 in Youngstown, Niles and Warren, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0017_F01_025
Subjects: Steel strike, 1937; Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.); Steel industry; Republic Steel Corporation; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Niles (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Improvement of E. Main St. from Detroit St. to E. Corporation line, Removing car tracks and repairing. Greene County, Xenia, O, Oct. 13, 1936. 4x5 Neg., 2 - 8x10 sent to Columbus, 6 8x10 to Mr. Jackson, Nov. 5, 1936. State 14-29-1304, WPA 6390." Xenia is a city in Greene County, Ohio. As of the 2009 census, the city had a population of 27,437. The name comes from the Greek word Xenia which means "hospitality". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_003_001
Subjects: Roads--Design and construction
Places: Xenia (Ohio); Greene 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_B05F0871_005
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This coal chute, made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio, was owned by the Vandalia Coal Company, Vandalia, Illinois, 1906. The chutes shown in the photograph each dispensed coal of a different size depending on the way the coal was to be burned. Jeffrey crushers were used to produce different sizes of coal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01248
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Vandalia (Illinois)
 

Description: Caption reads: "View of the facade to Withrow High School, Cincinnati." Withrow High School (formerly East Side High School) is a public high school at 2520 Madison Avenue on the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is part of the Cincinnati Public Schools. The school opened in 1919 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 with other historic buildings in Ohio. Frederick W. Garber's firm was involved in the school's design known for its arching entry bridge, 114 foot clock tower, plantings and trees, 27 acre campus, and large sports complex. Garber also designed Walnut Hills High School, Rothenberg School and Westwood Elementary (formerly Westwood School). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F14_013_1
Subjects: Garber, Frederick; Cincinnati (Ohio). Withrow High School; Withrow High School; Cincinnati (Ohio). Public Schools; Cincinnati Public Schools; Public schools--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of regimental colors of the 174th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02592
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Four motorcycle contestants ride uphill in a race at Glen Este in Clermont County, Ohio, May 4, 1974. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07900
Subjects: Sports; Motorcycles; Racing
Places: Glen Este (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Joseph Warren Keifer (1836-1932) an Army officer and politician from Clark County, Ohio, 1881-1883. After enlisting in the Union Army in April 1861, Keifer was commissioned major of the 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and then Colonel of the 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. By the end of the war Keifer held the rank of Major General. After the Civil War Keifer went into politics, serving in the Ohio State Senate in 1868 and 1869. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1876 and served three terms, including holding the position of Speaker of the House from 1881-1883. Keifer returned to the Army, serving as a Major General during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he was elected to three more terms in Congress from 1905-1911. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03922
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; United States. Congress. House
Places: Washington (D.C.); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph appears to depict an accident scene on train tracks outside a steel mill in the left-center of the image. It belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Audiovisual Archives, so the subject may be located at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F03_025
Subjects: Steel industry; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
 

Description: A photograph of an unidentified woman with a Russian Wolfhound dog. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_017_1
Subjects: Borzoi; Dogs; Plants and Animals; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Hamilton County (Ohio)