Description: Reverse reads: "Statue of Abraham Lincoln in Lytle Park Modeled Bernard Gray Cincinnati Ohio" This statue still stands in Lytle Park, near downtown Cincinnati. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_017_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a coke plant coke conveyor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F69_025
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Coke plants
 

Description: Caption reads: "Early River Traffic" Reverse reads: "Ident. - 31 STATE PICTURE BOOK Dummy page 26 - upper Location - Ohio River Credit - From a Courier & Ives print Caption - Early River Traffic This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O. 'Early River Traffic' from Cincinnati, Story of the Queen City by Clara Longworth de Chambrun. p. 121 (A Currier & Ives Print in the Library of Congress)" This is a rendering of a number of boats on the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_022_001
Subjects: Ohio River; Barges; Steamboats
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This engraved portrait shows teacher, attorney, military leader and noted astronomer Ormsby Mitchel in formal attire. Mitchel was born on August 28, 1809 or 1810, in Union County, Kentucky, and grew up in Lebanon, Ohio. He was influential in establishing an observatory for Cincinnati College in the 1850s. During the early part of the Civil War, he commanded the Department of the Ohio and rose to the rank of major general. On October 20, 1862, he died of yellow fever in South Carolina, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. This original image was used as an illustration in Henry Howe's "Historical Collections of Ohio," published in 1907. The image includes a signature near the lower right-hand corner which reads "Moss Eng. Co., NY." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04268
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Education; Observatories; Military officers; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the George McConnell house in Urbana, Ohio. “The George McConnell House (Joseph P. Fyffe Birthplace), W. Market St., is a beautiful residence in modified Georgian Colonial style. Many of its architectural details, including the stately portico, have been added in recent years. A side elevation overlooks a small stream; and the house is surrounded by great trees. An attractive serpentine brick wall encloses part of the landscaped grounds. In 1856 Joseph P. Fyffe, son of a local doctor, was decorated by Queen Victoria. Fyffe had entered the Navy at the age of 15 (1847), served during the Mexican War, and risen rapidly from the ranks. In 1856 he volunteered for the Grinnel Expedition, which searched the Arctic regions for the Sir John Franklin party. For this service to the Crown, England’s Queen conferred upon Fyffe the Arctic Order of Victoria. During the Civil War, Fyffe (1832-1896) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Joseph P. Fyffe’s final resting place is in the Oak Dale Cemetery, at the end of Patrick Avenue, in Urbana, Ohio. George McConnell was co-owner of the Urbana News Company. He and Frank C. Gaumer purchased the Urbana Daily Tribune and the Urbana Daily Times, and merged with the Urbana Daily Citizen, to become the Urbana Daily Times-Citizen.” Writers’ Program (Ohio). (1942). Urbana and Champaign county. Gaumer Pub. Co, Urbana, O., [©1942]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_009_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Historic houses; Architecture--Ohio; Birthplaces; Civil War
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign 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_B05F1041_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Fayette County courthouse. It was built between 1882 and 1885 by architect David Gibbs in an eclectic architectural style, features of which included an arched entrance, pedimented pavilion, and central belfry surmounted by a statue of Justice. Renowned for its Willard murals located outside the entrance to the courtroom, the mural's themes of electricity, telegraphy, and mail represent the early progress of Fayette County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_140
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio); 110 E. Court
 

Description: Reverse reads: "SCHOOLS- SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL" This is a photograph of Springfield High School in Springfield, Ohio. This school was closed in 2008 and the building may be awaiting demolition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_019_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; School buildings--Ohio; Springfield (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Domes; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Assembly conveyor built by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, Indiana, 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01453
Subjects: Automobiles; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: South Bend (Indiana)
 

Description: Two men in a sailboat of the coast of Lake Erie, with many other sailboats in the background. This could be in the Sandusky Bay. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_003_1
Subjects: Lake Erie; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Erie, Lake
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of a deceased man in open casket. The casket appears to be outdoors and is surrounded by boughs and wreaths of flowers. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely 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: AL03852
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States; Postmortem photography; Death--United States
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This pinstriped woolen shaw is blue and white in color and features a decorative fringe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8708
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Clothing & dress
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)