Description: This image shows the clock tower of the Fulton County Courthouse. In 1869, the residents of Fulton County passed an "enabling" act that moved the county seat from Ottokee to Wauseon. Though Ottokee was more centrally located, Wauseon had a larger population and more business, making it an appropriate location for the county seat. The act stipulated that private residents had to pay $5,000 of the total estimated building costs of $25,000. The result was the present Italianate style courthouse completed in 1872 by architect C.C. Miller, complete with murals, hand-carved woodwork, and a stained glass dome. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_155
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; mural paintings (visual works); Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Wauseon (Ohio); Fulton County (Ohio); 210 S. Fulton St.
 

Description: This is an image of a man-made, rectangular, wooden shipping box. Painted on the box is "IMPERIAL GRANUM". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73898
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Image of a 9 x 1 1/8 diameter chisel, large ferrule goes around handle, fastened with rivets, turned hickory handle has splintered from use, tapered end of blade is chipped, sides of blade also tapered. The blade is iron while the handle is made of hickory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47924
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Snowy rural scene, from the Silas Martin Collection. Silas Martin (1841-1906) was born and raised in Westerville, Ohio, a small community north of Columbus. He studied with noted portrait painter John H. Witt, who is remembered for the numerous Ohio governors' portraits he painted. Martin served as head of the art department at The Ohio State University from 1898 until 1906. One of his most famous and devoted pupils was fellow Ohioan George Bellows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04150
Subjects: Winter; Snow; Art and Artists; Ohio State University--History; Landscape photography; Rural life
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin 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_B03F503_023
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows William McKinley speaking to a crowd of visitors from the front porch of his home in Canton, Ohio, during the 1896 presidential campaign. McKinley became the twenty-fifth president, serving from 1897-1901. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01079
Subjects: Stark County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns; McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of pianist Hazel Harrison signed and addressed to Ada Young, wife of Charles Young. Inscription reads: "To dear Mrs Young with my best wishes. Sincerely, Hazel Harrison, Dec. 18, 1924." Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F082
Subjects: African American women; Artists; Music; Musicians; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: 1967 Air show; Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown in Wapakoneta, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F3_031
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This doctored photograph shows a figure with the head of Flippo, the King of Clowns, and the body of a woman in a bathing suit and high-heeled shoes. Flippo was a well-known television personality in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Between 1952 and 1977 he starred in "Tip Top Bandwagon," "Flippo's Big Show," and "The Early Show" on WBNS-TV, the CBS affiliate station in Columbus. "Bob Marvin" was the professional name of Marvin W. Fishman (1927-2006), who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and began his show-business career as a musician. He started at WBNS in 1950, singing and performing in sketches on the "Homemaker's Hobnob" morning show. Two years later he began his tenure as Flippo, King of the Clowns. He remained at WBNS for 27 years and then spent his last years in television at an early cable-television service, Qube. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06285
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Clowns; Television personalities; WBNS-TV (Television station : Columbus, Ohio); Television programs for children; Popular culture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rear elevation of the cabin where Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The photograph was taken at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio, on February 7, 1936. Visible in the image are two windows, a door, and the wall's wood siding. In 1888 the cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant. The cabin, in poor condition, was dismantled and moved in February 1936. It since has been restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. Grant Birthplace is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena (Illinois) and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05813
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin 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_B02F202_10
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 1st Ohio Veteran Volunteer Heavy Artillery. Rectangular flag measures 175 cm high by 195 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 1st. Ohio Heavy Artillery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01808
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio