Description: A jumbo postcard contains a black and white profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln. On the back on the postcard reads, “Abraham Lincoln. Photograph by Mathew B. Brady, made in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1864. Brady made many photographs of the President during this visit. Brady was our best-known photographer of the period. He had set up a studio in New York in 1842 and later established a branch in Washington. During the Civil War he was given permission to travel with armies and take pictures in the field. Lincoln was planning changes in command that were to prepare for the final stages of the war. Within a month he was to summon Ulysses S. Grant to Washington to become commander of all the Union armies. This photograph is known as the “Brady Profile.” The face on the Lincoln penny is based on this photograph. This photograph is identified as Meserve No. 82, taking its name from Frederick Hill Meserve of New York, the distinguished collector who has devoted the major portion of his life to the collecting and identification of all known Lincoln photographs.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F06_021_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
 

Description: Exterior image of the Waldschmidt House. The Waldschmidt house was built by Christian Waldschmidt in 1804. During the Civil War, it served a the headquarters of General Joshua Bates. The area was called Camp Dennison and served as a recruiting depot, training center and hospital. it is currently owned by the Ohio Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06214
Subjects: Historic buildings; Civil War 1861-1865; Military Ohio
Places: Camp Dennison (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Zanesville Y bridge during a flood of the Muskingum and Licking rivers in August 1935. The bridge was the fourth y-shaped bridge built at the same location. On January 4, 1902, it was opened for foot passengers. Ten days later, streetcars and wagons began to cross the bridge. In 1979, the fourth Y bridge was judged unsafe. The fifth bridge was opened on November 9, 1984. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence of the Muskingum and Licking rivers, connecting Zanesville with Natchez and West Zanesville. A walled, oak-planked bridge with a central pier where the forks of a "Y" met was opened to the public in 1814. A makeshift structure, this first bridge (1814-1818) needed constant repair and collapsed into the river in 1818. A second bridge (1819-1832) was built on the same site of stronger construction, but it was condemned thirteen years later when twelve-inch-thick ice in the river weakened the superstructure. During renovation work in 1832, a section of the bride collapsed, killing two men, one of whom was Ebenezer Buckingham, an owner of the bridge. The third Y bridge (1832-1900) stood until 1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1903_1984416_001
Subjects: Climate and weather; Floods; Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Students walk across the Oval, away from University Hall, on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1915-1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07738
Subjects: Ohio State University; Education; Universities and colleges
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This whisk broom has a hanging loop. The end was made from aptly named 'broomstraw'. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8893
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts workers removing a blooming mill engine so that it can be replaced. Blooming mills take ingots and form them into blooms, bar steel products with a large square or round cross-section. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F34_015
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry--1910-1930; Blooming mills
 

Description: Men's black beaver felt top hat, ca. 1816. Beaver felt hats were popular from the 16th century through the 19th century. Beaver fur was useful in creating a hat that retained its shape even after becoming wet. This hat is supposed to have belonged to Nathan Heacock, a Quaker from Pennsylvania. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04933
Subjects: Hats; Popular culture; Clothing and dress; Men
 

Description: This is a photograph of a map of the State of Ohio showing the "Distribution of Population by Counties. It was created by the Ohio Writers' Program of the Work Progress Administration in 1936. However, the data that is presented in the map is from the 1930 census. It shows the proportion of the Negro population as of 1930. The total population at the time was 6.6 million, with 309,000 African Americans living in the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_041
Subjects: Ohio Federal Writers' Project; Works Progress Administration; Ohio--Population--Statistics; African Americans--Ohio;
Places: 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: The caption reads: "QUAKER OATS PLANT, bounded by Mill St. and Broadway in Akron. The smaller building at the extreme upper right is the office building which once housed the city government after the riot of 1900. It was razed in 1937. Many of the other buildings are still intact. The Quaker Oats Company was incorporated in 1901 when several companies merged. Later, Henry Crowell purchased the company and developed the two pound round packaging with cooking instructions on the side. The image of a Quaker man was to represent good quality and honest value. The company reportedly has no ties with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_017_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Akron; Quaker Oats Company; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: American flag hanging in the Ohio Statehouse rotunda, ca. 1940. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00242
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering
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_B02F252_07
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)