Description: Nelson Howard Jones and two other children playing with toy soldiers, ca. 1890-1895. From "A Biography of Nelson Howard Jones," typewritten, illumined, illustrated with platinotype prints and bound by his father, Howard Jones, of Circleville, Ohio, 1901. Nelson Howard Jones was born in Circleville on October 11, 1886, and died March 11, 1901, of basilar meningitis. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04704
Subjects: Other--Family History; Children
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway 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_B05F0876_027
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (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 keeping vigil over his former self. 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: AL02952
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862; Ohio--History, Military--19th century; Ruger, A.; Andrews, James J., 1829-1862; Chattanooga Railroad Expedition (1862)
 

Description: Photograph showing the State Dam. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "State Dam, North of Piqua,| July, 1916." The attached description located on the back of the page reads: "PHOTOGRAPH No. 17.| STATE DAM NORTH OF PIQUA.| Fifty feet of the levee adjacent to the east end of the state dam north of Piqua has been removed by high waters. The channel capacity at this dam is somewhat contracted and an addition length of 50 feet should be added to said dam. At the present no feed is available at this point, owing to the water in the channel flowing around the end of said dam." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_017
Subjects: Waterworks; Bridges; Canals; Rivers; Lakes & ponds; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1967 Air show; Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown in Wapakoneta, Ohio; Governor Rhodes speaking View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F3_052
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Construction of blast furnace at Republic Steel in Warren, Ohio 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F08_019
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States
Places: Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of the Finkelstein family, ca. 1880-1889. First row from left: Carl, Grandma Finkelstein, Grandpa Finkelstein, Rose Finkelstein (Goldberg), Dorothy Finkelstein (Pailek). Second row from left: Bess Finkelstein (Mathless), Herman Finkelstein. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03904
Subjects: Jewish families--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
 

Description: Unidentified steel mill operation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F127_007
Subjects: Slag; Cinder Car; Steel Industry; Hot Metal Car; Mixer Car; William B. Pollock; Ladle
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Morgan County courthouse was completed in 1858 by architect William Johnson. Though originally a Greek Revival style facade, repairs over the years have incorporated elements of the Second Empire style such as a bracketed cornice and clock tower. This image shows the building's front facade as well as the street in front of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_356
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio); 19 E. Main St.
 

Description: Portrait of politician Alphonso Taft (1810-1891) of Cincinnati, Ohio. He served as a superior court judge in Ohio from 1865 to 1872. Between 1876 and 1885 Taft held several federal appointments, including Secretary of War, Attorney General, Minister to Austria-Hungary and Minister to Russia. His son, William Howard Taft, served as both President of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03901
Subjects: Judges; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial monument to Catherine Gougar, who was captured by Native Americans in 1744, released and returned to Ohio in 1798 to settle near the place of her enslavement in Ross County. The monument was erected by her great-grandchildren in 1915. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00006
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the base of a blast furnace during the process of plugging the tapping hole. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F19_022
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces