Description: Picture of William A. Schofield, who served with both Company D of the 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) and Company H or the 23rd OVI. Company D of the 12th OVI was recruited from Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b01_05
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864) Company D; Military Ohio
Places: Xenia (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Fred Ward, of Belmont County, was electrocuted May 16, 1925, for the murder of Jeanette Benella. he was a white male, thirty years old and his occupation is unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08161
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography
 

Description: People gathered at the spring that feeds Mirror Lake on the campus of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1890-1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07748
Subjects: Ohio State University; Education; Ohio State University--Pictorial works
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_B05F0858_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "New Idea, Inc. manufacturers of farm implements. Coldwater, Mercer County. Credit - Mumm Romer Robbins & Pearson, Inc." In 1899 Joseph Oppenheim with the help of Henry Synck invented the first mechanical manure spreader. Oppenheim conceived the idea of a practical manure spreader during a game of paddle ball. He subsequently developed a model from a cigar box and demonstrated the feasibility of distributing manure in a "wide spread pattern." Manure was loaded into the spreader. A mechanism moved the manure to the rear where it was distributed by paddles. Oppenheim's future son-in-law, Synck, worked with him to perfect the invention. After months of "trial and error it became obvious he (Oppenheim) had solved the problem of manure spreading...... that he had created a "New Idea." .....and that a name and an invention had been born!" Oppenheim died in 1901 and was buried in Maria Stein. Following his death, his wife, Mary Ellerbrock Oppenheim, invested in New Idea and made decisions to move the company forward. The "New Idea Spreader Works" was established and built in Maria Stein. The "New Idea" caught on quickly because it relieved farmers of the back-breaking chore of manually distributing manure from a wagon. Mary Oppenheim died in 1907. New Idea continued to grow and in 1908 the company moved to Coldwater, Ohio, where a railhead existed to ship the completed spreaders. Henry Synck remained involved with New Idea. New Idea was sold to Avco, a conglomerate that was subsequently acquired by Textron. In a complicated series of transactions, Textron subsequently divested New Idea to Allied Corporation, another conglomerate (White-New Idea) who subsequent divested it to AGCO Corporation. New Idea has continued to produce a broad spectrum of farm-related machinery. Unfortunately, the Coldwater, Ohio plant established by the Oppenheim family and Henry Synck was closed in 1999 as the manufacturer sought to reduce costs and consolidate manufacturing in fewer locations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_027_1
Subjects: Farm equipment, Farming; Industries--Ohio--Springfield; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Coldwater (Ohio); Mercer County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cinder car built by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F92_005
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the construction of a concrete pedestrian bridge that allowed steelworkers access to Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Hubbard works. This view is from the west looking towards Main Street. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F23_015
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Hubbard works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Bridge construction
Places: Hubbard (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait depicts Ezekial Walker (1802-1883) of Cincinnati, Ohio, seated at a table with books, a candle, a microscope and a human skull, ca. 1870-1879. He is described as "a lawyer and money broker, a civic worker, a promoter of art, a maker of violins, a philosopher in a school of his own and in his later years a recluse." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06978
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Lawyers--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Historical guide to Springfield, Illinois, published in 1923. The cover features a quote from Abraham Lincoln that reads, “The city I chose for my home – A. Lincoln.” The guidebook includes notable sites to visit in the city of Springfield as well as historical information about Lincoln and his life and presidency. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Springfield,Illinoishistoricalguide,frontcover
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Presidents and politics
Places: Springfield (Illinois)
 

Description: A family Christmas tree with presents beneath. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07819
Subjects: Christmas trees; Holidays; Celebrations; Families
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Caption reads "Original fireplace in Stagecoach Tavern." The Stagecoach Tavern, on N. Second St., was built in 1840 by John, Joseph K. and William K. Johnson and used as a bank. Between 1852 and 1872, the building was a stage station. The building was restored in 1925 and has a dining room and ballroom. The building is also known as the old Price House. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F12_002_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Banks
Places: Coshocton (Ohio); Coshocton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo of the garage drive was taken as part of Project No. 13b, Roads - minor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_nov34_b11_03
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Driveways
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)