Description: Pieces of blast furnace down comers built by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F95_004
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown; Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Yvonne Walker-Taylor and her husband Robert Harvey Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Reverend Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_G
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women; African American men
 

Description: Caption on front reads: "5. Bird's-eye View of Ohio River Showing Panhandle R.R. and Fort Steuben Bridges, Steubenville, Ohio." On the Reverse "' C.T. Art-Colortone' Reg. U.S. Pat. Off." with a Quality Co. Chicago symbol and "Sapirstein Greeting Card Company, Cleveland, Ohio" along the left edge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_012_001
Subjects: Postcards--Ohio--Steubenville
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Senator Robert A. Taft at his desk, 1949. Taft served as United States Senator from Ohio from 1939 until 1953 when he died in office. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01078
Subjects: Legislators--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
 

Description: Photograph of John M. Pattison, born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1847. Pattison was a Civil War veteran who served with the 153rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected governor in 1905 and inaugurated January 8, 1906. Due to poor health he left office in April and passed away in June 1906. Lieutenant Governor Andrew L. Harris completed the rest of Pattison's term. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04505
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Prohibition
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Girls' Industrial School inmates nursing other inmates in the school hospital, ca. 1910-1919. The purpose of the school was "the reformation of exposed, helpless, evil disposed, and vicious girls." In 1878, the term "incorrigible" was added. A five-member board of trustees purchased a piece of property known as the Ohio White Sulphur Springs Resort, eighteen miles north of Columbus. The first six girls were admitted to the school in October 1869. The inmates spent their mornings performing domestic chores. They also learned various vocational trades, including basket-making, music, sewing, and stenography. In the afternoons, the girls attended school, where they studied, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, literature, and United States history among other topics. The girls remained at the school until they reached seventeen years of age or completed their sentence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00212
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women--Education - Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Company employees in line at the employee cafeteria at the F. & R. Lazarus Company, located on the second floor of the building at South Front and West Town Streets, ca. 1950-1959. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04400
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building in Brooklyn, New York designed by the Wurts Brothers Company designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager. Steel door and frames made from Youngstown sheet were used. On the photo is written: "WILLIAMSBURGH SAVINGS BANK BLDG. BROOKLYN. N.Y. STEEL DOORS & FRAMES YOUNGSTOWN SHEET" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F43_023
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry and trade--New York (State)--New York; Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. : Broadway); Wurts Brothers (New York, N.Y.)
Places: Brooklyn (New York)
 

Description: A large church congregation outside a country church is seen in this photograph, 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: AV71_b02_f157
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Churches
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: The caption reads: "Roller Mill Grinding Enamel for Paint, Cleveland. Sherwin-Williams Co." Sherwin Williams was founded in 1866 by Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams in Cleveland, Ohio. They created ready-mixed paints in 1880 so consumers no longer had to buy the ingredients separately and do the mixing themselves. By 1905, they were selling paint across the United States, Canada, South America and Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_002_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of construction of the Liberty Street subway station under the old Miami and Erie canal bed in Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1920-1928. Construction of the subway began during the construction of the Cincinnati Central Parkway over the canal bed in the early 1920s. The project was partly financed by the Ohio Department of Public Works. The canal bed was deepened to form the subway tube, but the rapid-transit system was never completed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02898
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History; Ohio. Dept. of Public Works; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Subway stations--1920-1930
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This shows the second level entrance of the Meigs County Courthouse. This building overlooks the Ohio River and includes a central structure with Doric columns and pediment. Side wings were added in 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_325
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Pomeroy (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio); 100 E. 2nd St.