Description: The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio made the Spur Haul Up Chain used to pull boats and riders up the ramp on the Shoot the Chutes ride. At the top, the boat and riders were released to slide down the chute to the water below. This ride was located at the Olentangy Amusement Park on North High Street in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00989
Subjects: Amusement parks; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Sketch of Wittenberg College drawn by Henry Howe, ca. 1847. The college was funded by the Lutheran Church in Springfield, Ohio, in 1845. It reflected the growing number of German immigrants to the region. The school was named after the original Wittenberg University in Germany. This image is taken from Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe, 1847. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04058
Subjects: Wittenberg University; Education; Universities and colleges; Lutheran Church--Education--History--United States
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "2326 Auburn Ave., Cinci., O. Mar. 1938. S ? Hinkle Home." More information needed. The Hinkle, Guild & Co was an important mill work supplier who developed apartments on Auburn Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Many members of the Hinkle family also lived on Auburn Avenue as well, so it is possible that this home is one of theirs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_b03f03_041_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of three young children sitting in front of lace curtains. This photograph was 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: AL06318
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; Other--Family History; Children's clothing
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

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_B02F248_12
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Jean Baptiste Regnier M. D., who immigrated to the Ohio River Valley area from France in 1790. He is among the founders of Gallipolis, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00239
Subjects: Pioneers--Ohio; Other--Health Care
Places: Gallipolis (Ohio); Gallia County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Pvt. Wallace W. Roach, who served with Company C of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f20_16
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 18th (1861-1865)
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Railroad tracks leading to and from the Tiffin Train Depot. This railroad used to be quite important to the area, allowing for easy transportation and becoming a driver of economic growth and prosperity. Multiple times the railroad was exchanged between various companies before it would eventually be shut down. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06788
Subjects: Railroads; Railroads--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History
Places: Tiffin (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of an unnamed street in Dayton taken in May of 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_037_1
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Labeled photographs of Clarence Clinkscales from Orangeburg, South Carolina; Horace B. Rains from Columbus, Ohio; Herbert Hughes from Cincinnati, Ohio; Turner from Washington, D. C.; and Paris Vaughn Sterrett from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and 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 president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_04_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men; African American Ohioans; African American women
 

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_B04F759_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: East view of the prison at Camp Sumpter, Andersonville, Georgia taken from the stockade, August 17, 1864. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01097
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Andersonville (Georgia)