Description: Reverse reads: "Winding small armatures. Robbins-Myers, Springfield, O." This photograph depicts several assembly line workers winding small armatures, an internal piece of a fan, at the Robbins & Myers Company in Springfield, Ohio. Robbins & Myers, Inc. was originally established in 1878 by Chandler Robbins and James Myers in Springfield, Ohio, near Dayton. The founders brought varied experiences to the business; Robbins, had been an astronomer and surveyor, and Myers had been a teacher and grocer. Robbins had invested $500 in a gray-iron foundry in 1876, and was joined two years later by Myers. The new owners changed the company name from Lever Wringer Company to The Robbins & Myers Company. The company namesakes initially manufactured castings for agricultural tools and machines, and then broadened into bicycle parts when that industry boomed at the turn of the century. In the late 1920s, they also began to make hoists, winches, and crane motors to increase efficiency on assembly lines. From the late 1800s to the early 1900s the Company's product line expanded to include castings for the motor powered fan. The growing use of electricity prompted Robbins & Myers to develop and manufacture its own line of motor powered fans, which eventually included ceiling, desk, oscillating and ventilating fans, and later acquired the well-known Hunter brand of overhead fans. During WWII, the company switched to making motors for the Norden Bombsight, which measured an aircraft's ground speed and direction for more accurate high-altitude bombing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_037_001
Subjects: Robbins & Myers; Iron foundries--United States; Assembly-line methods; Industries--Ohio--Springfield; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Numeric list of hot metal cars by contract number and photo number. Index created by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F117_001
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: The chicken hatchery of the College of Agriculture at Ohio State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F03_010_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Chickens
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of a young girl and boy in dress clothes posed under a tree. The boy is lying on a fur rug, and a lace textile is draped behind them. A woman can be seen looking on in the background. 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: AL05115
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; Portrait photography--United States--History; Clothing and dress
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: 200-ton hot metal mixer car made by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B02F64_001
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning 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_B05F1070_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Before the closure of the Ohio Penitentiary in 1979, the execution chamber within the facility housed and displayed photographs of many of the prisoners sentenced to death throughout the state’s history. This portrait of William Enzulus is one of them. On October 14, 1931 while serving a 10 to 25 year prison sentence for robbery, Enzulus managed to escape from the Ohio State Reformatory. On August 6, 1932 Detective John S. Buettner and his partner of the Cleveland City Police became suspicious of Enzulus who fit the profile of the suspect of a recent holdup and attempted to question him. Upon the officers’ approach, Enzulus unexpectedly pulled a handgun out from his waistband and shot Detective Buettner in the stomach. Buettner died three days later. The caption at the bottom of this photograph reads, “No. 169, William Enzulus of Cuyahoga County, electrocuted January 7th, 1933, for the murder of Detective Buettner of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He was executed at the age of 23. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08228
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Columbus (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_B02F327_09
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: General tube mill scene depicting workers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F03_029
Subjects: Steel industry; Steel industry and trade-- Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
 

Description: Picture of the old Champaign County Public Library with two unknown people entering it. This is the old Morlite building that housed the Champaign County Public Library until it moved to the new building in 1996. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_007_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Libraries--Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: General plant scene of merchant bar mill with workers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F07_004
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Bar mills; Steel industry
 

Description: Construction of blast furnace at Republic Steel in Warren, Ohio 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F07_017
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)