Description: This photograph depicts steelworkers in an electric shop. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F90_001
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Steel workers
 

Description: Photograph showing a dam in Tuscarawas, Ohio. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Tuscarawas Dam near Tuscarawas, O." 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_075
Subjects: Waterworks; Rivers; Canals; Lakes & ponds; Dams; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Tuscarawas (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph of Vietnam War protestors (four dressed as grim reapers) in front of the Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Columbus was taken in 1970. Some protestors are holding signs reading "This building condemned" and "The draft is Unamerican." Anti-Vietnam War protests increased in Ohio after President Richard Nixon announced that United States troops had entered Cambodia on April 30, 1970. Riots erupted at many college campuses, including Kent State University, where four students were killed on May 4, 1970. By the end of May, all of Ohio's public universities except Bowling Green State University were closed. The photograph measures 4" x 6" (10.16 x 15.24 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3107_3675650_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Military Ohio; Vietnam War; Activists; Demonstrations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Eva Walker, the wife of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, 10th president of Wilberforce University and 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Eva and Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker were the parents of Yvonne Walker-Taylor who 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_B05F06_C_2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; 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_B05F0991_005
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: A family stands next to a fence that runs along the outside of a two-story frame home, 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_b04_f275
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This rectangular bread pan was handmade from tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9430
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This "Glas Kastlein" cupboard is made of glass and grained poplar that's painted brown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47876
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of a white pillow tick made of muslin and straw. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8488
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture; Beds
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Open hearth tapping side 1, 2, 3 FCE at US Steel Ohio Works Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B07F03_002
Subjects: Open-hearth furnaces; United States Steel Corporation; Ohio Works; Steel Industry; Slag
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This egg poacher is rectangular and has twelve cups. The poacher is made of tin and has handles. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9419
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Cooking tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Fulton County Courthouse. In 1869, the residents of Fulton County passed an "enabling" act that moved the county seat from Ottokee to Wauseon. Though Ottokee was more centrally located, Wauseon had a larger population and more business, making it an appropriate location for the county seat. The act stipulated that private residents had to pay $5,000 of the total estimated building costs of $25,000. The result was the present Italianate style courthouse completed in 1872 by architect C.C. Miller, complete with murals, hand-carved woodwork, and a stained glass dome. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_152
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places; mural paintings (visual works); Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Wauseon (Ohio); Fulton County (Ohio); 210 S. Fulton St.