Description: Thomas Kirker (1760-1837) was acting governor of Ohio from March to December 1807. As president of the Ohio Senate, he assumed the office when Edward Tiffin left to take a seat in the United States Senate. A popular election was held in 1807. However, the winner, Return J. Meigs, Jr., was declared ineligible to serve as governor and Kirker continued as acting governor through 1808. As governor, Kirker dealt with Ohio citizens' concerns about Native American threats in western Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03989
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Politicians
 

Description: This pool is at Old River Park. The park was only for the employees of National Cash Register (NCR). Old River Park was completed in 1939 and was closed by NCR in 1998 in a cost-saving move. Although parts of the park have been reopened, the pool was demolished. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_022_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio); National cash register company, Dayton, O., National Cash Register Company--Facilities.
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the laying of the cornerstone of the American Insurance Union Citadel, Columbus, Ohio, February 13, 1926. Pictured in the photograph is John J. Lentz, who founded the American Insurance Union in 1894. In 1975 the building (then called Lincoln-LeVeque Tower) was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1977 the name was officially changed to the LeVeque Tower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05618
Subjects: Lentz, John Jacob, 1856-1931; Cornerstone laying; LeVeque Tower; Businesses
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Howard L. Miller identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F080_06
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Transporting penstocks made by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F127_027
Subjects: Penstocks; William B. Pollock Company; Steel Industry
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo depicts Neil Armstrong speaking at a press event during the homecoming celebration held for him in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. There are policemen to the right of him and journalists on the left. More than 80, 000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_059
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize 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_B03F512_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the John Stewart Methodist Church in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, ca. 1937. John Stewart founded the Wyandot Indian Mission in 1816 and the local American Indians worshiped at the old Mission Church until 1843. The cornerstone of the new church was positioned on October 8, 1899. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. 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: AL05387
Subjects: Wyandot County (Ohio); Churches; Methodist Episcopal Church;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: This cantata was held on December 21, 1877, at Black's Music Hall in Zanesville, Ohio. The program includes ticket information, a list of the cast, a summary of each act, and a program for each act. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS559_B13F06_006_1
Subjects: Zanesville (Ohio); Theater--Ohio; Arts and entertainment; Performers
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Washington County courthouse, completed in 1902, is the third building, replacing one that had been built in 1823. It has a second story portico supported by Doric columns, triangular hood moldings, and a domed clock tower. This shows the building's front and side facades. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_493
Subjects: Courthouses; porticoes; pediments; hood moldings;
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio); 205 Putnam St.
 

Description: Portrait of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company President James A. Campbell, ca. 1920-1929. James Anson Campbell was born in Ohltown, Trumbull County, Ohio, on September 11, 1854. In 1900 he co-founded the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company, later to be renamed the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, in East Youngstown with George D. Wick in 1900. Campbell spent thirty years with Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and during that time he participated in numerous charitable and civic activities. In 1926 the residents of East Youngstown chose to rename their city Campbell in recognition of his contributions to the community. Campbell died September 20, 1933, at the age of 79. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05552
Subjects: Youngstown (Ohio); Industrialists--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Factories
Places: Trumbull County (Ohio); Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on the reverse reads: "Code - F 36; Class - Industry; Ident - Old Iron Furnace; Location - Hanging Rock Region along Ohio River, Lawrence Co." Handwritten on the reverse: "Hecla Furnace" Photograph depicting the Hecla Furnace, including the cast house, stack bridge loft, stock shed, charcoal shed, roads and shops. This photograph appears to be similar to those taken between 1865 and 1877. Hecla Furnace, located just east of what would eventually become Ironton, was erected in 1833 by Hamilton and McCoy. The cold blast furnace was for many years, one of the most famous in the country. The pig iron produced here was used was considered high quality and during the Civil War, every ton of Hecla iron was used for casting heavy ordnance and field guns, such as the famous “Swamp Angel”. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F05_001_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Blast furnaces--United States; Pig-iron; Hecla Mining
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)