Description: Affadilla Deaver (b. 1808?) worked with the Underground Railroad in Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03166
Subjects: Women abolitionists - Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Activists
Places: Deavertown (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Typical Narrow Windowed Buildings of Cincinnati River Front District. Photographer: E. P. Moody, Dist. 4, Cincinnati, Ohio." This photograph shows the corner of East Pearl Street and Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. Signs visible are: "S. Gordon & Co., Wholesale Furniture, Upholsters Supplies." and "H. Weitzman Pants Co. - Shoes, Clothing" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F03_13_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton 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_B05F0972_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: A statue of a man with his dog used as a teaching tool at the school for the blind. The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in April of 1837 and by July of 1837 began instruction in rented rooms. The first school building was built in 1839, and could accommodate sixty students. This photograph, ca. 1935-1943 shows the four story sandstone structure in the Second Roman style of architeture with a Mansard roof. It is located on the corner of Parsons Avenue, and East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio and first opened it's doors on May 21, 1874. Early in the 20th century, the Ohio Department of Education assumed control and the name of the school was changed to the Ohio School for the Blind. In 1953, the school moved to it's current location on North High Street near Morse Road. The building has undergone several renovations, and once had a central tower reached an additional three stories, and pointed spires on the north and south ends. It has since been occupied by the Ohio Highway Patrol and then by Columbus Environmental Health. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_035_001
Subjects: Statues; Schools--Ohio; Blind--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the Thomas Jefferson statue in front of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. It was completed in 1912 by architects Lehman and Schmidt with the distinction of being the second finished building in Cleveland's downtown group plan. The project was developed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, which sought to create a downtown space that combined all of Cleveland's public buildings in a central mall. The other buildings included in the plan are the Federal Building, the Cleveland Public Library and the Board of Education building. Cuyahoga's Beaux-Arts courthouse is said to reflect Cleveland's "turn-of-the-century" prosperity and includes materials like Milford pink granite, marble and English oak. Decorative art is also a major component of this building, from its statues depicting the rules of English law to its dramatic murals and stained-glass window. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_104
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); 1219 Ontario St.
 

Description: Dated September 19, 1936, this photograph shows women sewing and quilting as part of the Butler County Emergency School sewing and quilting project. Butler County Emergency School was a Works Progress Administration program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler Count Emergency Schools. Elm St., Oxford, Ohio. Sewing and Quilting, Mrs. Viola Smith, Teacher." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F04_002_1
Subjects: Quilts; Crocheting; African Americans; Schools--Ohio; Works Progress Administration
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cover of the May 1907 issue of "The Garden Magazine," featuring "Plants and Seeds for May Gardening." The cover illustration is an iris, and the other features include "What's What in Table Corn," "Plans for City Backyards," "Azaleas," "Squashes," "Annual Vines," and "Roses for Verandas." The magazine was published by Doubleday, Page & Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04821
Subjects: Gardens; Gardening; Flowers; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Shoreham Office Building in Washington, D.C. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in this building. On the photo is written: "SHOREHAM OFFICE BLDG. WASHINGTON, D.C. YOUNGSTOWN-BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F45_008
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a potential accident scene beneath the south bridge at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Campbell works. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F54_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Steel industry
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This black and white photograph taken July 12, 1937 shows Chief of Police Barney Gillen and Major Ward, 166th Reg. at Republic Steel's Main gate in Warren, Ohio. The picture was taken during the course of the violent and deadly 'Little Steel' strike of 1937 in Youngstown, Niles and Warren, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0017_F02_006
Subjects: Steel strike, 1937; Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.); Steel industry; Republic Steel Corporation; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Niles (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This exterior view of University Hall on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, was photographed in 1931. The building was erected 1873 and originally used for students in Arts College, including math, political science, philosophy and psychology. University Hall was demolished in 1971 and replaced with a replica. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05135
Subjects: Ohio State University--History; College campuses; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This time-lapse photo depicts a night scene on Court Street in Athens, Ohio, near the campus of Ohio University, ca. 1950-1959. Restaurants, stores, theaters and other businesses catering to OU students can be seen. The banner hanging across the street reads, "Vote for Bill "Tiny" Blackman for Senior Class President." The streaks of light in the image are car headlights, which appear linear in shape because the car moved through the frame during the exposure time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05159
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Ohio University--History; Photography--History
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)