Description: This photograph shows a public square, possibly in Ironton, Ohio, partially submerged by the 1937 Ohio River flood, also referred to as the Great Flood. In January and February of 1937, weeks of heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River to flood parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, causing $500 million in property damages, and displacing and killing hundreds. By the end of January, the Ohio River measured 80 feet deep in Cincinnati, one of the areas most affected. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched thousands of relief workers from the Works Progress Administration to rescue flood victims and restore affected cities. 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_B15F04_003_003_003
Subjects: Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Works Progress Administration
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A city boy's garden grown by Walter Graham, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, ca. 1900-1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00632
Subjects: Gardens--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jeffrey Manufacturing Company's branch office in New York City, 1916. The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, had branch offices in eight major U. S. cities and many countries around the world. Framed Jeffrey product photos are hanging on the walls. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01345
Subjects: Women -- Employment; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: New York (New York)
 

Description: 1964 photograph taken by Joe Munroe of famed author Eugene Burdick as he plays racquetball. Burdick was a political science professor at the University of California. His famous works include 'The Ugly American' (1958), 'Fail-Safe' (1962) and 'The 480' (1965). Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B31_F2179_JPG256
Subjects: Joe Munro; Eugene Burdick; Authors; Sports
Places: Berkeley (California)
 

Description: Front view of grey silk faille wedding gown in the "mode of 1830" worn by Hannah Adams when she married Charles K. West. Mr. West brought it to Ohio in 1834 and it has remained in the state since that time. The dress features large puffed sleeves and a full skirt. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05046
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Popular culture; Dresses; Clothing and dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

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_B02F333_03
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Future President William Howard Taft descending from the speaker's platform on Taft Day in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1908. Taft was the twenty-seventh President, serving from 1909-1913. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00576
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph shows the Mahoning River valley at dusk. Steel factories line each bank of the river, and one side has many sets of railroad tracks. Dark smoke is wafting across the frame of the picture. On the back there is a handwritten caption "Steel mills in Mahoning Valley at dusk - Youngstown, Ohio" and a typed credit of "PHOTO BY EDWIN LOCKE FOR U.S. FILM SERVICE" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_014_001
Subjects: Steel-works; Rivers; Railroad tracks
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pit car loader made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Francisco Mining Company, Francisco, Indiana, 1923. This conveyor eliminated the time-consuming job of loading coal into pit cars by hand. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01442
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Francisco (Indiana)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 71st Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02035
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of Ulysses S. Grant, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Ulysses S Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was named Hiram Ulysses Grant and was called by his middle name. After he joined the army, he was called Ulysses S. Grant. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04245
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont 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_B04F757_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)