Description: Interior shot of E.E. Eisenbarth's Temple of Amusement Floating Theatre viewed from mid-auditorium. Stage set for either "Johnstown Flood" or "Mount Vesuvius." Ellsworth Eugene Eisenbarth was born October 22, 1864, in Ironton, Ohio. The family later moved to Wetzel County, West Virginia. By 1889, Eisenbarth was traveling the mid-Atlantic states in "The Oregon Indian Medicine Show" which featured such entertainment as real cowboys and “Indians.” He next bought a floating store, which he refitted as a showboat and christened "The Eisenbarth Wild West & Floating Opera." The endeavor lasted from 1891 to 1895. By the late 1890s, Eisenbarth and his wife Julia had founded "The Eisenbarth & Henderson Mammoth and Combined Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company" complete with calliope, band and orchestra, which also traveled throughout the middle states by rail. In February of 1900, E.E. and Julia converted a glass barge named the E.V. Poke No. 2 into "The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre, Temple of Amusement." This showboat and its successor ("The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement")were devoted to bringing Shakespearean plays and other dramas, such as “Human Hearts” to the waterways. Eisenbarth also worked with a traveling company of players, perhaps to remain off the rivers during the winter months. The Temple cleared more money than almost any other boat on the Ohio River, even though it only played four nights a week and never on Sunday. Julia Eisenbarth died November 30, 1906, and E.E. remarried in 1908 to Jennie Salina Brown. In 1909, he presented his last show on a riverboat, “The Castle.” He sold The Temple showboat to the Needham-Steiner Amusement Company that year, and although he made bids on other boats, these proved unsuccessful and The Temple ended up being his last showboat. E. E. Eisenbarth died on July 17, 1925 and was buried next to his first wife in Williams Cemetery at New Martinsville, West Virginia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07575
Subjects: Popular culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio
Places: Ohio River; Marietta (Ohio); Washington 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_B03F370_002.tiff
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Arthur J. Grover of Wood County. Legally executed at 2:30 A.M., May 14, 1886, for the Murder of Granville G. Loomis at Bowling Green, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08028
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law
 

Description: Exterior view of the Tallmadge Congregational Church located on the public circle in Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, ca. 1930 - 1939. Construction of the church building began in 1822 and the church was dedicated in 1825. The state of Ohio acquired the church in 1971. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00824
Subjects: Summit County (Ohio); Other--Ohio Historical Society
Places: Tallmadge (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 113th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 185 cm high by 196 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 113th O.V.I. Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Mill Creek Gap, Rome, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Savannah. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02549
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This record, created May 20, 1895, by John Kenney of Cardington, Ohio, describes a Nodding Trillium. The page features handwritten notes of the plant's common and scientific name, and information about aspects of the plant's flowers, leaves, buds, roots, stems, fruits, seeds, etc. The record is from a "Model Herbarium and Plant Record," compiled by John Kenney in 1895. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05093
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Flowers; Gardening; Botany
Places: Cardington (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: This round lid was made by hand of tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73230
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 13th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. The fringe around the three sides and the eagle are the only parts intact. The rest has deteriorated, mostly missing. This flag has not been cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01898
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Crowell Publ. Co. Rear view of publishing plant. Crowell Publishing Co. Springfield, Ohio." The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Plant was located on West High Street, between Wittenberg and Lowry Avenues in Springfield, Ohio and was one of the largest publishing houses in the world. The Springfield plant closed in the late 1950's and has since changed ownership several times. The complex is slowly being demolished, building by building, by the city of Springfield. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_034_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the grounds at the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Ohio, 1915. Mr. Joseph A. Jeffrey, president, saw the importance of maintaining pleasant landscaping and had a full-time gardener on his payroll. The structural shop is seen on the left. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01335
Subjects: Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "A picturesque scene on the Dayton State Hospital grounds. Photo by the Federal Writers' Project, Dayton, Ohio. From negative loaned by Charles Jarbeau." The Dayton State Hospital started in 1855 as the Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum and would eventually become the Dayton Mental Health Center. In the 1960's it served 2000 patients in 77 buildings, on 1, 000 acres. Over the years, parts of the grounds were sold off, due to decline, and in February of 2008, the state officially closed the hospital, by then known as Twin Valley Behavioral Health Care. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_037_001
Subjects: Dayton State Hospital (Ohio); Winter--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Ohio Picture Book Page: 17 Picture: 18 (upper) Credit: Shahn: Farm Security Administration Caption: Ohio Gothic This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project 8 E. Chestnut St.,Columbus, O." This appears to be a photo of a farm family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F07_006_001
Subjects: Farm families
Places: Ohio