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
 

Description: The Muskingum River in Stockport, Ohio. This river was originally known for being treacherous for travelers, since the depth of the water tended to change with the seasons, and each season became dangerous for different reasons when trying to use the river for transport. Eventually, those living next to the river were able to take their complaints to the government which gave in and set out to make the river safe for travel. The idea was a winning situation for both sides, locals by the river were able to experience the benefits of trade as well as the government. For some time the constructions that made the river useful began to go into a state of decay until another push was made by the locals of the communities that surrounded the Muskingum. The Muskingum would over time become popular as a place for the locals to enjoy nature and relax. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06780
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Natural resources--Ohio
Places: Stockport (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a carriage drawn by horse traveling on an unpaved street passing fields, residences, and telephone lines. Descriptions located on the back of the photograph read: "9.1 miles west of Zanesville, 1913," and "east of Gratiot, 3/4 mile, house in distance on left old Kroft farm house covered with [illegible] school west of this 1/3 mile Looking East Mr. Ankrum." Beginning construction in 1806, the National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first federally-funded interstate highway. Crossing six states from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois, over 220 miles of the 600-mile road pass through Ohio. During the nineteenth century it was an important commercial artery for Midwestern merchants and farmers, and in the twentieth century, it continued to be a major east/west route for automobile travel. The National Road has been named both an "All-American Road" and a "National Scenic Byway" by the U.S. Department of Transportation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P199_B01_F15_01
Subjects: Roads; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Travel; Streets--Ohio; National Road;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio);
 

Description: Ladies attending homecoming celebration after the moon landing in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Neil Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, Governor James Rhodes, Mayor Donald Wittwer, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F6_015
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of a triangular-shaped, cast iron insert for a hand iron. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73890_003
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Irons (tools)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas 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_B05F1010_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Wonderland (J.W. Cooley) and tow Verne Mac at portside landing, a few trees and 3 or 4 two-story houses in view. A showboat like the Wonderland traveled with a tow like the Verne Mac along rivers, as seen here. 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 on 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 in New Martinsville, West Virginia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07597
Subjects: Popular culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio; Boats and boating
 

Description: Interior view of the chemical laboratory of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, 1957. Several employees can be seen at work in the laboratory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01600
Subjects: Machinery industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows an aerial view of the Procter & Gamble factories in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company was founded by William Procter, a candle maker from England, and James Gamble, a soap maker from Ireland. The two men had married sisters, Olivia and Elizabeth Norris, respectively. Alexander Norris, their father-in-law, persuaded the men to form a business. On October 31, 1837, Procter & Gamble was formed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06449
Subjects: Procter & Gamble Company; Manufacturing industries--Ohio;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This tan and brown stein depicts dancing figures. German text encircles the bottom of the stein's side. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8388_sideA
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)