Description: This turning machine is made of iron. It is marked with "S. Stow and Co." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72283
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the class of a one-room schoolhouse, holding a sign reading "Our School Nov. 9. 1908, Teacher C.E. Elliot." It was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b02_f159
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; School photography
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Carte de visite of Pvt. John Hoffman, who served with two regiments. Company F of the 85th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI), and Company L of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Company L was recruited from Washington County, Ohio, and was also known as "Thomas' Escort" or, "General George Thomas' Bodyguard" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f11_04
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) Company L; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 85th (1861-1865) Company F
Places: Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This cream pitcher was molded from porcelain. It is white with decorative flowers painted on it. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8931
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: 30 Guido St., Mount Adams neighborhood, Cincinnati. Built 1859 for the German Catholic population of the area, from 1860 to present it has been a pilgrimage church. In 1977 it absorbed the nearby Irish parish of Holy Cross. Listed National Register of Historic Places (1978 -- #78002079). Reverse reads: "Good Friday pilgrimage Cincinnati. Pilgrims climbing the steps to the Church of the Immaculate Conception. 'On Good Friday devout Catholics perform a colorful pilgrimage up several flights of steps from the foot of E. Third St. in self-communion, then 103 steps to the CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Pavillion and Guide Sts., receive blessings from a fragment of the true cross, climb steps to the Holy Cross Monastery and Church, and pass reverently through the dim "grotto" beneath the church and then into the church.'--Cincinnati City Treatment. Some of the pilgrims kneel and pray on each step. The lad in the right foreground is selling chewing gum. Federal Writers' Photographer, Cincinnati. March 26, 1937." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F16_007_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Catholic church--Ohio--Cincinnati; Good Friday.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

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)