Description: Cover of the Dayton and Covington Turnpike Company account book, which covers the company's accounts from October 8, 1839, through October 29, 1840. The company was organized in 1838, and construction began on the toll road in 1839, following the route of the Stillwater Road and the earlier Native American Stillwater Trail. The Dayton and Covington Turnpike was completed in 1841, and the company dissolved in 1845. Since 1921, the road has been designated as State Route 48. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04050
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Toll roads
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio); Covington (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This pen holder is made of red plastic. It has a reservoir and nib as well as a ferrule. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79368
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Pens (drawing and writing)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Wyandot County Courthouse was completed in 1900 and, due to its iron and steel construction, was considered fireproof. It cost $140,372.44 and represents the Beaux-Arts architectural style. This image shows the side facade of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_520
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio); 109 S. Sandusky Ave.
 

Description: This is an image of a handmade, scalloped, gray, tin mold with round bottom. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73364
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Culinary molds
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the base of a blast furnace during the process of plugging the tapping hole. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F19_018
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces
 

Description: This postcard shows a view of Woodward High School in Cincinnati, Ohio ca. 1911. When this school building first opened its doors (1910), it had some of the most modern facilities of its time, including flush toilets, central heating, a 1,100-seat auditorium, two gymnasiums, and two swimming pools. Other notable features were 12 rare Rookwood Pottery drinking fountains from the early 1900s and stained-glass windows of the same period located in the main entryway. The largest of these was a memorial mural entitled "The Landing of William Woodward at Cincinnati in Fall of 1791.” In 1827 leather tanner William Woodward (1768-1833) and his wife, Abigail Cutter, provided land and a trust to pay for a free grammar school that would educate poor boys. The growth of Cincinnati’s public school system around 1829 caused the Woodwards to re-evaluate their goals for the school. They purchased additional land and built a private secondary institution, Woodward High School, the first high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Woodward High School of Cincinnati opened in October 1831 in a two-story brick building on Franklin Street in the city’s Bond Hill neighborhood. In 1836 a new collegiate department began sharing the facility. The school continued to grow, and with a few years, construction of a new facility was underway. Around 1850, however, the growth of public schools affected Woodward’s ability to survive financially as a private institution. To save money the trustees suspended the high school’s operation, but in 1851 the financial situation forced them to close the college as well. Rather than closing the high school altogether (especially with a new building on the horizon), the board of trustees reinstated the high school but merged it with the Cincinnati public school system. The new facility, designed by John R. Hamilton in the English Gothic style, opened in 1855 at the corner of Woodward Street and Sycamore Street. In 1860 the remains of William and Abigail Woodward were interred in a stone vault on the school grounds near the Broadway Street entrance; a monument and statue were placed over the tomb. The 1855 school was razed and replaced in 1910 by the building seen in the photograph: a new five-story brick, stone, and terra cotta structure designed by local architect Gustav Brach in the Second Renaissance Revival style. President William Howard Taft, who graduated from Woodward High School in 1874, laid the cornerstone of this building, located at 1310 Sycamore Street. When Woodward High School moved to a new facility in 1953, this building became Abigail Cutter Junior High School (also known as Cutter). In addition to William Taft, notable people associated with Woodward High School include Dr. Joseph Ray, principal, 1851-1855, author of several popular mathematics texts; and Professor William McGuffey, author of the well-known readers and spellers. The site is also linked to the Underground Railroad. From 1856 to 1863 Levi Coffin and his wife, Catharine, lived in a house built by Woodward on this site in 1832. Both Levi and Catharine were legendary abolitionists who helped enslaved people escape to freedom in Canada. Levi is often referred to as the "President of the Underground Railroad.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06020
Subjects: Woodward High School (Cincinnati, Ohio); Postcards; Education; Architecture
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The banner is comprised of rectangular panels of red, yellow and green cotton stitched together. The banner is stamped "2 1/2 x 4" and has brass grommets and white cotton twill on one side. The banner was displayed on showboats and dates from around 1930. The dimensions are 120 cm by 70 cm. It was possibly flown on the Eisenbarth showboats. Mrs. E. E. Eisenbarth of Marietta, Ohio, donated this banner to the Ohio Historical Society in 1986. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H59976_001
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio
Places: 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_B02F187_05
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Maple Corner, the home of the John P. Hopley family in Bucyrus, Ohio, is pictured in a state of disrepair. Born in England, John P. Hopley (1821-1904) was educated in the Royal Navy Academy at Camberwell Surrey. After his graduation he remained at the academy as a teacher. He emigrated to the United States with his uncle and settled in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1845 he moved to Logan, Ohio, where he married Georgianna Rochester (1826-1904) in 1848. Hopley was a teacher, lawyer, postmaster, and owner of two Bucyrus newspapers. He was active in the Republican Party. Members of the Hopley family were active in such pursuits as business, politics, journalism, the temperance movement, and woman suffrage. John and Georgianna Hopley had ten children, nine of whom survived to adulthood: Charles Rochester, John Edward, Thomas Prat, Mary Catherine, Georgianna Eliza, Harriet Evelyn, James Richard, Frank Lewes, and Joseph William. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06079
Subjects: Dwellings;
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: The flag is the national colors of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 7th Re[gt]. The flag has disintegrated and most of it is missing. The flag has not been cataloged. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01871
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Back cover of the "True Blue Seed Annual for 1895," published by A. W. Livingston's Sons, a seed company based in Columbus, Ohio. The company founder, Alexander Livingston of Reynoldsburg, was well-known for developing the first tomato varieties to become popular in the United States. The breeds featured include "Livingston's Banner" potato and "Livingston's Buckeye State" tomato. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02630
Subjects: Seed products; Nurseries (Horticulture)--Catalogs; Agriculture; Vegetable gardening; Vegetables
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A piece of paper gives a description of a Works Progress Administration project in Cincinnati. It reads "District #16 Progress picture / Project #16-31-545. Running track at Walnut Hills High School Athletic Field. 80% completed. / This project started September, 1935, employs an average of 100 men, and will cost a total of $117,233, / of which amount the W.P.A. furnished $105,796. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. / (Writers') 7-8-36. Cincinnati, Ohio. / Division of Recreational Projects." The picture is not included. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F12_011_001
Subjects: United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)