Description: This woman's apron is made of machine-sewn white linen with a check pattern. The apron is decorated with lace at the hem. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9166
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Clothing & dress
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This postcard of North Main St. in Celina, Ohio, was sent in 1912. It measures 3.5" x 5" (8.89 x 12.7 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3129_3832129_001
Subjects: Business and labor; Roads; Cityscapes
Places: Celina (Ohio); Mercer County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of several children playing outdoors while being watched by several women of varying ages. This is the Works Progress Administration (WPA) nursery group in Toledo, Ohio. The WPA was an agency born from the New Deal in 1935 and was renamed the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in 1939. This new agency had the task of employing unskilled workers to preform public works. The agency was done away with in 1943 as a result of the high demand for jobs that was created during World War 2. The WPA nursery program was established to take care of children, ages 2-4, for low-income families. Not only did this create jobs for teachers, but it also gave free time to the low-income families to find new work of their own. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_001_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Nursery schools; Nursery school facilities; Working class women; 20th century fashion; Children playing outdoors--Ohio--1930-1940;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Neil Armstrong’s grandmother, Caroline Katter Korspeter, his mother, Viola Armstrong, and wife, Janet Armstrong, pose for a photo in front a parade float during the homecoming celebration held for Neil in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. More than 80, 000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_061
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hubert A. Grove identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F070_08
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This Heliminer coal cutter and conveyor was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1969. It could cut and convey between 12 and 16 tons of coal per minute. Its base price in 1969 was $175,000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00995
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a portrait of a young child seated on a rocking chair and a young boy holding his cap in his hand. This photograph 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: AL06276
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; Portrait photography--United States—History; Clothing and dress
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: The state flag of Hawaii is red, white and blue with a British Union Jack canton. It is made of cotton and the dimensions are 95 by 155 cm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65488_001
Subjects: State Flags; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifacts
Places: Hawaii
 

Description: John Lehnert identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F078_02
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "Republic Iron and Steel Corporation." Republic Steel Corporation was founded in 1899 in Youngstown, Ohio. The firm was originally known as Republic Iron and Steel Company. For the company's first three decades of existence, it prospered, as Ohio was one of the leading industrialist states of the period. In 1927, Cyrus Eaton purchased a majority of the stock in the Republic Steel Company. At the same time, Eaton also purchased stock in other companies. He hoped to unite these companies together to compete with the U.S. Steel Company—the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. Under Eaton's leadership, the Republic Steel Company expanded its manufacturing holdings to include plants in Massillon, Elyria, Canton, Cleveland, and Warren, Ohio. Thanks to Eaton's efforts, the Republic Steel Company emerged as the third largest steel producer in the United States. The Republic Steel Company, like many other businesses, faced an economic downturn during the Great Depression. The firm, unlikely many others, remained in operation and actually expanded its holdings by purchasing smaller steel companies as they went bankrupt. Tom Girdler now headed the company, and under his leadership, the firm's corporate headquarters moved to Cleveland. During the 1930s, the Republic Steel Company, as well as many other steel mills, faced tensions as its steel workers, wanting to unionize, started a strike over low wages and poor working conditions. While Republic Steel proved successful in the “Little Steel Strike of 1937,” with the outbreak of World War II, the firm quickly permitted unions in its mills so that the firm could acquire lucrative government contracts. The company prospered throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, but competition from foreign steel, higher wages, and new environmental codes began to hurt the firm. The situation continued to worsen for the Republic Steel Company during the 1980s, and in 1984, the company merged with Jones and Laughlin to create LTV Steel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_006_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Iron & Steel Company
Places: Warren (Ohio); Youngstown (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the cornerstone of the Allen County Courthouse. The present courthouse is Allen County's third since its inception in 1832. It was built from 1881-1884 at a cost of $360,000. The building, designed by architect George Maetzel, is an elaborate French Second Empire Style. Mansard-roofed towers frame it with a projecting entrance pavilion located in the center. The Justice Center, a complex built in 1990 containing a jail, courts, and sheriff offices, is located just north of the courthouse and is connected by an overhead walkway. The seamless blending of the two buildings creates an impressive complex for the citizens of Allen County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_012
Subjects: Courthouses; mansard roofs; stringcourses; quoins; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio); 301 N. Main St.
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 163rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. (Regimental colors of the 163rd Ohio National Guard.) Rectangular flag measures 105 cm high by 129 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 163rd Reg't Ohio N.G. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02130
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865