Description: Photograph of a young boy perched on a porch railing with his teddy bear behind him. 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: AL05113
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Toys; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Children
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

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_B03F537_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "N.Y.A you assist the State Conservation Department in removing undesirable and excessive fish from Tuscora Park Lake." The National Youth Administration, a part of the Works Progress Administration, was formed to teach young people a vocation. Both the youth and their families were paid for the part time work and job training. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F02_022_001
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); NYA;
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of a ladle pouring hot metal at an unidentified location. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F127_009
Subjects: Slag; Cinder Car; Steel Industry; Hot Metal Car; Mixer Car; William B. Pollock; Ladle
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway bridge crossing the Cuyahoga River at the Cleveland, Ohio site of the construction of a Republic Steel Corporation blast furnace. Republic Steel signed a contract with the Defense Plant Corporation in September 1941 to build four new blast furnaces. Two 1275-ton blast furnaces were planned for the Cleveland District. The number 5 blast furnace was blown in for production in October 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F061_12
Subjects: Steel Industry and trade; Republic Steel Corporation--Ohio; blast furnace
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of William Emmons, an ex-slave who lived at 1588 Charles Street in Springfield, Ohio, sitting in a rocking chair with a woman behind him. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_007_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.; African Americans--Photographs; African American women--Ohio--Photographs; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a three workers constructing a blooming mill engine. Blooming mills form ingots into blooms, which have a large round or square cross section. This photograph is from the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so it was likely taken at a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F36_003
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blooming mills
 

Description: This black and white photograph depicts patrons at a bar. Both the bar and the patrons are unknown. The picture was taken during the course of the violent and deadly 'Little Steel' strike of 1937 in Youngstown, Niles and Warren, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0017_F01_007
Subjects: Steel strike, 1937; Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.); Steel industry; Republic Steel Corporation; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Niles (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is Huron County's third courthouse; it was completed in 1913 by architect Vernon Redding. The Beaux-Arts structure incorporated some of the walls and foundation of the second courthouse, which was built around 1837. This image shows the building's cornerstone. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F03_237
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Norwalk (Ohio); Huron County (Ohio); 2 E. Main St.
 

Description: This photograph depicts a few electrical boxes and a water tank with a hose in case of fires. One switch box reads, "USE SAFETY LOCK ON THIS BOX WHEN WORKING ON LINES OR MOTORS". A sign above the water tank reads, "FOR FIRE ONLY RETURN HERE". Together, this equipment was used to prevent and fight fires at a steelmaking plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F90_014
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry and trade--Safety measures
 

Description: This scene depicts a welding tank in a machine shop at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Brier Hill works. This is also the scene of a safety and welding tank explosion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F01_002
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio); Welding--1930-1940
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Hancock County Courthouse was designed by architects Frank Weary and George Washington Kramer from 1885-1888 who included in their design stained-glass windows, black walnut trim, Maine marble, granite columns and an open rotunda. A commemorative statue of John Hancock is on top of the clock tower. This image shows the building's front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F03_189
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Findlay (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); 300 S. Main St.