Description: Stanley Hoppe, of Lucas County, was electrocuted November 30, 1928, for the Murder of Dorothy Sielagowski, at Toledo, Ohio. He was a white male, age twenty six and his occupation was listed as a taxi driver. Dorothy Sielagowske was seven years old. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08190
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas 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_B05F1078_008
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a lock in Delpos, Ohio, which was used to control water flow. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Old Lock to be replaced by Wall, Delphos, O., July, 1916." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_033
Subjects: Waterworks; Rivers; Lakes & ponds; Canals; Dams; Bridges; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Delphos (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: Coke plant pusher machine and ovens at republic steel Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F16_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Coke plants
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a worker grinding down an armature. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F90_006
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Steel workers
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Shilo[h] Sto[n]e R[i]ve[r?] 15th Reg Me[?] Chickam[auga] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02356
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Painting of regimental colors of the 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 182 cm high by 198 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 14th Regiment O.V.U.S.A. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02365
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This lithograph print is ink and watercolor with a walnut frame. It is a Currier & Ives print depicting a small child. Below the depiction, the text reads "PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES." (right); "THE LITTLE EMPEROR" (center); "152 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK" (left). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8585
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Art, American--Ohio
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Banner was taken from the catafalque carrying the body of President James A. Garfield in the funeral procession in Chicago, Illinois, on September 26, 1881. This rectangular banner is made of gray wool and has black painted letters that read "In Memoriam James Abram Garfield Sage, Statesman, Patriot, Born Nov. 19th A.D. 1831 - Died Sept. 19th A.D. 1881. Requiescat in Pace." A catafalque is an ornamental platform often used for state funerals. David Garfield Stockman of Ravenna, Ohio, donated this banner to the Ohio Historical Society in 1926. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65046_001
Subjects: United States presidents; Monuments and memorials; Banners
 

Description: This hollow tongue-and-groove plane was manufactured from wood and iron. A tongue-and-groove plane is used to cut tongues and grooves into pieces of wood, which allows them to be joined. This plane is marked "1 76". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73485
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Hayes Mansion, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky Co - District 9). Home of Rutherford B. Hayes, president of U. S., maintained today as it was when Hayes lived here during the latter part of his life. With the Hayes Memorial and Spiegel Grove, the surrounding grounds, if forms a State Park." Hayes House, built in 1859, is a large red brick Victorian style structure in located at 1337 Hayes Avenue in Fremont Ohio. It stands in Spiegel Grove State Park, the former Hayes Estate. It was the residence of the former President from 1873 to 1893. The 2-story mansion, constructed between 1859 and 1863 has 8 bedrooms and a large veranda. The home was remodeled twice, in 1880 (adding a large library and an impressive staircase leading to a rooftop observation area, as well as many other improvements) and 1889 (replacing and enlarging one wing). Hayes was the nineteenth (19th) President of the United States, serving from 1877-1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_001_1
Subjects: State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Spiegel Grove (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes Presidential Center (Fremont, Ohio); Rutherford B. Hayes Memorial Library (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Undated, and signed only "Independent Citizen," this broadside outlines arguments against a proposed prohibition amendment to Ohio constitution. The author cites some of its economic ramifications to farmers and brewery owners if the amendment is passed, and argues that the amendment is a violation of the "social and political freedom" of Ohioans. The broadside is one page and measures 5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm). The Prohibition Movement, an effort to ban alcohol consumption, began in Ohio in the late nineteenth century with the Woman's Christian Temperance Movement and the formation of the Anti-Saloon League in 1893. Although the issue was on the ballot several times, voters did not approve prohibition until 1918. In 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. constitution passed, making prohibition the law of the United States. It was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1519_1162700_001
Subjects: Civil liberties; Ohio Government; Business and labor; Agriculture; Prohibition; Temperance
Places: Ohio