Description: Kenneth J. Hiller 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_B01F076_02
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Six men posing with a steam shovel, identified as a Type B Erie Shovel built by Ball Engine Co. of Erie, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07771
Subjects: Construction industry; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio);
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: This art deco style illustration for “Religion” was not used in The Ohio Guide. It shows man riding a horse, with the silhouette of a cross on the horizon. A signature of the artist “A. Koerbling” can also be seen. This illustration is a photographic reproduction of a drawing. It is one of a series produced as possible chapter headings for The Ohio Guide. From 1935 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), through its Federal Writers' Project created The American Guide Series, which included forty-eight state guides, as well as supplemental guides for large cities, etc. The state guides are divided into three sections. In the first section are general essays about the state on things such as agriculture, culture, history, industry, religion, etc. The second section contains an overview of the various cities and towns around the state, as well as enumerating various points of interest. The last section is dedicated to various tours around the state. The tourist is taken from city to city, with turn by turn directions, and descriptions of what can be seen along the way. While much of the country has grown and changed since the guides were written, it is surprising how much remains, and sometimes more surprising what has been lost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F16_024
Subjects: Books Chapter-headings; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph depicts the top of a crane; around the edges of the photograph, workers on the factory floor can be seen. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F84_008
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry
 

Description: A boy stands for his picture in the garden. 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: AV71_b06_f355
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; 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_B02F333_01
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: By 1900, most major cities in Ohio had electric railways connecting the downtowns of the cities with the suburbs. This electric railcar has a sign reading "Delaware Marion LOCAL." Prior to the electric railway, urban transportation systems ran with cars pulled by teams of horses. By the 1890s, cities around the nation began to replace horse-drawn trolleys and cable cars with electric cars. Some were later incorporated into extensive interurban railways that carried passengers between major cities. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1164_001
Subjects: Transportation; Electric railroads; Street railroads;
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio); Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a large area filled with towering stacks of lumber, awaiting processing to be turned into paper. This is probably Champion Paper Company in Hamilton, though it could be the Mead Corporation Plant in Chillicothe. The large building in to background appears to be made of a light colored brick and has many windows. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_017_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Factories; Paper mills; Paper mills Equipment and supplies
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A photograph of a group of men riving clapboards to be used for public campground, buildings and other structures. The photo was taken as part of Projects No. 23, 28a, 28b (Public Campground Buildings & Other Structures). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_feb35_b35_60
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Siding (Building materials)
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This dish pan is round and made of tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47991
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas 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_B03F485_008
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Women working with fabric in Fremont, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_048_1
Subjects: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)