Description: This shows the cornerstone of the Auglaize County Courthouse. The present courthouse was completed in 1894 by architects Kremer and Hart, replacing the original 1854 building. The courthouse's central, octagonal clock tower, which dominates the city's skyline, and the combination of smooth and rusticated stone on the facade create a monumental appearance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_035
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio); 201 Willipie St.
 

Description: Reverse reads: "This map which enables the blind pupils to "see" Columbus with their fingers is one of scores of models built by WPA workmen at the Ohio State School for the Blind, Columbus. Those raised bumps on the buildings, bridges and other structures are Braille letters." This is a photo of a miniature model of Columbus, Ohio. It was made so that blind people could build a mental image of an overhead photo of Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_12_001
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ohio State School for the Blind; Models; Blind persons; Braille; Schools--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the portico of the Richland County Courthouse. This is the fifth county courthouse for Richland County, and it was completed in 1968 by architectural firm Thomas Zaugg and Associates. It is built into the side of the hill, so from the north or front facade it looks like it has three stories, from the sides it looks like it has four and from the south it looks it has five stories. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_414
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio); 50 Park Ave. E
 

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_B02F221_09
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Two young girls share a chair for this portrait, 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_f349
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Parade down Auglaize Street celebrating Neil Armstrong coming back to his hometown Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F2_013
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the an area of downtown Youngstown, Ohio centered on the intersection of North Front Street and South Phelps Street, with the rolling hills of the suburbs in the distance. The station for the Youngstown & Suburban Railway as well as the Pittsburgh, Libson & Western R.R. could be found 21 North Front Street, and is probably near the left side of the photograph. Trinity United Methodist Church, located at 30 West Front Street, is just visible at the bottom left corner of the photograph. The Falcon Bronze Company (left of center in the photograph), located at 218 South Phelps, was incorporated in 1895. The brass founders were manufacturers of brass, bronze, and copper castings for rolling mills, steel plants and blast furnaces. In front of Falcon Bronze is a sign for “Parking” for a “? ‘s Super Service Station” in the 100 block of West Front Street. The Hotel Ohio (also called The Ohio or Ohio Hotel), visible on the far right side of the photograph, has been a fixture in downtown Youngstown for at least a decade. In 1912, a new building was built with 400 rooms at 131 West Boardman Street at the southwest corner of South Hazel Street. Before 1947, the name was changed to the Pick-Ohio Hotel, and while having always been an excellent hotel, was now one of the Albert Pick Hotels; famous for hospitality and service and complete with convention and banquet facilities. Since the early 1980's, the building has been home to the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority. Renamed Amedia Plaza, the 12-story building, which houses YMHA’s corporate offices, also features 92 senior apartments managed by YMHA. Renovations costing $6 million dollars were completed in 2002 by architects Ricciuti Balog & Partners which replaced windows, lighting and plumbing, and updated the heating and cooling system, making the building more energy efficient. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_048_001
Subjects: Hotels--United States; Foundries--United States; Railroad stations--Ohio; Churches, Methodist; Pick, Albert, 1895-1977
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: The image is a black and white sketch of Abraham Lincoln by H. B. Hall based from an engraving of Lincoln by William Edgar Marshall from 1866. The sketch is framed around Lincoln’s head and shoulders. The sketch depicts Lincoln slightly turn, glazing to the right. Under the image, the text reads, “Your friend, as ever. – A. Linocln.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F07_010
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
 

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_B03F381_002.tiff
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "CHAMPAIGN CO., Urbana, O. April 28, 1937. URBANA JUNIOR COLLEGE, S.W. part of Urbana, at intersection of College Way & Mad River Pike." On March 7, 1850, the Swedenborgian Church founded Urbana University (aka Urbana Junior College) in Urbana, Ohio. Swedenborgian John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, convinced local landowner John James to donate land to establish the college. Urbana University was only the second college in Ohio to admit women into classes with men. Urbana University grew slowly. In 1905, the institution employed only eight professors. In 2006, over 1,500 students enrolled at Urbana University. During the first years of the twenty-first century, the college experienced one of the fastest-growing student-enrollment rates in the United States. The institution also offered two dozen degree programs. Urbana University remains affiliated with the Swedenborgian General Convention of the Church of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F09_007_1
Subjects: Urbana University (Urbana, Ohio). Johnny Appleseed Society; Urbana (Ohio)--History; Urbana, Ohio. Junior College--History. [from old catalog]
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 49th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Shiloh. Cori[nth]. Stone River. Liberty G[ap.] Chickamauga. Mission Rid[ge.] 49th Regt. Ohio. Vet. Vol[s] Resacca. Picketts [Mills]. Kennesaw Mount[ain.] [Atlanta.] The battle names read left to right on the white stripes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01977
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This photograph shows protestors, four dressed as grim reapers, of the Vietnam War in front of the Armed Forces recruiting station in Columbus, Ohio, Franklin County, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00599
Subjects: Revolution, Reaction, and Reform; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Protests and protestors; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Posters
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)