Description: Ladies attending private reception during homecoming celebration after the moon landing in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Neil Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, Governor James Rhodes, Mayor Donald Wittwer, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F6_019
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a rebuilt version of an original mill built on this site in the 1840s by Noah Hoover, President Herbert Hoover's great-uncle. The mill features a 27-foot waterwheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00382
Subjects: Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Miami County (Ohio); Agricultural machinery;
Places: West Milton (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Home of abolitionist John Rankin in Ripley, Ohio, ca. 1950-1970. The house, built in 1828, sits on a hill overlooking the Ohio River and served as an important stop on the Underground Railroad. Rankin and his wife Jane (identified in some later records as Jean) worked with their neighbors to assist thousands of slaves to escape to freedom. The house was purchased by the state of Ohio in 1938 and ten years later the Ohio Historical Society opened the refurbished site to the public. It is now a National Historic Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01027
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Other--Ohio Historical Society; Abolitionists; Anti-slavery; Activists; Abolition
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown 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_B01F157_03
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 40th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Presented by the Ladies of Greenville Dark Co. 40th Reg't. O.V.I.U.S.A. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01953
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military 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_B03F539_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a 37th Infantry Division radioman in Baguio Cemetery, Baguio, Philippines, 1945. The 37th Infantry Division was an Ohio National Guard division, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division". It is located in the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03405
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Baguio (Philippines)
 

Description: John A. Johnson 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_B01F068_14
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Ladies' green and cream-colored silk brocade slippers, which date from 1780-1795, and which have floral and leaf decorations, ruched grosgrain ribbon trim and narrow, 2.5-inch-high heels. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04869
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Popular culture; Women's shoes; Clothing and dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: This black and white photograph taken June 23, 1937 shows picketers marching in a 'Labor Holiday' parade near the main gate at Republic Steel's Warren, Ohio plant. 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_023
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: Color illustration of the historic Antioch Hall at Antioch College, taken from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion," ca. 1852-1854. Antioch College was founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio, by the Christian Church in 1852. Antioch's first president was Horace Mann, a nationally-known expert on education in the nineteenth century. Although the Christian Church was instrumental in the college's start, Antioch soon became known for providing a nonsectarian education, and was one of the first co-educational institutions of higher education. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04095
Subjects: Education; College campuses; Universities and colleges
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a general plant scene of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Campbell works blast furnace "D". The blast furnaces are pictured in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F16_005
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Blast furnaces; Steel industry
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning Country (Ohio)