Description: View of the cross erected at the Church of the Immaculate Conception or Immaculata Church in the Mount Adams/Mount Ida neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The church was built in 1859 for the German Catholic population of the area, and from 1860 to present it has been a pilgrimage church. In 1977, it absorbed the nearby Irish parish of Holy Cross. The church was listed National Register of Historic Places in 1978. An attached piece of paper reads "GOOD FRIDAY PILGRIMAGE, CINCINNATI. Pilgrims at the cross erected outside the Church of the Immaculate Conception. 'On Good Friday devout Catholics perform a colorful pilgrimage up several flights of steps from the foot of E. Third St. in self-communion, then 103 steps to the CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Pavillion and Guide Sts., receive blessings from a fragment of the true cross, climb steps to the Holy Cross Monastery and Church, and pass reverently through the dim "grotto" beneath the church and then into the church.'-Cincinnati City Treatment. "Above the head of Jesus is inscribed: INRI (Iesus Nazarenum Rex Iudaeorum). Note the two boys with legs astraddle the iron fence, straining to touch the cross. Federal Writers' Photographer, Cincinnati. March 26, 1937." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F08_009_001
Subjects: Crosses; Catholic Church--United States; Religion in Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A woman carries a religious sign outside the Ohio Statehouse, which is located at the corner of Broad and High Streets in downtown Columbus. Completed in 1861, this Greek Revival building houses the Ohio legislature and the ceremonial offices of the executive branch of government. A statue of a doughboy soldier from World War I overlooks the group of people standing near the steps of the Statehouse. The religious sign features a cross and quotes 1 Corinthians 15:57, which proclaims "Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory." The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B05F116_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; Downtowns; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Signs and symbols; Crosses
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 8.5" by 11" (21.59 by 27.8 cm) photograph depicts a procession leaving Stop 14 gates of the Campbell Works South Gate of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company. John McNicol can be seen carrying a cross. Attorney Staughton Lynd and Reverend C. Edward Weisheimer are on the right. Following announcement of shutdowns, United Steelworkers Association (USWA) Local 1462, Brier Hill Works of Youngstown Sheet and Tube (YS&T), fought to keep mill open. In November 1900, a group of 55 Youngstown citizens, led by James A. Campbell, raised $600,000 in capital to create the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company. Land was purchased along the Mahoning River approximately three miles east of downtown. In 1902, the mill opened for production. Spectacular growth marked the company's second decade, some of it spurred by the demand for steel caused by World War I. In 1923, YS&T purchased the Brier Hill Steel Company of Youngstown and the Steel and Tube Company of America of East Chicago. During View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1623_1909848_013
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Labor unions; Demonstrations; Laborers; Crosses; United Steelworkers of America
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)