Description: The photograph shows six young women sitting in front of four men standing, at a location identified as "Halm's." This may be the home of T. Francis Halm of Crane, Wyandot County, Ohio. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley 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: AV30_B02F03_76
Subjects: Families--Ohio; Daily Life; Portrait photography; Photographers--Ohio
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph showing a barn and sheep on the farm of R. A. Hayne, just outside of Adena, Ohio, is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Spanning 130 acres, Hayne grew crops on his farmland and raised 200 sheep and a number of horses. Pictured here are fifteen of Hayne's Merino rams. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F03_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Barns; Sheep; Rural Life
Places: Jefferson County (Ohio); Adena (Ohio);
 

Description: This poster advertises "American Guide Week," taking place November 10th to 16th of an unspecified year. American Guide Week celebrated the efforts of the Federal Writers' Project, a Works Progress Administration agency designed to give work to white-collar workers during the Great Depression under the umbrella of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. The Federal Writers' Project worked on a variety of publications, but is best known today for the project celebrated by this poster, the American Guide Series. As the poster notes, the American Guide Series aimed to describe America to Americans, state by state. Employees with the Federal Writers' Project worked to create a guidebook for each state, as well as guidebooks for many more defined areas such as cities, highway routes (such as Route One), and specific rural areas (such as Lima and Allen County, Ohio). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS5343
Subjects: Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project; American Guide series; Tourism;
 

Description: Taken on May 19, 1983, this photograph shows John Glenn smiles amidst a crowd during his presidential campaign. He announced his candidacy for president earlier that year on April 21, 1983. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B08F06_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Presidential campaigns; Politicians;
 

Description: Homecoming celebration held for Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted 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, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_017
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Women factory workers during World War II, 1941-1945. After the United States entered World War II, there was a labor shortage due to the departure of men who enlisted or were drafted into the armed forces. To fill the gap, more than 6 million women became war workers. Those who were involved in the production of military hardware became Women Ordnance Workers, or W.O.W.s. Spurred on by higher wages and a propaganda poster featuring a muscle-bound "Rosie the Riveter" exclaiming "We Can Do It!" millions of American women helped assemble bombs, build tanks, weld hulls, and grease locomotives. Most were married, 60 percent were over 35, and a third had children under 14. On average, women war workers were paid only 60 percent of what men performing the same work were paid. The government insisted that "Rosie the Riveter" was a temporary response to war. "A woman is a substitute" claimed a War Department brochure, "like plastic instead of metal." Indeed, many women lost their high-paying positions after the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00102
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Ohio Women; World War II
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This unknown illustration was most likely one of the illustrations designed for The Ohio Guide. It depicts a forest scene of pioneers canoeing, camping and cooking around a pond somewhere in Ohio. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_001
Subjects: Books Chapter-heading; Illustrations--1930-1940; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Three famous fighters of Montgomery County. (See: Past notables, Dayton.)" This is a photo of a book. The three men are General Robert C. Schenck, Colonel Robert Patterson and General George Crook. Robert Cumming Schenck (1809 – 1890) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. Colonel Robert Patterson (1753–1827) was a soldier and settler who helped found the cities of Lexington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio. George Crook (1828-1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_017_001
Subjects: American Civil War, 1861-1865; Indian wars of the West
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This wool U.S. flag has white fringe and cotton stars that have been hand-sewn. It features 13 red and white stripes and a blue canton with 44 5-pointed stars situated in staggered rows of 8-7-7-7-7-8 Known as the Peace Flag of 1891, it represents the pre-World War I peace movements in America. The dimensions are 134 by 210 cm. On June 14, 2000 (Baltimore, MD) The U.S. Postal Service released a set of 20 historic flags entitled "Stars and Stripes" which included the peace flag of 1891. Wyoming was admitted as the 44th state on July 10, 1890. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H18370_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Textile--cotton; Textile--wool; Stars and Stripes; United States Postal Service;
 

Description: National colors of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers. Rectangular flag measures 122 cm high by 177 cm wide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02206
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Spanish-American War, 1898
 

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_B03F406_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (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_B05F0831B2_011
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)