Description: This photograph depicts the interior brickwork and structural pieces of a blast furnace. The brick lining is refractory, meaning it can withstand incredibly high temperatures. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. Air is forced into the bottom of the furnace, supporting the combustion, and giving the furnace its "blast" name. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so its subject is likely located at a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F26_015
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces--Linings; Brickwork
 

Description: This photograph depicts a car of braced conduit. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F79_017
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry
 

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_B02F271_03
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Workmen quarrying building stone for shelter house superstructure walls. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 23, Public Campground Buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_sep34_b9_02
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939, Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Quarries and quarrying; Stone
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of men unloading a ship from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_23
Subjects: African American soldiers
 

Description: C.J. McLin accepting an award from Jesse Jackson at a P.U.S.H. conference at Central State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2013_B03F03
Subjects: African Americans; McLin, C. J. (Clarence Josef.) Jr., 1921-1988; Ohio House of Representatives; State Representative; Legislator; Rainbow P.U.S.H. Coalition; Jackson, Jesse; Central State University; Awards
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio)
 

Description: This round basket was woven from willow branches. It is tan in color, and has two handles on the top. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79232
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Baskets (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This pair of tin snips is made of iron and is marked with "2". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72221
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment; Cutting tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows presidential candidate Warren G. Harding (third from the left) standing outside his home in Marion, Ohio, among some of his cabinet appointees, including Secretary of Labor James J. Davis (far left), Postmaster General Will H. Hays (second from the left), Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (fourth from the right), Harding's personal secretary George B. Christian Jr. (second from the right), and Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace (far right). This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P13_001
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954; Daugherty, H. M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941; Davis, James J. (James John), 1873-1947; Wallace, Henry C. (Henry Cantwell), 1866-1924
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal through Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, between stations 3248 and 3372. The Circleville Washington Turnpike is noted, as well as the Scioto River, bridges, property owners, and some city landmarks. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4916_011
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Circleville (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an engraved portrait of Ferdinand Schumacher, a manufacturer from Akron, Ohio, ca. 1875-1900. Schumacher was the first to mill oatmeal in the United States and founded American Oatmeal Company. That company became the General Mills American Oatmeal Company, while still under the ownership of Schumacher. That company was one of several that merged to form the Quaker Oatmeal Company. In addition to his industrial pursuits, Schumacher was active in the temperance movement. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03325
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Industrialists--Ohio; Temperance--History; Oatmeal
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Help Equip GI Joe," a 1944 War Finance Division poster promoting financial support of the war effort. It provides an interactive way for individuals and schools to measure their contributions through the purchasing of government stamps and war bonds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04782
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio