Description: This 8"" by 10"" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) photograph depicts company housing on Jackson Street in East Youngstown, later renamed Campbell. It documents company efforts to provide adequate housing for workers following labor unrest in 1916. In 1917 the Mahoning Valley's leading steel companies began constructing housing for their employees to rent or own in response to shortages of decent, affordable housing. In the aftermath of the 1916 steel strike and riot (when several blocks of East Youngstown were burned to the ground) the steel companies hoped that offering steelworkers the chance to rent or own a home would promote stability within the workplace and the community. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1621_1867212_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Labor housing; Houses; Steel industry
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company created the Buckeye Land Company to develop sites and build affordable housing for its employees. These 3.5" by 9.5" (8.9 by 24.1 cm) photographs document the results of those efforts. They depict a housing development located in East Youngstown, later renamed Campbell, Ohio. The first photograph is taken from Blackburn Street. The other is taken from Jackson Street, onto Delmar Drive. In 1917 the Mahoning Valley's leading steel companies began constructing housing for their employees to rent or own in response to shortages of decent, affordable housing. In the aftermath of the 1916 steel strike and riot (when several blocks of East Youngstown were burned to the ground) the steel companies hoped that offering steelworkers the chance to rent or own a home would promote stability within the workplace and the community. One of the more ambitious company housing projects was undertaken by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. In 1917, the compan View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1617_1867160_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Architecture; Labor housing; Houses; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the Bryden House in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1980-1995, taken by photographer Allen Zak for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. Various signs advertise union labor involved in construction of this low income housing site, including the AFL-CIO and I.B.E.W. Local 683. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B03F04_04
Subjects: Construction industry--Ohio; Labor unions; Housing--Ohio--Columbus;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the groundbreaking by union members at the Bryden House in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1980-1995, taken by photographer Allen Zak for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B03F04_03
Subjects: Construction industry--Ohio; Labor unions; Housing--Ohio--Columbus; Laborers;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)