Description: This 8" by 10" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) image depicts Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's research laboratory during the 1920s. At the time the company had research laboratories located in the coke plant, open-hearth department, Bessemer department, and the main office building. These labs tested the quality of the raw materials before they were used to make steel and the finished steel before it was shipped. They also analyzed samples to develop the proper composition of steel and iron needed to meet the special demands of customers. In addition, the labs monitored the quality of water brought into the plant for use as drinking water and in the manufacturing process. In 1921, researchers processed about 12,000 samples per month, providing approximately 40,000 separate results. In 1924 the company's research labs were renamed the metallurgy department. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1637_1911244_005
Subjects: Business and Labor; Science and Technology; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Laboratories; Research facilities
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Open Hearth Chemical Lab 1914 at Republic Steel Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F26_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Chemical laboratories
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rear elevation of open hearth physical and testing lab, northeast view at Republic Steel Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F32_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Chemical laboratories; Open-hearth furnaces
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated October 6, 1936, this photograph shows the photosynthesis laboratory at Antioch College in Greene County, Ohio, in Yellow Springs. The photograph's caption reads "The photosynthesis laboratory C.F. Kettering Foundation. Here students have opportunity to take part in important scientific research into the nature of chlorophyll." Antioch College was founded in 1852 as the first nonsectarian, co-educational institution in the nation to offer the same educational opportunities to both men and women. It was also among the first to offer equal educational opportunities to African Americans. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_009_1
Subjects: Education; Science and Technology; Universities and colleges; Antioch College; Laboratories
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "One of the physics labs. Hiram College." This is a photograph of one of the physics labs at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio. There are several students gathered around a lab experiment called "The Gyroscope." A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation. Hiram College is a private liberal arts college founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church in 1850. Today the College is known for its unique academic calendar and for its study abroad programs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F13_003_001
Subjects: Gyroscopes; College students; Physics; Laboratories; Physics--Experiments; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Hiram (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "All of the equipment in the new science lab at McGuffey Hall was installed by WPA workers. This picture shows several members of the junior class taking advantage of it at Miami U. in Butler County." McGuffey Hall was named for William Holmes McGuffey, a professor at Miami University from 1826 to 1836. Between 1836 and 1845 he served as president of three Ohio institutions. He is best known as the author of the popular series of children's textbooks called McGuffey's Readers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04_007_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Miami University (Oxford, Ohio); Laboratories; Students; Interiors
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "A study in concentration in the new science lab constructed by WPA workers at McGuffey Hall." McGuffey Hall, located on the campus of Miami University, is named for William Holmes McGuffey, a professor at Miami University from 1826 to 1836. Between 1836 and 1845 he served as president of three Ohio institutions. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04_006_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Miami University (Oxford, Ohio); Laboratories; Students; Interiors
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "Antioch College-The Photosynthesis Labratory, C. F. Kettering Foundation. Here students have the opportunity to take part in important scientific research into the nature of chlorophyll" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_013_1
Subjects: Education; Science and Technology; Universties and colleges; Antioch College; Laboratories
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)