Description: This photograph shows a factory in the Mahoning Valley region, specifically in Youngstown, Ohio. The railroad tracks are separated from the factory by the river, which is spanned by a bridge in the distance. The factory, which features a number of billowing smokestacks, was most likely part of the steel industry in the Youngstown area. After getting its start in steel in the 1880s, Youngstown was second only to Pittsburgh in terms of total steel production in the United States by the 1920s. Though hampered by labor conflicts and the Great Depression, the industry continued to grow through World War II. With the further growth of the automobile industry in the years following the war and its demand for steel, Youngstown's economy expanded even more. This economic growth slowed in the late 20th century, as the steel industry across the United States began to decline. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F09_001_1
Subjects: Mahoning River; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Factories; Manufacturing industries--Ohio
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Stock certificate for the Mahoning Coal Rail Road Company, ca. 1871-1900. The company, which was incorporated in 1871, extended from Youngstown, Ohio, to Andover, Ohio (a distance of about 38 miles). The certificate, numbered 972, has no information in its fields. An oval-shaped illustration includes images of a steamboat, locomotive and train cars, depot, and bystanders. Share price is $50. The company's predecessors were Mahoning and Shenango Valley; Shenango Valley; Stewart Railroad. Its successor was Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, which in 1914 merged with New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to form New York Central Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05780
Subjects: Stock certificates--1890-1900; Railroads--Ohio; Mahoning County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Lake Milton spillway in Mahoning County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00376
Subjects: Mahoning County (Ohio); Lakes & ponds; Nature; Ohio History--Natural and native Ohio
Places: Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a group of people in hard hats observing the demolition of a portion of the Ohio Works, U.S. Steel in Youngstown, Ohio, on August 7, 1983. U.S. Steel, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1901. In the early twentieth century the company manufactured more than sixty percent of the steel made in the United States. However, by the early 1980s, changes in the steel industry led the company to drastically reduce its steel production and become more diversified. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04499
Subjects: Mahoning County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Factories
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Type on reverse reads: "District #5 March 18, 1938 Federal Writers' Project 902 Municipal Bldg. Akron, Ohio WINTER SCENE IN ONE OF YOUNGSTOWN'S PARKS, Youngstown, Mahoning County." Photograph shows a snow-covered footbridge and trail in a forest. A wooden fence lines on side of the bridge and is covered in roughly an inch of snow. The other side of the bridge is lined by a retaining wall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_009_001
Subjects: Landscapes--Ohio--Pictorial works; Parks--Ohio--Youngstown; Mahoning (Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning (Ohio)
 

Description: Type on reverse reads: "District #5 March 18, 1938 Federal Writers' Project 902 Municipal Bldg. Akron, Ohio WINTER SCENE IN ONE OF YOUNGSTOWN'S PARKS, Youngstown, Mahoning County." Picture shows a path on a steep hillside in a Youngstown, Ohio park covered in snow. Evergreen trees are seen snow-covered throughout the photograph. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_010_001
Subjects: Landscapes--Ohio--Pictorial works; Parks--Ohio--Youngstown; Mahoning (Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning (Ohio)
 

Description: This color image shows an exterior view of the Old Mahoning County Courthouse, Canfield, Ohio, ca. 1960-1969. Mahoning County was created in 1846 by combining townships from southern Trumbull and northern Columbiana counties. Canfield competed successfully with several surrounding communities to become the new county's seat. Its success was attributed to its central location and also to the political influence of Judge Eben Newton and Elisha Whittlesey, Esq., comptroller of the United States Treasury from 1849-1857. The State of Ohio required the county to provide "a suitable lot and $5,000 toward public buildings." Judge Newton donated the land and spearheaded the subscription of the state-required bond. This Greek Revival courthouse was completed in 1848, and an Italianate-style west wing was added in 1862. Canfield's governmental status was challenged in the early 1870s when Youngstown, by now a city, resumed its earlier quest to become the county seat. To meet the challenge, Canfield hired James A. Garfield, future president of the United States, to defend it before the Ohio Supreme Court. The Court's 1876 decision favored Youngstown, thus ending Canfield's era as the seat of Mahoning Valley government. With government records removed to Youngstown, the property reverted to Judge Newton, who donated it for educational purposes. For more than four decades the old courthouse housed both private and public schools until a 1923 public auction by the Canfield Village Board of Education dispensed with the building. Now under private ownership, the former courthouse served many commercial enterprises, including the temporary return of a county district court. An exterior restoration in the 1960s and the reconstruction of the missing bell tower returned the aging beauty to its present status as one of Ohio's finest examples of public architecture. The Old Mahoning County Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06629
Subjects: Courthouses; Justice centers; Justice--Administration of; National Register of Historic Places; Mahoning County (Ohio); Canfield (Ohio); Local government
Places: Canfield (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: James Avant, of Mahoning County, was electrocuted December 5, 1924, for the Murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Stiyle. He was a black male age forty one and his occupation was a handyman. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08153
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment--Ohio; Portrait photography; Mahoning County (Ohio)
Places: Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This series of photographs are adhered together into a panoramic aerial view of downtown Youngstown. In the section at the bottom left, the Realty Guarantee and Trust Company building, designed by architects Morris Schiebel and Edgar Stanley in 1924, features prominently in the foreground. Other visible buildings include Kline's and the People's Furniture Co. From left to right, a number of large commercial buildings can be seen in the foreground, including Ohio Edison and the Realty Guarantee and Trust Company. To the right half of the image is the Federal Plaza West area, historically known for business and commerce. Notable buildings pictured include the Home Savings and Loan Building, the Pick-Ohio Hotel, the G.M. McKelvey Co., Paramount Theaters, Werner's, Richmans, and Hartzelle's. The Mahoning River Valley fills most of the panorama's background, with various mills and houses located along the Mahoning's bank. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_012
Subjects: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning River; Cityscapes; Aerial photography; Downtowns
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning (Ohio)
 

Description: Reinforced concrete rental housing of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Blackburn Plat in East Youngstown (Campbell) Ohio, 1918. The company constructed this housing for mill workers and their families following a strike in the early 20th century, and deliberately made the houses small to discourage the immigrant practice of taking in boarders. These apartments were rented at $15, $18, and $20 per month with water furnished, which constituted about a quarter of the average laborer's wage. By around 1920, well over 200 homes made up Blackburn Plat. The company sold this complex, as well as three others, in the 1940s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05503
Subjects: Mahoning County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Prefabricated houses
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three women assembling a fuel tank at the Youngstown Steel Door Company during World War II, 1941-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00043
Subjects: Mahoning County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; World War, 1939-1945--Women; Women--Employment
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a woman surrounded in cloud of steam while working to assemble a fuel tank at the Youngstown Steel Door Company during World War II, 1941-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00044
Subjects: Mahoning County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; World War, 1939-1945--Women; Women--Employment
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)