Description: This 3" by 5" (7.62 by 12.7 cm) photograph depicts Dorinda (Dee) Pitts Tabor, who was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1921. In 1941, she went to work in the steel mills to help support the war effort. She started as a shear helper at General Fireproofing in Youngstown until the company temporarily closed to re-tool. In 1942 she went to work as a crane operator at U.S. Steel in nearby McDonald, Ohio. She applied there because her husband, who returned home after being injured in the war, worked in the mill. She worked until she became pregnant in 1944. Tabor was mechanically inclined and enjoyed working with machinery. This photograph was taken in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1642_1867302_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Business and Labor; Ohio Women; World War II; Steel industry
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); McDonald (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Alexander McDonald estate in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. Alexander and his brother James settled in Cincinnati in the late 1860s and played a prominent role in the petroleum industry by establishing the Consolidated Tank Line Company. In 1890, they exchanged their stock in the Consolidated Tank Line Company for stock in the Standard Oil Company and Alexander McDonald became president of the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky. In the nineteenth century, mansions with set in extensive park land, woodlands, and gardens were built in this area. The McDonald mansion was designed by Samuel Hannaford in the later part of the nineteenth century. 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_B03F05_028_001
Subjects: Mansions--Ohio; Estates; Photography--Ohio; Federal Writers' Project; Oil industry
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Flippo, the King of Clowns played by comic and musician Bob Marvin shaking hands with a manager outside a McDonald's hamburger stand. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06265
Subjects: Restaurants; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Alexander McDonald estate in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. Alexander and his brother James settled in Cincinnati in the late 1860s and played a prominent role in the petroleum industry by establishing the Consolidated Tank Line Company. In 1890, they exchanged their stock in the Consolidated Tank Line Company for stock in the Standard Oil Company and Alexander McDonald became president of the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky. In the nineteenth century, mansions with set in extensive park land, woodlands, and gardens were built in this area. The McDonald mansion was designed by Samuel Hannaford in the later part of the 19th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F08_001_1
Subjects: Mansions--Ohio; Federal Writers' Project; Oil industry; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: These two 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.78 cm) postcards depict the steel mills that defined Youngstown, Ohio. The first image shows the general offices of Carnegie Steel Company. The second shows the Carnegie Steel Works (Ohio Works). The Carnegie Steel Company was organized on July 1, 1892 with Andrew Carnegie as the principle shareholder. At the time it was organized, the Carnegie Steel Company was the largest steel company in the world. In 1901 Andrew Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel Company to United States Steel Corporation. The Carnegie Steel Co./U.S. Steel Corp. had four plants in their Youngstown District Works: the Ohio Works, Upper Union Mills, Lower Union Mills, and McDonald Mills. The Ohio Works was organized in 1889 as the Ohio Steel Company. In 1895 the Ohio Steel Company became the first mill in the Mahoning Valley to manufacture steel. In 1910 the facility became a part of the Carnegie Steel Company. The Upper Union Mills and Lower Union Mills were organized in 1892 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1630_1911192_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Carnegie Steel Company; Steel industry; Furnaces
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Girard (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 8"" by 10"" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) photograph depicts the demolition of U.S. Steel blast furnaces in 1984, which defined the end of an era in Youngstown. For much of its history, U.S. Steel was the leading steel manufacturer in the world, yet the Ohio Works and McDonald Mills were closed in 1980 due to financial difficulties. Efforts were made to reopen the mills as worker-owned facilities, which led to a lawsuit aimed at halting demolition of the plant. The case was lost and the Ohio Works were razed soon afterwards. In 1986 U.S. Steel reorganized and was renamed USX Corporation. Steel production now comprises about 25% of its operations. Financier John Pierpont Morgan formed the United States Steel Company in 1901. It comprised 8 major companies among which were American Tin Plate Company, American Steel and Wire Company, National Tube Company, American Steel Sheet Company, Carnegie Company, Federal Steel Company and National Steel Company. The company purchased the Youngstown plant of the Ohio Steel Company, which had been founded in 1892 and bought by the National Steel Company a few years later. The plant was renamed the Ohio Works in 1950. The Upper Union Mills have also changed hands numerous times. The mill was consolidated with Youngstown Iron Company and run as the Union Iron & Steel Company in 1892. In 1899 the Lower Union and Upper Union Mills were sold to National Steel Company, and operated under name of American Steel Hoop Company. These were later sold to Carnegie Steel Company, which became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. The McDonald mills were constructed during World War I. The town of McDonald was constructed at the same time as the plant to house the workers and their families. A new company called McDonald Steel reopened part of the McDonald Mills, making specialty steel shapes for bridges and truck tire rims. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1638_1867290_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Furnaces; United States Steel Corporation; Demolition
Places: Hubbard (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pedestrians and several dogs walk past a McDonald's restaurant, located at 1972 North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio. The University District includes the small neighborhoods to the east and south of The Ohio State University campus on either side of the High Street corridor. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B12F306_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Fast food restaurants; Pedestrians; Dogs
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Large group of suffragists with "Votes for Women" pennants, ca. 1910-1919. A number of the women are identified on the back of the photograph, including Alison Smith (second from left); Corrine Richter (third from left); Cecile Moon (fourth from left); Louise B. Westwater (fifth from left); Belle C. Kelton (seventh from left); Leila McDonald (ninth from left); Mary Brandon (tenth from left) and Janet McDonald (eleventh from left). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00073
Subjects: Suffrage -- Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women social reformers - Ohio;
 

Description: Group portrait of the 1909 class of East High School in Columbus, Ohio. Students are gathered on the front steps of the school building. Each student and teacher pictured is numbered and the photograph is accompanied by a key identifying them by name. East High School (which was also called Franklin Junior High School for a time) was constructed at 1390 Bryden Road in 1889. As enrollment continued to grow, East High was eventually replaced by the new East High School located on East Broad Street. The original building was later demolished. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS7309_1
Subjects: Education--Ohio; School buildings; School photography; Students--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two women, one barefoot, walk down a rainy sidewalk along North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio. Across the street can be seen a shoe repair shop, a theater marquee, a McDonald's, The University Shop and other campus-area businesses. The University District includes the small neighborhoods to the east and south of The Ohio State University campus on either side of the High Street corridor. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B12F328_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Pedestrians; Stores and shops; Business--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of President Warren G. Harding golfing in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 26, 1923. The other golfers in the photograph are identified (left to right) as F.W. Peters, General Superintendent CPR; Chief Justice (British Columbia Court of Appeal) D.A. McDonald; President Harding and the Hon. Dr. King. Harding visited Vancouver on July 26, 1923, and was the first sitting U.S. President to visit Canada. A week after visiting Vancouver, Harding died in San Francisco from a heart attack. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02884
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Presidents--United States; Ohio--History; Golf
Places: Vancouver (British Columbia)