Description: This is the front facade of the Michigan State Capitol. This Neoclassical building is a national historic landmark housing the Michigan Legislature and offices of the state’s governor and lieutenant governor. This is the third building to serve as state capitol and was dedicated in 1879. Elijah E. Myers, of Springfield, Illinois, was the architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_536
Subjects: Capitols--Michigan; National Register of Historic Places; domes (architectural elements); columns (architectural elements); Neoclassical
Places: Lansing (Michigan); 100 N. Capitol Ave.
 

Description: Thousands of fugitive slaves crossed into freedom in Canada over this river in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. This photograph, from Alvord and Company, was made from an 1850 image in the C. M. Burton collection. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03077
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Michigan; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Detroit (Michigan); Wayne County (Michigan)
 

Description: Engraved portrait of Laura Smith Haviland (1808-1898). Haviland was an operator on the Underground Railroad, in Raisin (Adrian), Lenawee County, Michigan, because she believed it was her religious duty. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03074
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Michigan; Slavery--Ohio--History--19th century; Slavery--Michigan
Places: Raisin (Michigan); Lenawee County (Michigan)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan designed by Merritt J. Morehouse. Youngstown pipe was used in the sanitarium. On the photo is written: "BATTLE CREEK SANITARIUM BATTLE CREEK, MICH. YOUNGSTOWN PIPE" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F47_009
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; Battle Creek Sanitarium; Michigan
Places: Battle Creek (Michigan); Calhoun County (Michigan)
 

Description: George W. Clark was involved in the Underground Railroad in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. This engraving was done by Blomgren Brothers. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03075
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Michigan; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Detroit (Michigan); Wayne County (Michigan)
 

Description: Seymour Finney kept a station on the Underground Railroad in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. This cabinet card is from Arthur and Philbric, 204 and 206 Woodward Ave, Detroit. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03076
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Michigan; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Detroit (Michigan); Wayne County (Michigan)
 

Description: Seymour Finney kept fugitive slaves in his barn in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. The Chamber of Commerce Building shown in this photograph is standing where the barn once stood. This photograph was taken by Abrams, ca. 1885-1900. The men in the photograph are not identified. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03078
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Michigan; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Detroit (Michigan); Wayne County (Michigan)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a steelworker operating a crane. A Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway car is pictured in the photograph also. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F84_004
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
 

Description: The Toledo War was a border dispute between the state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory during the first several decades of the nineteenth century. This illustration, which depicts a sunrise court during the Toledo War, appears in "The Story of Ohio," published by Alexander Black in 1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04191
Subjects: Toledo (Ohio); Military Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio--Boundaries--Michigan
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Hubbard works blast furnace plant. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway railroad cars are also pictured. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F23_010
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Hubbard works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Railroad cars; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Places: Hubbard (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Hubbard works blast furnace plant. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway railroad cars are pictured. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F23_012
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Hubbard works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Railroad cars; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Places: Hubbard (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts washers at a blast furnace. Washers were used to clean the flue gas of the furnace after it exited, in order to remove particulate matter and other harmful pollutants. 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. A Lake Shore & Michigan railroad car is visible at the bottom of this image. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F21_011
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway; Railroad cars--1900-1940