Description: Photomechanical reproduction of a stereograph depicting two workers building a rubber tire for an automobile at a factory in Akron, Ohio. The original stereograph was published by the Keystone View Company, and the reproduction was made by Stereo Classic Studios. Numerous rubber companies operated in or near Akron during the late 19th Century, leading the city to be known as the "Rubber Capital of the World." Among the large-scale rubber producers to have factories in the area were the B.F. Goodrich Company, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. The advent of the bicycle and the automobile led to great success for companies in the rubber industry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02736
Subjects: Rubber industry workers--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Manufacturing industries--Ohio
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a monument shop, ca. 1860-1869. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03731
Subjects: Small business; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Cemeteries
 

Description: Grand Opening of a Standard Oil Company's Sohio service station. Standard Oil of Ohio was the original Standard Oil company founded in 1911 by John D. Rockefeller as a result of Standard Oil Company and Trust breakup. Standard Oil Company and Trust was an American company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was controlling almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States. Standard Oil Company stations in Ohio operated under the brand name "Sohio." The company was acquired by British Petroleum, now BP, in 1968. Following the terms of the acquisition, BP took majority ownership of the company in 1978. In 1987 BP bought out 45% of Sohio, assuming control, and in 1991 started rebranding all the Sohio stations to 'BP.' Although Sohio gas stations have ceased to exist, a few gas stations on Lake Erie and the Ohio River still bear the Sohio name. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07668
Subjects: Standard Oil Company; Oil industry; Business enterprises--Ohio--Cleveland; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Transportation--Ohio--History
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph by Baker's Art Gallery of an unidentified stockroom in central Ohio, November 1916. Numerous bottles and cans are stocked on the shelves, and a man sits posed at a writing desk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06314
Subjects: Restaurants; Business and Labor; Laborers; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Baker Art Gallery
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A view of Sandusky Avenue, Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1905. This photograph of a busy thoroughfare shows passersby strolling along the sidewalk. Streetcar tracks on the paved street (bricks or stones) cut a diagonal line through the image. Sandusky Avenue is shared by a streetcar, automobiles, and horse-drawn buggies and wagons. Riderless bicycles are propped against a curb and a railing. Rows of telephone and telegraph wires cross overhead. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06035
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Street-railroads --Ohio; Small business--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employee of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, reading the gas meter at a private home, 1961. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00686
Subjects: Gas industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: 100th Anniversary logo of the East Ohio Gas Company with the slogan, A Century of Service. The East Ohio Gas Company was incorporated on September 8, 1898 and celebrated their centennial in 1998. In 2000 the company was purchased by Dominion Resources and is now known as Dominion East Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00687
Subjects: Gas industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Employees of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, posed with the company's Youngstown fleet of Ford trucks, 1927. The East Ohio Gas Company warehouse and garage in Youngstown, Ohio were located at 1134-1148 W. Rayen Avenue at the Thurman Street intersection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00689
Subjects: Trucks; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, installing Transmission Pipeline #12, 1955. This 112 mile pipeline carried natural gas from Maumee, Ohio to the Cleveland area. This photograph appeared in the September/October 1955 edition of the East Ohio News, a magazine for employees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00690
Subjects: Gas industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Giant coal loader built by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was owned by the Big Four Company, Toledo, Ohio, 1917. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01368
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Toledo (Ohio)
 

Description: A-6 wagon loader made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was owned by the Big Four Coal Company, Toledo, Ohio, 1917. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01369
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved portrait of Thomas H. White who was president of the White Sewing Machine Company located in Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1875-1900. In 1858 White began manufacturing sewing machines in Templeton, Massachusetts. He relocated the company to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1866. It was incorporated as the White Sewing Machine Corporation in 1876. The company grew during the twentieth century and continues to manufacture sewing machines today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03311
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Industrialists--Ohio; White Sewing Machine Company; White Sewing Machine Corporation
Places: Ohio