Description: This photograph depicts the Sears-Roebuck Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Youngstown pipe was used in the building. On the photo is written: "SEARSROEBUCK BLDG. PHILADELPHIA. PENNA. YOUNGSTOWN PIPE" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F44_001
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Sears, Roebuck & Company
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This photograph depicts Municipal Pier No. 38 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the building. On the photo is written: "MUNICIPAL PIER No. 38. PHILADELPHIA YOUNGSTOWN BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F44_003
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: William Still (1821-1902) was chairman of the Vigilance Committee from 1852 to 1860. This anti-slavery committee sent hundreds of slaves north to Canada along the Underground Railroad. This cabinet card is from Husted and Company in Philadelphia. 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: AL03205
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Henry George was a journalist, writer, and political economist in the United States in the nineteenth century. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 1839. In 1879, George published his most famous work, "Progress and Poverty." In this book, George investigated the reasons for economic downturns and poverty and came to advocate the "single tax," where those who owned land would pay a fee for the privilege. This fee would take the place of taxes owed by workers and pay for the cost of government. This idea was seen favorable by notable Ohioans Tom L. Johnson, reform mayor of Cleveland, and Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones, mayor of Toledo. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04065
Subjects: Ohio--Politics and government; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio Economy; Portrait photography
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Harris Wesley, a prominent African American scholar, artist, minister and civil rights figure. He received degrees from Fisk University, Yale University and Harvard University and taught at Howard University in Washington. He was a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree by Wilberforce University. He served as president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s, founded of Central State College in 1948 and served as the first director of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1970s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_VFM34_1
Subjects: Activists; Civil Liberties; Civil rights; Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; African American men; African American authors; Wilberforce University; Howard University; Central State College
Places: Washington (District of Columbia); Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tray elevator made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio and used by the Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1921. Tray elevators are miniature platform elevators that constantly move up and down through hatchways or floor openings. They are used primarily to move boxes, barrels and bags between floors of warehouses and storage buildings. In this photograph, rolls of paper are being moved from floor to floor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01421
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Type A shredder made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Freihofer Baking Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1928. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01510
Subjects: Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Grab bucket made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Spreckles Sugar Refining Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1907. Coal, the fuel used to power the factory, was taken from the barge by the Jeffrey 1 1/2 ton grab bucket. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01645
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Rev. Henry C. McCook, carte-de-visite, 1837-1911, son of John McCook. Henry McCook was one of the members of the family known as the "Fighting McCook's" with 17 members serving on the Union side of the American Civil War. He was a Presbyterian minister and served as Chaplain with the rank of First Lieutenant. After the war, he returned to the ministry, was a naturalise and an auther on religion, history and nature. He was born on Junl 3, 1837 in Lisbon, Ohio and died on October 31, 1911 in Philadelphia. He was buried in Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08426
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; McCook family; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Reverse reads:"Theo E. Dotts 939 Logan Street New Phila. Ohio. Horseshoe curve scene on Route 39 1 1/2 miles north of Roswell O. Tus. Co." Picture depicts a road forming a horseshoe. Bare trees line the road. A small house is at the base of a hill. New Philadelphia is the county seat of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. John Knisely established the community in 1804. Residents named the town after Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once formed in 1804, New Philadelphia grew quickly, having over one thousand residents in 1846. One of the principal reasons for this quick growth was New Philadelphia's location on the Ohio and Erie Canal, making the community an important trading center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_029_001
Subjects: New Philadelphia (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.; New Philadelphia (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a street scene of William Harrison's inauguration. William Henry Harrison was an American political and military leader and the ninth President of the United States. He was born in Charles County, Virginia, on February 9, 1773. He attended and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and, at his father's insistence, studied medicine from 1790 to 1791 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Upon his father's death in 1791, Harrison immediately joined the United States Army. Harrison continued to serve in the military until 1798, when he resigned and accepted a new position as the Secretary of the Northwest Territory. He held this position until 1799. Because of Harrison's excellent political skills, President John Adams selected him to be the governor of the Indiana Territory on May 12, 1800. The Indiana Territory included modern-day Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. He held this office until 1813. In 1812, the War of 1812 began between the United States and Great Britain. President James Madison promoted Harrison to the rank of brigadier-general and put him in command of the Army of the Northwest. In October 1813, Harrison led the Army of the Northwest against a combined British and Native American force led by General Henry Proctor and Tecumseh. Known as the Battle of the Thames, the United States emerged victorious. The British ran from the battlefield, leaving the Native Americans to fight on alone. The Americans defeated the Native Americans, killing Tecumseh. Following the War of 1812, Harrison returned to politics. He made his home at North Bend just west of Cincinnati, Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Congress for two terms. He also served as the United States ambassador to Colombia in 1828 and 1829. In 1836, he ran as a member of the Whig Party against Democrat Martin Van Buren for the Presidency of the United States. Van Buren, Vice President under Andrew Jackson, won the election. In 1840, Harrison ran against the incumbent. He emphasized his military record against Tecumseh and the British in the War of 1812 with John Tyler of Virginia as his running mate. His campaign slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too." The sixty-eight-year-old Harrison was inaugurated into office on March 4, 1841, on a cold, overcast day. His speech was one of the longest inauguration speeches in presidential history at 8,445 words. He served the shortest time in office of any man elected to the presidency. He died from pneumonia on April 4, 1841, one month after taking office. John Tyler was his Vice president and successor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07698
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidents--Inauguration--United States; Politicians
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: An exterior view of the Tuscarawas Courthouse and the statue that is erected in front of the building. The building is located in in the town and county seat of New Philadelphia, taking it's name from the much more well known Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. While the town often experienced economic success because of it's advantageous location, it would eventually experience a downturn with the falling importance of it's main industries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06752
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); New Philadelphia (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Tuscarawas Courthouse (Ohio)