Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B05F0840_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: 400 Cu Ft Cinder Car with Pot built by the William B. Pollock Company for the United States Steel Corporation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B02F36_003
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a large vessel pouring molten steel in an indoor setting. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so its subject is likely located at a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F10_020
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry
 

Description: This photograph depicts a stream of molten iron at the base of a blast furnace on its way to transport ladles. A pile of slag is visible to the left of the molten iron. Blast furnaces burn alternating layers of iron ore and coke (as fuel) by forcing in large amounts of air, forming pig iron. This is the first step of the steelmaking process. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Audiovisual Archives, so it likely depicts a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F19_012
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Iron casting; Slag
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B02F240_05
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of a rocking chair with stencil decorations. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8027
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This pillow tick is made of white linen that has been hand-sewn. It has "W M" sewn onto the linen. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9613
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Bedding
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Fugitive slaves were hidden in the warehouse shown on the left before leaving Ashtabula Harbor to escape across Lake Erie to freedom in Canada. 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: AL03153
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Fairport (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait depicting Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831-1917), ca. 1900. He was involved in the Underground Railroad in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03060
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Massachusetts; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917
Places: Middlesex County (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Photograph of employees of the C. W. Bryant Company constructing a temporary bridge across the Scioto River on Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio, after the 1913 flood. The temporary bridge was used until October 1921. Building this bridge was one of the first major construction jobs undertaken by the C. W. Bryant Company in Columbus. Charles William Bryant Jr. was born in Dayton in 1882, and from his start as a farmhand with a 3rd grade education would go on to become a prominent African American businessman, self-taught engineer, and owner of one of Columbus’ largest construction firms. The C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Co. was involved in major projects throughout Columbus, including the construction of a temporary Broad Street bridge following the 1913 flood, the removal of lighting arcs from High Street, and dismantling Hanford Village in 1962 for the construction of I-71. Bryant faced racial discrimination in his personal and professional life, including the refusal of local steelworkers’ unions to admit Bryant’s black employees, which forced Bryant Co. out of steel construction in the 1950s. He nonetheless expanded into other areas, including ownership of Bryco gas stations, a coal and oil company, the Litchford and Macon hotels, and the Ohio Malt Beverage Co.-the first African American distributor in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04473
Subjects: African Americans; Bryant, Charles William, Jr. (1882-1964); Business and labor; Construction industry; Floods; Natural disasters--United States
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: People standing on the stepping stones near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, ca. 1930, on the Sandusky River. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05399
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Families
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio State University Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster, Ohio. This property would later become Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute. The aims of this organization are to find ways to produce better crops to provide for the needs of an ever-growing world population. They also want to keep Ohio competitive in the field of agriculture through their work, finding ways to create more efficient crops that are also better for consumers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06543
Subjects: Agriculture; Wayne County (Ohio); Education
Places: Wooster (Ohio); Wayne County (Ohio)