Description: Harry Dittmar identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F070_12
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

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_B02F282_02
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: A photo of three men removing logs. Large and small logs, previously collected for removal from the hillside, were dragged to the sawmill or the truck road. Congested areas, totaling about 40 acres, were cleared of brush and small logs. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 3, Fire Hazard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_feb35_b35_30
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Logging
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: A resolution dedicated to Colonel Charles Young, urging the United States Congress to pass House Resolution 5308 allowing the promotion of Young to Brigadier General. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_B
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Kentucky
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "Abraham Lincoln riding through Richmond, April 4th, 1865, after the evacuation of the city by the Confederates." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_11
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
 

Description: Photograph showing the Number 1 House in Zoar Village, ca. 1930, during the winter. Built in 1835 near the center of town, the Number One House is also referred to as the "King's Palace." Zoar is a small community in Tuscarawas County founded by a group of German separatists in 1817. The group's leader, Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler), decided to bring the separatists to the United States to escape persecution in their native country. The separatists chose to name their new town Zoar after the Biblical account of Lot, who escaped to Zoar from Sodom in the book of Genesis. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. In the decades following the establishment of t View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series6560AV_B10F012_001_001
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Winter; Neighborhoods; Small towns; Houses
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This handmade silver crock was glazed a cream color. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H81718
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of a wood mallet. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72289
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Charles E. Hughes, appointed Secretary of State, standing on Warren G. Harding's front porch with others in Marion, Ohio, during a presidential campaign rally. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P19_002
Subjects: Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Crowds; Front porch campaigns; Political rallies; Presidential campaigns; Historic houses
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: As farms grew larger and fewer in number, technology and equipment became increasingly important to running a farm. This photograph, taken by Joe Munroe in 1949, shows the equipment necessary to run a 400-acre farm in central Ohio. This does not include the roughly 2,000 dollars worth of small tools like grinders and repair tools. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B11_F03_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Agricultural technologies; Farm equipment
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal through Canal Winchester in Fairfield and Franklin Counties, between stations 1806 and 1923. Bridges, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4915_006
Subjects: Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Bridges--Ohio
Places: Canal Winchester (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 24th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 24th Reg't O[hio] Vol[unteers] [USA] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01924
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio