Description: West side of American Insurance Union Citadel, Columbus City Hall and the Broad Street bridge over the Scioto River as seen from in front of Central High School. The Art-Deco AIU Citadel (now called the LeVeque Tower) is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by architect C. Howard Crane. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05620
Subjects: Buildings; Cityscapes; Architecture; Leveque Tower (Columbus, Ohio); Crane, C. Howard (Charles Howard), 1885-1952; Ohio Economy--Economy--Finance
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A black and white photographic print of Abraham Lincoln’s house located at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in this house from 1844 to 1861 before Lincoln being elected President. The house is located at the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets in Springfield. In the front of the house is an elm tree planted by Lincoln. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_030
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Springfield (Illinois); Sangamon County (Illinois)
 

Description: Painting of regimental colors of the 20th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 172 cm high by 180 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 20th Regt, Ohio Vet. Vol. Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02384
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This photograph shows Zane Grey posing with world record yellowtail fish near Bay of Islands, New Zealand, ca. 1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00494
Subjects: Authors; Popular culture
Places: Bay of Islands (New Zealand)
 

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_B02F224_01
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Audrey Wilcke Evans interviews Eleanor Roosevelt for WHIO Radio in Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1941. She was the station's first female radio personality. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02641
Subjects: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Dayton (Ohio)
 

Description: This yellow-ware ceramic mixing bowl is decorated with five circumferential white lines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8672
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken in late 1930s showing St. Raphael Church, located at 225 East High Street, at the corner of Spring Street in Springfield, Ohio. Designed by architect Charles A. Cregar, construction on this Gothic style brick building began in 1848. Construction on a very large addition began in 1892, and was officially completed with the dedication in 1898. This historic Roman Catholic church has a 184 foot tower, and a somewhat smaller one holding a 16,000 pound bell. The stained glass windows, created by Mayer of Munich, were designed in the twelfth-century manner. In 1976, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Entering the the frame on the left is St. Raphael Church elementary School (formerly the old Post Office). This 3-story stone building, built in 1890, began as the United States Post Office with a construction cost of $150, 000. Sometimes just called the United States Building, it was designed by Charles Creager in the Romanesque style. By 1898 the space had become inadequate and funding was received to begin renovations. An axillary station was established in the Crowell Publishing building until expansions were complete. A new Post Office was built in 1934 at 150 North Limestone, which is probably when the old Post Office became the Saint Raphael Church elementary school. Formerly located on the corner of East High and South Spring Streets, the building was demolished in the 1960s to create more room for Parish parking. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_008
Subjects: Gothic revival (Architecture); Springfield (Ohio); Churches--Ohio; Roman Catholic Church;
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs depict Spiegel Grove, home of President Rutherford B. Hayes and his family. The thirty-three room mansion was built by Sardis Birchard, Hayes's uncle and guardian, between 1859 and 1865. Rutherford B. Hayes especially loved the veranda of the home. In an 1873 diary entry he wrote: "The best part of the present house is the veranda. But I would enlarge it. I want a veranda with a house attached!" The home is now part of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, which includes a library and museum, and the tomb of the president and his wife Lucy Webb Hayes. The first image measures 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.8 cm), the second measures 8" by 10" (20.32 by 25.4 cm). Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) was the fifth child of Rutherford and Sophia Birchard Hayes, who came to Ohio in 1817 from Vermont. He was born in Delaware, Ohio, two months after the death of his father. Young Rutherford and sister Fanny Arabella were raised by their mother and her younger bachelor brother Sardis Birchard. Hayes graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio in 1842 and from Harvard Law School in 1845. He began his law practice in Lower Sandusky, but moved in 1849 to Cincinnati, where he became a successful lawyer, a Republican, and an opponent of slavery. Hayes was elected to Congress during the Civil War despite his refusal to campaign. He was reelected in 1866. The following year Ohio voters elected him governor. He retired to Fremont after completing his second gubernatorial term in 1872, but was elected for a third term in 1875. That same year, the Republican Party chose Hayes as its presidential candidate. He won the 1876 election only after the creation of a special commission to decide disputed electoral votes. Honoring his commitment not to accept a second term, Hayes spent the remainder of his life at Spiegel Grove. Lucy Webb Hayes (1831-1889) was born Lucy Ware Webb in Chillicothe, Ohio. Lucy and Rutherford B. Hayes were married in 1852. They had eight children, five of whom survived to adulthood. She is noteworthy as the first wife of a president to be called "First Lady" and the first to have graduated from college. As First Lady, she banned the serving of alcohol in the White House, giving her the nickname "Lemonade Lucy." A strong anti-slavery supporter, Lucy worked for many social causes, including scholarships for Native Americans and donations for the poor. When Congress banned children from rolling out their Easter eggs on the grounds of the Capitol, Lucy invited the children to the White House. The tradition continues today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3210_3831339_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Architecture; Arts and entertainment; Hayes, R. B. (Rutherford Birchard), 1822-1893; Presidents; Houses; Porches
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mug shot of Anna Szenan, inmate at Ohio Women's Reformatory, 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00166
Subjects: Marysville (Ohio); Other--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo depicts the lining of a ladle with a cement gun in the Buckeye Steel Castings taken on June 15, 1917. The Buckeye Steel Castings Company began producing iron castings in Columbus, Ohio, in 1881. It was not until it shifted to automatic steel railroad car couplers that the company exploded. By 1916, Buckeye Steel Castings claimed to be "the largest steel foundry in the world" to produce steel castings for railroads. Samuel Bush, President George Bush's grandfather, was president of Buckeye Steel during this time period. The Buckeye Steel Castings Company closed its doors due to insufficient capital in the early 2000s. A new firm purchased the company and renamed it Columbus Steel Castings Company. This company continues to manufacture railroad-car undercarriages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04084
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Businesses; Railroads;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a raised building and its surroundings, which may constitute an accident scene at a coke plant. The 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_B04F65_007
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Coke plants