Description: This photo depicts people gathered in the streets of downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio during the homecoming celebration parade held for Neil Armstrong in 1969. There are several children and adults with cameras and signs waiting for Armstrong to make his appearance. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return and Bob Hope served as marshal for the event. Guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_038
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rev. Thomas C. Oliver, b. 1818, was an agent on the Underground Railroad between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Jersey City, New Jersey. The photograph was taken ca. 1870-1890. 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: AL03084
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Underground Railroad--New Jersey; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Jersey City (New Jersey)
 

Description: An angled view of the Shelby County Courthouse in Sidney, Ohio. The courthouse would be finished construction in the second half of the 19th century and the building itself is based off of French building techniques. Shelby County itself dates back to the year 1819 and acquired it's name from the name of a politician who had previously served in the U.S. military. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06807
Subjects: Architecture; Courthouses; Historic buildings
Places: Sidney (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: This coarse rasp is tapered at top with both sides slightly convex. It is made of iron and has a hickory handle with metal ferrule split. There is a faint impression of an animal. Its measurements are 19 1/2 x 1 5/16 x 1. Mark Heller (?) View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47941
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (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_B05F0910_010
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: In January and February of 1937, weeks of heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River to flood parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, causing $500 million in property damages, and displacing and killing hundreds. By the end of January, the Ohio River measured 80 feet deep in Cincinnati, one of the areas most affected. President Roosevelt dispatched thousands of relief workers from the Works Progress Administration to rescue flood victims and restore affected cities. This photograph shows the rising levels of the Ohio River encroaching on Ironton, Ohio, a city of 20,000 inhabitants. Ironton was the home of lucrative iron and cement plants, as well as lumber and mining interests. The photograph centers on the Lawrence County Courthouse, located at 111 South 4th Street. The Ironton-Russell Bridge, a cantilever bridge built in 1922, connects Campbell Avenue of Ironton to Etna Street on the Kentucky side of the river. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F11_006_1
Subjects: Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Edith Canady of Arkansas and Elizabeth Serrano of Puerto Rico make selections at a confectionery counter in Columbus, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS934_B03_F03_005
Subjects: Pageants--Ohio; Pageants--United States; Women with disabilities--Attitudes
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of an unidentified Republic Steel Corporation employee at the Cleveland district cold strip mill. This series of negatives was logged into the Central Alloy District files on June 9, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F095_05
Subjects: Steel Industry and trade; Republic Steel Corporation--Ohio; Cold strip steel
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Battle of Cold Harbor, near Richmond, Virginia, was fought from May 31-June 12, 1864. With over 15,000 casualties, it was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. This illustration, which depicts a cavalry charge at Cold Harbor, appears in "Harper's Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04215
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Battlefields; Other--Non Ohio
Places: Cold Harbor (Virginia)
 

Description: Bridge from Haselton to Coke Works--General view northeast. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F21_005
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Coke plants; Bridges
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cincinnati Industrial Expositions were held between 1870 and 1888 to showcase the products of local business owners and to illustrate Cincinnati's important contributions to culture and technology during the late 1800s. This illustration, ca. 1875, shows a building known as the Music Hall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04221
Subjects: Business; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ulysses S. Grant attended school from the ages of six to thirteen in this schoolhouse. It was built in 1829, on Water Street in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. The building is an Ohio Historical Society site. This photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00318
Subjects: Education; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; School buildings
Places: Georgetown (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)