Description: This photograph shows the Board of Trade Building, located at 30 North Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio. Built in 1889, the building features four distinctive turrets atop columnar details, arched windows, and an arched doorway. This site on the north side of Broad Street would be the future home of James A. Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus, Ohio. The Board of Trade Building was closed in 1964 and demolished in 1969. Completed in 1974, the 41-story Rhodes Tower was named after James A. Rhodes, who served as state auditor for ten years and was elected governor of the Ohio in 1962 and 1966 and then again in 1974 and 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05695
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tractor loader made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio on display in the factory yard, 1930. Its tanktred feature made this loader better suited for use on ground that was uneven, soft, or rough. The loader was sold to the Pond Creek Coal Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01526
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a storefront with the caption "McCook Property Carrollton Ohio." Although scholars disagree on the exact number of McCooks who fought in the Civil War, it appears that Daniel McCook and eight of his nine sons took up arms for the North, as did his brother, John McCook, and his five sons. Individually, the two families were known as the Tribe of Dan and the Tribe of John. Together, they came to be referred to as the "Fighting McCooks." Daniel McCook, the patriarch of the Tribe of Dan, lived in Carrolton, Ohio, before the Civil War. He received a commission as major and lost his life in the Battle of Buffington Island in 1863. George McCook, Dan's son, was a brigadier-general and served as an Ohio Attorney -General before the Civil War. Other members of the Tribe of Dan included Latimer, Robert, Alexander, Daniel, Jr., Edwin Stanton, Charles Morris, and John James. The Tribe of John included the family patriarch, John McCook. A doctor in Steubenville before the war, he served as a volunteer surgeon during the Civil War. Other members of the Tribe of John included Edward, Anson, Henry, John James, and Roderick. All members of the Tribe of John survived the Civil War. Fourteen of the McCooks became officers. Four of them died in service to their country. The Fighting McCooks' dedication to the Union war effort made them well-known in the North. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P27_B01F25_001
Subjects: McCook family; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Families; Portrait photography; Stores & shops; Houses;
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll 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_B04F794_041
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This casserole was made from ceramic. It is oval in shape and was glazed a baby blue color. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8073_apart
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group of immigrants at a literacy and citizenship class in Mingo Junction, Ohio, a steel mill town in Jefferson County, 1939. The class is discussing the structure of the United States government and its separate branches based on the Constitution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00023
Subjects: United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Mingo Junction (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1936, this photograph shows Frozen Cascade Falls in Depression Era Painesville, Ohio. A note on the reverse reads "Elevation is 238 meters (780 ft); Soil stratification is evident on left; Photo taken 1936." This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. 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_B15F04_001_004_001
Subjects: Waterfalls; Lake County (Ohio); Winter; Geography and Natural Resources
Places: Lake County (Ohio); Painesville (Ohio)
 

Description: Girls' Industrial School inmates in the classroom, ca. 1910-1919. The purpose of the school was "the reformation of exposed, helpless, evil disposed, and vicious girls." In 1878, the term "incorrigible" was added. A five-member board of trustees purchased a piece of property known as the Ohio White Sulphur Springs Resort, eighteen miles north of Columbus. The first six girls were admitted to the school in October 1869. The inmates spent their mornings performing domestic chores. They also learned various vocational trades, including basket-making, music, sewing, and stenography. In the afternoons, the girls attended school, where they studied, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, literature, and United States history among other topics. The girls remained at the school until they reached seventeen years of age or completed their sentence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00210
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women--Education - Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: A black and white portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on February 9, 1864 by photographer, Alexander Gardner. A reprint was produced by James M. Goins, who owned a photograph studio at 163 Race Street in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1888 and 1889. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F06_017
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
 

Description: This white mattress cover is made from linen. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8528
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Bedding
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

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: AL06753
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); New Philadelphia (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Tuscarawas Courthouse (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 19, 1936, this photograph shows children playing at Butler County Emergency School, a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler County Emergency Schools. Cor. Elm & Withrow, Oxford, Ohio. Gwendolyn Bolden, Head Teacher. 26 children enrolled." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. 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_B02F04_005_1
Subjects: Children; Education; Schools--Ohio; Classrooms; African Americans
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)