Description: This memorial to explorer John Wesley Powell is located near the county courthouse in Jackson, Ohio. Completed in 1938, the monument is built of stones donated by the Improved Order of Red Men. The image measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). Powell (1834-1902) was born in New York, but moved to Jackson with his family when he was four years old. He became interested in natural history as a boy and pursued a career in the field, becoming a curator at the Illinois State Natural History Society in 1858. He served in the Civil War, sustaining a serious wound in the Battle of Shiloh that required the amputation of his right forearm. In 1869, he took a team to explore the southwestern United States and became one of the first white men to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. From 1880 to 1894 Powell served as director of the United States Geological Survey and as director of the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology from 1880 to 1902. The Improved Order of Red Men is one of the oldest fraternal organizations in the United States. It is supposedly descended from the Sons of Liberty, which during the colonial period worked secretly to achieve independence from England. The Ohio Council was organized in 1853, six years after the national organization, the Great Council of the United States, was founded in Maryland. Freedom, friendship, and charity were its main concerns. Its rituals and terminology were borrowed from American Indians, who were excluded from membership. Prominent members claimed by the order include Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was adopted in 1930 at the DeWitt Clinton Hotel in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3022_3636510_001
Subjects: Arts and entertainment; Natural resources; Monuments & memorials; Explorers; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Rocks;
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson 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_B04F659_005
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This exterior photograph of the Toledo Museum of Art shows its white marble façade and sixteen ionic columns, designed in Neoclassical (Classical Revival) architectural style. The building, which opened in 1912, was designed by Edward B. Green and Harry W. Wachter. The photograph’s vantage point emphasizes the museum’s landscaped environment that includes trees, shrubs, and an expanse of lawn. The museum was founded in 1901 by two artists, an attorney, an architect, an industrialist, a realtor, and a journalist. In 1907, Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925) and his wife, Florence Scott Libbey, donated six acres of land on Monroe Street for the site of a new building. Libbey was the founder of the Libbey Glass Company and the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, both located in Toledo. Since 1912 the museum campus has grown substantially. It now comprises 36 acres with six buildings. Due to the benevolences of its founders and membership support, the museum remains a privately endowed, nonprofit institution. Admission is free and open to the public six days per week, 309 days per year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06161
Subjects: Toledo Museum of Art; Architecture--Ohio; Toledo (Ohio); Neoclassicism (Architecture); Museums; Greek revival (Architecture); Libbey, Edward Drummond, 1854-1925
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This conveyor, made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, was used to elevate bags of grain at Lookey's Brewery in New South Wales, Australia, 1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01275
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: New South Wales, Australia
 

Description: William Still (1821-1902) was chairman of the Vigilance Committee from 1852 to 1860. This anti-slavery committee sent hundreds of slaves north to Canada along the Underground Railroad. This cabinet card is from Husted and Company in Philadelphia. 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: AL03205
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This is an image of an oak shaving horse. It is ratcheted and also has a wheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47967
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Frances E. Brown, daughter of Nina L. Brown and niece of Hallie Q. Brown, taken when she was ten months old on December 19, 1908. Hallie Q. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B10F03_02
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American women; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute; Religion in Ohio; African American Educators; African American children
 

Description: This image shows the front facade and clock tower of the Knox County Courthouse. This Greek Revival courthouse emphasizes the temple form with its contrasting white trim and brick construction. Doric columns sit on either side of the entry. The building was remodeled in 1890: it was lengthened, the roof was rebuilt and a cupola was added. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_247
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Mount Vernon (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio); 106 E. High St.
 

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_B05F0971_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Albert Clark, of Miami County, was electrocuted June 22, 1917, for the Murder of Officer Harvey Blake. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08098
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. It was completed in 1912 by architects Lehman and Schmidt with the distinction of being the second finished building in Cleveland's downtown group plan. The project was developed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, which sought to create a downtown space that combined all of Cleveland's public buildings in a central mall. The other buildings included in the plan are the Federal Building, the Cleveland Public Library and the Board of Education building. Cuyahoga's Beaux-Arts courthouse is said to reflect Cleveland's "turn-of-the-century" prosperity and includes materials like Milford pink granite, marble and English oak. Decorative art is also a major component of this building, from its statues depicting the rules of English law to its dramatic murals and stained-glass window. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_102
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); 1219 Ontario St.
 

Description: National colors of the 47th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01970
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio