Description: The present Union County Courthouse was designed in 1883 and is identical to the Henry County Courthouse. The building is positioned in the middle of a large square, and is made of brick and cut stone with galvanized iron trimmings. The tower bells play tunes like "America the Beautiful" every hour. It is Second Empire style. This image shows the front entrance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_472
Subjects: Courthouses; mansard roofs; towers (building divisions); porticoes; pediments; pilasters; Second Empire
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio); 5th and Court Streets
 

Description: View of Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, 1886. This photograph is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching the 1889 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00507
Subjects: Bridges; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Stone elevator with Scranton chain made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, 1909. The white sheet was used to better define the outline of the object. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01272
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Opening Game. Apr. 15, 1941. Ticket window to Grand Stand.Cin.Ball Park. Findlay near Western ave." This photograph depicts fans waiting in line for their tickets at the ticket counter outside Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Reds lost 3-7 in the opening game against the St. Louis Cardinals on April 15, 1941. Crosley Field was located at the corner of Western Avenue and Findley Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally named Redland Field, this steel and concrete Major League Baseball park was designed by architect Henry Hake and cost $225, 000 to build. It was renamed Crosley Field in 1934, when the team was bought by local businessman Powel Crosley Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_011_001
Subjects: Crosley Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team); St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team); Baseball--Ohio--Cincinnati; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Homes in Lima." The city of Lima was established in 1831, and in 1887, became the first city in Ohio to have an electrified street car system in place. Lima is located in Allen County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F03_005_001
Subjects: Architecture; Cityscapes
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a wooden bridge over the Miami and Erie Canal in Montgomery, Ohio, most likely located in or near Dayton, Ohio. Many small bridges had been constructed by this time which precluded any large boats from navigating the canal. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio and Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio and was completed in 1845. 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_B02F05_018
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio); Public works
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Plaque reads: "Two hundred yards south of the this site stood in 1829 the first public school established in the City of Cincinnati and within the entire limits of the Northwest Territory. 'Schools and the means of Education shall forever be encouraged' - Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1767. This marker installed Oct 2, 1938 as a gift of Albert S. Bossong in honor of the Daughters of America" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_018_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Monuments & memorials--United States--1900-1940; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Steel Mills along the Cuyahoga. Plant of American Steel and Wire Co. in Cleveland's flats." In 1899, numerous barbwire production companies merged together to form the American Steel and Wire Company. These businesses included ones in Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, and several other states. By amassing all of these firms into a single company, it was possible to limit barbwire's production. They could also drive competitors out of business by cutting the product's price. In 1901, the U.S. Steel Corporation purchased the American Steel and Wire Company and operated the company as one of its subsidiaries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_18_01
Subjects: Steel-works--Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga River (Ohio)
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles Sallee was the artist of the Outhwaite Homes Mural Cartoon. He was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1911, the eldest of fourteen children. All his life, he only wanted to be an artist. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_024_001
Subjects: Ohio; Mural painting and decoration--United States.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901). McKinley was a Civil War veteran and served as Governor of Ohio from 1892-1896. In the Civil War he was in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry with another future President, Rutherford B. Hayes. McKinley's first term as governor was uneventful, and he won reelection by eighty thousand votes in 1893. During his second term, McKinley's greatest crisis involved the Panic of 1893. This economic downturn led to the unemployment of fifty percent of Ohio's factory workers. McKinley generally sided with business owners, calling out the state militia on several occasions to put down workers' strikes. McKinley was the twenty-fifth President, serving from 1897-1901. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_24
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a painting of Guidon of the 188th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. with 188th Regt written on sleeve with black ink. A guidon was carried into battle to signify the location of the unit. It is often a swallowtail flag. There are thirteen red and white strips and 34 stars in the blue field, representing the 34 states of the union during the beginning of the Civil War. This flag was painted by Rob Needham, whos name is printed under the flag near the pole. At the bottom of the painting is printed, "188th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry". This photograph is not cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02599
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

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_B04F703_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)