Description: Front of certificate reads "Lincoln Dioramic Association, Certificate of Admission, This Certificate entitles the Holder to one admission to the Diorama of the Funeral Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, and a photographic view of some one of the remarkable scenes represented by the Diorama, also to a share in the Award of Diorama, Farms & othe Premiums, Columbus, Ohio." Ticket number: 58464. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F03_007
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral
 

Description: Homecoming parade held for astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_027
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mary Ellen Richards and Velma West, who escaped from the Ohio Reformatory for Women, with Mark Murphy a reporter from the Columbus Citizen-Journal, July 27, 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00111
Subjects: Ohio Reformatory for Women; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (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_004_1
Subjects: Children; Education; African Americans; Schools--Ohio; Classrooms
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is from a book published in 1875 by Daniel J. Kenny titled Illustrated Cincinnati, a pictorial handbook of the Queen City comprising its architecture, manufacture and trade. The photograph is "The Transrhenane Waiter". The Transrhenane waiter is above all things a man to be pitied, and a man to be admired. To be pitied, because he seems to be perpetually on those not very fat legs of his with never a moment's time for a private dive into one of those glasses he hands about to his thirsty patrons literally by the hundred. He often brings them by the ten or a dozen in each hand. He is to be admired for his imperturbable good nature, for his freedom from flurry, his constant sobriety, and that prompt memory which rarely, if ever, makes a mistake in the precise number of beers, mineral waters, or glasses of wine ordered, or the exact table to which they are to be brought. He is a capitol fellow, and probably 'takes his' in the afternoon before his night work commences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_006_001
Subjects: Illustrations; Kenny, DJ
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Warren County Fairgrounds at Lebanon, Ohio. 4-H Club Bldg. July 14, 1936.” This photo shows two workers setting up the 4-H Club Building for the 1936 Warren County Fair. The first fair was organized by the Warren County Agricultural Society and held September 1850 at Osborn Grove. The Society greatly welcomed the 4-H program and developed a Junior Fair that became an added plus for the organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_040_001
Subjects: Warren County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; County fairs
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jemima A. Gorrel displayed this flag in her window at 14709 Ardnell Avenue in Cleveland. Her three sons, Claude Earl, Joseph and Ben, served in World War I. This flag dates from 1917-1918. It is rectangular flag measuring 62 by 40 cm. Mary Pelfrey of Columbus, Ohio, donated this service flag to the Ohio Historical Society in 1989. ConnectOH donor file: "Rae Heidy Weiss" The In Service Flag (Blue Star Banner) was patented by an Ohioan, Colonel Robert L. Queisser of East Cleveland, Ohio, on 6 November 1917. Intended for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces, blue star banners are also displayed in shop windows to honor the members of that organization who were serving. Most flags were homemade by mothers, though they later became mass-produced. Upon death in service the blue star was replaced by a gold one. One of the most famous flags was that of the five Sullivan brothers who all perished on the U.S.S. Juneau. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H59350_001
Subjects: Textile--silk; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918; Blue Star Banner;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers. Rectangular flag measures 130 cm high by 175 cm wide. Text on flag reads: Eighth Ohio Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02215
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Spanish-American War, 1898
 

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_B03F413_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (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_B05F0831B2_019
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Mixer-type hot metal car built by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F104_004
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a Bessemer converter pouring steel into ingot molds. This photograph depicts a flame blowing through a Bessemer converter. Bessemer converters release oxygen gas through molten iron, which reacts with carbon and and other impurities to increase the quality of the steel, as well as producing a large flame. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so its subject is likely located at a Youngstown plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F09_014
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Bessemer furnace; Steel industry