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_B05F0835_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Index/numeric listing of photos of hot metal mixer car. Listing includes contract and photo numbers, purchaser and car information. Index created by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F117_008
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts an accident at a seamless tube mill. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F03_036
Subjects: Steel industry; Steel industry and trade-- Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
 

Description: This photograph depicts piles of conduit in a warehouse yard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F79_015
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry
 

Description: Confederate currency in the amount of twenty-five cents produced April 2, 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Confederate currency was originally produced in the capital of Montgomery, Alabama. After Virginia seceded from the Union the capital was moved to Richmond in May 1861, where currency was then printed. Toward the end of the Civil War, the currency significantly lost value and many of the notes in existence were destroyed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_VFM_28_1
Subjects: Confederate States of America; Currency; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Chattanooga (Tennessee)
 

Description: This spatula is made of tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72220
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Cooking tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This round colander was made by hand of tin and has two handles. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9440
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Cooking tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the house and barn of Aaron L. Benedict (1817-1905), who kept fugitive slaves on their journey north to freedom. At one point, Aaron and his wife Phebe harbored 61 escaped slaves in a single month. The residence was located in Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio. 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: AL03171
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Barns; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Peru Township (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Elias Tetirick (1819-1901), who was an agent of the Underground Railroad in Winterset, Guernsey County, Ohio. 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: AL03125
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Winterset (Ohio); Guernsey County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the new second floor at The F. & R. Lazarus Company, ca. 1949-1950. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04451
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Dr. John G. Rogers, ca. 1860-1864. Dr. Rogers was the physician who assisted at the birth of Civil War general and United State President Ulysses S. Grant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06096
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Medicine--History; Portrait photography--United States--History--19th century
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait depicting John and Mariah Marzetti and their children, Joseph, Mary, John, Edward and Ella, of Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1885-1886. John Marzetti (1836-1899) immigrated to Ohio from Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, and arrived in Columbus in 1861. According to "A Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio," Marzetti made his fortune as a fruit vendor in downtown Columbus before investing in real estate and becoming a major figure in the city during the second half of the 19th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02906
Subjects: Families; Other--Family History; Immigration and Ethnic Heritage;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)