Description: General view of Dry Run and Crab Creek. Republic Steel Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F48_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Crab creek
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning 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_B03F508_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the brickwork at the bottom of a blast furnace stove and support beams. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F26_001
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces--Linings; Brickwork
 

Description: This handmade, glazed pearlware dinner plate has a blue feathered edge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73810
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This oak hatchel includes a cover. A hatchel is used to separate flax fibers like a comb. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8728
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools; Textiles
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal past Fort Loramie in Shelby County, between stations 6643 and 6725. Roads, properties, bridges, rail lines and other landmarks along the route are noted, including Loramie Creek. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23170_003
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Railroads
Places: Fort Loramie (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of two Sells Brothers Circus performers. The man on the right is A. A. Powell, known as the "Sells Brothers Giant." The circus was founded ca. 1872 by brothers Allen, Ephraim, Lewis and Peter Sells and operated for thirty-five years. Their winter quarters were in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02919
Subjects: Sells Bros. Circus; Circuses
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postmortem photograph of an unidentified deceased child, ca. 1856-1860. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03845
Subjects: Children; Postmortem photography
 

Description: The ship pictured anchored at Wake Island is likely the USS Rinehart, commanded by Woody Hayes during World War II. It was commissioned in February 1944 and built in Newark, New Jersey. Between May 1944 and May 1945, she made escort voyages on the Atlantic Ocean from the United States to Tunisia, the United Kingdom and France. The ship was then sent to the Pacific Ocean where she was used as an escort and a weather ship until returning to the United States in February 1946. The Rinehart was out of commission by July 1946. In 1950 the ship was transferred to the Netherlands and sailed in the Dutch Navy until 1967. Hayes enlisted in the United States Navy in July 1941, and obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander during World War II. He commanded PC 1251 in the Palau Islands invasion and the destroyer-escort USS Rinehart in both the Atlantic and Pacific operations. Born Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes in Clifton, Ohio, in 1913, Hayes is best-known for his 28 seasons as head football coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. He died in 1987. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07535
Subjects: Ships; World War, 1939-1945; Hayes, Woody, 1913-1987
 

Description: Illustration of a meeting between General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union and General John C. Pemberton of the Confederacy published in "The American Soldier in the Civil War" by Frank Leslie. Caption reads: "Siege of Vicksburg. - General Grant Meets General Pemberton at the Stone House, Inside of the Confederate Works on the Morning of July 4, 1863. - From a Sketch by F. B. Schell." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04615
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals; Confederate States of America; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Vicksburg (Mississippi)
 

Description: This photograph shows the reading room and four-story atrium of the Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1935-1943. This photograph was taken from top level at the back corner of the atrium, facing towards the front of the building. This building which is now referred to as the “Old Main” Public Library, was located at 629 Vine Street (west side), between 6th and 7th Streets. Completed in 1874 and designed by architect James W. McLaughlin, the building was considered one of the most magnificent public libraries in the country. This area pictured here had five levels of cast-iron alcoves. Visible is the catalog desk (center, right) and a bust of James Murdoch (1811-1893), Cincinnati actor and public speaker (bust located under the "Fiction" sign, lower left corner). It is one of the few statues that survived the move to the “New Main” and can be found in the Literature & Languages section. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is now one of the largest and busiest public libraries in the world and operates 41 branch locations. The library began as a subscription library in 1802. On March 14, 1853, it became the Cincinnati Public Library. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06194
Subjects: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County; McLaughlin, James W., 1834-1923; Libraries--Ohio--History; Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: John Vaiden, of Franklin County, was electrocuted May5, 1922, for the Murder of Charles D. Baker. He was a black male, age twenty-six and his occupation is an army veteran. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08130
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)