Description: This photograph depicts a construction site of the Public Service Productions Company of Newark, New Jersey. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F80_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Construction
 

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_B02F232_01
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This round dish has a wire rim and beaded handle. It is made by hand of tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72333
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Dishes (vessels)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This fancy chair is made of wood with painted flowers and lines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9480
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Furniture
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a tintype depicting Edward L. Sebring (ca. 1839-1905), who worked with fellow abolitionist Jason Bull to aid fugitive slaves escaping to freedom in Canada from Columbus, Ohio, to the next safe station. 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: AL03123
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a portrait of Eben Dole, who kept a station on the Underground Railroad in Lovell, Maine. 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: AL03041
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Maine; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Lovell (Maine); Oxford County (Maine)
 

Description: Photographic postcard of the ladies' hosiery, knit underwear and toilet goods department at The F. & R. Lazarus Company, 1909. 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: AL04458
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait photograph of Mary Ida Powelson, ca. 1890-1900. A native of Coshocton, Ohio, Powelson worked as a stenographer and typist for Franklin County Courts, for J.E. Sater, attorney for the Citizens Savings Bank of Columbus, and for the Columbus law office of Harrison, Olds, Henderson & Harrison. Circa 1900, she moved to New York. From approximately 1902 to 1911, Powelson was secretary to New York lawyer Henry W. Taft, brother of President William Howard Taft. She continued living and working in New York until the 1960s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06149
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women--Employment
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a poster for the Sells Brothers Circus, depicting a parade of circus performers. It reads "Sells Brothers' Enormous United Shows--An Imposing Scene in the Grand Spectacular Pageant as Produced at Every Performance." In the 1870s the Sells brothers, led by Peter, became involved in the circus business. Other brothers working with the circus were Ephraim, Lewis, and William Allen. The winter quarters for the circus initially were at the current location of Brookside Country Club in Linworth, Ohio. When the circus became larger, winter quarters moved to an area which became known as "Sellsville" in Columbus, bounded by Fifth Avenue, Queen Avenue, Chambers Road and River Road. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02917
Subjects: Circuses; Popular culture; Posters; Entertainers;
 

Description: This image shows an aerial view of Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Wilbur and Orville attended the local public schools in Dayton, but neither graduated from high school or attended college. Nevertheless, they grew up in an environment that encouraged creative and intellectual development. Their household included a large family library from which the brothers read extensively. While not necessarily well schooled, the brothers were well educated. The Wright brothers were continually looking for new challenges. As young men, the two brothers went into business together. In 1889, they opened a print shop and published a local newspaper using a printing press they designed and built. In 1892, they opened their own bicycle shop. By 1896, they were manufacturing their own bicycles called Wright Flyers. It was their interest in flight, however, that led to their fame as adults and reshaped the world. On December 14, 1903, the Wright brothers were ready to test the aircraft they had built. With Wilbur at the controls, the experiment failed and the plane sustained minor damage. After repairing the aircraft, they tried again on December 17. This time, with Orville piloting, the plane stayed in the air for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. The length and duration of the flight were not much by today's standards, but the Wright brothers had demonstrated that sustained flight in a heavier-than-air craft was possible. The brothers tested their aircraft three more times that day with increasing levels of success. The final flight of the day carried Wilbur 852 feet in 59 seconds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06527
Subjects: Inventors--Ohio; Aviation; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 19-year-old Absell Adams of Cincinnati. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Adams was convicted of murdering a Cincinnati cab driver, and became the 267th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 267 Asbel Glenn Adams of Hamilton County, Legally Electrocuted April 8, 1949 for the Murder of James C. Case.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08319
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The "Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion" lists Private Walker T. Cole mustering into the 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G on August 18, 1861 at age 22 for three years service. He was wounded and went missing at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AP1421_B28_01
Subjects: United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865); Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs;