Description: Dated to ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows a central lawn surrounded on three sides by apartment buildings. The lawn is filled with several groups of people, both adults and children. The surrounding buildings are four stories tall with flat roofs and brick exteriors. Benches line the sidewalks which surround the open green space. 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_B07F06_006_1
Subjects: Housing; Children; Housing; Apartment Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works; Lawns; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. In 1966, the reformatory became part of the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_008_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Dormitories--United States; Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of North High School in Columbus, Ohio. It was constructed in 1924 on Arcadia Avenue in the Clintonville neighborhood. The school closed in 1979 and is now the North Adult Education Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_012_001
Subjects: High Schools; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Education; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Schools; Buildings; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "One of Dayton's levees. N. of Miami River and E. of Main Street." After the great flood of 1913, much was done to prevent future flooding of the Miami River in and around Dayton. Extensive modifications to the river channel, such as this levee, were created after the passage of the Vonderheide Act in 1914. Also known as the Ohio Conservancy Law, the act gave the state the authority to establish watershed districts and to raise funds for improvements through taxes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_022_1
Subjects: Hydraulic structures--Ohio--Dayton; Miami River (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Citizens of several European nations mingle on the friendliest of terms in this WPA literacy class at Patrick Henry School, Cleveland, Ohio." This photo depicts a Works Progress Administration literacy class at Patrick Henry School in Cleveland, Ohio. The class appears to be mostly Europeans. The WPA created literacy and arts programs, such as the Federal Writers' Project, that helped the unemployed learn new and valuable skills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F10_001_001
Subjects: Literacy programs--Ohio--Cleveland; Classrooms; Students; Naturalization--United States; Literacy; Reading; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A field of grain ready to be threshed in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F04_016_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Harvesting
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Morrow County Courthouse located in Mount Gilead, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historical Places on July 24, 1974. Morrow County, named for Jeremiah Morrow, was formed in 1848. Jeremiah Morrow was the ninth governor of Ohio and also served in the US Senate. He was a member of the House of Representatives at the time that Morrow County was formed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_036_01
Subjects: Morrow County (Ohio); Mount Gilead (Ohio); Courthouses; Government buildings
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Thomas W. Bartley. Upon the resignation of Governor Shannon in 1844, the Democratic speaker of the senate, Thomas W. Bartley, became acting Governor of Ohio on April 15, 1844. Bartley served until the close of the term in December of the same year. At that time he was succeeded as governor by his father, Mordecai Bartley, a succession which is unique in Ohio and at least rare in the history of state governments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_2954
Subjects: Ohio Government; Presidents and Politics; Governors; Ohio Governor (1844 : Thomas Welles Bartley); Ohio History State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: This swallowtail nylon flag was designed by Rachel Misch and dates from 1990. This red and blue flag has eight small white stars on the top and bottom and a large star in the center with a seal of the City of South Euclid, Ohio. The large, seventeenth star recognizes Ohio as the seventeenth state admitted to the Union. The dimensions are 91 cm by 155 cm. This flag has not been cataloged. The South Euclid Historical Society donated this flag to the Ohio Historical Society in 1991. This flag was created by a high school student for a contest to design an official flag for the city of South Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H64436_001
Subjects: South Euclid Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; City flags
Places: South Euclid (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 49th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 49th. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02435
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_B04F794_012
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_B05F0887_012
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)