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_B05F0885_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Diagram of 600 ton mixer car with notes of differences in construction. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F129_005
Subjects: Slag; Cinder Car; Steel Industry; Hot Metal Car; Mixer Car; William B. Pollock; Ladle; Open Hearth furnace
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mill in Danville, Virginia. Youngstown pipe was used in the structure. On the photo is written: "RIVERSIDE & DAN RIVER COTTON MILLS DANVILLE, VIRGINIA. YOUNGSTOWN PIPE" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F44_007
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry and trade--Virginia
Places: Danville (Virginia); Pittsylvania County (Virginia)
 

Description: This photograph depicts men and women working behind their homes in Depression relief gardens, which were used to alleviate the Great Depression by providing citizens with food and work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F87_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Great Depression
 

Description: L. G. Cagan identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F070A_41
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: 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_B02F280_03
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: A photo of the stone quarry located 1.5 miles from the camp. The quarry was the source of building stone used to construct shelters. This photo was taken for Project No. 23, Public Campground Buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_aug34_b8_09
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Quarries and quarrying
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of Peter Salem, a free African American soldier who was born a slave ca. 1750, who is credited with the death of British Major Pitcairn at the Battle of Bunker Hill as printed in "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "Peter Salem shooting the British Major Pitcairn." ALTERNATE TEXT: Two small armies face off in a battle, with men mostly using guns. There is one visible sword. Below the men are two piles of straw-like material. The American army to the left includes one African American soldier. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_56
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Slavery; American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 

Description: This fluted lampshade has a scalloped edge. It was molded out of glass. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79343
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Lighting--Architectural and decorative
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This crimping machine is made of iron. "Packhan's Patent" is marked on the machine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72267
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Florence Kling Harding, wife of Warren G. Harding, standing with seven men outside her home in Marion, Ohio. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P23_003
Subjects: Harding, Florence Kling, 1860-1924; First ladies (United States); Ohio women; Historic houses; Presidential campaigns
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Family farms required everyone to do their share and work as a unit. As such, farming families were often very close and lived and played together. This 1948 photograph by Joe Munroe depicts the David Brown family, who at this point were fifth generation farmers on a 500-acre plot in Illinois. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B12_F05_002
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Family farms; Family life
Places: Illinois