Description: The photograph shows a young girl in a dress with a ribbon in her hair proudly holding a ribbon while a dog sits next to her. The dog has a ribbon tied around its neck. The girl's ribbon reads, "Special Prize / Greenhills / DOG / AND / PET / CLUB / 1st Annual / SHOW / 1939" A crowd of people and canines is visible in the far background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_010_001
Subjects: Dog shows; Dogs; Awards; Contests
Places: Greenhills (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: On August 20, 1794, an American army commanded by Anthony Wayne defeated a Native American force led by Blue Jacket of the Shawnee at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. With this victory, Indians living in the western portion of modern-day Ohio knew that they had to sue for peace. In January 1795, representatives from the various tribes met with Wayne at Fort Greene Ville. The Americans and natives spent the next eight months negotiating a treaty. It became known as the Treaty of Greeneville. On August 3, 1795, leaders of the Wyandot Indians, the Delaware Indians, the Shawnee Indians, the Ottawa Indians, the Miami Indians, the Eel River Indians, the Wea Indians, the Chippewa Indians, the Potawatomi Indians, the Kickapoo Indians, the Piankashaw Indians, and the Kaskaskia Indians formally signed the treaty. The natives agreed to relinquish all claims to land south and east of a boundary that began roughly at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. It ran southward to Fort Laurens and then turned westward to Fort Loramie and Fort Recovery. It then turned southward to the Ohio River. The Indians, however, could still hunt on the land that they ceded. The whites agreed to relinquish their claims to land north and west of the line, although the natives permitted the Americans to establish several trading posts in their territory. The United States also provided the Indians with $20,000 worth of goods for signing the treaty. The American government also agreed to give the natives $9,500 every year in goods. The Indians were to decide how the goods would be divided among them. Many Indians refused to honor the agreement. White settlers continued to move onto the contested land. Violence continued between these two peoples. Native American leaders like Tecumseh and the Prophet would emerge in the early 1800s to carry on the Indian struggle to regain their lost land. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F05_006_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Treaty of Greenville; Forts and fortifications
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Broadway Bridge over the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio. The bridge in the foreground, called the Central Bridge or Cincinnati & Newport Bridge, was finished in 1890 and was the first “standard” cantilever truss bridge built. Located next to the L&N Bridge in the background, the Central Bridge had a similar type and length of approach to that of the L&N bridge, with the piers built from identical stone. Demolished in 1992, the bridge was replaced by the Taylor-Southgate Bridge in 1995. The bridge in the background, called the L&N Bridge or Louisville & Nashville RR Bridge, opened in 1872 as the Newport & Cincinnati Bridge and was the first railroad bridge to cross the Ohio River in Cincinnati. The bridge was modified in 1897 to include street car and horse and cart traffic. In 1904, the cart path was paved for automobiles and the bridge renamed as the L&N Bridge after its new owners. By the late 1940s street car service was removed and in 1987 railroad traffic ceased. By the 1990s the bridge was lightly used by automobile traffic, and was officially renamed the CSX Bridge after new owners. On April 17, 2001 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, closed to automobiles in 2002, and reopened in 2003 after a $4 million renovation as a pedestrian only bridge. 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_B03F08_022_1
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Bridges Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Moreland Court Apartment Bldg. Photograph Taken 3/4/37. Cleveland, Ohio." Moreland Courts is located at 13415 Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland, Ohio. It was conceived in 1922 Alfred W. Harris, and finished by Philip L. Small and the Van Sweringen brothers. The building is designed using five different English architectural styles; Late Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, Jacobean and Georgian, and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_06_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Historic buildings--Ohio--Cleveland; Apartments--United States; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This art deco style illustration for “Industry” was used in The Ohio Guide. It shows a busy dock, with several industrial buildings and billowing smoke stacks in the background, while a man toil with a gear handle in the foreground. A signature of the artist “Homer Seay” can also be seen. This illustration is a photographic reproduction of a drawing. It is one of a series produced as possible chapter headings for The Ohio Guide. From 1935 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), through its Federal Writers' Project created The American Guide Series, which included forty-eight state guides, as well as supplemental guides for large cities, etc. The state guides are divided into three sections. In the first section are general essays about the state on things such as agriculture, culture, history, industry, religion, etc. The second section contains an overview of the various cities and towns around the state, as well as enumerating various points of interest. The last section is dedicated to various tours around the state. The tourist is taken from city to city, with turn by turn directions, and descriptions of what can be seen along the way. While much of the country has grown and changed since the guides were written, it is surprising how much remains, and sometimes more surprising what has been lost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F16_006
Subjects: Books Chapter-headings; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse of a very similar photograph reads: "Warren - Trumbull County. Republic Steel Corp. Dist. 6 files." Republic Steel Corporation was founded in 1899 in Youngstown, Ohio. The firm was originally known as Republic Iron and Steel Company. For the company's first three decades of existence, it prospered, as Ohio was one of the leading industrialist states of the period. In 1927, Cyrus Eaton purchased a majority of the stock in the Republic Steel Company. At the same time, Eaton also purchased stock in other companies. He hoped to unite these companies together to compete with the U.S. Steel Company—the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. Under Eaton's leadership, the Republic Steel Company expanded its manufacturing holdings to include plants in Massillon, Elyria, Canton, Cleveland, and Warren, Ohio. Thanks to Eaton's efforts, the Republic Steel Company emerged as the third largest steel producer in the United States. The Republic Steel Company, like many other businesses, faced an economic downturn during the Great Depression. The firm, unlikely many others, remained in operation and actually expanded its holdings by purchasing smaller steel companies as they went bankrupt. Tom Girdler now headed the company, and under his leadership, the firm's corporate headquarters moved to Cleveland. During the 1930s, the Republic Steel Company, as well as many other steel mills, faced tensions as its steel workers, wanting to unionize, started a strike over low wages and poor working conditions. While Republic Steel proved successful in the “Little Steel Strike of 1937,” with the outbreak of World War II, the firm quickly permitted unions in its mills so that the firm could acquire lucrative government contracts. The company prospered throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, but competition from foreign steel, higher wages, and new environmental codes began to hurt the firm. The situation continued to worsen for the Republic Steel Company during the 1980s, and in 1984, the company merged with Jones and Laughlin to create LTV Steel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_008_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Iron & Steel Company
Places: Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Cutting rare plants (Eremurus)" Located on the banks of Alum Creek, the four De Monye brothers sold Holland bulbs and grew cut flowers to sell to local florist. In 1929, they established De Monye’s Greenhouse, which is one of the largest independent family-operated retail greenhouse growers in Central Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F06_013_1
Subjects: Plant breeding--United States--History; Eremurus
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Frankling County (Ohio)
 

Description: Duncan McArthur (1772-1839) was Ohio's twelfth governor, serving from 1830 to 1832. The National Road was under construction and made it as far as Zanesville by the time that McArthur left office. The state legislature granted a number of charters to companies to build railroads, although none were actually started until after McArthur's term ended. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_9
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A maker's mark indicates that it was manufactured by Annin & Co., America's oldest and largest flag maker. The founder, Alexander Annin, began making flags on the New York City waterfront in the 1820’s. Adopted on February 9, 1948, the flag of the Territory of Guam features the coat of arms on a blue field bordered in red. The almond-shaped seal represents indigenous slingshot stones. Inside are the word "GUAM" and a palm tree, behind which are cliffs and a proa (sailboat) sailing near the capital Hagatna. Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean (Micronesia). Guam's indigenous Chamorro society is thought to have began around 4,000 years ago. After 'discovery' by European Ferdinand Magellan the first colony was established in 1668 by Spain. During WWII, Japanese occupation lasted for approximately thirty-one months. The Battle of Guam on July 21, 1944 (Liberation Day) was notoriously brutal, as Imperial Japanese soldiers fought to the death. Less than 500 surrendered. In 2010, Guam's Governor declared the island name be changed back to the original Chamorro term Guahan. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65495_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Indigenous population; Flags--Guam; World War, 1939-1945; Textile--cotton; Colonization--Spain; Pacific Ocean--Micronesia
Places: Guam
 

Description: These are the national colors of the 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The text on the flag reads: Shioh Stone R[i]v[er] 41st Regt. Ohio. Much of the flag has deteriorated and some of the words are missing. The flag has not been cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01954
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War 1861-1865
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_B02F333_05
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_B04F757_006
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)