Description: Paul S. Kingsley 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_B01F076_09
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_B05F0994_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Blast furnace, with crane. US Steel-Ohio Works, Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B07F06_004.tif;AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B07F06_004
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; United States Steel Corporation
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a coke plant in south Chicago, Illinois from Lake Michigan. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F71_007
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry and trade--Illinois--Chicago; Coke plants
Places: Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: A photo of the footbridge abutments and stringers. Design and estimate of costs for two timber footbridges near the shelter building were approved for construction on September 14, 1934. Work on the project started a few days later. Stone and timber were obtained within a mile from the site. Abutment stones were laid in cement mortar. Timber was treated with weather beaten brown creosote stain. Both bridges were completed October 31, 1934. This photo was included in F.E. Whitehouse's, camp superintendent, completion report for December 1934 and the October 1934 monthly progress report for Fort Hill State Park, as Project No. 47a, Bridges - Foot. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_15_f47a_02
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Footbridges; Building
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor with unidentified individuals after attending a military social gathering. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F07_D_4
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women
 

Description: This black iron tool is an L-square marked in inches, used by woodworkers to measure distances and ensure that corners are square. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73310
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is of a brown jug. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8301
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of Joseph Beiter, the tinner of Zoar, Ohio. Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Additional modifications to the society's organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the Separatists experienced economic prosperity. The community was almost entirely self-sufficient and sold any surpluses to the outside world. In addition to agriculture, Zoar residents also worked in a number of industries, including flour mills, textiles, a tin shop, copper, wagon maker, two iron foundries, and several stores. The society also made money by contracting to build a seven-mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The canal crossed over Zoar's property, and the society owned several canal boats. The canal traffic also brought other people into the community, who bought Zoar residents' goods. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the community was quite prosperous. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P365_B15F1_006
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Communal Societies; Metal industry
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through St. Marys in Auglaize County, between stations 5912 and 5944. An extensive key is provided; roads, properties, and other landmarks along the route are noted, including the St. Marys River and its former channel. 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: BV23162_011
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: St. Marys (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph of Arthur K. Lawrence in Spanish American War uniform with a horse, posing with two other African American members of the Medical Corps in front of a tent. Lawrence served as a hospital steward in the 9th Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish American War. The battalion was not sent to Cuba to fight, but spent the duration of the war at several camps in the United States. After the war, Lawrence became a doctor and established a medical practice in Columbus, Ohio; his office was located in the Williams Building at 681 East Long Street. Arthur Kelton Lawrence (1877-1954) was the son of Thomas Lawrence and Martha Hartway Lawrence. Martha escaped from slavery and was taken in by the Kelton family in Columbus, who also employed Thomas. The two were married in 1864. The Spanish American War broke out in April 1898 and ended in July of the same year, during the presidency of Ohioan William McKinley. The United States and Spain battled over control of Cuba, urged on by newspapers such as the New York Journal and the New York World. The so-called "yellow press" presented events from a slanted perspective, favoring Cuban independence from Spain and arousing public sentiment in support of American intervention. As a result of the war, the United States gained control not only of Cuba, but also Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_781359_113
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Military Ohio; Spanish American War; African American soldiers; 9th Battalion Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of an illustration depicting John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, published in "A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County From the Earliest to the Present Date" by H. S. Knapp, 1863. Johnny Appleseed started nurseries in Mansfield, Lucas, Perrysville, and Loudonville in North-Central Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02697
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Chapman, John, 1704-1784; Apples
Places: Ashland County (Ohio)