Description: The caption reads "House of Representatives, Capitol Building, 2nd Floor, South end of Building." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_017_1
Subjects: Capitol buildings; Ohio Government; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Interiors; Ohio. House of Representatives
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "Cinci., O., Sept 1937. St. Marks Cathedral Entrance. KY." This is actually St Mary's Cathedral, also known as Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, which is located in Covington, Kentucky. Construction of this Roman Catholic church began in 1894, but was stopped in 1915 and remains unfinished. The exterior was inspired by Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, including the sinister gargoyles, and the interior after Saint Denis in France. It's two rose windows are the first and the third largest in the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_016_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Churches; Covington (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Covington (Kentucky); Kenton County (Kentucky)
 

Description: The ship in the photograph is the "William D. Crawford", and ore carrier, being unloaded by a Hulett, specialized unloading machine. The Whiskey Island Hulett Ore Unloaders were built in 1912 for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) by Wellman – Seaver – Morgan Company of Cleveland. The dock is located in on Whiskey Island in Cleveland, Ohio on the coast of Lake Erie, between the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and Edgewater Park. The Hulett automatic ore unloader was invented by George Hulett of Cleveland, Ohio and patented in 1898. The first working machine was built the following year at Conneaut Harbor in Conneaut, Ohio. It was successful, and many more were built along the Great Lakes, especially the southern shore of Lake Erie to unload steamers full of taconite from the iron mines near Lake Superior. Until 1903 they were built by Webster, Camp & Lane Company of Akron, Ohio. Substantial improvements were later made on the design by Samuel T. Wellman. It is these second-generation Huletts which continue to stand to this day. The electrically operated Hulett unloader runs on two sets of parallel tracks along the face of the docks, one near the edge and one further back, with normally enough distance for four sets of railroad tracks in between. Steel towers, riding on wheeled trucks, support girders that run from front to back, perpendicular to the dock face. Along these girders runs a carriage which can move toward or away from the dock face. This in turn carries a large walking beam which can be raised or lowered; at the dock-end is a vertical column with a large scoop bucket on the end. A parallel beam is mounted half-way down this column to keep the column vertical as it is raised or lowered. The machine's operator, stationed in the vertical beam above the bucket for maximum cargo visibility, could spin the beam at any angle. The scoop bucket is thus lowered into the ship's hold, closed to capture about 10 tons of ore, then raised and moved back toward the dock. The Cleveland Huletts were used until 1992, when Conrail, who had inherited them from PRR, decided to abandon them because self-unloading boats were standard on the American side of the lake, rending them obsolete. Most, if not all, have since been scrapped. In 1999, only six remained, the group of four at Whiskey Island in Cleveland, Ohio the oldest. In spite of the Cleveland machines being on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, they were demolished in 2000 by the Cleveland Port Authority to enable development of the land they were located on. The Port Authority disassembled and retained two Huletts, to enable their reconstruction at another site, which is pending. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_29_01
Subjects: Lake Erie; Shipping industry; Docks--Ohio--Cleveland; Lake steamers--Great Lakes (North America)--History; Shipping--Erie, Lake; Cargo ships; Ores--Transportation; Hulett iron-ore unloaders; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group of people standing in front of a Post Office. Reverse reads "Location Unknown." and "Leafing through the pages of the Miami Valley Album", an article for the Dayton Daily News. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F03_005_001
Subjects: Post office buildings Ohio; Miami River Valley (Ohio)--History.;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Steubenville High School Band. Miller and Son 436 Market St., Steubenville, Ohio." This photograph shows the Steubenville High School marching band (ca. 1935-1940) standing on, presumably, the steps of the high school. Their are approximately 80 members of the band, who all wear uniforms and hold their instruments. There are two (possibly three) drum majors, and the director stands near the back. There are about 6 African-Americans in this band. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_026_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Marching bands--United States; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Instruments; Bands (Music); Musicians--Ohio; Students; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph from the Ohio State Department of Visual Education shows a corn shock, pumpkin, and pheasant in a harvested field in autumn in Ohio. 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_B06F03_016_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Harvesting; Pheasants; Federal Writers' Project; Autumn; Photography--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: National colors of the 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: Shiloh, April 6 & 7, 1862. Siege of Corinth. Iuka. Corinth. Town Creek. Resaca. Lay's Ferry. Rome X Roads. Dallas. Kenesaw Mt. Nick O Jack. Atlanta 22d & 28th July, 1864. Jonesboro. Love [Joy]. Savannah. Columbia. Bentonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02045
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_B03F533_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of two Republic Steel Corporation officials present to witness the start of five new 70-ton electric furnaces at their Canton facility in 1941 to meet war production demands. The furnaces were turned on at 4:30 PM on October 14, 1941. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F027_06
Subjects: Steel Industry and trade; Republic Steel Corporation--Canton (Ohio); Electric furnaces
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (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_B05F1027_006
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: 1913 flood location unknown. Republic Steel Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F49_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Floods--1910-1920
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts transportation department workers voting for representatives. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F89_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Steel workers