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_B03F496_002
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_B05F1027_008
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the top of a blast furnace. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F31_006
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces
 

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_B01F110_10
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This handmade stoneware jug is round and has been glazed white and brown. It is marked with a "2" inside a clover shape. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73833
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This round, woven willow basket features a bail handle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8736
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Baskets (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920,this photograph shows Warren G. Harding and a private holding trumpets with people in the background, outside of his home in Marion, Ohio. This photograph is part of the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection. Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States from 1921-1923, was born near Marion, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College, 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 1898 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature for two terms. Harding became Lieutenant Governor in 1903 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. While unsuccessful in a run for Governor in 1910, Harding won election to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty began promoting Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His campaign, known as “The Front Porch Campaign,” was centered on low-key speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy.” Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding died from a massive heart attack and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20_P33_01_F53
Subjects: Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Photographs; Bands (music); United States Navy; Musical instruments
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Auglaize County, between stations 5816 and 5932. Roads, properties and other landmarks along the route are noted, including adjacent ponds and the St. Mary's River. 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: BV4925_010
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Eddie Rickenbacker, in coveralls, leaning over the motor of his race car, ca. 1909-1917. Edward Rickenbacker was born October 8, 1890 in Columbus, Ohio. Between 1909 and 1917 he was one of the top race car drivers in the country. He raced with Peugeot, Maxwell Race Team, and the Prest-O-Lite Team and raced in the Indianapolis 500 several times. Rickenbacker died in July 1973 in Switzerland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02926
Subjects: Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973; Automobile racing;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Postcard image of the house at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus which was constructed to protect the log cabin in which Ulysses S. Grant was born, ca. 1908. The small frame cabin in which Grant was born in 1822 was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888. It was placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards, it was moved to Columbus's Goodale Park as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus, where it remained until 1936,. In 1936 the cabin was disassembled and returned to its original location. Image caption reads: HOUSE AT STATE FAIR GROUNDS WHICH PROTECT THE OLD LOG CABIN IN WHICH GEN. U.S. GRANT WAS BORN. COLUMBUS. OHIO. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03854
Subjects: Presidents--Dwellings--Ohio; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong as a child, posing with his sister June Armstrong Hoffman, ca. 1935. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in 1930, and went on to be the first man to walk on the moon in 1969. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05357
Subjects: Children; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Space flight
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Spectators in the bleachers at a little league football game scenes, November 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07631
Subjects: Sports; Sports; Children; Football
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)