Description: James A. Lewis 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_B01F070_02
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_B02F279_07
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the first African American general officer in the United States Air Force and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen, outside on a porch in Italy. Two (2) men and one (1) woman are near the building behind him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_G
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Davis, Benjamin O.; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; Women; People; Porches; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: Illustration of the death of Crispus Attucks at the Boston Massacre taken from "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: "While leading an attack against British troops in Boston." ALTERNATE TEXT: A chaotic scene in a town: A large group of people have gathered in the streets, with a group of soldiers to the left. The soldiers hold guns and are shooting into the crowd. One man lays in the street with another falling near him. There are buildings behind and to the left of the scene. Clouds and a few birds fill the sky. The crowds have kicked up dust from the street, while the guns have created smoke. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_57
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 

Description: This molded glass ceiling lampshade is round with a raised pattern. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79360
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Lighting--Architectural and decorative
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This tin groover is made of iron. It has "Peck, Stow & Wi" marked on the groover. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72273
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Warren G. Harding standing outside his home in Marion, Ohio, with cabinet appointees and campaign supporters, including Secretary of State Joseph G. Cannon (front row, fifth from the left), Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (front row, third from the right), Secretary of Labor James J. Davis (back row, left), and Harding's personal secretary George B. Christian (back row, center). 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_B20P26_002
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Cannon, Joseph G. (Joseph Gurney), 1836-1926; Daugherty, H. M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941; Davis, James J. (James John), 1873-1947; Christian, George B., Jr. (George Busby), 1873-1951; Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: The postwar era did not have the same effect on farming that it did on the urban landscape. Poorer families looked to the city for prosperity, like this recently-widowed man who worked in town so he could one day save enough to move his children there. Photographed by Joe Munroe, 1946. 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_004
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Family farms; Families
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Scioto County between stations 2327 and 2431. Bridges, culverts, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. 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). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4919_008
Subjects: Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio);
Places: Scioto County (Ohio);
 

Description: National colors of the 26th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01914
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Cabinet card photograph of Private William Thompson, 24th Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, 1864. The text reads "W. Thompson". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03364
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers
 

Description: Advertisement for "McGregor's 'Floral Gems' For Spring 1907," by the McGregor Bros. company of Springfield, Ohio. The illustration shows an "Etoile de France" ("Star of France") rose, and the ad appeared in the April 1907 issue of "The Garden Magazine," printed by Doubleday, Page & Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04820
Subjects: Springfield (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardening; Flowers
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)