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_B02F280_06
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: A distant photo of workmen placing marl. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 27, Other Public Campground Facilities. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_aug34_b8_13
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Parking lots; Marl
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_59
Subjects: African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: This sleigh bed-style cradle was built from varnished walnut. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9490_a
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Beds
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This lampshade was molded before its frosted finish was hand-painted with an outdoor scene. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79362
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Lighting--Architectural and decorative
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This round pail was made by hand of tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72275
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Warren G. Harding's father, Dr. George T. Harding, tipping his hat, standing behind a camera on a tripod outside the Harding home in Marion, Ohio. 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_B20P02_003
Subjects: Harding, George Tryon, 1878-1934; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Presidential campaigns; Presidents and politics
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: The postwar era brought about new technologies for the home, including the electric dryer. However, many farmers and rural people did not have access to these appliances. They relied on the old-fashioned clothesline outside of the house, as seen in this photograph by Joe Munroe, taken on an Indiana farm, 1947. 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_F08_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Family life; Clotheslines
Places: Indiana
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Ross County, Ohio, between stations 492 and 608. The Scioto River, Norfolk and Western Railroad, bridges, 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: BV4918_003
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio);
 

Description: National colors of the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01916
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Akron, Ohio, Band at mess during Spanish American War, ca. 1898. The band was possibly part of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry formed from the 8th Ohio National Guard and mustered into service in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03367
Subjects: Summit County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio; Spanish-American War, 1898
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustrated title page of "The Specimen Book of Fruits, Flowers, and Ornamental Trees. Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature for the Use of Nurserymen," by Frank Morse, 1872. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04823
Subjects: Gardens; Gardening; Flowers; Ohio Economy--Agriculture
Places: Rochester (New York)