Description: A view of the Cincinnati Water Works plant at California, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_09_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Water Works; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A finished three lane highway in Ohio, complete with billboards from Wonder Bread, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, and Gulf gas stations. The Pabst Blue Ribbon billboard reads "Blending 33 times sure makes one great beer!" The Gulf gas station billboard is advertising new 1940 maps for free. The billboard depicts a stereotypical image of a Native American holding a map stating "Find way easy now." The Wonder Bread billboard reads "Slo-Baked...for lasting freshness." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F03_026_001
Subjects: Roads--Ohio; Pabst Brewing Company; Gulf Oil Corporation; Billboards--Ohio; Billboards--1900-1940.
Places: (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated July 6, 1936, this photograph shows men operating card counting sorters, a machine used to count library catalog cards after arranging them in a desired classification, operating at a rate of about 400 cards per minute. 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_B11F06_028_001
Subjects: Libraries; Dewey decimal classification; Card catalogs--History; Employees; Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a stage in the production of spun-glass or fiberglass. It was group together with other photographs from Owens-Corning. The Owens-Corning Fiberglas Company Plant, located at 400 Case Avenue near Shields Street in Newark, occupies what was formerly the abandoned works of the largest bottle manufactory. Then called Owens-Illinois, the factory was purchased in 1933, to provide spun-glass and glass fiber research facilities. Corning Glass had been experimenting with such fibers for years, and the two companies decided to work jointly on development. By 1938, the two companies had merged to become Owens-Corning. During the 1930s and 1940s, the company manufactured 'glass wool' insulation for battleships, refrigerators, and houses, and spinning glass into delicate silk-like fibers to be woven into glass cloth, and fabrics for insulating electric wires. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_028
Subjects: Newark (Ohio); Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Fiberglass
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken near the intersection of Benton, Hamer and Back Streets in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, this photograph shows a group of children playing on the sidewalk and a man pushing a cart. A note on the photograph's reverse incorrectly identifies it as "Bigelow St. Mt. Auburn." Germans fleeing the upheaval of the revolutions of 1848 settled in Cincinnati in large numbers. By mid-century, a German area north and east of Central Parkway, centered on Vine Street, had become known as Over-the-Rhine. By the 1890s its high concentration of breweries and bars made it the entertainment center of the city; though the neighborhood never recovered from Prohibition, it retains the greatest density of Italianate architecture in the United States. The area was a poor and working-class neighborhood for much of the 20th century, and in the 21st century it continued to endure alternate periods of investment and disinvestment. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F10_021_001
Subjects: Streets; Children; Apartments; Daily life; Automobiles; Over-the-Rhine (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Seven men unloading an overloaded mattress truck. Photo taken sometime between 1936-1943 by the Works Progress Administration. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_042_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Labor; Industry; Works Progress Administration; New Deal; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of Samuel Huntington who served one, two year term as the Governor of Ohio from 1808-1810. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_2955
Subjects: Ohio Government; Presidents and Politics; Governors; Ohio History State and Local Government; Ohio Governor (1808-1810 : Huntington)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 56th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 181 cm high by 197 cm wide. Text on flag reads: Pittsburgh Landing, Port Gibson, Vicksburg, Carrion Crow Bayou, 56th Ohio Vet. Vol. Infy., Monnett's Ferry, Corinth, Champion's Hill, Jackson, Sabine Cross Roads, Snaggy Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02445
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_B04F794_011
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_B05F0891_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Cinder car made by the William B. Pollock Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F129_011
Subjects: Slag; Cinder Car; Steel Industry; Hot Metal Car; Mixer Car; William B. Pollock; Ladle; Open Hearth furnace
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the building. On the photo is written: "U.S. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING WASHINGTON, D.C. YOUNGSTOWN-BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F45_006
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc
Places: Washington (D.C.)