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_B05F0831B2_006
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: 16-wheeled Mixer-type hot metal submarine car built for US Steel's Duquesne Works. Car was built by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F99_003
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This photograph depicts The Central Terminal Building near Flushing, New York. W.W. Knowles designed this building. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the building. Below the image is written: "THE CENTRAL TERMINAL BUILDING FLUSHING NEW YORK YOUNGSTOWN BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F43_030
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry and trade--New York (State)--New York
Places: Flushing (New York); Queens County
 

Description: This photograph depicts a coke sample with a caption that reads, "80% NEMACOLIN (-4 1/2" + 1") 20% POCOHONTAS(SLACK) NEMACOLIN CLEANED BY SAND FLOTATION TESTS 1-A&1-B (HIGH SULFUR)". Coke is created at coke plants by burning coal in order to purify it; then, blast furnaces burn layers of coke and iron ore to produce pig iron, the first step of the steelmaking process. This photograph is from the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Audiovisual Archives, so it likely depicts a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F73_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Coke
 

Description: Clark A. Bowman 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_B01F081_17
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Sketch of Confederate Home Guard checking passes of enslaved and freed African Americans on a road in the Confederate South during the Civil War by artist F. B. Schell. Caption reads: "The colored people were used, whenever possible, by the Union authorities to furnish information from across the lines, hence great vigilance was exercised by the Confederates to prevent slaves not loyal to the South from passing to the Union camps." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS21_D08_F021
Subjects: African American men; Slavery; Civil War 1861-1865; Confederate States of America
 

Description: This custard mold is made of tin. It is round and fluted. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9378
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Culinary molds
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This cream pail was handmade from tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H9392
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of John Mathew Watson (b. 1829), who was an operator on the Underground Railroad in Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio. This is a copy of a daguerreotype taken in 1861. It was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03136
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Richmond (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jeanne Collier on a riding mower at The F. & R. Lazarus Company, ca. 1967. Between 1851 and 1965, the F & R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. The company rose from its early years as a men's clothier in a 20 x 40 foot room downtown, to its position by 1965 as a member of the largest department store chain, Federated Department Stores. Lazarus' growth reflects that of the capital city; from small beginnings through a "golden age" of downtown development, and eventually branching out into the surrounding countryside. In 2003, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores, and is no longer in existence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04423
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Lazarus Department Store; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a central Ohio restaurant interior by Baker Art Gallery of Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910-1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06313
Subjects: Women--Employment; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Restaurants; Business and labor;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This image shows the inside of the Ohio Caverns near West Liberty, Ohio. The focus of the photo is a crystal known as "Crystal King." The most famous formation in the Ohio Caverns, Crystal King is one of the biggest and most perfectly-formed stalactites ever known. The caverns are the largest in the state, with over two miles of surveyed passageways ranging in depth from thirty feet to the deepest point of one hundred and three feet. The exact age of the caverns is unknown. The Columbus Grey Limestone in which the caverns are carved is some 400 million years old, and the oldest crystal is estimated to be 250,000 years old. The Ohio Caverns serve as a major tourist attraction in Logan County, along with the Zane Caverns and the Lake State Park. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06495
Subjects: Caves; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Crystals; Tourism; Geology--Ohio
Places: West Liberty (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)