Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor and Al at the beach in Boston, Massachusetts. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_08_1_3
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women; African American men
Places: Boston (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Young man identified as Grover Fisher making a propeller for the first airplane in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to be displayed at the local fair. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07776
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Aviation; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of the two Guidons of the 7th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. Text on flag reads: MOLLIE PARKS. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02317
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_B04F759_011
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the installation of a blooming mill drive. On the photo is written: "#2 BLOOMING MILL DRIVE MAR. 28th 1929 9.45. A.M." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F35_016
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry--1910-1930; Blooming mills
 

Description: This is a photograph of a guidon of the 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. A guidon is a type of flag carried by and artillery or cavalry company. Much of the flag has been destroyed but it appears to be a swallowtail. Guidons are usually swallowtails. The field has disappeared but most of the flags have 34 stars signifying the 34 states of the union at the beginning of the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01878
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Montgomery County Architecture (Old Courthouse) May 6, 1938 Rear corner of Montgomery County's Old Courthouse as seen from Third St. Portions of the portico at theback of the building, the double iron door leading into the elliptical-shaped Probate Court room, one of the supporting rear columns and the panelled side walls may be seen in this picture. Photo by Federal Writers' Project, Dayton, Ohio" The Montgomery County Courthouse is an example of Greek Revival style architecture. The building is located on the northwest corner of 3rd and Main streets in Dayton, Ohio. It was built in 1847 and the architect, Howard Daniels of New York, designed the building after the 5th century BC Temple of Hephaestus in Athens. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F05_12_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Courthouses--Ohio--History.
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait depicting Dr. Elizur Deming (1797-1855). Deming was a leading Underground Railroad agent in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The name Herbert H. Heimlich appears on the back of the photograph, which is from the Wilbur H. Siebert Collection. Siebert (1866-1961) began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03009
Subjects: Deming, E. (Elizur), 1797-1855; Underground Railroad--Indiana; Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961; Abolitionists; Activists
Places: Lafayette (Indiana); Tippecanoe County (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph shows an exterior image of St. Joseph's Church and Priory, Somerset, Ohio, ca. 1935-1943. St. Joseph's Church, a log cabin erected in 1818, was the first Catholic church built in Ohio. This Gothic structure, which dates from 1843, is the third St. Joseph's Church erected on the site. The attached priority was dedicated in 1882. The church and priority are situated at the top of a gradual incline, behind an expanse of lawn and trees. Father Edward Fenwick (1768-1832), a member of the Order of Friars Preachers (commonly known as the Dominicans), traveled from Kentucky to Ohio as a missionary in 1808. A year later Jacob and Catharine Dittoe deeded 320 acres of land to Father Fenwick for the site of a church. The first church was a small log cabin dedicated on December 6, 1818, by Father Fenwick and his nephew, Father Nicholas Dominic Young. It had a dirt floor and measured only 18 feet by 22 feet. In 1821 Father Fenwick became the first Bishop of Cincinnati, a new diocese. Membership in St. Joseph's Church continued to grow, as did the number of priestly vocations. In 1828 a brick church replaced the log cabin, and a priory for resident friars was completed in 1837. A college for the education of future priests was completed in 1854. In 1843 the current Gothic structure was dedicated, four years after its construction began. In 1864 fire destroyed the priority and left only the church's brick shell. The church was rebuilt three years later, and the college was demolished to make way for the 1882 priory. St. Joseph's Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06172
Subjects: Churches; Perry County (Ohio); Fenwick, Edward D. (Edward Dominic), 1768-1832; Dominicans; Somerset (Ohio); Education; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Stereograph view of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (once Virginia), captioned "From the Chesapeake to the Ohio, B. & O. R.R. Scenery." Harper's Ferry is located at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. The most noted event in the town's long history was on October 16, 1859, when abolitionist John Brown and a small group of followers tried unsuccessfully to capture the federal arsenal. In less than two days most of Brown's followers were killed or wounded. He was caught, tried for treason and sentenced to death. Due to the town's strategic location, it was occupied by both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War and a great deal of the town's infrastructure was damaged. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC5118_001
Subjects: John Brown's Raid, 1859; Abolitionists; Railroads; Activists
Places: Harper's Ferry (Virginia);
 

Description: This image shows the doorway of the Wayne County Courthouse, located at 428 West Liberty Street in Wooster, Ohio. The Second Empire style courthouse was built from 1877-1879 by architect Thomas Boyd. In the original plans, the building was supposed to be symmetrical, however county officials decided to preserve the newer, north annex of the old courthouse to save money. Outside the south and east entrances are four statues of the mythological character Atlantes, made out of Berea stone, meant to represent the Titan Atlas who was forced to support the heavens on his shoulders as a result of his rebellion toward the gods. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_501
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Wooster (Ohio); Wayne County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tintype photograph of Private George Troudner. Troudner served with Battery C of the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. While the 1st was raised in Huntington, West Virginia, Battery C was recruited from Washington County, Ohio. Battery C was also known as the "Pierpoint Battery." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_10
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. West Virginia Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) Battery C
Places: Washington County (Ohio); West Virginia