Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Jeff. Co.. New Jefferson Union High School. Between Knoxville, Ohio + Richmond, O. Miller and Son 436 Market St., Steubenville, Ohio." This photograph was taken shortly after completion of the building. The area in front of the school has recently been prepared for grass seed. Jefferson Union High School is located about 2 miles north of Richmond, Ohio in the 9890 State Route 152 North (Lisben Street), just south of County Road 56. The Art Deco style, 3-story, light-colored brick building was built in 1938. Due to the economy, the public schools districts have consolidated, and JUHS became Edison South High School for a time, then Edison High School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_030_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; School buildings--Ohio; Jefferson County (Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Jefferson (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photomechanical reproduction of a photograph depicting a tavern in Haverhill, New Hampshire, which was used as a station on the Underground Railroad. This print was taken from page 314 of "Stage Coach and Tavern Days" by Alice Morse Earle. The image 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: AL03079
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New Hampshire; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Haverhill (New Hampshire)
 

Description: The caption reads "Knoledge (sic) Portals" City Library Westerville O. The Westerville Library is a school district library, meaning the geographic boundaries are the same as the Westerville School District. All Ohio residents are welcome to apply for a library card. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_005_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Libraries.
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Wagon loader made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Consumer's Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1920. The loader was self-propelled and weighed over 4 tons. The buckets with digger edge teeth were produced by Ohio Malleable Iron Company, a Columbus-based subsidiary of Jeffrey. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01406
Subjects: Trucks; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Chicago (Illinois)
 

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_B05F0909_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: A group of hay makers at work in Montgomery County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F04_011_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Harvesting
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This iron bastard file is marked "American Bea". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73471
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Women factory workers during World War II, 1941-1945. After the United States entered World War II, there was a labor shortage due to the departure of men who enlisted or were drafted into the armed forces. To fill the gap, more than 6 million women became war workers. Those who were involved in the production of military hardware became Women Ordnance Workers, or W.O.W.s. Spurred on by higher wages and a propaganda poster featuring a muscle-bound "Rosie the Riveter" exclaiming "We Can Do It!" millions of American women helped assemble bombs, build tanks, weld hulls, and grease locomotives. Most were married, 60 percent were over 35, and a third had children under 14. On average, women war workers were paid only 60 percent of what men performing the same work were paid. The government insisted that "Rosie the Riveter" was a temporary response to war. "A woman is a substitute" claimed a War Department brochure, "like plastic instead of metal." Indeed, many women lost their high-paying positions after the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00102
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Ohio Women; World War II
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on reverse reads: "Scene along banks of Tuscarawas River. Wesley Green, Photographer. Nellie E. Kaltenbaugh, Ohio Writers' Project, New Phila." A family enjoys a picnic on the banks of the Tuscarawas River, somewhere near New Philadelphia, Ohio. The Tuscarawas River, named for the Indian tribe that lived along its banks, is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, 129.9 miles long, in northeastern Ohio. Beginning near Hartville the river continues to Coshocton, and has also been known as the Little Muskingum River, Mashongam River, Tuscarawa River, and Tuskarawas Creek. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F14_011_1
Subjects: Tuscarawas River (Ohio); Picnics--United States--1930-1950
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the George McConnell house in Urbana, Ohio. “The George McConnell House (Joseph P. Fyffe Birthplace), W. Market St., is a beautiful residence in modified Georgian Colonial style. Many of its architectural details, including the stately portico, have been added in recent years. A side elevation overlooks a small stream; and the house is surrounded by great trees. An attractive serpentine brick wall encloses part of the landscaped grounds. In 1856 Joseph P. Fyffe, son of a local doctor, was decorated by Queen Victoria. Fyffe had entered the Navy at the age of 15 (1847), served during the Mexican War, and risen rapidly from the ranks. In 1856 he volunteered for the Grinnel Expedition, which searched the Arctic regions for the Sir John Franklin party. For this service to the Crown, England’s Queen conferred upon Fyffe the Arctic Order of Victoria. During the Civil War, Fyffe (1832-1896) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Joseph P. Fyffe’s final resting place is in the Oak Dale Cemetery, at the end of Patrick Avenue, in Urbana, Ohio. George McConnell was co-owner of the Urbana News Company. He and Frank C. Gaumer purchased the Urbana Daily Tribune and the Urbana Daily Times, and merged with the Urbana Daily Citizen, to become the Urbana Daily Times-Citizen.” Writers’ Program (Ohio). (1942). Urbana and Champaign county. Gaumer Pub. Co, Urbana, O., [©1942]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_010_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Historic houses; Architecture--Ohio; Birthplaces; Civil War
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of what appears to be an infirmary at the London Prison Farm that has been decorated for Christmas, London, Ohio, ca. 1949-1955. Construction of the London Prison Farm began in the early 1920s. At that time the institution was a branch unit of the Ohio Penitentiary. With completion in 1925 of its main building, the London Prison Farm was established as a separate correctional institution. It is now known as the London Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04483
Subjects: Prisoners; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Correctional institutions; Holidays
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Couple dressing in the master bedroom of a Lustron house, ca. 1947-1950. Lustron homes were prefabricated, single family homes constructed of porcelain steel. They were manufactured in Columbus, Ohio, in a former aircraft plant. They were designed to be maintenance-free and cost about $7,000. The homes were advertised to be rodent-proof, rust-proof, lightning-proof and fire-proof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02761
Subjects: Prefabricated houses; Housing; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)