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_B05F0876_005
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_B03F450_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a view of the northeast corner of East Mansfield and Walnut Streets in Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1907-1915. The image includes a number of dwellings; a structure that possibly is a church or a town hall; two people standing near the street; and a sandwich board promoting a vaudeville performance of "A Soap Bubble," marketed as a "the comedy success." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06086
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Sandwich boards; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Cities and towns
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Haselton Furnace at Republic Iron and Steel Company Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F126_011
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; William B. Pollock Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Article from the August 5, 1848 edition of the Illustrated London News on the African American musician and dancer called Juba. His real name is believed to have been William Henry Lane. The second image shows the full page on which the remainder of the article about Juba was printed. The third image is a clipping of that article. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS23_1
Subjects: African American men; Dancers; Travel; Singers; Artists
 

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_B03F535_004
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Henry Popp of Stark County, Legally Executed at 12:46 A.M., December 12, 1890, for the Murder of Saloonist Callahan at Canton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08036
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment; Electrocution; Death row
 

Description: This photograph depicts a Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Campbell works blast furnace from Poland Ave. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F14_001
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Blast furnaces; Steel industry
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning Country (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Herbert Jefferies “The silver Screen Cowboy” autographed to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B06F02_G
Subjects: Musicians; Music; Actors; African American men
 

Description: Photograph of the Wheeling & Lake Erie (WLE) Railway bridge at the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, near the site of construction of a Republic Steel Corporation blast furnace. Republic Steel signed a contract with the Defense Plant Corporation in September 1941 to build four new blast furnaces. Two 1275-ton blast furnaces were planned for the Cleveland District. The number 5 blast furnace was blown in for production in October 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F060_01
Subjects: Steel Industry and trade; Republic Steel Corporation--Ohio; blast furnace
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02067
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Ohio State Penitentiary view from top of prison, April 21, 1930. The fire killed 322 inmates, some of whom were stuck in their cells, and injured another 130. It was the worst disaster in American prison history. The prison, which was built in 1834, was notorious for having horrible conditions. At the time of the fire, the prison was at over twice its capacity. The origins of the fire have been debated, with some citing prisoners and others claiming an accident. Regardless of the origin, the fire prompted officials to address the overcrowding and establish the Ohio Parole Board in 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07604
Subjects: Ohio History; Fires; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)