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_B05F0827_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: American Bridge Division iron worker preparing a pile for driving, in foundation for Unit C turbo blower, Blowing Room No. 5. US Steel-Ohio Works, Youngstown, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B06F374_001.tif;AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B06F374_001
Subjects: Iron worker; Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; United States Steel Corporation
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 10th president of Wilberforce University and the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church with U.S. Senator Robert J. Bulkey at the 1938 Wilberforce University commencement with two unidentified men. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_P
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Politicians; Wilberforce University; African American Educators
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This picture shows an airship, or blimp, flying over the United States Capitol building in Washington, D. C. The image is from a pamphlet titled "America in the Skyways," published in 1929 by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation of Akron, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05227
Subjects: Airships; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); Aviation
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: Greek revival dwelling, located 2038 Auburn Ave, Mount Auburn neighborhood, Cincinnati; 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court spent most of his youth here. His father Alphonso bought the house in 1851. Damaged by fire in 1878; by 1889 the house stood unoccupied as the Tafts had moved to California and their children were grown. The house passed out of the family at the turn of the century; by the 1940s it had been cut into apartments. The William Howard Taft Memorial Foundation, organized coincident to this photograph, eventually obtained title, and transferred it to the National Parks Service. Added to National Register October 15, 1966 (#66000612). Reverse reads: "Cinci., O. Sept. 1937. Old Taft House (birthplace) Mt. Auburn" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F05_002_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930; Taft, Alphonso, 1810-1891
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting Charles F. Kettering with a Buick automobile, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Kettering is credited with inventing the electric ignition and self-starter for the automobile. He was one of the founders of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company, which became the Delco Products Division of General Motors. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01161
Subjects: Inventors; Automobiles; Automobile industry; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Photography--Ohio; Science and technology
Places: Dayton (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_B05F0993_008
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_B02F230_03
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This shows the side facade of the Meigs County Courthouse and a Civil War memorial statue. This building overlooks the Ohio River and includes a central structure with Doric columns and pediment. Side wings were added in 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_322
Subjects: Courthouses; Statues--Ohio;
Places: Pomeroy (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio); 100 E. 2nd St.
 

Description: Side and underside detail of hand-sewn tan leather and silk ladies' slippers decorated with rosettes and lace, ca. 1800. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04908
Subjects: Women's shoes; Popular culture; Clothing and dress
 

Description: The Ottawa River running through Ottawa Park in Putnam County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_042_001
Subjects: Ohio; Rivers.
Places: Putnam County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hand-colored map of Ohio showing its canals, roads and distances, from "A New Universal Atlas" by S. Augustus Mitchell (Philadelphia, 1848). Also included on the map is a profile of the Ohio Canal and mapped steamboat routes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: ohiomap_0034_4
Subjects: Maps--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Canals; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development;
Places: Ohio