Description: View of downtown Cincinnati and a bridge over the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_034_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The steamboat captains of the Ohio River often raced each other along stretches of the river for bragging rights as well as the coveted trophy of a pair of gold-tipped elk horns. The 'Tom Greene' was owned and operated by Captain Tom Green of The Green Line Steamer company. The 'Betsy Ann' belonged to Captain Frederick Way, Jr., close friend to Tom Greene even though the two competed for business in shipping along the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_017_001
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River; Greene Line Steamers, Inc.; Way, Frederick, 1901-1992
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A student at the Ohio State School for the Blind uses her hands to explore a model which features realistic representation of a bird’s nest, positioned in a tree branch, and a song sparrow held below. Positioned beside the model are domestic animal models that also incorporate touch in order to teach students what farm animals look like. Reverse reads: “Girl counting eggs in bird’s nest. In her hand is a song sparrow which is made life size in high relief for comparison.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_21_001
Subjects: Models; Schools--Ohio; Students; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Campus view, University of Dayton, Ohio." The University of Dayton was founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, an order within the Roman Catholic Church. The University constructed this monument of the Virgin Mary in 1904. Today, it stands between the Roesch Library and St. Mary's Hall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_023_001
Subjects: College campuses--Ohio--Dayton; University of Dayton; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Monuments
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Flap attached to reverse reads: "EDEN PARK CONSERVATORY A view of the conservatory from one of numerous drives in park. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project #1 (Writers') Eden Park's first greenhouses, built in the 1880s, were used strictly for growing plants. In 1902, a new greenhouse designed for public displays was opened. The following year, the display greenhouse held a chrysanthemum show, and the Park Board decided to maintain a consistent change of plants and flowers to keep displays new and attractive to visitors. As a result, more than 300, 000 people visited the greenhouse in its first two years. In 1930, the Park Board decided to replace its old greenhouse buildings with a modern plant conservatory. The new building was designed in the Art Deco style, the leading design movement of the 1920s & ‘30s, and was built of aluminum and glass. The Eden Park Conservatory opened to the general public on Sunday, March 26, 1933. December of that year, the Conservatory began a holiday tradition of exhibiting its Educational Christmas Tree, decorated with ornaments made of natural materials and crafted by Conservatory horticulturists. On April 30, 1937, the Board officially named the new conservatory the Irwin M. Krohn Conservatory, in honor of Irwin Krohn's 25 years of service on the Board of Park Commissioners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F06_010_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio); Botanical gardens--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is most likely Perry's Lookout, located on the southern tip of Gibraltar Island (which is a small island just offshore, to the north, of South Bass Island in Put-in-Bay, Ohio). Gibraltar Island became a lookout point for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in the fight against the British during the War of 1812. Perry and his men defeated a fleet of British sailing vessels during the famous Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. Jay Cooke (1821-1905), the region’s most notable citizen, bought the island from Pierpont Edwards in 1864 and immediately began construction of a 15 room Victorian-Gothic mansion (now known as Cooke Castle). The eastern tip of Gibraltar Island is Lookout Point. A small cannon was placed here in 1866, reputed to have been used by the hero, by Cooke as a monument to Perry's victory, and which saluted the Cooke family upon their annual arrival to Gibraltar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_017_1
Subjects: Memorials--Ohio; Cannons; Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819; Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905
Places: Put-in-Bay Township (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group of relatives or friends view newborn babies in a hospital in Springfield, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_024_01
Subjects: Springfield (Ohio); Nurses; Hospitals--History--Ohio; Infants
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 67th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 129 cm high by 175 cm wide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02219
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918
 

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_B03F413_006
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_B05F0831B2_026
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Mixer-type hot metal car built for US Steel Corporation. Car was built by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F112_001
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the pouring of pig iron into the Bessemer converter in the middle of the image. At the bottom of the photograph, three workers are pouring steel into teeming ingot molds. Bessemer converters release oxygen gas through molten iron, which reacts with carbon and and other impurities to increase the quality of the steel, as well as producing a large flame. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so its subject is likely located at a Youngstown plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F10_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Ingot molds; Bessemer furnaces; Steel industry