Description: Homecoming parade held for astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969. More than 80,000 supporters greeted Armstrong upon his return to Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 6, 1969. Bob Hope served as marshal for the event, and guests included "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon, and Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the polio vaccine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F5_033
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three women nurses and doctor treating patient at Jeffrey Manufacturing Company hospital, 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00119
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows children sleeping on cots as part of the sleeping program at Butler County Emergency School, a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler County, Hamilton, Ohio, School Bldg., on South Second St., Emergency School- Sleeping Program. Florence Watson, Head Teacher. 42 colored children enrolled." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F04_009_1
Subjects: Children; African Americans; Schools--Ohio; Works Progress Administration
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: "An Iron Horse of the Seventies." The influence of railroads can never be discounted int he history of Procter and Gamble. This is a reproduction of a photograph from the private collection of Joseph E Siegel, Cincinnati, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_009_001
Subjects: Trains--1860-1870.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Removal of Car Tracks and repaving Clover Street. This view looking West in the 200 block shows the old brick paving loosened for removal. Aug. 11,1936." This photo is part of a series that documents the removal of this track. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_024_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio); Road construction
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a group of children creating handicrafts at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Maumee. The church was founded in 1837 and continues to operate today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_025_01
Subjects: Maumee (Ohio)--Social life and customs; Handicrafts; Recreation; Children; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Maumee (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This United States flag represents Colonial America, showing thirteen stars and thirteen strips for the original colonies. The colors are red, white and blue, the dimensions are 80 by 125 and the fabric is wool. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65419_001
Subjects: Stars and Stripes; National Flag--United States; Colonial America
 

Description: National colors of the 6th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 139 cm high by 170 cm wide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02221
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_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_B05F0831B2_028
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Numeric list of hot metal cars by contract number and photo number. Index created by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F117_001
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: General tube mill scene depicting workers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F03_029
Subjects: Steel industry; Steel industry and trade-- Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company