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_B02F278_04
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Workmen construct forms for the men's toilet foundations. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 24, Public Campground Latrines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_sep34_b9_14
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Outhouses; Building
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "Negro men marching aboard a steamer to join their regiments at Hilton Head, S. C." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_43
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Taken by photographer Louis Baus, this photograph shows a canal boat docked near Zoar, Ohio, in 1889. Led by Joseph Bimeler in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They would become known as the Society of Separatists of Zoar in 1819. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. Louis Baus was a prominent photographer in Cleveland, Ohio, who began his career with studio work, but in 1911 became a staff writer for the "Cleveland Advocate, " a local newspaper that was later purchased by the "Cleveland Plain Dealer." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B04_Series2Album2_054
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Canals -- Ohio; Boats; Transportation
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an image of a rusting, gray, tin can with a lid. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H79307
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; vessels (containers)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This chisel is made of iron. It is flat shaped and a cold style chisel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72243
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows Warren G. Harding talking to a man outside his home in Marion, Ohio, with three others nearby. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P09_001
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates; Historic houses; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Women on a farm in upper Michigan help to harvest the hay, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1947. Working on a farm was hard work and required a lot of manpower, often necessitating the work of both men and women. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B12_F08_002
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Farm life; Women farmers
Places: Marquette (Michigan)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Pike County, Ohio, between stations 730 and 855. The town of Sharanville, bridges, an aqueduct, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4918_005
Subjects: Maps; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Pike County (Ohio);
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 182 cm high by 198 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 14th Regiment O.V.U.S.A. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01899
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: 10th Ohio Infantry United States volunteers gather in the snow at Camp McKenzie, Augusta, Georgia, on February 14, 1899. The troops were preparing for the Spanish-American War. Text reads "10th Ohio camp in the snow at retreat. Augusta GA Feb 14 99". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03348
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 10th (1898)
Places: Augusta (Georgia)
 

Description: "Till We Meet Again...Buy War Bonds," a World War II Abbott Laboratories poster promoting financial support of the war effort through the purchasing of government war bonds and stamps. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04802
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio