Description: Photographic reproduction of an engraving of the first state buildings in Columbus, Ohio, including the United States Courthouse, Public Offices and the Old State House, ca. 1814 - 1816. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00527
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the grounds at the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Ohio, 1915. Mr. Joseph A. Jeffrey, president, saw the importance of maintaining pleasant landscaping and had a full-time gardener on his payroll. The structural shop is seen on the left. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01335
Subjects: Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a sandlot baseball game somewhere in Ohio. "Sandlot" is a term used to describe a makeshift field in order to play baseball. This photo is taken from behind first base. The catcher and home-plate umpire can be seen watching a member from the other team running to first base. The player standing on first base may have the ball in his glove, as the pitcher in the field is looking at him, indicating that the runner is out. Several people can be seen watching the game, and a few large, unknown buildings can be seen in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_026_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Baseball fields--United States--History--Pictorial works; Baseball in America; Baseball uniforms
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows the Miami and Erie Canal, in somewhat a state of disrepair. Work began on the Miami and Erie Canal in 1825 and was completed in 1845. During the peak of construction, more than four thousand laborers worked on the canal, generally earning 30 cents per day plus room and board. Many recent immigrants to the United States, especially the Irish, survived thanks to jobs on the canals. Other people, like the residents of the communal society at Zoar, also helped construct canals to assist the survival of their community. Many of Ohio’s communities today, including Akron, began as towns for the canal workers. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s. There is a short stretch in the Muskingum Valley near Zanesville still in operation today. By the 1850s, however, canals were losing business to the railroads. 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_B02F06_019
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Dayton (Ohio); Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Terminal Tower building, is located on Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. Formly known as Cleveland Union Terminal, and designed by the firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, the tower was modeled after the Beaux-Arts New York Municipal Building by McKim, Mead, and White. Built mainly of limestone, the tower itself seems extremely ornate compared with the simplicity of the lower portion of the building. Built by the Van Sweringen brothers it is 98 feet square to the 37th floor, where it assumes a polygonal form with buttresses as far as the 39th floor; there, with a series of encircling turrets, it becomes cylindrical before culminating in a cone surmounted with a flagpole. At night, floodlights illuminate the tower above the 34th floor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The tower is one of a number of interconnected buildings that make up the Tower City Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F09_03_01
Subjects: Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio)--History; Historic buildings--Ohio--Cleveland; Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936; Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A Federal Art Project silk screen oil poster in Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_034_001
Subjects: Ohio; Posters
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Casting - at Tuscora park - New Phila O." Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia was built as a project of the Works Project Administration in the 1940s. It's stonework gates, paths and retaining walls still remain. In the 1940's an all wooden carousel was purchased secondhand. It contains 36 carved wooden jumping horses, two chariots and 428 individual lights. The center panels contain 14 original oil paintings. The carousel was built in 1928 by the Spillman Manufacturing Company. It is a rare all wooden carousel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_024_001
Subjects: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Parks; Carousels
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, taken from the Statehouse grounds, shows the Ohio Theatre. It opened in 1928 and was designed by Scottish-born architect Thomas W. Lamb, who intended the theatre to be "a palace for the average man." The theatre is in the Spanish-Baroque style and was decorated by Anne Dornan, who spent about $1 million dollars on the furnishings and art. Up until the 1960s, the Ohio Theatre thrived as a movie house. Now it is home to the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, BalletMet and the Broadway Series. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_004_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Buildings; Theaters
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02032
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

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_B03F522_001tif
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the skull drop, an area where skull was removed and piled for later smelting in a furnace. Skull, or scull, was the steel which solidified on the inside surface of the ladle. Periodically, this material needed to be removed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F011_01
Subjects: Steel Industry and trade; Republic Steel Corporation--Ohio; Furnaces
Places: 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_B05F1018_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)