Description: Photo of a young woman and her child watching the Showboat Majestic pass on the Ohio River, taken in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration. Majestic is the last active historic showboat on the Ohio River. Tom Reynolds and his family lived, played and performed on the Majestic" from 1923 until World War II. Beginning in 1943 local schools (Hiram College, Kent State University, and Indiana University) began leasing the vessel until the Safety at Sea Act of 1965 tightened restrictions on the use of wooden-hulled boats. The City of Cincinnati owns the showboat and has been keeping its tradition alive since 1967. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F09_003_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project--University--Drama Theater--Theatre--Works Progress Administration--Steamboat
Places: Ohio River
 

Description: Caption reads "Side - showing upper and lower galleries - SW corner of 5th and Paint Streets - Chillicothe." More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_023
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--United States
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated April 23, 1937, this photograph shows the Horace Mann Memorial in Greene County, Ohio, in Yellow Springs. This obelisk is on the campus of Antioch College, where Mann was the college's first president until his death in 1859. Antioch College was founded in 1852 as the first nonsectarian, co-educational institution in the nation to offer the same educational opportunities to both men and women. It was also among the first to offer equal educational opportunities to African Americans. 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_B05F02_008_1
Subjects: Education--Ohio; Universities and colleges; Monuments & memorials;
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Trumpet Vine trail, McFarlan Woods white pine grove." McFarlan Woods is located in Mt. Airy forest in Cincinnati. Mt. Airy Forest had its origins in 1911 when the Cincinnati Park Board purchased 168 acres of land lying west of Colerain Avenue near the top of the Colerain hill, thus starting the first municipal reforestation project in the United States. It is Cincinnati's largest park, containing about 40 percent of the Park Board's total acreage. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_022_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Pavilions
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Jefferson County. Civil War vets." This photograph shows four men, all Civil War veterans, standing on the steps of a building. Three of the men wear Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) ribbons in memoriam of E. M. Stanton. The man second from the right is wearing a hearing device, which looks similar to those invented around 1910 by Akustik Gesellschaft, of Germany. A stamp on the front of the photograph reads: "Ideal Filson Photo. 1931." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_023_001
Subjects: Veterans--Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Ohio
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 67th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 130 cm high by 167 cm wide. Text on flag reads: Sixty-Seventh U.S. Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02226
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_B03F418_001
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_B05F0835_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Index/ numeric listing of photographs given to GATX for use in a brochure by D.A. Lynn. Index lists contract number above photo number. Index was created by the William B. Pollock Company of Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B03F117_006
Subjects: Slag; Steel industry; Hot metal
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a top view of an exploded boiler. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F03_034
Subjects: Steel industry; Steel industry and trade-- Accidents; Boiler explosions; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
 

Description: This photograph depicts the rear of an electrical control switchboard at a new boiler house. A boiler house creates steam to power any steam-powered equipment at a steel mill. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Audiovisual Archives, so its subject is likely at a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B05F84_003
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry
 

Description: John W. McKelvey identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F082_23
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio