Description: West view of ore bridge and yard at Haselton Furnace #5 at the Republic Steel mill in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F22_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Ore Bridge
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1942-1973, this photograph shows the L.S. Chg. Floor with three furnaces at the Canton, Ohio, facility of the Republic Steel Corporation. 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_B01F100_10
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the exterior of a coke plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F69_013
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Coke plants
 

Description: Photograph of “Van Ausdal’s Trading Post” painted by Roland Schweinsburg in 1939. The painting is located at a post office in Eaton, Ohio in Preble County. Photographed by Connie Girard in 1988. The photo is from the Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection, AV 48. The collection represents thirty murals or plaster reliefs installed in twenty-five Ohio post offices between 1937 and 1943. In 1988, Connie Girard photographed the artwork. Photos were published in the article “Not By Bread Alone, Post Office Art of the New Deal.” Timeline. June-July 1989, p. 2-19 by Gerald Markowitz and Marlene Park. In 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President he promised Americans a "New Deal" and created public works programs to provide jobs for the millions of unemployed people, including artists. Ten thousand unknown and established artists were commissioned by the government to create murals, paintings, photographs, posters, prints and sculpture. The goal was not only to employ artists, but also to bring fine art into the daily lives of all people. The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) was funded for six months in 1933 – 1934. The PWAP was succeeded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Organized in 1934 the Section of Painting and Sculpture operated until 1943. Under the auspices of this organization sixty-six new Ohio post offices received artwork. The majority of the post offices were located in small towns. Post offices were chosen as a location for artwork because, particularly in small towns, they were centers of community activity. Most of the painted murals or murals in plaster relief created are realistic images reflecting the history, common activities or major industries of the communities in which the post offices are located. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: av48_b2_f17_03
Subjects: Post office stations and branches--Ohio--Photographs; Public art--Ohio--Photographs; Public Works of Art Project (United States); New Deal art
Places: Eaton (Preble County, Ohio)
 

Description: This round brown roller was manufactured from wood and iron. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73507
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Kitchen utensils--United States--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is of a wood hay-bunching rake. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8623
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Van Wert and Allen Counties, between stations 4800 and 4919. Roads, properties, bridges, rail lines and other landmarks along the route are 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). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23169_009
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Railroads
Places: Van Wert County (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern photograph of the Old First Church at Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. The Old First Church was a hiding place for fugitive slaves. The original church was torn down in 1895 after the ceiling collapsed, and was rebuilt. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03002
Subjects: Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961; Underground Railroad--Illinois; Churches
Places: Galesburg (Illinois); Knox County (Illinois)
 

Description: Photograph of Boy Scouts trying on gas masks as they visit a United States Army Reserve Center, ca. 1952-1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03779
Subjects: Children; Popular culture; Boy Scouts of America
Places: Whitehall (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting a young girl leaning a tree with a tennis racket, Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1880. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05494
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Children
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Shiloh during the U. S. Civil War published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. The Battle of Shiloh, or the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, took place April 6-7, 1862 in Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04578
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States
 

Description: This photograph shows six blimps in the air flying above a semi-rural area or a small town. All but one of the blimps bear the name "Goodyear"; the sixth blimp (far left in the group) has the name "Bird & Son Inc./Roofs - Rugs." The blimps appear to be of different sizes. Writing in white ink appears on the lower right corner: " K-1-912-11-6-30." Bird & Son, Inc. was established in 1795 in East Walpole, Massachusetts. During the 1880s it produced the first felt-based asphalt roofing product manufactured in the U.S. It also manufactured floor coverings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06157
Subjects: Airships; Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation; Zeppelin (airship);
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)