Description: This view shows a William B. Pollock Company crew building the top portion of a blast furnace. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F126_020
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; William B. Pollock Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the installation of a blooming mill drive. On the photo is written: "#2 BLOOMING MILL DRIVE MAR. 27th 1929. 9.20. A.M." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F35_013
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry--1910-1930; Blooming mills
 

Description: This cartoon depicts a knight riding a horse. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F57_004
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Cartoon
 

Description: This is an image of a three-prong hay-lifting fork. It is made of hickory and oak and is brown and red. It is missing a metal tip and has the letters E W B marked into it. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H47961
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; tools and equipment
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Herbert Jeffrey, aka Herb Jefferies, the first African American singing cowboy. His first film was "Harlem on the Prairie" which was considered the first black western following the inauguration of the talkies. Herbert Jefferies sang his own songs in "The Bronze Buckaroo" and "Harlem Rides the Range." Following his movie career, Jefferies returned to singing and recorded "The Flamingo" with Duke Ellington. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_09_1_7
Subjects: Musicians; Music; Actors; African American men
 

Description: This photo shows the state of the Miami and Erie canal in the 1930s. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. The sign on the building to the left of the canal reads: "G.J. Roberts Co. Steampumps, Central Machine Works." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_024
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of John J. Gilligan (b. 1921), governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. During Gilligan's administration, Ohio adopted a graduated state income tax to overcome budget shortfalls. Gilligan also saw the implementation of the state lottery during his time in office, although he opposed this measure. In 1973, the state legislature and the governor concurred to lower the voting age to eighteen years, and Gilligan also secured funding to improve Ohio's transportation infrastructure. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV105_1_44
Subjects: Ohio--Governors--Portraits; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Bridge over Driveway in Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio" Eden Park Located between Gilbert Avenue and Columbia Parkway (U.S.) and comprised of about 185 acres in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eden Park was assembled by a series of purchases beginning in 1859. The name came, naturally, from the Garden of Eden and was given by Nicholas Longworth who owned a large tract which constitutes the main portion of the park. Eden Park is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Academy, the Navigation Monument, the Capitoline Wolf Statue, and the Irwin M. Krohn (Eden Park) Conservatory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_011_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio); Concrete bridges--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a draft of a map for New Philadelphia (1938), which was created for potential use in The Ohio Guide, and is covered with pencil marks, arrows and notes. A the top right corner is a North arrow, beneath which says "Ohio Guide, Federal Writers' Project 1938". The map is approximately centered on the Tuscarawas County Courthouse on the Corner of High Avenue and Broadway Street. It depicts the Tuscarawas River and Tuscora Park, as well as the C & P Railroad tracks, the abandoned Ohio Canal, and the East Avenue and Fair Street Cemeteries. From 1935 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), through its Federal Writers' Project created The American Guide Series, which included forty-eight state guides, as well as supplemental guides for large cities, etc. The state guides are divided into three sections. In the first section are general essays about the state on things such as agriculture, culture, history, industry, religion, etc. The second section contains an overview of the various cities and towns around the state, as well as enumerating various points of interest. The last section is dedicated to various tours around the state. The tourist is taken from city to city, with turn by turn directions, and descriptions of what can be seen along the way. While much of the country has grown and changed since the guides were written, it is surprising how much remains, and sometimes more surprising what has been lost. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F14_005
Subjects: New Philadelphia (Ohio)--Maps; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a one-room schoolhouse class, posed with a chalkboard reading "Long Run School. November 4, 07. Cordelia Westbrook." It was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b02_f163
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; School photography
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Caption reads: "panoram of city of Fremont showing church spires and river:. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_017_1
Subjects: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio);
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Old jail on Third Street (taken in 1868) New Philadelphia, Ohio". New Philadelphia was founded in 1804 by John Knisley. It was incorporated in 1808 and was near the German settlement of Schoenbrunn Village. It is located along the Tuscarawas River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_017_001
Subjects: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio); JAIL
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)