Description: WVKO radio disc jockey James Edward "Eddie" Saunders talking with a group of young children, ca. 1950 - 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00754
Subjects: WVKO (radio station); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
 

Description: This fertilizer loader operating at a company in Richmond, Virginia was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was powered by an electric motor and could move one ton of fertilizer per minute. The bucket conveyor emptied fertilizer into a hopper where a clam shell valve was used to dispense the product into waiting carts or wheelbarrows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00980
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Richmond (Virginia)
 

Description: Dated September 9, 1937, this photograph shows workers from the Soil Conservation Service of the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) from Camp Carroll in Carrollton in Carroll County, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Stone in the process of being crushed by the C.C.C. This limestone will be applied on farms whose owners are cooperating with the S.C.S." The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_002_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil Conservation Service; Federal Writers' Project; New Deal
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: John Hickman, of Ross County, was electrocuted June 10, 1927, for the Murder of Officer Garrett at Chillicothe, Ohio. He was a white male, thirty years old and his occupation is unknown View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08180
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "View from Eden Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. O." Eden Park, which is owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board, was purchased in 1859. It was the designated water supply for the city, but quickly became used as a city park, as well. It was originally designed by the noted landscape designer, Aldolph Struach. The 186 acres of land were donated by Nicholas Longworth, once the wealthiest man in Cincinnati. It over looks the Ohio River Valley. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_014_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: H. A. Wilson 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_B01F078_08
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
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_B05F0962_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was an abolitionist who settled in St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1815, and later in Steubenville (1822). Raised as a Quaker in the Society of Friends, he was taught to treat all peoples as equal and moved around the country pushing his abolitionist ideas. Often he was not widely accepted and was forced to move, and in Baltimore he was once nearly beaten to death. He published his own anti-slavery gazette titled "The Genius of Universal Emancipation." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03994
Subjects: Abolitionists; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Anti-slavery; Activists; Abolition;
Places: St. Clairsville (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio); Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Unidentified speaker addressing an audience at the laying of the cornerstone of the State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio, 1931. Construction of the building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story, white marble building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Modernistic style. The building was later known as the Ohio Judicial Center until 2011, when the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05678
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Construction industry; Office buildings Ohio; Modernist
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image of polar bears at the Toledo Zoo was taken in July 1968. The Toledo Zoological Gardens was created in 1900, when a woodchuck was donated to the Toledo Parks Board. By 1999, the zoo had grown to include the first-ever Hippoquarium and exhibits focusing on the African Savanna and the Kingdom of the Apes. In 1999, the zoo attracted more than a million visitors. The slide measures 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3056_3656326_004
Subjects: Arts and entertainment; Plants and Animals; Zoos; Bears
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front doors of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. It was completed in 1912 by architects Lehman and Schmidt with the distinction of being the second finished building in Cleveland's downtown group plan. The project was developed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, which sought to create a downtown space that combined all of Cleveland's public buildings in a central mall. The other buildings included in the plan are the Federal Building, the Cleveland Public Library and the Board of Education building. Cuyahoga's Beaux-Arts courthouse is said to reflect Cleveland's "turn-of-the-century" prosperity and includes materials like Milford pink granite, marble and English oak. Decorative art is also a major component of this building, from its statues depicting the rules of English law to its dramatic murals and stained-glass window. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F02_105
Subjects: Courthouses
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); 1219 Ontario St.
 

Description: Photograph of workmen placing subsoil drainage tile in the parking area. Work on the project started March 1934. From March to July no work on the project was performed. During that time the master plan was revised and changes in the plan modified the drainage layout. Considerable labor was consumed for digging drenches on the original scheme which were not used on the layout as installed. The final scheme of drainage consisted of a total of 5,040 lineal feet of subsoil tiling placed in gravel. The project was completed on August 15, 1934. This photo was taken as part of Project No. 27, Other Public Campground Facilities. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_15_f27_05
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Drain-tiles; Drainage
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)