Description: Photograph of students standing outside a one-room schoolhouse with a sign that reads "Our School 3/8 '07 Teacher Miss Della Miller." 3/8/07 is most likely March 8th, 1907. There is some damage to the right side of the photograph, obscuring several students, and Miss Miller can be seen on the left side of the photograph. This photograph 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_b01_f38
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; School photography
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph of two young boys--Walter S. Graham (left) and his cousin Lauer S. Stephenson--blowing bubbles in 1908 at Conover, Miami County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05438
Subjects: Children; Clothing and dress
Places: Conover (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Man working at the Firestone Rubber Company. Harvey Firestone founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio, in 1900. The company relied on others to produce rubber, instead focusing on tire production. By 1910, the company manufactured more than one million tires, including for Ford automobiles. Firestone's innovations in tire design allowed automobiles to travel faster and more safely, and today as part of the Bridgestone Corporation, it is still one of the largest of its kind in the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03453
Subjects: Rubber industry and trade--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Tire industry; Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Home of David and Mary May is located at 3723 Washington Avenue, at the corner of Norway Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. The three story mansion, situated on eleven acres, was designed in the Italian Renaissance style by McMiller & Taft in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1996. Sept 1937 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F05_038_001
Subjects: Architecture; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; May Department Store Company; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (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_B05F0911_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Minnie Lorenz of Marietta, Ohio pieced this quilt of log cabin blocks in the light-and-dark pattern in rows of blocks 8 x 8. The fabrics are silk and wool. The dark half of the block is made of solid black fabrics while the light side of the block is made of scrap fabrics in red, blue, green purple, gold, plaids, geometrics and solids. Four border stripes, alternating black and gray, surround the quilt. The applied binding is gray wool. The back is red wool. It is tied with black cotton. Block cotton embroidered letters S and M.O.R. W. are found on opposite corners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3466_6643217_001
Subjects: Ohio Women; Daily life; Quilts; Textiles
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tin Plate Mill at Republic Steel Warren, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F12_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Tin plate
Places: Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two images on a single negative showing the same woman posed outdoors. This photograph 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_b03_f205
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. The emulsion on the negative shows extreme deterioration. 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_f119
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; School photography
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This round cooking dipper was made by hand of tin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H72485
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Dippers (serving utensils)
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows cars being transported on the Ohio River on a Greene Line steamboat. Greene Line Steamboats was a steamboat line owned and operated by Captains Gordon and Mary Greene out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Gordon died in 1927, and Mary in 1944, which left the company to their two sons Christopher and Thomas. 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_B12F01_037_001
Subjects: Ohio River; Steamboats; Cars (Automobiles); Transportation--Ohio; Ohio River
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A photograph of the Tuscarawas County Court House located on 125 East High Avenue in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Completed in 1882, the court house was designed in Classical Revival Style by Thomas Boyd. In 1990, an expansion was added to accommodate the town’s growing population. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_001_001
Subjects: New Philadelphia (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Court-houses
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)