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 art deco style illustration for “Canton” was used in The Ohio Guide. It depicts the McKinley Monument. This illustration is a photographic reproduction of a drawing. It is one of a series produced as possible chapter headings for The Ohio Guide. A signature of the artist “A. Koerbling” can also be seen. 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_B09F16_064
Subjects: Books Chapter-headings; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Federal Writers' Project. Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a pizza eating contest taking place at Central Plaza in downtown Canton, Ohio, September 1976. The two men competing appear to represent local news stations WHBC and WEWS. The image was submitted by photographer R. C. Bixler of Canton in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F01_02_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Food and drink; Contests; Community events; News
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a pizza eating contest taking place at Central Plaza in downtown Canton, Ohio, September 1976. The two women competing appear to represent local news stations WJAN and WHLQ. Name tags identify them as Cheryl Toney (left, WJAN) and Mary Elliot (WHLQ). The image was submitted by photographer R. C. Bixler of Canton in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F01_03_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Food and drink; Contests; Community events; News
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This elevated photograph shows Boy Scouts carrying an enormous American flag down a crowd-lined street during a Memorial Day parade in Canton, Ohio. A caption on the reverse reads "Old Glory was never more glorious than in 1976, when she appeared in Canton's Memorial Day Parade and again in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Parade in May and August, 1976." The image was submitted by photographer R. C. Bixler of Canton in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F01_06_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Flags; Boy Scouts of America; Holidays; Parades--Ohio;
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a carpenter's vault in the basement of the Stark County Courthouse in Canton, Ohio, with a caption which reads "General view of West side of "Carpenter's Vault, Basement Stark County Courthouse, Room #2- Probate Court. Showing conditions of vault." 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_B13F07_007_001
Subjects: Courthouses; Stark County (Ohio); Archives; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken of a parade on Market Street in Canton, Ohio, during William McKinley's presidential campaign in 1896. The Courtney Studio was a photography studio operated in Canton by Sherwin V. and Margaret M. Courtney. Born in Niles, Ohio, in 1843, William McKinley eventually opened a law practice in Canton after returning from duty in the Civil War. Prior to becoming president in 1897, McKinley served as Stark County's prosecuting attorney, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and governor of Ohio. He was assassinated in 1901, shortly after beginning his second term as president. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P356_B09F07_001
Subjects: Canton (Ohio); McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Presidential campaigns; Parades--Ohio; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics;
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: The comment reads: "OLD MILL STREAM IN WEST CREEK PARK, located between 7th Street N.W. and 12th Street N.W., near McKinley Monument, Canton, Ohio. shows shelter house and skating pond in the distance. This is a part of W.P.A. improvement." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_043_001
Subjects: Ohio; STREAM
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 1960s photograph shows Fawcett Stadium and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The Pro Football Hall of Fame opened on September 7, 1963. The facility was expanded in 1971, nearly doubling in size. By the end of the twentieth century the museum expanded two more times and drew crowds of 200,000 people annually. This photograph measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). John A. Fawcett Stadium, named for a member of the Canton Board of Education, was completed in 1939. At the time it was the largest high school stadium in the United States. The stadium was renovated in 1997. Five teams call the field home: Glen Oak, McKinley, and Timken high schools, Malone College, and Walsh University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3048_3655556_001
Subjects: Sports; Architecture; Football; Football players; Athletes; Pro Football Hall of Fame (U.S.); Stadiums; Schools
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Seven stereoviews show the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers prior to their departure for Cuba during the Spanish American War. They measure 3.54 by 7.09 inches (9 by 18 cm). Stereoviews, also called stereographs, contain side-by-side images captured simultaneously from two slightly different perspectives. Looking at the card through a stereoscope, a viewer sees a single three-dimensional image. The first two images are of training exercises at Camp Alger. The third and fourth images show men of the unit at Camp Alger. Images five and six capture regimental commander Colonel Curtis V. Hard of Wooster and Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. H. Dick with other officers in New York. In the final image, men are seen boarding the St. Paul, which transported the regiment to Cuba. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard (O.N.G.) regiment organized in July 1876 and mustered into federal service in May 1898 at Camp Bushnell in Columbus. Prior to the Spanish American War, the regiment maintained peace during civil disturbances and labor strikes throughout the state. Men in the regiment were from northern Ohio, predominantly Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" or "The President's Own" because three companies were from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton. The 8th Ohio assembled in Akron, Ohio on April 26th, 1898, just three days after the call for troops. On July 4th, 1898, following several months of training at Camp Bushnell and Camp Alger, Virginia, the 8th Ohio received orders to move to New York, where they would set sail for Cuba. The regiment disembarked at Siboney, Cuba on July 11. Although the unit never participated in combat, it was plagued by disease. The soldiers that did not perish from illness left Cuba on August 17 aboard the S.S. Mohawk. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. It inspired tremendous patriotism, since it was the first war the U.S. fought as a unified nation after the Civil War. American sympathies for Cuban independence from Spain and a "yellow press" interpretation of the sinking of the battleship Maine led to the Spanish American War. (The term "yellow press" refers to a style of journalism that sensationalizes news events.) More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898. Spain relinquished to the United States control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Cuba became independent in 1902. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1331_1664684_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Spanish American War; Soldiers; Military officers; Boats; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio); Holmes County (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio); Wayne County (Ohio); Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Ida Saxton, of Canton, Ohio, before she married William McKinley in 1870. Ida became First Lady in 1897 when William was elected president. Ida was born on June 8, 1847 in Canton and she died on May 26, 1907. She was the 25th First Lady. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08399
Subjects: Presidents' spouses--United States; Canton (Ohio); Women--Ohio; McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a harpist during a concert by the Canton Symphony and the Civic Opera Chorus taking place in front of the McKinley Monument in Canton, Ohio, July 2, 1976. The photograph was titled "Monumental Concert" by its photographer, R. C. Bixler of Canton, who submitted it in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F01_04_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Concerts; Musical instruments; Musicians; Monuments & memorials; McKinley, William,1843-1901;
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)