107 research outputs found
Ohio railroad lines map
No full textMap showing Ohio railroad lines, indicated in red along with the name of the railroad. This map was included as a fold-out in the 1950 edition of "Ohio: An Empire Within an Empire." Originally published in February 1944 by the Ohio Development and Publicity Commission, this publication documents "the resources and facilities of Ohio, taking into particular consideration war expansions." Topics covered include agriculture. forestry, mineral resources, transportation, oil, retail and wholesale trade, and much more.
According to information accompanying the map, Ohio had 8,482 miles of railroad at the time, ranking sixth in the nation for such mileage. Railroads represented include the Pennsylvania; New York Central; Baltimore and Ohio; Erie; Nickel Plate; Chesapeake and Ohio; Norfolk and Western; Wabash; Akron, Canton and Youngstown; Detroit, Toledo and Ironton; and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie. Railways in Ohio connected the state to surrounding states as well as Atlantic and Gulf ports important for import and export traffic
William Henry Harrison tomb
No full textThis photograph shows visitors on the terrace of the William Henry Harrison tomb overlooking the Ohio River at North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, ca. 1924-1960. Harrison was elected President of the United States in 1840 and became the first president to die in office when he succumbed to pneumonia in April 1841, just a few weeks after his inauguration. Construction of the obelisk on Harrison's gravesite was completed in 1924
B.F. Goodrich Company employees constructing airplane photograph
No full textPhotograph of employees of the B.F. Goodrich Company in Akron, Ohio, attaching the exterior surface of a "De-Icer" to an airplane wing, ca. 1940-1969
Aerial view of downtown Toledo photograph
No full textThis aerial view of Toledo, Ohio, shows the downtown area marked by several skyscrapers. The Maumee River is seen in the upper right section of the photograph. The tallest structure is the former National City Bank building (now the PNC Bank), 405 Madison Avenue, built in 1932. The steel-frame skyscraper, which has a limestone exterior, is designed in the Art Deco style. It was the tallest building in downtown Toledo until 1969, when the Fiberglas Tower was completed.
Another landmark structure is the Cherry St. Bridge (now the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge), which spans the Maumee River. In this photo, the bridge is visible above and to the right of the National City Bank. It is a bascule bridge (drawbridge), whose moveable section is located slight left of center
Republic Steel Corporation exterior photograph
No full textExterior view photograph of the Republic Steel Corporation and the residential neighborhood surrounding the factory in Youngstown, Ohio, ca. 1930-1950. In the 1930s, the Republic Steel Corporation was at the center of a major labor dispute with its workers, who wanted to unionize; they succeeded, and during World War II and two decades afterwards the company prospered financially
Republic Steel Corporation interior photograph
No full textInterior view photograph of the Republic Steel Corporation in Youngstown, Ohio, ca. 1930-1960. In the 1930s, the Republic Steel Corporation was at the center of a major labor dispute with its workers, who wanted to unionize; they succeeded, and during World War II and two decades afterwards the company prospered financially.
In this image, the silhouette of an employee is seen against the glow of hot metal being poured from a ladle
Children at the Toledo Zoo photograph
No full textThis photograph shows a group of school-age boys and girls looking at an Indian elephant at the Toledo Zoo. Three boys are looking back at the camera; the rest of the children are turned toward the caged elephant. The children are wearing jackets and sweaters, indicating that the weather likely was cool on the day of their visit. A printed sign posted on a column next to the cage gives background information about the elephant, who was donated to "the people of Toledo in 1923 by Sam Davis."
The Toledo Zoo began in 1900, and some of the original buildings, built by the Works Project Administration, are still in use today
National Road S-Bridge
No full textS-shaped bridge on the National Road, Guernsey County, Ohio, ca. 1930-1960
Returning culture to peacebuilding : contesting the liberal peace in Sierra Leone
No full textThis thesis investigates the advantages and limitations of applying culture to the analysis of violent conflict and peacebuilding, with a particular focus on liberal peacebuilding in Sierra Leone. While fully aware of the critique of the concept of culture in terms of its uses for the production of difference and ‘otherness,’ it also seeks to respond to the critique of liberal peacebuilding on the account of its low sensitivity towards local culture, which allegedly undermines the peace effort. After a careful examination of the terms of discussion about culture enabled by theoretical approaches to conflict in Chapter 2, the thesis presents a theoretical framework for the analysis of cultural aspects of conflict and peace based on the processes and effects of meaning-generation (Chapter 3), developing the conceptual apparatus and vocabulary for the subsequent empirical study. Instead of bracketing out the recursive nature of cultural theorising, the developed approach embraces the recursive dynamics which arise as a result of cultural ‘embeddedness’ of the analyst and the processes which s/he seeks to elucidate, mirroring similar dynamics in the cultural production of meaning and knowledge. The framework of ‘embedded cultural enquiry’ is then used to analyse the practices of liberal peacebuilding as a particular culture, which shapes the interaction of the liberal peace with its ‘subjects’ and critics as well as framing its reception of the cultural problematic generally (Chapter 4). The application of the analytical framework to the case study investigates the interaction between the liberal peace and ‘local culture,’ offering an alternative reading of the conflict and peace process in Sierra Leone (Chapter 5). The study concludes that a greater attention to cultural meaning-making offers a largely untapped potential for peacebuilding, although any decisions with regard to its deployment will inevitably be made from within an inherently biased cultural perspective
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