Steel Collection

A long exposure on the coast of Lake Superior, near Grand Marais, Minnesota

Steel Furnace
16th August 1952: Liquid metal spraying out of the furnace at Thomas and Baldwins steel works in Ebbw Vale, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6005 - Steel Town - pub

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper
While New York's thousands rush to crowded restaurants and congested lunch counters for their noon day lunch

Steel Worker Constructs the Frame of the Empire State Building
(Original Caption) 9/29/30-New York: Flirting with danger is just routine work for the steel workers arranging the steel frame for the Empire State Building

American Sherman Crab, army tank with chains spinning on a cylinder attached by steel arms

Medieval Arms And Armor
Engraving shows two examples of medieval armor, on the left is a specimen from the late 13th and early 14th Century as depicted on the arms of Hugh of Chatillon which includes a broigne

Hadrians Wall, Evening Sunset
The evening sunlight catching the wall and Highshield Crags and Crag Lough

Hell Gate Bridge In Queens Under Construction
The Hell Gate Bridge over a part of the East River called Hell Gate, which separates Astoria, Queens, from Wards Island, during construction, mid 1910s. Construction began in 1914 and ended in 1916

Calipers
Illustration of a Calipers

Steel Foundry
19th January 1978: The steel foundry at Corby. (Photo by Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper
29 Sep 1932, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA --- Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground

Iron Works, Conversion To Steel; Illus
(Original Caption) Iron Forge: The Forge Hammer. Iron converted into steel by the application of pressure. After a painting by Boudell, published in 1773

Casting The 24 Ton Anchor For The Brookl
(Original Caption) 1873- Long Island - Casting the 24 ton anchor for the great Brooklyn Bridge at the South Brooklyn Steam Engine Works. Engraving shows men pouring molten iron into a large mold

Machinery For Making Steel
(Original Caption) 1879-Machinery for the manufacture of Bessemer Steel. Engraving, 1879. BPA2# 3076

Engr;Furnaces Of Steel Tubeworks;Cutaway
(Original Caption) The manufacture of steel tubing. Blast furnaces of the National Tubeworks Co. McKeesport, PA. Engraving, 1897

American Steel Magnate Charles M. Schwab
(Original Caption) Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939), American steel magnate. Head and shoulders photograph as he looked returning from Europe. Undated photograph

Head And Shoulders Photo Of J P Morgan
(Original Caption) J.P. Morgan Sr. Undated Head and shoulders photograph

Merchant Weighing Native's Furs
(Original Caption) Weighing Furs On A Steelyard

Magician Leon Harrmann
(Original Caption) Magician Leon Harrmann performing a trick. Photograph

Interior View Of Steel Plant
(Original Caption) Interior view of a steel manufacuring plant. Photo shows the hoist used for transporting molten metals to and from the furnaces. Undated photograph

Overhead Of Steel Manufacturing Plant
(Original Caption) General view of the United States Steel Corporation's Fairless Works on the Delaware River near Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Undated photograph

Coil Of Steel Being Raised For Removal
(Original Caption) Lackawanna, NY - Finished coils of galvanized sheet steel are being removed from storage area at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Lackawanna, NY, plant. Undated photograph

Gen View Of Krupp Steel Mill On Water
(Original Caption) Rheinhausen, Germany- Views of Rheinhausen Steel Mill, Europe's largest composite steel mill, comparable in size to Bethlehem steel

American Iron & Steel Works, Ca 1908
(Original Caption) American iron and steel works. Photograph, ca. 1908

Henry Frick, American Industrialist
(Original Caption) Henry C. Frick (1849-1919), American industrialist. Engraving

Portrait Of Merchant Isador Straus
(Original Caption) Isador Straus (1845-1912), prominent merchant associated with R.H. Macy & Co. Steel engraving

Advertisement For Steel Amalgam Bells
(Original Caption) Advertisement for steel amalgam bells. Undated engraving. BPA2# 487

Exterior View Of Glass & Steel Highrise
(Original Caption) Exterior view of a tall building made of glass and steel, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1921. Undated photograph

Power Hammer Of The Etaings Works
(Original Caption) Power hammer of the Etaings Works. Undated engraving

Engraving;Rohrer'S Patent Portable Forge
(Original Caption) Rohrer's patent portable forge. Ca. Second-half of 19th century. Engraving

The Homestead Strike At Carnegie Steel
(Original Caption) Picture shows the Homestead Strike of 1892. a shield was used by strikers at Carnegie Steel Works showing a chain to anchor cannon. Drawn by G.W. Peters after a photograph

Workmen At Bethlehem Swteel Co
(Original Caption) 5/1918-Sparrows Point, MD: Workmen at the shipyards of Bethlehem Steel Co. at Sparrows Point

Police Arrest a Steel Worker on Strike
(Original Caption) 9/19/1919-Pittsburgh, PA- Arresting steel strikers on Sept. 19, 1919. Here, a policeman is arresting a worker in the street. Filed 9/26/1919

Striking Steelmill Workers Holding Bulletins
9/22/1919-Chicago, IL-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Steel strike at Illinois Steel Mills, Chicago. Photo shows strikers holding bulletins concerning a nation-wide strike

Group of Picketers Confronting Men
(Original Caption) 9/24/1919-Gary, IN- Pickets on duty in the vicinity of the steel mill. The policeman is an interested spectator

Leaders at Steel Strike Meeting
(Original Caption) 9/24/1919-Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania- A conference of leaders of the steel strike at the Pittsburgh headquarters

Police in Front of Hall During Strikers Meeting
(Original Caption) 9/27/1919-Rankin, PA- Local Police and Special Duputy Shefiffs lined up in front of the Public Hall in Rankin, PA, while a meeting of steel strikers was in progress

Overview Of Steel Mill W/Railroad
(Original Caption) 4/1/21-Germany- Foundation of Krupp strength is this stell mill, largest in Europe. By decree, it must be sold by 1958. But Krupp is seeking a reversal of this order

Actress Gloria Swanson
(Original Caption) The Glorious Gloria in a Glorious Gown. And now they are making dresses out of steel. Miss Gloria Swanson proves it. The plate from scrapped battleships had to be disposed of

Pouring Ladle at River Rouge
A "pouring ladle", a huge bucket of molten steel, is emptied at the huge River Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company

Elevator Shaft of the Eiffel Tower
(Original Caption) 7/29/1924-Paris, France-: Thirty tons of paint are being used in the repainting of the Eiffel Tower, and now workmen are now nearly finished with this difficult task

Workers Painting the Eiffel Tower
(Original Caption) 7/29/1924-Paris, France-: Workmen are shown atop the lofty Eiffel Tower, putting the last strokes to the job of repainting the great steel structure

Charles M. Schwab, American Steel Magnat
(Original Caption) Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939), American steel magnate ca. 1925, photograph

Andrew Carnegie II Learning to Play Golf
Andrew Carnegie II and George Crocket learning how to play golf from local golf pro Wilfred Reid in St. Augustine, Florida

Andrew Carnegie II, Wilfred Reid and George Crocker Golfing
L to R: George H. Crocker of Boston, MA, Andrew Carnegie II, and Wilfred Reid, the crack local golf pro on the links here

August Thyssen, Steel Magante
(Original Caption) 9/25/1928- New York, NY: August Thyssen, noted German industrialist as he arrives in New York on the SS Ile de France

Denver Zephyr Train Going Through Town
(Original Caption) A view of the "Denver Zephyr, " one of the first diesel-powered streamlined stainless steel trains. It is shown passing through a small town. Photograph circa 1934

Steel Worker Arranging Steel Frame
(Original Caption) 9/29/30-New York: Flirting with danger is just routine work for the steel workers arranging the steel frame for the Empire State Building

Steel Worker On Structure Rising On Site
(Original Caption) 9/29/30-New York: The Empire State Building which will rise 1, 284 feet from the ground supporting a mooring mast from dirigibles at its top, is rapidly assuming shape and form

Construction Workers Cooking Lunch over Fire
(Original Caption) Noon hour on the top of the mooring mast and tower of the gigantic Empire State Building, rising on the site of the old Waldorf

U.S.S. Macon in Dock
(Original Caption) 7/13/1932-Akron, Ohio-: The U.S.S. Macon as it appeared in dock at Akron

Construction Workers Resting on Steel Beam Above Manhattan
Four construction workers take a nap, balanced on a steel girder hung 800 feet over Manhattan, during the construction of the RCA Building

Construction Workers Resting on Steel Beam Above Manhattan
Four construction workers take a nap, balanced on a steel girder hung 800 feet over Manhattan, during the construction of the RCA Building

Interior Of The Ensley Steel Mills, Al
(Original Caption) 6/15/1934- Birmingham, AL - Steel Strike Preparedness. Pictured above are the Ensley Steel Mills, located in Birmingham, Ala

Main Collection Of Steel Plants
(Original Caption) 6/11/34-Johnstown, Pennsylvania: This is the main collection of plants of the Bethlehem Steel Domain which, next to the U.S. Steel Corporation, is the biggest in America

Rex Davis Votes in Steel Election
(Original Caption) 9/7/1934-Huntington, West Virginia- The Amalgated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers was the winner in the nation's first steel labor election

Sympathizers Talk with Strikers Through Gates
(Original Caption) 4/22/1937-Harrison, New Jersey- Girl sympathizers of the Committee of Industrial Organizations sit-down strike called in the Harrison, NJ, plant of the Crucible Steel Company

Steel Worker Votes on Union After Shift
(Original Caption) 5/20/1937-Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- John Brown, an open hearth steel worker, voting as he comes off the night shift at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company plant where 27

Steel Workers Vote as Government Watches
In the first test of the Wagner Labor Act

Steel Workers Sleep in Cots in Office
(Original Caption) 5/26/1937-South Chicago, Illinois- Despite the fact that a general strike of steel workers in independent plants has been called, the Republic Steel Company of South Chicago, IL

Police Carrying Wounded Steel Striker
(Original Caption) 5/30/1937-Chicago, Illinois-: Chicago police shot and killed four striking steel workers in a fierce battle between 1

Riot In South Chicago Plant
(Original Caption) 5/31/1937- Chicago IL- Graphically pictured here is the line of battle during the riot that took place near the South Chicago Plant of the Republic Steel Corporation yesterday

Wives of Stiking Steel Workers Picketing
(Original Caption) 6/2/1937-Chicago, IL- Wives of steel strikers picket City Hall in Chicago, protesting the acts of police in the battle near the Republic Steel Company plant in Chicago

Bethlehem Steel Mill in Johnstown
(Original Caption) 6/14/37-Johnstown, Pennsylvania: Here is a general view of the Johnstown, PA. plant, of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. another of the fronts in the battle between the C.I.O

Mill Worker Fights to Cross Picket Line
(Original Caption) 6/14/1937-Johnstown, PA- A mill worker, in a black suit

Vigilantes Stand on Taxi Running Boards
(Original Caption) 6/16/1937-Johnstown, PA- Sworn in as vigilantes to protect steel workers in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, these men, on the running board of an automobile

Police Giving Clubs to Vigilantes
(Original Caption) 6/17/1937-Johnstown, Pennsylvania- Vigilantes, sworn in by Johnstown's Mayor Daniel J

Workers Return to jobs at Steel Plant
A horde of steel workers cross the trestle to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company plant here, as they returned to work for the first time in a month of labor conflict

Workers Return to Jobs as Steel Plant Reopens
Steel workers at the plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company are entering the plant by foot and auto as they return to work for the first time in a month of labor conflict

Steel Strike
Workmen seen pouring from the Campbell Plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company after the first real day of work since the statewide steel strike began

Militiamen Guard Steel Plant
(Original Caption) 6/30/1937- Smoke pours from the busy smokestack of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company as armed militiamen stand guard to prevent trouble from strikers

National Guard Troops Wait in Trucks
(Original Caption) 7/5/1937-Cleveland, Ohio-Ohio National Guard troops are shown as they arrived in Cleveland to enforce peace at the re-opening of four steel mills that have been strike-bound

Guards Sit At Wall Eating Lunch
(Original Caption) 7/6/1937-Cleveland, OH- National Guardsmen, on duty at the Upson plant of the Republic Steel Corporation, take time out for some food

National Guardsmen with Guns at Factory
(Original Caption) 7/6/1937-Cleveland, Ohio- A marching gun unit of the Ohio National Guard stands ready to avert trouble at the Upson Works of Republic Steel as work was resumed in three plants

Picketers with Anti-Peaceful Signs
(Original Caption) 7/8/1937-Youngstown, OH- Peace has been established in the Ohio Steel strike district by the National Guard but the strike is still in progress

Steel Workers In Front Of Headquarters
(Original Caption) 1938-Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Steel workers in front of CIO Headquarters

Welder Cuts Through Steel with Torch
(Original Caption) 7/8/1938-New York, New York- No this is not a movie star in disguise

General View Of German Iron/Steel Works
(Original Caption) 11/7/1939-Germany- View of the Roechlingschen iron and steel works near Voelklingen in the Saar District of Germany

Employees Waving American Flags at Plant Dedication
(Original Caption) 6/16/1941-Tacony, PA: Employees of Henry Disston & Sows Inc. proudly wave their flags as they view the dedication of the U. S. A

Steel Bomb Shelter on Display at MOMA
(Original Caption) 10/9/1941-New York, NY-: Interior view of the Dymaxion Deployment Unit

Steel Bomb Shelter on Display at MOMA
(Original Caption) 10/9/1941-New York, NY-: View of the Dymaxion Deployment Unit, a portable defense housing unit and bomb shelter made from steel grain bins and invented by Buckminster Fuller

John L. Lewis Addressing UMW Committee
(Original Caption) 11/17/1941-Washington, DC-John L

Black Man Working With Steel; Overalls
(Original Caption) 5/31/1942-Washington, DC: In a special series of pictures made by the office of emergency management

Ladle Crane Pouring Steel Into Molds
(Original Caption) 5/17/1943-Fontana, CA- Ranging over the molds, 150 tons of molten steel is poured by the ladle crane operator at Henry Kaiser's new Fontana, California steel plant

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