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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Picnic at Idora Park Photographs

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Title	Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Picnic at Idora Park Photographs
Subject	Business and Labor Arts and Entertainment Amusement parks Sports & recreation facilities Idora Park (Youngstown, Ohio) Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Picnics Roller coasters Steel industry
Place	Youngstown (Ohio) Mahoning County (Ohio)
Description	Two 8.5" by 11" (21.6 by 27.9cm) photographs depict Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company employees at a picnic at Idora Park on Labor Day in 1939. The company sponsored an annual outing. The popular "Jack Rabbit" roller coaster is visible in the background of the first image. Idora Park, also known as Terminal Park, opened in 1895. Some of its most popular attractions were the roller coasters called the "Jack Rabbit" the "Wildcat" and the "Baby Wildcat." The park featured a baseball field constructed for picnic groups. It was used by semi-pro teams on Sundays and holidays. In the 1920s the park hosted major league exhibitions and semi-professional games. The Cuban Giants from Brooklyn played in 1924 and a House of David team played against the local General Tires team in 1924. Several fires at the park contributed to its decline before Idora Park closed in 1984. In November 1900, a group of 55 Youngstown citizens, led by James A. Campbell, raised $600,000 in capital to create the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company. Land was purchased along the Mahoning River approximately three miles east of downtown. In 1902, the mill opened for production. Spectacular growth marked the company's second decade, some of it spurred by the demand for steel caused by World War I. In 1923, YS&T purchased the Brier Hill Steel Company of Youngstown and the Steel and Tube Company of America of East Chicago. During the 1930s the company survived the Great Depression and the 1937 "Little Steel" strike to emerge as a leading steel producer. In the 1960s, YS&T began to experience a decline. The company merged with the Lykes Corporation in 1969 and LTV Corporation in 1979, at which time all Youngstown operations were phased out.
Creator	Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Date of Original	1939
Collection	Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Source	Audiovisual material YHC MSS0140
Submitting Institution	Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om1628_1920425_016
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1628_1920425_016.tif
Image Height	2288
Image Width	2883
File Size	287.677 KB

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