Welcome to Youngstown

The displays in this on-line exhibit examine a variety of representations of work and working-class culture, using materials from family photo albums and scrapbooks, local museums and publications, and other local sources, including the streets of Youngstown.  The exhibit was created by students in American Studies 701/Labor Studies 740, Representations of Work in Youngstown, during Spring Quarter, 1999 and Winter Quarter, 2000.
 

Artifacts  My Grandfather's 1969 Mustang "Uncle Bob's Glasses" Pittsburgh &Lake Erie Railroad Railroads: The Industrialization of Youngstown The White Hat   My Father's Tools
	People Irish-American Steelworkers Company Baseball Teams Grandpa's Citizenship Papers  Working at WCI -- My Dad and Me   African American Steelworkers in Youngstown
Places Didek's Market Steel Street Idora Park:  Work and Play in Youngstown   Diamond's Restaurant
	Texts Images of a Ghost Town Poems from Young's Town Paintings of Youngstown Strikes Brier Hill Reference Book

Events Ohio's First Nurses' Strike, 1966 We're Steel Running

For information about this exhibit or the course, contact Dr. Sherry Linkon, Center for Working-Class Studies.