Cleveland Historical

Newsreel recapping the historic week long Cleveland Convention of the @UAW in 1939. **No sound** @uawlocal211 @uaw1005 @UAWLOCAL2000 👉 projects.library.wayne.edu/omeka-s/s/reut… via @waynestatelib

One of our newer story additions by @jdubelko — Cinecraft Productions, a Cleveland-based industrial film company clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/999 #CLE #ThisWasCLE

Our story about Pla-Mor Roller Rink, part of the rich history of African American businesses on Cedar Avenue, is cited in thelandcle.org/stories/planni… via @LandofCLE

New story—"The Mall Theaters: Cleveland's First Double-Decker Movie Theater" clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/982

A massive flood struck Cleveland in March 1913. As @sarahgrace0419's new story highlights, the flood was especially severe in the Flats, but it was part of a broader weather event that brought disastrous flooding to many other cities in the Midwest. clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/969

NEW story—Lorain-Fulton Square: Once the "Hub of the West Side," by @jdubelko clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/966 #CLE #ThisWasCLE #OhioCity

The Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights is 30 years old this month. Kathy Blackman opened the club with Matt Mugridge and Sean Heineman in 1992. The three worked together at Club Isabella in University Circle. Blackman bought out her partners in the mid 1990s. clevelandhistorical.org/files/show/433

Check out our newest story – Fridrich Bicycle: Cleveland's Oldest Bike Shop, by @jdubelko, which gives insights into how Lorain Avenue developed as a commercial corridor in the 19th century and the role the Fridrich family played and continues to play clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/964 #CLE

A little bit of Vegas in Cleveland... The Sahara Motor Hotel at 3201 Euclid Avenue even made appearances in a few episodes of CBS's "Route 66" TV series in the early 1960s. Never mind that the actual highway never passed through #CLE! clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/817 #ThisWasCLE

Here’s a cropped 1958 photo of the original Leo’s Casino at 4817 Central Avenue. Leo’s opened in 1952, burned in 1962, and reopened at 7500 Euclid Ave., becoming a major Motown stop until it closed in 1972. greenbookcleveland.placinghistory.org/locations/leos… Photo: Bd of Zoning Appeals pix @Cleveland_PL

From Euclid Avenue to University Circle, the Museum has been inspiring wonder for the natural world for over a century. In 2024, we will once again transform the face of natural history in CLE. See where science and imagination meet at ContributeToHistory.org. 📸:@CLEhistorical

Dearing's appears to the right of Mercury Bar on E. 105th St. in this 1960 photo from @Cleveland_PL. While his restaurant was never in the Green Book, Ulysses S. Dearing managed three clubs that were listed. More on this great #CLE restaurateur at greenbookcleveland.placinghistory.org/locations/dear…

#TBT Busy intersection ahead! This 1928 photo shows the intersection of East 9th St., Huron Ave., & Prospect Ave., looking east. 📸 Cleveland Public Library, Photograph Collection. #CLE #Cleveland #ThisWasCLE #ThisIsCLE #DowntownCleveland

The Halle Building: Alfred Pope's Terra-Cotta Showcase for Downtown Shopping clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/960 #CLE #ThisWasCLE

And here’s the iOS version for good measure. apps.apple.com/us/app/id40122…

Somehow more than 50 of you are still using the first version of our Android app! Does it even still work? If you still have the old app installed or want to give the new one a try, here’s the link to download for your Android device. play.google.com/store/apps/det…

.@EncyCle_ provides a fuller history of the ten Davis Cups held in the Cleveland area over the years. case.edu/ech/articles/d…

In 1964, Roxboro Junior High School in Cleveland Heights hosted the Davis Cup tennis championship. Arthur Ashe, the first Black player on a US Davis Cup team, played here that year. See more on the school's history at clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/468 #CLE (Photo: CHHS Alumni Foundation)

The scenic Quarry Park Picnic Area in South Chagrin Reservation masks the history of a small quarrying town that once thrived in the region, but clues to its hidden past can still be found if one knows where to explore. clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/670

In or about 1822, Josiah Barber and Richard Lord laid out a village west of the Cuyahoga River. Its public square was located on what is today the northwest corner of W. 25th St. and Lorain Ave.—just across the street from the West Side Market. clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/959 #CLE