Cleveland Memory

Official Twitter of the Cleveland Memory Project at the Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University

[Encycle @EncyCle_]

Stone carvers pose on one of the #Cleveland Guardians of Transportation, ca. 1931.

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#CleStartsHere #cwru

#OurCle #TheLand #ThisIsCle #ThisWasCle #Cle #Ohio #Baseball

[John Skrtic @SkrticX]

Guardian. Lorain - Carnegie Bridge (1966). Photo: Tony Tomsic. Source: @Cleve_Memory #Cleveland

[John Skrtic @SkrticX]

Once the pride of #Cleveland, when it stood atop the old county courthouse in civil war days, the famous statue of Justice, is here shown discarded in a junk dealers yard in the 'Flats' district. April 6, 1932. Notes and Photo from: @Cleve_Memory

[John Skrtic @SkrticX]

May Co. Basement, December. 26, 1963. Source: @Cleve_Memory Photo by Tony Tomsic. #Cleveland

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Dancing at the Harbor Inn. June 21, 1965. Source: @Cleve_Memory

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Waiting for a hair cut at DePaul's home for children-Woodland & E. 36th. Originally founded as a maternity hospital with the name of St. Ann's Hospital in 1873, it was moved to Woodland Ave. Source: @Cleve_Memory

[Lawrence Daniel Caswell @tinypatron]

Never forget.

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[John Skrtic @SkrticX]

Olympic athlete Jesse Owens urges parents to inoculate their children against polio (1956). Source: @Cleve_Memory

[Cleveland Memory @Cleve_Memory]

Some of our images show up here, and this is a good read about some things I wish we still had on the lakefront.

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[John Skrtic @SkrticX]

Side view of Severance Hall at night. January 30, 1956.
Source: @Cleve_Memory @CleveOrchestra

[John Skrtic @SkrticX]

A man stands with a rifle in front of the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Whiskey Island in December 1944. "U. S. Coast Guard, #Cleveland/Great Lakes. Photographer: Glenn Zahn. Source: @Cleve_Memory

[John Skrtic @SkrticX]

Mayor Carl B. Stokes throws out the first pitch for #Cleveland @indians on Opening Day. April 7, 1970.
Source: @Cleve_Memory #OpeningDay

[Flats Forward @FlatsForward]

Taking it back to 1924. ⏪
"Looking east across the Cuyahoga River at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks along the east bank. Ontario St. can be seen along the top of the valley."
📷+ ✍️: @Cleve_Memory

[John Skrtic @SkrticX]

Reportedly the first electric street railroad in #Cleveland, shown here at the intersection of E. Ninth Street and Prospect Ave. looking east. March 23, 1890. Large house visible behind the car would be Prospect Ave. and Huron Rd. Source: @Cleve_Memory Photo by J.D. Cox.

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"The Angle Song" from the Ed Miggins Ethnic Neighborhoods Collection

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Fans with sign at July, 1980 World Series of Rock Concert at #Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Source: @Cleve_Memory @KatBoydRocks

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"Junkstock" postcards, 1988. From the May Midwest Collection.

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Here's a 1975 image from the Cleveland Press Collection:

[Annie Nickoloff @Nickoloffoff]

The elm tree was at least 150 years old, estimated to be planted in 1868 as one of the earliest street-tree plantings in Cleveland along Euclid Avenue and Prospect.
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[Downtown Cleveland @DowntownCLE]

Cleveland Christmas past, is past 🎄
Photos: @Cleve_Memory

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@187Wadsworth @SkrticX We don't own the rights for this but you may want to check eBay!

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"Sacred Landmark," a watercolor of Tremont by Viktor Schreckengost.