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1931 Parade Magazine ad for Mentor Harbor Yacht Club
Advertisements; Yacht clubs; Mentor Harbor Yacht Club; Real estate development
A full-page advertisement on the back cover of Parade Magazine's June 4th, 1931 issue, about the Mentor Harbor Yacht Club. "Never before have Cleveland boating enthusiasts had the opportunity to take full advantage of the wonderful pleasures...
Pilot testing new aircraft in preparation of air races
Air pilots; Aircraft; Airplane racing; Flight testing
"Lieut. Comm. Frank Hawks, famous speed pilot, flies his new Sky Chief above a cloud ceiling over the San Bernardino Valley, California during tests preparatory to new cross- country speed attempts. The craft is a Northrop Gamma, powered by a...
White Motor Co. scout car
Automotive Industry; Armored vehicle industry; White Motor Company
"Building Scout Cars for the Army Cleveland, Ohio - to transport reconnaissance parties of the rapidly expanding U.S. Army, the White Motor Company of Cleveland is building a fleet of armored scout cars, carrying two machine guns and capable of a...
Leo Heider on a motorcycle
Avon Lake (Ohio); Motorcycles; People;Law enforcement officers
"Leo G. Heider was either a State Trooper or Deputy Sheriff, and rode a 1921-27 Indian motorcycle. It had a 74 cubic inch motor and every 400-500 miles it required an oil change. Top speed was 75 MPH. Underneath the front light was a tool box."
Baseball; Cleveland Indians
An Oriole pitcher readies his pitch to an Indians player up to bat. In the background, a sign at first base reads, "55 Speed Limit".
No. 09: Cleveland Call and Post - Cleveland, Ohio
Call and Post; African Americans; Newspapers; East 55th St.
"Cleveland Call and Post Building housing the editorial rooms, composing rooms, engraving plant, printing and speed roller presses of Ohio's largest Nego Weekly. Owned and operated by Negroes, every phase of its publication is effected on the...
Ohio Canal along Stone and Canal Roads
Canals; Ohio Canal; Canal Road (Ohio)
"Symbol of a bygone era is the Ohio Canal in Valley View. It daily presents a refreshingly restful scene for harried office workers commuting from Cleveland. The hand-dug canal opened on July 4, 1827, to the joy of Clevelanders who visualized a...
Patient undergoing a routine catheterization to examine his heart
Catheterization procedures - inserting a small tube into a vein and tracing it into the heart - were perfected in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Henry Zimmerman published a technique for left ventrical catheterization in 1950, and Dr. F. Mason Sones...
City Club Forum: Ralph Nader [audio]
City Club of Cleveland; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Forums (Discussion and debate); Nader, Ralph; Activists
Ralph Nader, political activist and consumer advocate, presents: Unsafe At Any Speed.
Hough Street Club President's League members
Cleveland (Ohio); Community organizations; Meetings; Committees; African Americans
"Hough Street Club President's League officers and committee members: L to R. Mrs. Benjamin (Mary) Broach, 1443 E. 93d St., Christine Randles, league secretary, Mrs. Bertha Wilks, league treasurer, Benjamin Broach, ticket chairman, Margaret Carter,...
Aerial view of Gordon Park
Cleveland (Ohio); Gordon Park; Parks; Aerial Views
"Gordon Park - Another reason to keep Tony Celebrezze as mayor - Gordon Park: for recreation, for beauty, and to speed traffic" - photo verso.
Mac Speedie catch in All-Star Game, 1951
Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1950); Speedie, Mac; Lewis, Woodley;
"LA986-1/14/51-LOS ANGELES, CALIF: Mac Speedie (84) American All-Star's right end, leaps in the air to snag a pass from quarterback Otto Graham. Woodley Lewis (30) defensive halfback of National All-Stars was unable to break up play which was...
Wooten and Schafrath 40-yard dash, Cleveland Browns 1959
Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1959); Wooten, John; Schafrath, Dick
Rookies John Wooten (left) and Dick Schafrath "run in conditioning drills during training camp in 1959. One test that Paul Brown invented to gauge a player's skill was the 40-yard dash. Though 40 yards was a seemingly odd distance, Brown used 40...
Pilot Jimmy Doolittle during the 1932 Cleveland National Air Races
Cleveland National Air Races; Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 ; National Air Races; Air pilots; Air shows
"When a fast camera was too slow for Doolittle. Here's Jimmy Doolittle crossing the finish line in the 100-mile Thompson Trophy Race at Cleveland, O., Sep't. 5th for an average speed of 252.686 m.p.h. The picture, made with a fast news picture...
Smallest aircraft entered into the 1933 National Air Races
Cleveland National Air Races; National Air Races; Air pilots; Air shows; Aircraft
"The smallest entry in the National Air Races to be held in July in Los Angeles is this tiny plane, equipped with a 135 h.p. motor and having a top speed of 200 miles per hour it will participate in the 375 cubic inch events. Art Chester of Joliet,...
Tony LeVier wins the Louis W. Greve Trophy at the 1936 Cleveland National Air Races
Cleveland National Air Races; National Air Races; Air shows; Air pilots; Awards; LeVier, Tony, 1913-1998
"Flying at a speed of 250.8 miles per hour in the 200 closed course race, Tony Le Vier, flying a Schoenfeldt Special, nosed out Art Chester in a thrilling finish to capture the Louis W. Greve Trophy at the National Air Races. He broke the existing...
Aviation notables discussing aspects of the air races
Cleveland National Air Races; National Air Races; Air shows; Air pilots; Henderson, Clifford W.
"Aviation notables see plans for U.S. Air Classic New York, N.Y.--- Clifford W. Henderson, (center), managing director of the National Air Races at Cleveland over the Labor Day week-end, tells aviation notables of arrangements for the big tree-day...
Start of the Ruth Chatterton Trophy Race
Cleveland National Air Races; National Air Races; Aircraft; Air shows; Air pilots; Chatterton, Ruth, 1893-1961
"Start of Ruth Chatterton Trophy Race Los Angeles, California. Seven flyers took off from Municipal Airport this morning, in the Ruth Chatterton Trophy Race, en route to Cleveland. It was announced that the derby was not a speed race. Accuracy and...
Cleveland Tank Plant test track
Cleveland Tank Plant; World War II; General Motors Corp.; Korean War; Defense industry
"Graceful Patterns made by the treads of maneuvering tanks give a Korean battleground appearance to this photograph of the test track at Cadillac Tank Plant at Cleveland Airport. Daily, new light tanks are put through speed and mobility tests...
Right-0f-way - crossing warning signs
Cleveland Union Terminal; Catenary; Electrification
Sign warning of high speed electrified tracks located at an railroad crossing.