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View on Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Transit Railway
Akron; Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Transit; Railroads; Streetcars and Trolleys
Due to the many valleys and ridges over which the Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Tranist Railway crossed, it was commonly called the Mountain Line. The line was built by Thomas F. Walsh of Cuyahoga Falls,...
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Quaker Oats Building
Quaker Oats Company; Mills; Akron; American Cereal Company
View of the Quaker Oats Company factory in winter. In 1886, Ferdinand Schumacher became president of a new $2,000,000 corporation, which immediately joined the thirteen-member Consolidated Oatmeal Company...
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Bar Mitzvah Celebration
Jews; Parties; Food; Awards and Honors; Akron Jewish Center; Clubs and Organizations; Ceremonies;
A Bar Mitzvah celebration dinner at the Akron Jewish Center in Akron, Ohio.
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City Hospital of Akron
Akron City Hospital; Hospitals; Akron; Houses; Market Street;
The residence of Dr. Samuel W. Bartges, located on East Market Street, became the first City Hospital of Akron, Ohio. The hospital opened to patients on October 13, 1892. There were 22 beds and two private...
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Akron Motor Cargo Co. Truck
Trucking Industry; Trucks, Models of; Transportation; Akron Motor Cargo; Akron;
An unidentified man standing next to an Akron Motor Cargo truck in Akron, Ohio. In 1930, Owen Orr and his father, James Orr, opened the Akron Motor Cargo Company. In 1939, the company name changed to Motor...
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Entrance to Akron Rural Cemetery
Akron; Akron Rural Cemetery; Cemeteries; Buildings; Glendale Cemetery
The entrance to the Akron Rural Cemetery is located on Glendale Avenue. When the cemetery was established in 1839, it was meant to serve both the dead and the living by providing a place for people where...
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Living Room in the Selden Anderson Home
Saafield Publishing; Akron; Houses; residences; interior
Pictured above is the Living Room in Selden Anderson House. Located at 2155 Ridgewood Road, it is a Georgian Revival (Colonial) style home designed by Roy G. Firestone. Selden Anderson was born in Salem,...
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Soldiers in Street
Military; Parades; World War I; Akron; Ohio National Guard
One of a series of photos taken in 1916, during World War I, when John Frederick Seiberling leaves Akron, Ohio with the Ohio National Guard for duty in El Paso, Texas. JFS is on the far right in second...
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Home Camp
Jews; Carnivals; Camps; Akron Jewish Center; Clubs and Organizations; Youth
Children enjoying a carnival at the Akron Jewish Center's "Home Camp" in Akron, Ohio.
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Cow and Janitor
Cows; Janitors; Milk; Akron City Hospital; Akron;
Frank Krupfle, hospital orderly and janitor, took care of the cow that provided milk and cream to the hospital patients and families.
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Akron Motor Cargo Co. Trucks
Trucking Industry; Trucks, Models of; Transportation; Akron; Akron Motor Cargo; Saunders Cartage;
Two Akron Motor Cargo Company trucks in Akron, Ohio. The trucks, owned by Ambert Cronick, were leased to Akron Motor Cargo. In 1961, Cronick purchased the Saunders Cartage Incorporated trucking company....
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Main Street
Akron; Main Street; Streets and Roads; Streetcars and Trolleys; Buildings;
In 1832, Main Street was known as Race Avenue because it was home to the Cascade Mill Race. It was later called Water. In 1836, when North Akron and South Akron merged, the name was changed to Main Street....
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Horse-Drawn Carriages in Akron Parade
Parades; Transportation; Akron
Street scene of a parade in Akron with horse drawn carriages and a fire-engine with a sign "Steam Fire Engine, 1860." A shed to the left is painted with, "North Akron's Largest Accessory Shop."
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Health Club
Jews; Akron Jewish Center; Bicycling; Health Clubs; Clubs and Organizations;
A man receives a massage while a teenage boy pedals on a stationary bike at the health club in the Akron Jewish Center in Akron, Ohio.
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"The Great Surgeons"
Akron City Hospital; Operating Room; Nurses; Akron; Women;
Unidentified nurses in the operating room at the Akron City Hospital in Akron, Ohio.
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General Tire Meeting
Trucking Industry; Transportation; General Tire and Rubber Company; Akron; Kent State University;
[Left to Right] Neal Vinson, John F. O'Brien of Kent State University, and Richard Bailey at the General Tire & Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio.
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Givens Trucking Company
Trucking Industry; Trucks, Models of; Transportation; Givens Trucking Company; Akron;
A photograph of a W.A. Givens truck. In 1931, William A. Givens opened the Givens Trucking Company in Akron, Ohio.
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Givens Trucking Company
Trucking Industry; Trucks, Models of; Transportation; Givens Trucking Company; Akron;
An unidentified man leaning against a Givens Trucking Company truck. In 1931, William A. Givens opened the Givens Trucking Company in Akron, Ohio.
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Barberton Inn
Akron; Barberton Inn; Hotels; Barberton
The Barberton Inn was one of the most fashionable hotels in the Akron area for many years. It was built by Ohio Columbus Barber shortly after he founded the town of Barberton, Ohio in 1891. The $75,000...
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Allan C. Johnson House
Houses; Residences; Portage Path; North Portage Path; Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Akron Garden Club
Allan C. Johnson House from the Plane Tree Alee. The Allan C. Johnson House, located at 654 North Portage Path, is a Georgian Revival (Colonial) style home designed by Baker & Parker. Mr. Johnson was a...
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