The Twenties

In 1920, the Dayton Triangles were founding members of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which changed its name to the National Football League (NFL) in 1922. The team played in the very first game between two league teams when they met the Columbus...

Forbes Field was the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1909 to 1970. From 1922 to 1939 it was also the home field of the Homestead Grays, who played in several different Negro leagues. The Pittsburgh Steelers played there from 1933 to 1963. In...

The Chicago American Giants were a Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster, who also founded the Negro National League. From 1910 through the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black...

The Kansas City Monarchs were established in 1920 and the longest-running Negro League franchise in professional baseball. Jackie Robinson played for the Monarchs in 1945.They disbanded in 1965. Get the KC Monarchs sticker too! *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum...

The Polo Grounds was the name of four different stadiums in upper Manhattan in New York City, the first of which opened in 1880. The most famous incarnation opened in 1909 and was completely rebuilt in 1911 after a catastrophic fire. That Polo Grounds...

The Aces were founded in Quebec City in 1928 as an amateur hockey club. They joined the American Hockey League in 1959. In 1967, the became the minor league affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers. In 1971, the Flyers decided to move the team...

Geauga Lake is a former theme park in Aurora, Ohio that was established in 1887 in what had been a local recreation area adjacent to the lake of the same name. The first amusement ride was added in 1889, and the park's first roller...

The Hollywood Stars were a Pacific Coast League baseball team based in Southern California. The first iteration played in L.A. from 1926 to 1935 before moving to San Diego. The second Stars team played from 1938 to 1957 and the arrival of big league...

In the 1920s, baseball was starting to become popular in Japan. To take advantage of this new-found interest, several Negro league and barnstorming teams toured the country playing exhibition games to huge crowds. One such team was the Philadelphia Royal Giants, which was actually...

In 1920, while working for the NECCO candy company, Howard B. Stark invented a caramel and vanilla-swirled nougat filling he named Snirkle. In 1939, he founded the Howard B. Stark Company in Milwaukee and began making Snirkles Caramel Bars which became a regional hit....

Forest City Auto Parts was founded in 1927 and grew to over 50 locations throughout the Midwest. In 2001, it filed for bankruptcy protection, shuttered its remaining stores.

The Providence Reds (also known as the Rhode Island Reds) started in the Canadian-American Hockey League in 1926. They continued with that circuit when it became the American Hockey League in 1936. In 1976, the became the Rhode Island Reds, before moving to Binghamton,...

First appearing in 1926, Reddy Kilowatt??is a cartoon character that served as a mascot for??various??electric utilities across the United States, and a few other??countries for over,70 years.

Americana opened in Middletown as LeSourdsville Lake??in 1922. One of the park's founder's, Edgar Streifthau, opened Fantasy Farm, geared toward young children, right next door in 1963. In 1977, LeSourdsville Lake became Americana. It closed in 1999, reopened in 2002, only to close again...

The St. Louis Arena opened in 1929 and was home to?? the city's many pro hockey, pro basketball, and pro soccer teams. It also hosted college sports, concerts, conventions, and more. From 1977 to 1983, it was known as the Checkerdome as Ralston Purina...

Organized baseball in the African American community dates back to the end of the Civil War. Starting in 1920, with establishment of the Negro National League, there was finally some stability and structure that helped better showcase these extraordinary players. READ MORE ???*Design is...

The Negro leagues were professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the...

Edgewater Park was a 20-acre amusement park at Grand River and Seven Mile Rd on Detroit's West Side that opened in 1927. For over 50 years its visitors enjoyed such attractions as the Wild Beast roller coaster, the 110-foot Ferris wheel, and the Hall...

In 1920, the Dayton Triangles were founding members of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team played in the very first game between two league teams when they met the Columbus Panhandles on October 3, 1920 in Dayton's Triangle Park. They played their home...

The Portsmouth Spartans were established in 1928 and played in pro football's national league starting in 1930. In 1934, the team was bought and relocated to Detroit, where they became the Lions.

The Tennessee Rats were a black baseball team formed in 1910 in Holden, MO by W.A. Brown. Primarily a barnstorming team, they played until 1926. They mostly toured Missouri and surrounding states. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Chippewa Lake Park was an amusement park in Medina County near the junction of US 224 and I-71. Named for the lake by which it was built, the park was open from 1875 to 1978. Many of the old rides still sit abandoned at...

The Columbus Panhandles football club was established in 1901. In 1904, they joined the Ohio League, before becoming charter members of the American Professional Football Association (later called the National Football League) in 1920. They changed their name to the Tigers in 1922 and...

The Kansas City Monarchs are probably the best-known Negro league baseball team in history, as well as the longest running. The team was established in 1920 and played until 1965. Their most famous player was Jackie Robinson. ??CHECKOUT OUR ENTIRE NEGRO LEAGUES COLLECTION *Design...

In the 1920s, three Swedish immigrants and brothers, Hans and Gunnar Lenell and their friend Aagard Billing, launched Lenell's, a Swedish bakery offering cakes, breads and cookies. The bakery was later renamed Lenell's Cookies, and later Maurice Lenell's Cooky Company, it remained family-run through...

The Providence Steam Rollers played in the NFL from 1925 to 1931. In 1928, they became the first football team from New England to win a league title. They remain the last defunct team to win an NFL championship.

The Stars were a Negro league baseball team that called Detroit home from 1919 to 1931. Starting as an independent team, they played in the Negro National League from 1920 to 1931. CHECK OUT OUR ENTIRE NEGRO LEAGUES COLLECTION, AS WELL AS MORE SHIRTS...

The Royal Giants were a Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn from 1905 to 1942. They were an independent team for most of their existence but also played in the Negro National Association in 1907 and 1908 and the Eastern Colored League from...

The??Birmingham Black Barons??played??Negro League Baseball from 1920 to 1960. They alternated home stands with the??Birmingham Barons??in Birmingham's??Rickwood Field, usually drawing larger crowds and equal press. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Providence Reds (also known as the Rhode Island Reds) started in the Canadian-American Hockey League in 1926. They continued with that circuit when it became the American Hockey League in 1936. In 1976, the became the Rhode Island Reds, before moving to Binghamton,...