The Twenties

WTAM 1100 began broadcasting in 1923 from Cleveland. Over the years the station would also be known as KYW, WKYC, and from 1972 to 1996, WWWE, or 3WE. It was during the 3WE years that the station broadcast the Cleveland Cavaliers Miracle at Richfield, season...

K ??B Toys (also known as Kay Bee Toys) was a chain of mall-based retail toy stores founded in 1922. The chain went out of business in 2009 with rival Toys "R" Us acquiring the remains of K ??B Toys.Looking for youth ??sizes? Shop...

The Marcos were a Negro league baseball team from Dayton that played mostly as an independent team from around 1910 until the start of World War II. In 1920 and 1926 they played in the Negro National League. *Design is officially licensed from the...

In 1916, the Cincinnati Motor Speedway opened in Sharonville, OH, a suburb of Cincinnati. The track closed and was dismantled in 1919, with all of the lumber going to Chillicothe, Ohio to expand Camp Sherman which is still in operation. However, racing on the...

The Harrisburg Giants were a Negro leagues team established in 1890. In 1924, they joined the Eastern Colored League. Even after the color line was broken, the Giants played on. Unlike fellow surviving Negro leagues teams, they weren't a barnstorming team, but had a...

The Buffalo Central Terminal was Western New York's main train station from the time it opened in 1923 until 1979. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The building is currently being redeveloped. *A portion of proceeds benefits the??Central...

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. They played their home games at Mack Park. It was located at...

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

The Louisville Breckenridges, or Brecks for short, were members of the National Football League from 1921 to 1924.

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.

Before H-E-B, San Antonio grocery shopped at Handy Andy supermarket. Founded by the Becker family in 1927, they created a store where you could "save where shopping is a pleasure." OS16260

Dow Breweries was a brewery based in the province of Quebec, Canada and was founded by William Dow. The Dow Brewery eventually came under the control of National Breweries of Quebec in the 1920s, which itself was bought out in 1952 by Canadian Breweries. After...

The Cuban Stars played in various Negro leagues from 1907 to 1930. The spent most of their time in the Negro National League (1920-1930). The were also known as the Cuban Stars of Havana, Stars of Cuba, Cuban All-Stars, Havana Reds, Almendares Blues or...

The Bacharach Giants were a Negro Leagues baseball team established in 1916 in Atlantic City. Until 1923, they were an independent team, save for 1920 when they were members of the Cuban League. In 1923, they joined the Eastern Colored League, In 1929, they...

The Minneapolis Marines were a professional football team established in 1905. An independent team for most of its existence, it joined the American Professional Football Association in 1921, that league's second season. The team ceased operations after the 1924 season but reformed as the...

Municipal Stadium in Kansas City opened in 1923 as??Muehlebach Field. In 1937 it became??Ruppert Stadium, before changing its name again in 1943 to Blues stadium in honor of the AAA Blues that played there. However, another, better known team played there starting in 1937:...

The Elite Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 to 1950, both independently and as part of several different leagues. The team called several cities home over the years, including Baltimore, Cleveland, Columbus, and Washington. The played in Nashville from...

The Chicago Bulls played in what is now referred to as the first American Football??League in 1926. They, and the league, lasted only one season despite football legend Red Grange being a partial owner of the Bulls as well as the league's New York...

Hilldale Club was a Negro league baseball team based in the Philadelphia suburb of Darby. They played in three different leagues as well as independently and won three league titles as well a step 1925 Negro League World Series. *Produce is officially licensed by...

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...

The Calgary Tigers, often nicknamed the Bengals, were an ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1920 until 1927 as members of the Big-4 League, Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League. The Tigers were revived in 1932, playing for a short-lived four years in the North Western Hockey League and...

The Big 8 Conference was a college athletic conference formed in 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association and included the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally, and University of Iowa. Membership grew to 10, but in 1928, it...

The Portsmouth Spartans were established in 1928 and played in Southern Ohio for six seasons. IN 1934 they were purchased for $8,000 by a Detroit radio executive who moved the team to Michigan. They were renamed the Lions and became one of the most successful...

The Memphis Red Sox were established in 1920 and played in several Negro leagues including,??Negro Southern League??(1921???1924, 1926, and again 1931-1936),??Negro National League (I)??(1924???1925, 1927-1930), and the Negro American League??(1937???1959). Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, William "Willie" Henderson Foster, Daniel Robert Bankhead, Jehosie "Jay" Heard, Marshall...

The Grande Ballroom opened in 1929 and was at first a venue for jazz and big band music. It later gained fame as a rock & roll club featuring national acts as well as home-grown legends such as The Stooges and MC5. The venue's...

240 Latinos participated in the Negro Leagues during the league's history. The Negro Leagues in the US welcomed all Latinos, regardless of color, during the era when a color line ruled in MLB. Even before a formal Negro League was established in 1920, Cuban...

The??Negro National League??(NNL) was established in 1920 and was one of several Negro circuits established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. It dissolved in 1931. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ??

The Negro National League (NNL) was established in 1920 and was one of several Negro circuits established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. It dissolved in 1931. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum...

The St. Louis Stars began play in 1901 as the St. Louis Giants. They changed their nickname in 1922 while playing in the Negro National League. The club won three titles while in the NNL. *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball...

Steamboat Willie debuted in 1928 and starred a mouse who went on to great worldwide fame.