The Thirties

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 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 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,...

The Detroit Wolves were a Negro league team and members of the East-West circuit that played in 1932. The league only lasted a few months, but Detroit was clearly the top team, posting the best record. Their home field was??Hamtramck Stadium. *Design is officially...

The??Jacksonville Red Caps??were a??Negro league baseball??team based primarily in??Jacksonville, Florida. They played the??Negro American League from 1938 until 1942. ?? *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Columbus Red Birds began play in 1902 as the Senators in the AA American Association. In 1931, the team was purchased by, and became a farm team of, the St. Louis Cardinals, changing their nickname to Red Birds. In 1946, the Red Birds...

The Ottawa Rough Riders were established in 1876 and were one of the longest running professional sports teams in North America. They adopted the Rough Riders nickname in 1931, they were charter members of the Canadian Football League (CFL) formed in 1958. The club...

The St. Louis Eagles played in the National Hockey League during the 1934-35 season. The team had moved from Ottawa where they were known as the Senators. OS3842

The Pittsburgh Crawfords, also known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1931-1940. They were named after the Crawford Bath House, a recreation center in the Crawford neighborhood of Pittsburgh's Hill District. After playing in several different leagues,...

The Chicago International Amphitheater opened in 1934. It was the home of the Chicago Gears of the National Basketball League from 1944 to 1948, as well as the Chicago Packers of the NBA from 1961 to 1962. The Chicago Cougars??of the World Hockey Association??played...

A Des Moines institution for over 50 years, Wimpy's first opened its doors in 1931. After serving generations of Iowans, it closed in 1980.

Formed in Lincoln, NE in 1911, and later based in New York City, the Giants were a barnstorming, Negro baseball team. From 1923 to 1928, they were members of the Eastern Colored League. In 1929, they joined the American Negro League for one season,...

The??Washington Pilots??were a??Negro league baseball??team that played in the??East-West League in 1932. Baseball Hall of Famer??Mule Suttles was their star player. The league folded before the end of the season, and in 1934 the Pilots became an independent team. *Design is officially licensed from...

The Pittsburgh Crawfords, also known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1931-1940. They were named after the Crawford Bath House, a recreation center in the Crawford neighborhood of Pittsburgh's Hill District. After playing in several different leagues,...

Cypress Gardens was a botanical garden and theme park located in Winter Haven, Florida. It opened in 1936 and claimed to be the state's first commercial theme park. It closed in 2009 and was replaced by Legoland Florida. The old botanical gardens were saved...

A fondly remembered supermarket chain in Cleveland, the origin of Pick-N-Pay can be traced to 1928 and the opening Edward Silverberg's Cleveland Heights dairy store. In 1938, he opened a supermarket on E. 185th Street which he called Pick-N-Pay. In 1940, he changed the...

The Black Cat Bar, also known as the Black Cat Cafe, was a popular counter-culture hangout in the 1950s and early 1960s in San Francisco. It first opened in 1903, closing in 1921. It re-opened in 1933 and operated until 1963.

Founded in 1912 as Standard Oil of New Jersey after the breakup of the larger Standard Oil corporation, Esso gas stations were found all over the Northeastern United States and parts of the South starting in the 1930s. In 1972, most were re-branded Exxon....

The??Newark Eagles??were a professional??Negro league baseball??team which played in the??Negro National League??from??1936??to??1948.?? *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum??

The Los Angeles Bulldogs were formed in 1936 with hopes of joining the National Football League. When their efforts were rebuffed, they played as in independent team before joining the rival American Football League (II) for the 1937 season. They proceeded to run the...

It took some convincing, but in 1935 the Cincinnati Reds convinced Major League Baseball to allow night baseball in order to draw more fans.??President??Franklin D. Roosevelt, sitting in the White House in Washington, D.C., threw the switch??that lit up Crosley Field on May 24,...

The New York Black Yankees were a Negro baseball league team that played from 1931 to 1948. They played their home games primarily in Paterson, NJ, but also played games New York City. They played their final season in Rochester, NY.

Threadgill's opened in Austin in 1933 as a gas station and beer bar by Kenneth Threadgill. A live music space was added in the 1970s. A South Austin location was added in 1996. Both closed in 2020.

The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. *Product is official licensed by 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, they became the Rhode Island Reds, before moving to Binghamton,...

Richter's Wieners were a popular brand of hot dog in the 1930s and were available until after World War II.

"Baseball is played in a park. Football is played in a stadium. War Memorial Stadium." - George Carlin. Buffalo's iconic venue opened in opened in 1937 as??Roesch Memorial Stadium, the venue was later known as??Grover Cleveland Stadium??and??Civic Stadium.??Too most in Western New York, though,...

Built in 1912 as Redland Field, the Cincinnati Reds home ballpark was renamed Crosley Field, in honor of the team's new owner, in 1934. It was the home of the Reds until 1970 when they moved into Riverfront Stadium. One of the most iconic...

Before major league baseball arrived in Milwaukee in 1953, the city hosted a team in the American Association (AA) starting in 1902.?? A minor league, the AA became an A level circuit in 1903. In 1912, it was designated AA and in 1945, it??...