The Forties

Established in 1942 as W83C, this legendary Chicago radio station changed its call letters several times before becoming WLUP "The Loop 97.9" in 1977. For the next 41 years it was one of the most popular and influential radio station's in America. It is...

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 Cleveland Buckeyes played in the Negro American League from 1942 to 1950. For most of their existence the played their home games at League Park.

Waddles Restaurant was opened in 1945 by Gene and Nathan Waddle. A family-style restaurant, it served delicious meals for 60 years. In the early days of the landmark flagship location of Waddles restaurant, it was known as Waddle's Coffee Shop and offered drive-in-style food...

The Fresno Falcons were a minor league hockey team founded in 1946. The played in several leagues over the years but spent most of their existence in the played in the Pacific Southwest Hockey League (1972-1995). They joined the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)...

The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) was a professional minor league??that played from 1946 to 2009.??For most of its existence the CBA was the second tier of men's professional basketball in the U.S. right below the National Basketball Association (NBA) and served as that league's...

Steve Crane was an actor turned restaurateur. After opening the highly successful Luau restaurant in Beverly Hills in the late 1940s, he started the Kon Tiki chain in 1958. Most of these were located inside Sheraton hotels across the U.S.

The DuMont Television Network began broadcasting on June 28, 1942, the nation's third TV network behind NBC and CBS. Regular network service began on August 15, 1946. It was started by DuMont Laboratories, a maker of TVs. Financial strains and fierce competition from NBC,...

Cleveland Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium or Lakefront Stadium, was the primary home of their big league baseball team from 1932 to 1993 and their football team from 1946 to 1996. It was also home to the Cleveland Stokers soccer team, as well as...

The St. Louis Hawks began as the Buffalo Bisons in the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1946. After just one month in Western New York, the team moved to Moline, IL and became the Tri-City Blackhawks. The team became part of the National Basketball...

The Homestead Grays were one of the longest-running Negro league baseball teams in history, playing from 1900 to 1950.??They were Negro Leagues Champions in 1943, 1944, and 1948. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Harmony House was founded in 1947 in Hazel Park, a suburb of Detroit, by Carl Thom. At its peak, it had 38 stores in Metro Detroit. The bursting of the CD sales bubble of the late '90s and the rise of digital music spelled...

National Record Mart, or NRM for short, started in 1937 in downtown Pittsburgh as Jitterbug Records. In the 1940s, it changed its name and began to grow, eventually opening 130 stores in 30 states, including every mall and shopping center in Pittsburgh.

Opened in 1910 to replace South Side Park, Comiskey Park was the home of the Chicago White Sox for 80 years and was also the home field of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League from 1941 t 1952. It was also...

"The World's Most Famous Clown," as he is sometimes called, got his start in 1946. He made is TV debut in 1949, just as that medium was getting started. He??was the creation of created by??Alan W. Livingston??and first played by??Pinto Colvig. He was played...

The??Philadelphia Stars??were a??Negro league baseball??team from??Philadelphia founded in as an independent team in 1933. In 1934, they joined the Negro National League, staying until that League's collapse following the 1948 season. They were affiliated with the Negro American League from 1949 to 1952. *Design...

KZEW, "The Zoo," debuted in the fall of 1973 after changing its call letters from WFAA, which first went on the air in 1947. Throughout the rest of the 70s and two the end of the 80s, KZEW was??the??rock & roll station in Dallas....

Al Green's drive-in restaurant opened on the east side of Indianapolis in 1947. Boosted by the post-war car craze, Al Green's was a happening spot through the 1970s. It closed in 1992, and the building has since been demolished.??

"The World's Most Famous Clown," as he is sometimes called, got his start in 1946. He made is TV debut in 1949, just as that medium was getting started. He??was the creation of created by Alan W. Livingston and first played by Pinto Colvig. He was played...

"The World's Most Famous Clown," as he is sometimes called, got his start in 1946. He made is TV debut in 1949, just as that medium was getting started. He??was the creation of created by??Alan W. Livingston??and first played by Pinto Colvig. He was played...

The Miami Seahawks were charter members of the All-America Football Conference in 1946. The city's first pro sports franchise, they only lasted one season. Miami's then small population, combined with underfunded ownership doomed the team's stay in South Florida. In 1947 they moved to...

A Pittsburgh institution, Chiodo's Tavern opened at the end of the Homestead High-Level Bridge (now the Homestead Grays Bridge) in 1947. Famous for its Mystery Sandwich, memorabilia-covered walls, and friendly owner, it became a popular gathering spot. It closed in 2005.

The Chubby and Tubby variety store began in 1947 in a metal hut. It grew into a South Seattle institution but closed in 2003.

The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team based in Paterson, NJ that played from 1931 to 1950. The team was unique in that it occasionally had Hispanic players, who were also restricted from Major League Baseball, on it roster. In 1947,...

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 original Bills football team was established in 1946 in Buffalo as the Bisons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). In 1947, after a name-the-team contest, the new name was selected. In 1949, the NFL absorbed several AAFC teams but, oddly, the Bills were...

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??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 Chicago Stags were charter members of the Basketball Association of America, forerunner of the NBA, which was founded on June 6, 1946. They played in the BAA Championship in 1947 but folded before the start of the 1950 season.

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...