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Best Location in the Nation - Classic
The phrase "Best Location in the Nation," seems to have been coined in the 1940s. Still very popular in the 1960s and 1970s, it comes from the fact that Cleveland is 600 miles from 60% of the U.S. (and a good chunk of Canada). -
Best Location in the Nation - Tower
The phrase "Best Location in the Nation," seems to have been coined in the 1940s. Still very popular in the 1960s and 1970s, it comes from the fact that Cleveland is 600 miles from 60% of the U.S. (and a good chunk of Canada). -
Betamax
Video recording had been around for a little over a decade when Sony introduced a home version of the technology called Betamax in 1975. Two years later, rival JVC introduced a competing format called VHS and the battle lines were drawn. In 1988, Sony... -
Beverly Park Amusement Park
Beverly Park operated from 1945 to 1974 at the corner of Beverly Blvd. and La Cienega, the present home of the Beverly Center Mall. The Park was apparently inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland.?? -
Beware of Sharks Ohio
We don't have any oceans in the Buckeye State, but we have plenty of ponds, lakes, and rivers. Stay alert. You never know... -
Biffs Coffee Shop
Opened in 1947, Biffs were a chain small coffee shops located next to gas stations mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area but with several locations in Los Angeles. They closed up shop for good in 1996. -
Big 7 Conference
The Big Six Conference membership grew with the addition of Colorado on December 1, 1947 and making the conference's unofficial name the Big Seven Conference. This conference name lasted from 1948 to 1957. OS15776 -
Big 8 Conference
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... -
Big Bear Supermarket - Columbus
Big Bear was a supermarket chain that operated in Central Ohio and West Virginia. Not to be confused with the chain of the same name in San Diego. The first Big Bear opened in 1933 on West Lane Avenue in Columbus near the campus... -
Big Bear Supermarket - San Diego
Big Bear was a supermarket chain that operated in San Diego until 1994, when it was sold to Albertson's. The chain was not related to Big Bear in Columbus. -
Big Chuck & Lil' John Caricature
Big Chuck and Lil' John hosted the Friday night horror movie show on Channel 8 from 1979 to 2007. From 1966 to 1979 it was the Hoolihan & Big Chuck Show??before Bob "Hoolihan" Wells moved to Florida. Cleveland also had two other horror hosts... -
Big Juicy Weiners Vintage Hot Dog Ad
The best wieners are big and juicy. -
Big Town Mall Dallas
Big Town Mall opened in 1959 in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite and was the first enclosed shopping center in the Southwest. The center's exterior was featured in the 1985 film??True Stories by Talking Heads member David Byrne. The mall closed in 2001 and... -
Bigg's True Minimum Price
Bigg's was on of the country's first hypermarket. Developed by a French conglomerate, it opened it's first location in 1984 in Eastgate area of suburban Cincinnati on Route 32. It grew to seven locations in the Cincinnati area along with one each in Colorado... -
Bike Cleveland
Support cycling in the CLE, with this Cleveland Bicycle tee -
Bill Hudnut for Mayor
William Hudnut was the 45th mayor of Indianapolis serving from 1976 to 1992. He was the longest serving mayor in Indianapolis history. -
Bill Knapp's
Bill Knapp's was an American family restaurant chain founded by Clinton B. Knapp in 1948 in Batttlecreek, MI. At its peak it had 60 locations in Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, and Illinois. The last location closed in 2002. -
Binghamton Whalers
The Binghamton Whalers were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, playing in Binghamton, New York at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. OS16148 -
Bingo & Campy &...
The Cavs went from 6 and 11 in November of 1975 to making their first ever play-off appearance in April of 1976. They miraculously beat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 3, capturing Game 7 at home in the Richfield Coliseum. -
Birmingham Americans
The Birmingham Americans were charter members of the World Football League in 1974. They won that league's championship, World Bowl I, and as it turned out, only. Immediately after the game, a 22-21 win over the Florida Blazers, the team's uniforms were confiscated by...

