Cleveland

Opened in 1954 at 10543 Memphis Ave. in Brooklyn, just outside of Cleveland, this drive-in movie theater entertained moviegoers for over 50 years.

In the early 1950s, between 20,000-60,000 people a year were becoming afflicted with polio. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh developed a polio vaccine in 1952. By 1955 a campaign to vaccinate children in the U.S. was launched. ALbert Sabin...

Mother Goose Land was a theme park in Canton, Ohio that opened in 1954. It featured attractions based on storybook characters such as??characters as Humpty Dumpty and the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe. In the 1980s, the park fell into disrepair and...

The Cleveland Jaybirds were a men's professional softball team that played in the American Professional Softball League (APSL) starting in 1977. After two seasons, the team was sold to local ad man Ted Stepian, who renamed them the Cleveland Competitors. After one more season...

"If there's something strange, in the Buckeye State. Who you gonna call?"

Cleveland's Irish population, like that in many other cities, did not reach a significant number until the potato famine immigrations in the late 1840s. Unlike those in many Eastern Seaboard cities, Cleveland's Irish never exerted influence beyond their numbers, though they have been part...

It's your move! Look great in this chess and Ohio-inspired design from Old School Shirts!

Gray Drug was founded in 1912. In the 1960s it bought Cincinnati-based Rink's discount department store, later merging it with Cleveland's Bargain City. The drug store chain to over 100 stores by the 1970s. In 1987, Gray Drug was acquired by Rite Aid.

Chico's Bail Bonds lets freedom ring! They also sponsor a winning little league team.

Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by the Indians??for a game against the Texas Rangers at the old stadium on Tuesday, June 4, 1974. Fans were able to purchase 3.2 beer in 12-ounce cups for a dime. Things deteriorated quickly, a riot...

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly. An??updated version??of Woodsy was developed in the 1990s.

Some people may think that Ohio is in a galaxy far far away, but when you have the Ohioan Falcon, you can get there in no time! Rock out in this Ohioan Falcon T-Shirt today!

Before Spot, there was Fresh Freddie who first introduced kids to 7-Up back in the 1950's.

From the Miracle at Richfield to today's team, the Force is strong in Believeland.

Support cycling in the CLE, with this Cleveland Bicycle tee

Encouraged by the initial success of his American Basketball Association (ABA), which challenged the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gary Davidson and his cohorts turned their attention to hockey. On November 1, 1971, Davidson announced the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) to challenge...

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.

Encouraged by the initial success of his American Basketball Association (ABA), which challenged the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gary Davidson and his cohorts turned their attention to hockey. On November 1, 1971, Davidson announced the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) to challenge...

If you didn't have MTV in the early to mid '80s, or even if you did, you were parked in front of the TV to watch??Friday Night Videos??on NBC after??The Tonight Show.

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...