Photos courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery
Two-story building. Sign on awning reads T F Walsh Co., butter, eggs, cheese. Located at Pearl (West 25th street) and northwest corner of Lorain. ca 1901-1902Interior view while market is closed. Signs visible for Laub’s baked goods and Pete Barak. c. 1946View of south side of market building and produce vendors located along the Lorain Avenue sidewalk. c. 1946Looking down from balcony towards crowded market floor. Shoppers are looking up to the camera. Visible sign for Arnold D. Fernengel, R. Ashby, Herbert J. Fix, and Wm Moellering.. c. 1946Interior view with few visible shoppers. Stalls for Wm G. Riehl and Marie Guenther at left. c. 1948View of shoppers and outdoor produce stall along sidewalk on Lorain Avenue. The photo was taken September 30, 1962 in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the market.Exterior view showing back and south sides, including cars and truck on Lorain Ave. c. 1950Looking toward the back of the market from the parking lot. Taken November 17, 1969.Looking toward the back of the market from Lorain Avenue entrance to the market parking lot. Taken November 17, 1969.Interior view looking down from balcony. Signs are visible for market vendors Bee Jay, H. Keiluhn Bakery, W.J. Kovalcsik, A. D. Fernengel, Ken Loucka, Louis E. Weber, Farm Queen poultry, Walter f. Ehrnfelt, Kaufmann poultry, and Miller meats. c. 1971West Side Market mural. c. 1979Arthur Gray worked for Standard Oil, photographing the progress of industry from 1929 to 1949.Exterior view showing back and south sides, including street lights on Lorain Ave., cars and truck on Lorain Ave. c. 1950View of customers and vegetable displays in produce arcade. c. 1950Looking northwest toward the Lorain Avenue side of the market.Shoppers at outdoor produce stalls on sidewalk.Exterior view at southeast corner of market, showing produce vendors and customers. c. 1950View looking up to the ceiling above Kitchen Maid Meats and Vera’s Bakery.View looking east across West 25th Street .Showing butcher stand of Edw. J. Weigel.Erection of West Side Market House, ca 1909View of the market house from southwest corner of Lorain Avenue and West 25th Street The market opened in 1912.City market house, 1-6-23. Interior view from balcony. Stall names include Henry Buechler, W. J. Lees, A. Bush and sons, Packing House market, A. J. Ashby, John B. Decker, G. F. Ehrnfelt, Link Brothers, Juengling, John Faulkner, R.C. Slater, Brookside Sausage, H.L. Schwab, and J.G. Weidman. c. 1923Shoppers and outdoor produce vendors on sidewalk. c. 1927View of shoppers at live poultry stall outdoors, December 23, 1928West Side Market 1928, man with live poultry
