With the election coming up, we decided to take a look back at voting in the greater Cleveland region throughout the years. From voting in the city of Cleveland, to Garfield Heights, Lakewood, Shaker Heights and Parma, to Women’s Suffrage Day parades, we found some really great photos from throughout the 20th Century to get you pumped up to cast your ballot.
Early Meeting of the Cuyahoga County Women’s Suffrage Association, 1910sMan Votes for Woodrow Wilson Hayes Elementary School in Lakewood, 1912Boisterous Voters Ejected from Voting Booth, 1920sWomen’s Suffragette Parade, 1920Men Burning Ballots, 1928Women’s Suffragette Parade, 1930sVoter Registration Fraud, 1930Shaker Heights Voting Booth, 1931Ward 12 Voters in Line, 1932Women Cast Votes, 1932Poll Workers at Precinct 12, 1932Ward 12 Voters in Line, 1933General Election Voters Wait in Line, 1934United Rubber Workers Vote, 1935Ward 3 Election Crew, 1940Shoe Store on St. Clair Avenue turned into Polling gPlace for Dispossessed Fire Victims, 1941Primary Election Voter Booth, Ward 20, 1941Man puts Coal in Stove at Polling Place, 1941Booth Workers at Buckeye and Grand on Primary Day, 1951Votes for Women Parade, 1952General Election Voting Booth at 83rd and Central, 1955Election Board’s Booth Storage Yard, East 18th and Lakeside, 1957Man Votes on Rent Increase Levy, 1957Old Voting Booths at Franklin and Northfield, 1958Shoup Voting Machine, 1958Voters at William Cullen Bryant School, 1958Voting at Parma High School, 1958Woman Voting in Parma, 1958Barbershop Voting Booths on Dension Avenue, 1960Nuns Vote at Watterson School on Detroit Avenue, 1960Ballots Spill out from Voting Booth, 1962Ward 2 Voters at East Shore Methodist Church, 1963Teacher Ordered to Cover Bipartisan Bulletin Boards at Thomas A. Edison School Polling Place, 1964Students Voting in Mock Elections at Brush High School, 1964Ward 12 Voters at Kennard Junior High, 1964Carl and Shirley Stokes Voting, 1967Willowick Resident Votes at Shoregate School, 1967Garfield Heights Voting Booths, 1968Old Voting Booths in Parma, 1968Woman Checking Fire Stove at Garfield Heights Precinct 2F, 196850th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, 197050th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, 1970Poll Workers Sign Voters in, 1971County Jail Prisoners Voting, 1972State Senator Ron Mottl and wife Deborah Voting, 1973Eliot Ness for Mayor Sign, 1974Mayor Ralph J. Perk Voting for Himself for U.S. Senate, 1974East Cleveland Urban League Voter Registration Drive, 1976Woman Votes at Alcott School on West Side, 1976Primary Voting at Mt. Cavalry Lutheran Church at West 128th and Lorain, 1979Primary Voting in Ward 7 at W. St. Vincent DePaul Hall, 1979Presiding Judge Katherine Bailey Explains new Ballot at Ernest J. Bohn Tower on Superior, 1981Voters at Archwood United Church of Christ, 1981Voters at Lakewood City Hall, 1981
