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Via Cool History of Cleveland (via Steven Tatar of Ohio Knitting Mills):

This was a Kenneth Bates mural created specifically for the lobby of the new Campus Sweater Company building at 3955 Euclid Avenue. Campus Sweater Company was launched in 1922 by entreprenuers Samuel Kaufmann and Loren Weber originally in the Warehouse District. The Company specialized in casual clothes, sportswear and sweaters. At one time it was the largest manufacturer of men’s clothing in the U.S. (Wasn’t everything in Cleveland once the “largest in the U.S.?) The Company was eventually acquired by Interco in 1968 and enjoyed good fortune in Cleveland until 1982 wehn the plant was closed ending any presence of Campus Sweater in Cleveland. The building became an office for the county. I cannot tell what happened to this mural.

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This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2010.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

3 replies on “Campus Sportswear Company’s Striking (But Now Lost) Mural”

  1. THIS IS Embroidery Motifs ….WHICH SUPPORTS ALL THE sportswear collection because campus has a wide variety but they are too costly ….butEmbroidery Motifs gives you all these collection at lower prices …..thanks……..

  2. the campus sportwear is always good looking but it is too costly . this blog tells about the campus sportwear . you can get every design of sportwear from Embroidery Motifs…thanks…………

  3. I bought a sweater from Embroidery Motifs once. While it looked decent, the chemically-treated materials it was made from gave me a skin rash, and it came apart when machine-washing it (which is just as well after my skin rash developed, I didn’t want to wear it anymore). I think you get what you pay for. Avoid Embroidery Motifs.

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