Cleveland has a rich history and some of that history, at least of the 20th century, can be seen through our signs. Political signs, local signs, neon signs, they all tell the story of America and more specifically Cleveland through the 1900s. Check out some of these awesome signs we found via the Cleveland Memory Project.

WTAM neon sign, 1928 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign on Old Stone Church, 1933 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Campaign poster for the Republican National Convention 1936, 1935 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Monticello Club sign, Euclid Ave., 1938 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Euclid Auditorium sign for Social Parties, 1939 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Brass Rail, 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sherwin-Williams Co. billboard on Buckley Boulevard, 1945 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
World War II housing shortage sign, 1945 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
United Mothers of America, 1947 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Television installed by Television Sales Corp., 1947 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Great Lakes Life Building, 1947 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Condemned house on Eddy Road, 1949 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Cadillac Lounge, 1949 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Fleet’s Inn Nite Club, 1949 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Weiss Tailors, 1950 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Patty’s Cafe with Leisy’s and Erin brew neon signs, 1954 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
May Company sign with bell, 1957 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign outside Lakeside Courthouse, 1957 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign for yachtsman at Edgewater Park boating docks, 1957 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Children with political signs for Nixon and Kennedy, 1960 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign advertising the Port of Cleveland at Edgewater, 1958 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Inaugural signs at Erieview Plaza, 1961 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
OK Hotel Rules, 1961 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Vandalized city sign, 1961 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Installation of new sign for Key Club, 1961 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Election signs on Erieview buildings, 1962 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Rocks at Edgewater park painted with a police ordered swimming ban warning, 1962 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign above vacant store on Carnegie Avenue, 1964 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Karamu House sign, 1965 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Unveiling of new Cleveland State University sign, 1965 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Protesters at Federal Building, 1965 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Signs confiscated after raid, 1966 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Hoping to deter looters, a woman puts a sign in the window of her store, 1966 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Directional signs in Cleveland Hopkins Airport parking lot, 1966 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Intersection with view of business signs on Euclid Avenue, 1967 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Carl B. Stokes Mayor Sign at his Home, 1967 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign on house located at East 93rd St., 1968 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Vandalized sign at Severance Hall, 1968 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign covering part of window on Hippodrome Theater back door, 1970 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
WJMO sign, 1970 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign outside Woman’s General Hospital, 1971 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Loew’s State sign coming down, 1971 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
“Beach Closed” sign, Mentor Headlands, 1971 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Black Unity Protester in front of Roger’s Jewelers, 1972 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
One-way entrance street sign in Tremont, 1972 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Neon signs on East 9th Street, 1972 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Eliot Ness Mayoral sign, 1974 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Browns fans with anti-Modell sign, 1974 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Child holding sign at Indians game, 1974 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign at last Browns home game, 1975 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
West Shoreway Signs, 1975 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Campaign signs on Cedar Ave., 1975 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Busing Protest signs at Airport, 1976 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Child Sign for West Side Recreation Center, 1976 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
“Buckeye Welcomes You” sign on Buckeye Road, 1978 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Steelworkers carry signs backing the recall of Dennis Kucinich, 1978 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Woman holding”Don’t Bus My Baby” sign, 1978 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Sign at the headquarters for the effort to recall Dennis Kucinich from office, 1978 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Cleveland Municipal Light Plant, 1979 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Public Square redevelopment signage, 1979 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
County Fair Welcome Sign, 1979 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
New street sign named for Martin Luther King Jr. in East Cleveland, 1980 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Political sign at Monday night football game, 1980 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Rent strike, 1981 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
Residents protesting an unsafe intersection with car and dummy, 1982 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project