The Cleveland Memory Project is a wonderful resource for history buffs looking back on the city of Cleveland. And luckily that extends to our neighboring city of Akron. We dug through their archives and found 52 awesome photos of Akron throughout the 20th century, including the tire boom, World War 2 assembly lines, the Rubber Bowl, and much more.
Akron Provision Co., 1968 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectDemolition of High Level Bridge, 1950 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectTimes Press Air Show at Akron Airport, 1935 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectTire Fire, 1940 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectAkron City Hall, 1965 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCrowd in the Akron Rubber Bowl, 1947 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFire at the Summit Beach Park Ballroom, 1950 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectOutside of Derby Downs, 1957 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectR.E.A. Express Restaurant at Quaker Square, 1977 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectR.E.A. Express Restaurant at Quaker Square, 1977 2 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectStan Hywet Hall Reflecting Pool, 1981 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCredit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCascade Plaza Construction Sign, 1967 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFirestone Tire and Rubber Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectConstruction of Cascade Plaza, 1972 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectE. J. Thomas Hall, 1981 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFirestone Tire and Rubber Factory, 1935 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectQuaker Square Entrance, 1977 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectAkron Children’s Hospital Computer Terminal, 1965 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectAkron Children’s Hospital, 1965 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSoap Box Derby, 1938 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectPicketing Employees of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1937 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectChristening of the U.S.S. Macon, 1933 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectPopeye Thanksgiving Day Balloon, 1957 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCredit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSoap Box Derby Parade, 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGoodyear Aerospace Corp. Communications Satellite, 1966 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectStainless Steel Containers Stacked at Firestone Steel Products, 1960 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGoodyear Blimp, 1930 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectJohn W. Thomas and Harvey S. Firestone Jr., 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectScrap Tires Waiting To Be Claimed at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company’s factory, 1942 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectHarvey S. Firestone Jr., J. E. Trainer, and Raymond C. Firestone Demonstrate Anti-Aircraft Gun, 1953 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFirestone Country Club, 1960 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectAkron Airdock and Goodyear Aircraft Factory, 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSoldiers Repairing Tires at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1918 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectInspecting Landing Rafts at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1942 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGoodyear Air Equipment Canning a Tank, 1945 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCredit: Cleveland Memory ProjectUncured Tire Going into Mold at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1956 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGoodyear Gizmo Helicopter, 1956 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectAkron-Fulton International Airport, 1937 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectPicketers at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1943 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGoodyear Number 3 Plant, 1935 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCredit: Cleveland Memory ProjectPolice Breaking Up Strike at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., 1938 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGoodyear Terra Tires Runway Test, 1956 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectAssembling a Gas Mask at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectPolsky’s Department Store, 1980 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGoodyear Transcontinental Motor Express, 1916 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBofors 40 MM Guns at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1942 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectHalle’s at Summit Mall, 1966 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCrude Rubber Bales at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
