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Black smoke billows over the 1952 Cuyahoga River fire. Fire crews are on scene and attempting to contain the blaze.

Men are attempting to extinguish the fire on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, known as the Flats. The fire was caused by an oil spill and debris in the water.

In 1952 the Cuyahoga River catches fire. In the photograph can be seen large plumes of smoke from the enormous fire.

Title of mural painted by John Csocz.

Traditional Ethnic Neighborhoods
Cleveland, Ohio, 1900-1950

Irish, Slovenian, Italian

One of many coalng stations in the Collinwood railyards.

One of the repair facilities in the Collinwood railyards. By the 1900's these railyares were doing over 80% of all railroad reparis.

A mural painted in a Cleveland barbershop, in about 1953, depicts the story of African American migration to the city.