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One of many coalng stations in the Collinwood railyards.

This image contains a photo and article about pretzel twisting. It shows a pretzel twister and gives some information about the automation of pretzel production.

Part of a diesel locomotvie

Engineer in the Collinwood railyards working on a diesel engine

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

1st African American Mayor of a major city.

This Jordan Blue Boy magazine advertisement hit on another key element in automotive marketing of the early 1900's-you won't find true happiness unless you own this car. Yet another masterpiece from Edward Jordan of the Jordan Motor Car Co.

Cleveland's 1st race riot, reported by ideastreams Mark Urycki.

This is an engraving of Frances Dana Barker Gage. She was an activist in the temperance, anti-slavery and woman’s rights movements. In 1851 she presided over a woman’s rights convention in Akron, Ohio. She worked closely with Susan B.…

This 1923 ad for the Jordan Playboy, as seen in the Saturday Evening Post, astounded the public with its obvious focus on the women of that era as consumers of the automobile. Such advertising to the female gender was atypical of the time.