Subject | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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(14)
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(11)
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(9)
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(8)
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(7)
| | • | TRW Inc. -- Photograph collections. |
(7)
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(6)
| | • | Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(6)
| | • | Troop A (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. |
(6)
| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs. |
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(4)
| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(4)
| | • | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. |
(4)
| | • | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- -- Photograph collections. |
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| | • | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Photograph collections. |
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(3)
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(3)
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(3)
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(3)
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military -- Photographs. |
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(3)
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| | • | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Doolittle, James Harold, 18961993- -- Photograph collections. |
(3)
| | • | Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929 -- Photograph collections. |
(3)
| | • | Hubbell & Benes Co. -- Photograph collections. |
(3)
| | • | Johnson family -- Photograph collections. |
(3)
| | • | Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(3)
| | • | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(3)
| | • | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. |
(3)
| | • | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Centerior Energy Corporation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Centerior Energy Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1857-1987 | | | | Abstract: | The Centerior Energy Corporation was founded in 1892 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland General Electric Company, with a franchise from the General Electric Company of Boston, Massachusetts. In 1893, assets of the Brush Electric Light and Power Company and of the Cleveland Electric Light Company were transferred to the Cleveland General Electric Company, forming the nucleus of a new organization. On July 21, 1894, the name of the company was changed to the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI). In 1926, the company purchased the Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad Company and its subsidiary, The United Light and Power Company. Other power companies in the northeastern Ohio region were purchased during this time. In 1947 control of the company returned to the hands of public investors, and new power plants continued to be added to the system. The company's first nuclear power plant, the Davis-Besse facility, became fully operational in 1978. A second nuclear power facility, the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, was subsequently added. In 1986 Centerior Energy Corporation, an affiliation between CEI and the Toledo Edison Company, was formed to become one of the largest electric systems in the United States. In 1996, Centerior Energy Corporation and the Ohio Edison Company merged into a new holding company, First Energy Corporation. The collection consists of individual portraits of CEI presidents, including Myron T. Herrick, Ralph M. Besse, and Elmer L. Lindseth, as well as presidents of the Toledo Edison Company. Individual and group portraits of employees, Board of Directors, retirees, and views of employee-related events form a large part of this collection. Materials used in marketing campaigns are included, as well as campaigns developed to promote the use of electric power and electrical appliances after World War II. The collection contains extensive visual documentation on the construction, acquisition, maintenance,and repair of infrastructure in a major metropolitan powergrid. Changes in electrical power generation and distribution equipment are depicted. Views of most CEI facilities, including offices, the Illuminating Building in downtown Cleveland, operating plants, sub-stations, and switching stations are included. Construction of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant is extensively documented. | | | | Call #: | PG 499 | | | | Extent: | 9.40 linear feet (24 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company -- Photograph collections. | Perry Nuclear Power Plant (Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Centerior Energy Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland General Electric Company -- Photograph collections. | Toledo Edison Company -- Photograph collections. | Ohio Edison Company -- Photograph collections. | Brush Electric Light and Power Company -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Electric Light Company -- Photograph collections. | First Energy Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Electric utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. | Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. | Electric power distribution -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. | Electric power transmission -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. | Electric power-plants -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Nuclear energy -- Photographs. | Nuclear power plants -- Ohio -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Dunbar Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Dunbar Company | | | | Dates: | 1910-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Dunbar Company, also known as Dunbar Construction Company, was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1884 by William Dunbar, a carpenter. The collection consists of views of commercial, business, industrial, and other buildings, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Included are photographs of the Cleveland Trust Company, Elliott Shoe Company, Pathe Film Company, Dinner Bell Meat Company, Fisher Food Inc., Ohio Bell Telephone Company, Geauga Community Hospital, Slovak Home for the Aged, Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Ursuline College Campus Center, and other representative examples of the company's work. | | | | Call #: | PG 314 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Dunbar Company -- Photograph collections. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Society Corporation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Society Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1849-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Society Corporation was Ohio's first registered bank holding company, formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1958 when the Society for Savings (founded in 1849 as a mutual savings bank) was merged into Society National Bank (a stock bank organized in 1956 to provide commercial banking services as a subsidiary of Society for Savings). Myron T. Herrick was president of Society for Savings from 1894-1905 and 1908-1921. A pioneer in issuing term and capital loans during the Depression, Society was also a leader in marketing and promotional methods for attracting new depositors. The unprecedented unification of Society for Savings and Society National Bank in 1958 was orchestrated by president Mervin B. France. Litigation regarding the merger was not settled until 1962. By 1989, Society Corporation had affiliates in four regions of Ohio and controlled assets of over $9 billion. Its most formidable acquisition was that of Centran Corporation in 1985, itself a regional multi-bank holding company. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of members of the board of directors, trustees, officers, and employees. The majority of photographs consist of exterior and interior views of Society Corporation's affiliate bank acquisitions and numerous branch offices, in particular those of Central National Bank of Cleveland, Ohio. Views also depict outdoor signs, open houses, events, presentations, displays, and programs. Photographic views of the city of Cleveland, including Public Square, the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland State University, aerial views, demolition of the Cuyahoga and Williamson buildings and construction of the BP building, and miscellaneous Cleveland landmarks are also included. | | | | Call #: | PG 419 | | | | Extent: | 5.80 linear feet (8 containers and 6 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Society Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Society National Bank -- Photograph collections. | Society for Savings -- Photograph collections. | Central National Bank (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Centran Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Financial services industry -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank holding companies -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | School savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Public relations -- Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bankers -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Ameritrust Corporation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ameritrust Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1890-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Ameritrust Corporation began in 1894 when The Cleveland Trust Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Trust then assumed the contracts of the Security Safe Deposit and Trust Company, also located in Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning in 1903, Cleveland Trust acquired or merged with several other savings banks, including The Windemere Savings and Trust Company and The Western Reserve Trust Company. Cleveland Trust promoted innovative operating policies and procedures, including the establishment of an advertising department in 1913. It increased its number of branch offices through additional mergers, including Lake Shore Banking and Trust Company and The Garfield Savings Bank. Growth continued during the 1920s with the acquisition of the Pearl Street Savings and Trust Company. Two more banks were acquired in the 1930s; Midland Bank and South Euclid Bank. A new six story office building at East 9th Street and Huron Road was constructed in 1962. An adjacent office tower was completed in 1971. In 1974, CleveTrust Corporation, a bank holding company, was formed, with Cleveland Trust as the lead bank. Cleveland Trust was one of six local banks holding short-term notes of the City of Cleveland when financial difficulties in 1978 lead to the city's default on these loans. In 1979, The Cleveland Trust Company's name was changed to AmeriTrust Corporation. In 1986, the name was changed to Ameritrust Corporation. In 1991, Ameritrust merged with Society Corporation, and in 1992, went out of existence as a corporate entity. The collection consists of individual portraits of bank officials, directors, and corporate employees and their organizations, and views of banking facilities and marketing campaigns. A large portion of the collection consists of views of bank branches and views of the 1906-1908 construction and later renovation of the Cleveland Trust main office. Photographs of architectural detail images of the rotunda of the main branch by Margaret Bourke-White are included. The 1969-1971 construction of the tower office building addition to the main office located at Euclid Ave. and East 9th St. is also well depicted. Advertising and marketing activities are represented by both images used in and depictions of campaigns, particularly the E. 9th and Euclid outdoor displays. The collection also illustrates changes in banking equipment and facilities during the twentieth century. Also included are portraits of officers and employees of banks acquired by the Cleveland Trust Company. Other photographs of officers, directors, and corporate employees were integral to and retained with biographical materials in MS 4750 Ameritrust Corporation Records. | | | | Call #: | PG 482 | | | | Extent: | 5.80 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 -- Photograph collections. | Ameritrust Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Trust Company -- Photograph collections. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank holding companies -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Advertising -- Banks and banking -- Photographs. | Banks and banking -- Public relations -- Photographs. | Branch banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Homesite Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Klein Lampl Homesite Company | | | | Dates: | 1915-1924 | | | | Abstract: | Homesite Company was a real estate development company founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jack Lampl Sr. and H. R. Klein circa 1915. They also founded the Klein Lampl Company, which incorporated in 1917. In 1927, the two companies merged and became the Klein Lampl Homesite Company, which became the developer of several prominent Cleveland-area subdivisions. Homesite's main office was located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and the firm contributed to the development of the area of Lakewood, Ohio. Major developments built by Klein Lampl include Waterbury Heights, Wyandot Park, Elbur Heights, Fairwood Heights, Arthur Heights, Eastlawn, Orchard Park, and Sunnycliff. Many of these developments are still intact today. The collection consists of approximately 200 black and white photographs contained in three albums. | | | | Call #: | PG 558 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Klein Lampl Homesite Company (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | House construction -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | House construction -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | Interior architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Interior architecture -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Photographs. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | Clark Restaurant Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Clark Restaurant Company | | | | Dates: | 1900-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Clark Restaurant Company of Cleveland, Ohio, owned a chain of restaurants throughout northeast Ohio in the twentieth century. The restaurants served Southern colonial food and cocktails, and catered to working people and families with children. The locations in downtown Cleveland catered to the business, retail, and theater communities. The collection consists of photographs of personnel and buildings associated with the Clark Restaurant chain of Cleveland, Ohio, including many candid restaurant interiors. Also included are portraits of the Clark family, founders of the restaurant chain. | | | | Call #: | PG 120 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Clark Restaurant Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Leisy Brewing Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Leisy Brewing Company | | | | Dates: | 1870-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Leisy Brewing Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, based brewery which began as Isaac Leisy & Co. in 1873. Once Cleveland's largest independent brewery, it had branch agencies in Ohio, western Pa., and Indiana, and gained a reputation for its Premium Lager and Budweiser beers, before that became a brand name. Production in 1890 was over 90,000 barrels, and rose to 355,000 barrels by 1917. When the company closed in 1959, it was the oldest brewery in Cleveland and one of the longest surviving family-operated breweries in America. The collection consists of individual portraits of Otto Leisy and his family; unidentified individual and group portraits of Leisy Brewing Company staff; Leisy staff party portraits; views of the Leisy family residence; and exterior and interior views of the Leisy plant complex at various stages. The majority of photographs depict various aspects of Leisy advertising and include views of billboards, taxi posters, displays, horse-drawn and motorized delivery vehicles, and the Leisy company mascot. A bound album contains reproductions of product labels and advertising. | | | | Call #: | PG 422 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Leisy, Otto, 1863-1914 -- Photograph collections. | Leisy family -- Photograph collections. | Leisy Brewing Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Brewing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Advertising -- Brewing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Brewery workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | German American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 12 | Title: | Lees-Bradner Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Lees-Bradner Company | | | | Dates: | 1915-1965 | | | | Abstract: | The Lees-Bradner Company was organized in 1906 as a partnership between Ernest J. Lees and Hosea Townsend Bradner of Cleveland, Ohio. It incorporated in 1909. The company specialized in gear hobbing and thread milling machinery for automobile timing and transmission gears and other applications. Hosea Bradner's sons; John A., George T., and James H. Bradner, ran the company in the post-World War II era. The company was purchased by White Consolidated Industries in 1967 and by 1983 the name Lees-Bradner had been phased out and the Cleveland plant closed. After White Consolidated Industries was itself purchased by Electrolux in 1986, the gear hobbing division was sold and the name Lees-Bradner was reinstated as a machine tool manufacturer. The collection consists of individual portraits of Hosea Townsend Bradner, George Townsend Bradner, and John Bradner; group portraits of employees, including production workers, managers and sales personnel; and views of products, facilities, and activities. | | | | Call #: | PG 462 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bradner, Hosea Townsend, 1872-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Bradner, George T., 1916- -- Photograph collections. | Lees-Bradner Company -- Photograph collections. | White Consolidated Industries -- Photograph collections. | Grant-Lees Machine Company -- Photograph collections. | Machine-tool industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Gear industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Gear-cutting machines -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 14 | Title: | Winton Motor Carriage Company Factory Stereographs
| | | | Creator: | Winton Motor Car Company | | | | Dates: | 1910s | | | | Abstract: | The Winton Motor Carriage Company was founded in 1897 by Cleveland, Ohio, bicycle manufacturer Alexander Winton. A factory at the corner of Belden and Mason streets was established. A new factory complex at 10601 Berea Road and a sales office and garage at 1228 Huron Road was built in 1902. New models included delivery vehicles and a racing car. The company was reorganized in 1915 as the Winton Motor Car Company, and produced 2,450 vehicles the following year. Winton produced expensive models of cars, and could not compete with increasingly mass-produced competitors such as Ford. In 1924, the company ceased production of automobiles. The collection consists of a stereographic viewer containing stereographic photographs on a roll of the Winton Motor Carriage Company factory, Cleveland, Ohio. Also includes 81 black and white slide transparencies which are duplicates of the stereographic roll photographs. And two 8 x 10 inch black and white copy photographs: of slide no. 29 (assembly building) and slide no. 54 (parts and repairs building). Factory views include automobile assembly, workers, buildings, departments, machinery, and other locations within the complex. | | | | Call #: | PG 334 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Winton Motor Carriage Company -- Photograph collections. | Automobiles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Stereoscopic views -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 15 | Title: | Glenn L. Martin Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Glenn L. Martin Company | | | | Dates: | 1918-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Glenn L. Martin Company was founded by Glenn L. Martin, a pioneer airplane manufacturer. It incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1917 and remained until 1929, when Martin moved the company to Essex, Maryland. The company produced aircraft for military use. The Glenn L. Martin Company also built mail and passenger planes. It eventually evolved into the Martin Marietta Corporation. The collection consists of views of various aircraft and blimps, the Cleveland plant, and an R.A.F. jet bomber in Essex, Maryland, after a 1950s transatlantic flight. Also includes group portraits of Glenn L. Martin employees, interior and aerial views of the Glenn L. Martin plant in Cleveland, and postcards of the Glenn L. Martin plant in Essex, Maryland. | | | | Call #: | PG 436 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Glenn L. Martin Company -- Photograph collections. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplanes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Martin airplanes -- Photographs. | Bombers -- Photographs. | Airplanes, Military -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 17 | Title: | Richman Brothers Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Richman Brothers Company | | | | Dates: | 1924-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of executives and employees, interior and exterior views of Richman Brothers Company factories and stores, and posed and candid shots of company functions. | | | | Call #: | PG 466 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Richman family -- Photograph collections. | Richman Brothers Company -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company | | | | Dates: | 1900-1910 | | | | Abstract: | The Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company was a pioneer manufacturer of steel plant equipment with an international reputation for engineering some of the largest material-handling projects ever built. The firm started in 1896 as the Wellman-Seaver Engineering Company in Cleveland, Ohio, founded by the inventor of the first open-hearth furnace in the U.S., Samuel T. Wellman, his brother, Charles H. Wellman, and John W. Seaver, to engineer and design steel mills and industrial plant equipment. One of the company's executives, George Huelett, invented the Hulett unloader, which revolutionized the Great Lakes ore industry. The collection consists of one album containing forty-two photographs of ship and railroad unloading machinery, eight loose photographs of ship unloaders and coke dumpers, and one blueprint of a railroad car dumper. | | | | Call #: | PG 018 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Loading and unloading -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Railroads -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Loaders (Machines) -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Ore handling -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Cargo ships -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Great Lakes -- Commerce -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 20 | Title: | Ray's Sausage Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ray's Sausage Company | | | | Dates: | 1969 | | | | Abstract: | Ray's Sausage Company has been located in Cleveland, Ohio, on the corner of East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue since it was founded by Ray Cash in 1952. The company factory manufactured and sold pure pork, beef sausage, pork and beef links, head cheese, and meat souse. The collection consists of eight color and twelve black and white photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 601 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Cash, Raymond, 1919-1977 -- Photographs | Meat industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Ray's Sausage Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | Ray's Sausage Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American History / Business/Industry
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