The palm trees, beaded curtains, and bamboo walls helped patrons imagine an escape to a far away land.

This trunk store was billed as one of the nation's largest. The map shows how the former Superior Avenue store and…

Undoubtedly, Don Petit, the Cleveland Planning Commission intern, who photographed buildings on Lorain Avenue in 1993…

The personal message on the front of this card, featuring a photograph taken on the beach at Gordon Park, reads:…

Another indication of the growing importance of Lorain-Fulton Square in Cleveland in the early twentieth century was the…

Bailey's transformed from a dry goods store into a full-fledged department store in 1899 after the death of Lewis A.…

In the early 1940s, a small garden area existed on Lorain Avenue just to the west of the Schenck (M. Diederich Co.)…

Located at East 33rd Street and Payne Avenue and owned and operated by Stanley Rudnicki for 40 years, it was one of the…

In 1913, the Bailey Co. decorated its exterior with American flags and red-white-and-blue bunting as part of the city's…

After Bailey's closed and reopened at a different location in the early 1960s, May Company department store purchased…

A postcard showing the ore docks on Whiskey Island.

This 1993 photo catches a glimpse of the first Fridrich Bicycle store front at 3821 Lorain. It is the wooden building…

This circa 1860s photo shows a Civil War era building being moved west on Lorain Street past Henry Leopold's furniture…

That was how The May Co. officials touted their new department store in downtown Cleveland. They also took pains—and…

The house where Jacob and Jennie Sapirstein lived while Jacob's postcard jobbing business grew into one of America's…

A shorter version of the Terminal Tower is seen in this conceptual postcard, made ahead of a public referendum on…

Visitors and a deer look on as a pair of sea lions frolic in one of the zoo's popular attractions.

This advertisement in the December 14, 1819 Cleveland Register invites Clevelanders to shop at Nathan Perry's new store…

The May Company clock has been a signature feature of the building since it opened. The original May Co. building also…

The Great Depression was a time of extreme economic decline throughout cities in the United States, but Bailey's…

"America's Finest Colored Hostelry: 250 rooms, 19 minutes to theatre and business district. Excellent service plus…

A drawing of the original Sherwin-Williams Co. store back in 1866. This was in the company’s humble beginnings before it…

This undated photo gives an idea of how the May Company was decorated during the holiday shopping season. The May…

Two women admire the holiday window display depicting an Italian holiday gift-giving tradition, part of a series of…