To help fund the construction and ongoing maintenance of Look About Lodge, fund raising events were regularly held by…

Now the site of the Van Aken Shopping Center, the intersection of Warrensville Center and Kinsman Road (now Chagrin) was…

Efforts to phase out use of the card catalog began during the early 1980s at Shaker Heights Public Library. By 1984,…

In 1927, when Chicago-based Sears, Roebuck and Company decided to expand and build retail stores in Cleveland, it picked…

Elie Barsan helped found Roumanian Savings and Loan. Arriving in Cleveland in 1914 at the age of 21, he would become…

As reported in the Cleveland Press in 1928, Taylor's contemplated a major store expansion that would have raised its…

Bunny Village, a popular attraction at the Children's Zoo in the late 1940s, provided a miniature church, school,…

Since at least the 1950s, Diamond's Flowers has offered deliveries to anywhere in the city. Pictured here is the…

In this 1968 photo, Fridrich Bicycle store owner Joseph J. Fridrich (right) discusses the store's bicycle inventory with…

A crowd gathers in front of Greenwood's Diamonds at the Arcade on January 8, 1931. A sign in the window reads, "Trade…

Before the Men's Store opened in the new Huron-Prospect Building in 1927, Halle's Men's Row was located in the main…

Seen on the left side of the image is Rosenblum's first store which was located on Public Square and opened in 1910.…

One of the Kingsbury Building's earliest occupants was the Fisher Bros. Corp. This popular chain of Cleveland retail…

Few immigrants used traditional banks at the beginning of the 20th century. Money was either stored away by the…

This photo of Fridrich Bicycle Store was taken in April 2022. The store is currently managed by Jane Alley, who has…

In 1923, the Sullivan family departed from Euclid Avenue and the Allen-Sullivan House became home to The Josephine Shop,…

Browning, King & Co. was a prominent New York-based national retailer of men's and boys clothing, school uniforms, and…

Bailey's opened its third branch store in 1951, which was located at East 228th Street and Lake Shore Boulevard. It was…

This architectural drawing shows the detail of the Bailey Co. store that would be opened in 1959 in the Eastgate…

A 1938 Oldsmobile touring sedan from A Christmas Story’s parade scene sits in a garage behind the gift shop.

That was how the Plain Dealer described Henry Leopold's furniture store upon opening of the store's new four story…

Halle Bros. Co. started in 1891 when Samuel and Salmon Halle bought out a furrier and hat repair shop on the north side…

This is an image of the second Malley’s location located at 14822 Madison Avenue in 1949. This store is the first…

Students at Collinwood High School use card catalogs to learn essential filing skills.