Akron has a rich history of industry, innovation, music and social/political issues.This collection showcases all of that and more, from vintage photos of the Goodyear and Firestone plants to various other memorable locations in and around Akron.All images are courtesy of the Cleveland Memory Project.

This collection showcases all of that and more, from vintage photos of the Goodyear and Firestone plants to various other memorable locations in and around Akron.

All images are courtesy of the Cleveland Memory Project.

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Polsky's Department Store at 225 S. Main Street in Akron, Ohio in 1980.

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^ The Goodyear Zeppelin airship dock at Akron, Ohio.

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E. J. Thomas Hall in Akron, Ohio in 1981.

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^ A group of horse and wagons in downtown Akron.

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^ The completed clubhouse of the Firestone Country Club in 1960.

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^ Firestone Tire and Rubber Company main gate in downtown Akron, Ohio in 1935.

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^ The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's plant number three in Akron, Ohio in 1935.

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Halle's at Summit Mall.

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Universal Savings Association of Akron, Ohio in 1967.

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^ Aerial view of Goodyear Aircraft factories at Akron.

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^ Children lining up and walking up hill at the Akron Airport playground to sled down the hill again in 1939.

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^ Sagamore Hills Children's Psychiatric Hospital.

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^ Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio in 1978.

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^ Crowds of spectators file into Derby Downs to watch the soap box derby in Akron, Ohio during the 1957 races.

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^ An interior view of the Mayflower Hotel's banquet room found in Downtown Akron in 1937.

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^ An aerial view of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's downtown Akron, Ohio plant in 1935.

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The North Main Street High Level Bridge, connecting Akron and Cuyahoga Falls.

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The facade of the Akron Children's Hospital on One Perkins Square in 1965.

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^ The Ohio and Erie Canal flowing through an area of urban renewal in downtown Akron in 1966.

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^ Aerial view of the Main Street viaduct in Akron Ohio in 1941.

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General Tire factory found in Akron Ohio in 1935. This building was demolished in 1999.

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^ Quaker Square in downtown Akron, Ohio in 1977.

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^ The Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroad headquarters on Exchange St. in Akron, Ohio in 1964.

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^ The Akron airport administration building in 1937.

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