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The Peter Witt Streetcars of Cleveland
By James A. Toman and James R. Spangler
Price: $13.50
Cleveland was a dynamic leader in many areas at the start of the 20th Century. One such pacesetting sector was
its street railway system whose lines crisscrossed the city. Perhaps its most significant contribution to public
transportation came in 1915 with the invention of the Car Rider’s Car, designed by Cleveland Street Railway Commissioner Peter Witt.
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East Fourth Street: The Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of an Urban Cleveland Street
By Alan F. Dutka
Price: $19.95
Short in distance but long in memories, East Fourth Street's story has mirrored downtown Cleveland's dynamic rise,
decline, and rebirth. Once the home to Cleveland's opera house, central markets, and five and dime stores, Fourth Street
fell into disrepair in the second half of the 20th Century. Relive the stories and follow the renaissance of an urban Cleveland hotspot.
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Founded in Faith: Cleveland's Lost Catholic Legacy
By Debra First
Price: $19.95
This reverent book honors
the history of the Diocese of Cleveland’s closed churches. Through both
text and photographs, the book illuminates the great faith that built and
sustained these churches.
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A Euclid Beach Park Album
By James A. Toman
Price: $18.95
This tribute to Cleveland's famous Euclid Beach Park explores the amusement park during 1969, its last of operation.
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Vintage Cleveland: Photographs of Yesteryear
By James A. Toman
Price: $17.50
A memory-recharging pictorial review of how the
Cleveland landscape has changed over the past 125 years. It provides glimpses
of structures now gone, such as Millionaires’ Row, Euclid Beach Park, the market
houses, and the Detroit-Superior Bridge subway, to elements that keep renewing
themselves, like the Erieview Corridor along East Ninth Street, the lakefront,
and the old Doan’s Corner’s neighborhood and the adjoining University Circle.
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A Cleveland Original; 50 Years Behind the Lens
By Burt Graeff (with Ron Kuntz)
Price: $18.95
An illustrated history of the career of veteran Cleveland news and
sports photographer Ron Kuntz. In his more than 50 years as a professional
photographer, Kuntz covered baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, horse
racing and the summer and winter Olympic Games. He was also on the scene for
such news events as the Sam Sheppard murder trials, the Kent State war protest,
as well as the Hough Riot and Glenville Shootout in Cleveland. The book also
contains a chapter devoted his Kuntz’s commitment to prison ministry during
which has logged visits to some 2,000 prisons. Packed with 192 of his most
memorable photos, the 112-page, soft-cover book retails for $18.95.
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Surviving the Drought: Cleveland Sports Fans Since 1964
By Greg Deegan
Price: $ 18.50
Surviving the Drought is a celebration of
Cleveland sports fans who remain devoted to their teams despite not having a
championship in over forty years. It tells the story of what it’s like to be a Cleveland sports
fan through the voices of those who have lived and died with their favorite
teams.
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Citizen Soldiers: 107th Cavalry
Regiment, Ohio National Guard
By George N. Vourlojianis
Price: $ 16.50
Citizen Soldiers looks at the history of the private citizens in
Ohio who were ready to serve their state in times of crisis. It covers the
First Cavalry Troop of Cleveland from their participation in both World Wars
through Iraq. It will be released October 5th.
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A Shaker Rapid Album
By James A. Toman and James R. Spangler
Price: $16.50
Cleveland Landmarks Press’s newest transportation book is a pictorial history of
the rapid transit cars that have carried passengers between downtown Cleveland
and suburban Shaker Heights.
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Cleveland and its Streetcars
By James R. Spangler and James A. Toman
Price: $19.95
Cleveland and its Streetcars is a photographic essay of Cleveland
during the first half of the 20th Century when streetcars were the way most
people moved around town.
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Cleveland’s Towering Treasure -
A Landmark Turns 75
By
James A. Toman and Daniel J. Cook, with an introduction
by Richard E. Karberg
Price: $18.50
This book is a Diamond Anniversary celebration of the city’s most
famous landmark, the Terminal Tower Complex.
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Across Many Fields - A Season of
Ohio High School Football
By
Christopher Butler, Photographs By Jennifer Rothchild, Foreword
By Kirk Herbstreit
Price: Price: $29.95
Clearance
Price $10.00
| Used $4.00
Across Many Fields attempts to capture the essence of Ohio
football by chronicling the 2001 high school season with a lively combination
of pictures and textual insights. This book observes high school football less
as a sport and more as a cultural event through which a wide variety of people
take meaning.
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Euclid Avenue - Cleveland's
Sophisticated Lady
By James A. Toman and Richard E. Karberg
Price: $17.95
Take a look at Euclid Avenue from 1920 through 1970. The book
takes a tour through the glory years including many of the department stores,
specialty shops, restaurants and theatres. The book also includes 22 recipes.
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Cleveland Stadium - The Last
Chapter
By James A. Toman and Gregory G. Deegan
Price: $24.50
Clearance
Price $10.00
A history of the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium from planning
through demolition, with chapters on the history of the Browns, Indians, and
special events.
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The Heart of Cleveland - The Story
of Public Square in the 20th Century
By Gregory G. Deegan and James A. Toman
Price: Price: $28.50 ;Clearance Price $10.00
Cleveland's experience is Public Square, and this book traces the
story of Public Square during the 20th century, the architectural developments
on and around it, and the events that took place there.
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Cleveland's Transit Vehicles
By James A. Toman and Blaine S. Hays
Price: $47
An illustrated description and roster of Cleveland's public
transit equipment.
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Cleveland's Dynamic Transit
Heritage
By Blaine S. Hays
Price: $4.95
An illustrated review of Cleveland transit developments with a
look at the history of the Regional Transit Authority through 1985.
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