Old Photos and Panoramics of Cleveland, OH One of our newest
collections, we've gathered several photos of Cleveland's
historical areas. Various shots of skyscrapers, old hotels,
monuments, and railways. The city's situation on the lakefront
helped it flourish as a center for heavy industry. As a halfway
point for iron ore from Minnesota being shipped across the Great
Lakes, as well as coal and being carried by rail from the south,
Cleveland. Standard Oil was founded in Cleveland in 1870 by John
D. Rockefeller, although the headquarters moved to New York City
in 1885. Cleveland emerged in the early 20th Century as a
leading American manufacturing center, home to numerous major
steel producers, and automobile manufacturers. By 1920, the
city's economic prosperity had been catalytic in Cleveland's
becoming the nation's fifth largest city. The city also served
as a center for the national progressive movement, headed
locally by populist Mayor Tom L. Johnson. Many prominent
Clevelanders from this era are buried i