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Title	Cleveland, O Postcard
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Religion in Ohio Geography and Natural Resources Parks Quarries
Place	Cleveland (Ohio) Shaker Heights (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description	This postcard depicts several Cuyahoga County scenes: the Rockefeller Parkway, Edgewater Park Beach, Cleveland Harbor and Breakway, Old Shaker Mill, and Shaker Heights Quarries. The 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm) postcard is postmarked April 24, 1903. It is addressed to Tillie Nilson in Indianapolis. The note reads: "Seen all these places yesterday don't know when we will be at Indianapolis again. Next engagement at Avenue Theater Detroit, Mich. Opening April 27 to May 03 03." The postcard was purchased by the Shaker Height Public Library in November 2000. It is part of a larger collection of materials relating to Shaker Heights history. A searchable database of the collection is available online. Rockefeller Park covers approximately 200 acres on the city's East Side, following Doan Brook for about three miles. John D. and Laura Spelman Rockefeller deeded the land to the city for use as a park in 1897. Architect Charles F. Schweinfurth, who also designed several homes along Cleveland's "Millionaires' Row" designed the four distinctive bridges along the parkway. The city's Second Park Board purchased Edgewater Park, located along Lake Erie, in 1894 from Jacob B. Perkins, a Cleveland industrialist. Many recreational facilities were subsequently provided, including bathhouses, a pavilion, baseball diamonds, and numerous picnic and playground areas. The Old Shaker Mill was built by the North Union Shaker Colony on the Shaker Lakes in 1843. It was demolished on July 4, 1886 amidst a great celebration. The stone quarries, opened the same year, were run by the Shakers until the colony disbanded in 1889.
Date of Original	1903 circa
Collection	http://www.worthington.org/OurTown/SHPL_Local_History_Catalog_Search_Form.cfm (for more information on Shaker Heights history)
Source	Published material SHPL-1100-000002
Submitting Institution	Shaker Heights Public Library
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Type	Text

Title	Om190_665404_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om190_665404_001.tif
Image Height	1991
Image Width	3293
File Size	2120.188 KB

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