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Title	Cleveland lakefront photograph
Subject	Shipping--Erie, Lake Cleveland (Ohio)--Harbor Harbors--Ohio--Cleveland Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Aerial Photography Business and Labor Industries--Ohio Ohio--History--Pictorial works Federal Writers' Project
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description	During the late nineteenth century, Cleveland became an important industrial city. Located along numerous transportation routes as well as near large deposits of coal and iron ore, the city prospered. John D. Rockefeller and his partners began the Standard Oil Company in Cleveland during the 1860s. At the same time, Samuel Mather began steel production and enhanced Cleveland's economic importance. In 1880, twenty-eight percent of Cleveland's workforce found work in the steel mills. Cleveland emerged as an important industrial center, but its citizens sometimes suffered. During the Great Depression, both the steel and oil companies endured difficult financial times. To stay afloat, many businesses laid off workers. By 1933, roughly one-third of Cleveland's workers were unemployed during the third full year of the Great Depression. Reverse reads: "Cleveland Lakefront. Taken from Terminal Tower. Notice coal dock near freighter and railroad freight cars drawn up around it. Project photographer Frank Jaffa, 1940."
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	1940
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B04F10_35_01.tif
Image Height	4944
Image Width	6089
File Size	119974540 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-04-07
Date modified	2011-06-20

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