Akron Beacon Journal 1909
Home of the Akron Beacon Journal from 1898 to 1911. Northeast
corner of Quarry (Bowery) and Main Street. The Beacon Journal
later moved to East Market & Summit St., and then to its present
location.
The blacksmith hammering a shoe on the horse at the left is
probably James A. Moody, whose shop was on the west side of Main
Street between Market and Mill. The frame building at the right in
this 1870's picture is Oscar Burgan's livery stable. The
photographer who made this shot had his back to the Pennsylvania &
Ohio Canal, which flowed down the middle of Main street at that
time.
By 1915 there were few blacksmiths left in Akron. T.P. Howland,
who billed himself as a "practical horseshoer", had the last shop
in the downtown area, on Cherry Street.
Site of present Polsky Store. In 1928 the Polsky Company bought
the block across the street from the M. O'Neil store. St.
Bernard's' School and Church can be seen in the background.
There were still a few horses on the streets of Akron in 1915,
but they were clearly destined for replacement by autos and
trucks. The Medford Building fell to the wrecking ball and was
replaced here by the Ohio Edison's annex. To the left is the old
Salvation Army Building; to the right, the market house.
Loomis Hardware Co. occupied a building that was already 60
years old when this 1900 picture was taken. People pushed their
lawn mowers in those days, and Loomis has the latest models
displayed out front. The store was located in Cuyahoga Falls at
Front Street and Portage Trail.
If you blew a Miller tire in 1916, Miller Rubber Co. offered
more than sympathy. It dispatched a tire repairman on a
motorcycle bearing repair kit and replacement tires. This photo
was taken on S. Howard Street.
If you didn't trust the new fangled trucks in 1918, you could
have your household goods hauled by horses. Union Fireproof
Storage Co. had an equal number of gasoline powered and
horse-drawn vehicles but was rapidly moving toward complete
mechanization of its fleet. The firm boasted that its three
warehouses on N. High Street were "absolutely fireproof."
The grand lobby of today's Akron Civic Theatre, when it opened
in 1929 as Loew's. On the National Register of Historic Places,
it was designed by nationally famous theatre architect John
Eberson. The exterior view was taken in 1942.
Herrick & Son Store
A china and glassware shop, shown in 1895 when it was located
on the ground floor of the Academy of Music,
at the northeast corner of Market and Main Streets. Completed in
1871, the Academy was greatly damaged by fire in 1897 but was
later rebuilt.
Robinson Book Store
A well-stocked shop for books, stationery, and newspapers,
about 1890. It was on the east side of Howard Street, in the
first block south of Market Street. The entire section of Howard
from Market to South Main Street was vacated to allow
construction of Cascade Plaza. This photo is dated 1900.
The Middlebury Auto Garage, operated by Christopher Albright,
presented this appearance when it advertised in the Summit
County Atlas of 1910. The shop was on the south side of East
Market Street, just west of Arlington.
Renners Beer Wagon Akron Ohio early 1900s
Photographs. Cuyahoga Falls
Library Archives, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
