Yesterday's Lakewood
About the Images
Images on this site have been selected from the following Special Collections at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University:
- The Cleveland Press Collection
- The Nickel Plate Railroad Scrapbooks
- The Wilbur & Emily Watson Bridge Collection
A special note of appreciation to the artists behind the cameras — The Cleveland Press photographers whose work appear on this site:

Garfield School receives plaque commemorating its location as the site of the first log schoolhouse in Lakewood, May 26, 1967.
- Frank Aleksandrowicz
- Jeannette Allen
- Fred Bottomer
- Jack Clifford
- Tim Cukik
- Van Dillard
- Jerry Horton
- Walter Kneal
- Clayton Knipper
- John Nash
- Bill Nehez
- Larry Nighswander
- Bernie Noble
- Tom Prusha
- Frank Reed
- Herman Seid
- Ronnie Sherman
- Paul Tepley
- James Thomas
- Tony Tomsic
- Paul Topplestein
- Glenn Zahn