Akron, Ohio -- Rubber City Nostalgia

The City of Akron, Ohio- has been an important manufacturing center of the United States. Photos show workers, citizens, and highlights of Akron's past.
Music:
Always the Same SefChol 00:0817 to 03:08:21
Sweet Release Dan Lebowitz 03:15:23 to 05:25:02
Snowy Peaks pt ll Chris Haugen 05:32:18 to 07:22:02

[@Kennethvitatoe-jc5pv]

Nice little town ,everybody is so nice great place to bring your family to raise!

[@russellhart3260]

The World War 1 and 2 photos were before my time, but I was a "baby boomer" in Akron during the late 1940s and 1950s. I do remember the Quaker Oats grain silos being converted into shops and restaurants in the 1970s. Heavens, these days we're going to have to go back to raising food much more locally again. The early computer photos were of interest, too. My Dad worked in the initial stages of computer usage and development at General Tire and Rubber in the early 1960s, and my Granddad worked in the Industrial Sales group within Goodyear for some 40+ years before he retired in 1963. ("Retired" just sounds like a word that ought to be commonplace in a town like Akron, doesn't it?) Very interesting compilation; thanks for putting this together for us former "Hilltoppers".

[@vintagevalleyphotoreposito8629]

I enjoyed putting this one together, and hope to do another Akron video soon (need to include the Rubber Bowl this time!). Thanks! Mike J. at VVPR.

[@dianaesempio9133]

Awww...this gave me the Akron warm fuzzies! Minus kayaking the Cuyahoga in the 70s! Lol

[@mikejankowski8791]

Diana- thanks for watching! Nowadays- I love visiting the CVNP (Mike J. at VVPR).

[@feet77777]

I just wanna see if there were 50s stores by my house

[@kenkellalea329]

Cyraxx king 👑 of akron brang me here

[@vintagevalleyphotoreposito8629]

Thank you for watching!!