A driver for the Youngstown bottling division of Pepsi Cola services accounts in Youngstown in this undated photo. Electronic image courtesy of Historic Images for Metro Monthly.
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SUMMER FUN – This slide show features reader-submitted images from the 1920s through the present day. Pictures include family vacations, beach scenes (check out the funky clothes and sunglasses!) and improvised fun close to home. Of particular interest are rare scenes of Idora Park during a Wean United company picnic in the 1970s. Metro Monthly [...]
BOOTS BELL – Local broadcast legend and radio personality Boots Bell – at work and with his family. All images courtesy of Leslie Bell Redman and Chris Bell. © 2012 The Metro Monthly, Leslie Bell Redman and Chris Bell.
THE EVOLUTION OF YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY – This photo set captures Youngstown State University – from its roots as Youngstown College and its transition to Youngstown College to its ultimate status as a state university. The earliest images depict campus life in the 1920s and 30s. You’ll see the Victorian mansions of Wick Avenue serving [...]
WOODROW WILSON MOTORCYCLE CARAVAN – Graduates of Woodrow Wilson High School in a motorcycle caravan on Youngstown’s South Side in 2008. Since its first year, the annual event has grown and now attracts alumni from Wilson, Cardinal Mooney and elsewhere. All photos by Joan Yanchick. © 2012 The Metro Monthly. All rights reserved.
IDORA PARK CAROUSEL DEDICATION – The carousel was one of the most-beloved rides at Idora Park. When the amusement park closed and the rides were tagged and auctioned, many people thought they would be seeing the carousel for the last time. It’s been a long journey from Youngstown to Brooklyn Bridge Park, but after nearly [...]
ST. COLUMBA CATHEDRAL LIES IN RUIN – Fire destroyed St. Columba Cathedral on Sept. 2, 1954 when a bolt of lightning struck the church during a late evening storm. According to news accounts of the day, firefighters first responding found the blaze well under way with fire outlining the cathedral’s main rose window. Eleven fire companies [...]
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