Great Lakes Exposition of 1936-1937

The Great Lakes Exposition, held in Cleveland during 1936 and 1937, drew over seven million visitors from around the Midwest and beyond. The lakefront industrial fair, a forerunner of today's World's Fairs, featured a "Streets of the World" international shopping and dining exhibit, a Hall of Progress, a Marine Theater, and a variety of specialty gardens. The last remnant of the Exposition, the Donald Gray Gardens, was torn down in 1999 to make way for the new Cleveland Browns Stadium.

At the time of the Expo, Cleveland was America's sixth largest city and was mired in the midst of the Great Depression. Still, the city found a way to celebrate. Join me for a look at this piece of Cleveland's past.

^{(Photo credit: CSU/Cleveland Press Collection)}