i Remember some steel mill promo photos from the 80's taken from the Harvard
Denison Bridge. They would have the skyline in the background; probably not
much different from the 50's. Check some steel mill archives.

Regards,

Louis N

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> To: clevelandrails@yahoogroups.com
> From: billg@...
> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:33:39 +0000
> Subject: [ClevelandRails] Re: 1940's - 1950's Skyline Photo of Downtown
Cleveland
>
> Thanks so much Dennis! The view would be from the Harvard road area. Looking
North west. Of course this is a model railroad and does not need to be exact.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
> --- In clevelandrails@yahoogroups.com, dennis bydash wrote:
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>> Bill,
>> Right off hand I don't know of anyone, but I'll ask the guys at this Friday's
RRE Meeting if anyone knows of such photos. I don't think anyone in the group
was taking pictures back then. Most of us started in the mid 1960's.
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>> Dennis
>>
>> --- On Tue, 7/7/09, cmw12002 wrote:
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>> From: cmw12002
>> Subject: [ClevelandRails] 1940's - 1950's Skyline Photo of Downtown Cleveland
>> To: clevelandrails@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 2:48 PM
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>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. We are constructing
a n-scale railroad layout which will be located in the Cleveland area,
specifically the southeast side of Cleveland.
>>
>> We need photos of downtown Cleveland in the 1940's / 1950's to create photo
murals for the backdrop. Preferably shot at eye-level and if really possible...
shot from southeast to north. I have looked at every concievable place on-line
including the Cleveland Memory Project etc.
>>
>> Is there anyone out there with some orginals? Negatives or prints that can be
scanned and returned? I am willing to pay for any expenses or deposits
associated with this project.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
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