Akron Beacon Journal 1975 Sesquicentennial Editions Set Rubber City Ohio History
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Akron, Ohio told its own story in 1975, and it did it in newsprint. This is the complete Sesquicentennial Editions collection of the Akron Beacon Journal — a multi-part commemorative series published to mark the city’s 150th anniversary, chronicling the rise of the rubber industry that turned a canal town into one of America’s great industrial cities.
The set arrives in its original blue vinyl Sesquicentennial portfolio sleeve stamped with the Simon Perkins seal — the kind of protective case that tells you someone valued this enough to keep it properly. Inside you’ll find multiple special edition newspapers covering the boom years (1900–1930), the Depression era, and Akron’s rubber factory legacy, plus a Beacon magazine feature headlined “When Akron Really Was a Rubber City: Tire Builders Tell Their Tales,” and the Quaker Chronicle insert on the history of Quaker Square. Headlines like “The Boom Was Fantastic!” and “Depression Slowed Us To A Crawl” read like chapter titles in a story most Americans have forgotten.
Also tucked into the collection is a bonus Middle East map from the Desert Storm era — an unexpected find that makes this appealing to Gulf War history and military cartography collectors as well.
A time capsule of working-class Ohio, industrial pride, and the city that put the world on wheels. Shows expected age toning throughout; collection is intact and complete in its original sleeve.
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