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VAN DIJK, PETER (13 Feb. 1929 - 7 Sept. 2019) noted Cleveland architect was responsible for the design and/or construction management of many area landmarks including the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building in Cleveland and the pavilion at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls.

VAN DORN CO. See VAN DORN DEMAG CORP.

The VAN DORN DEMAG CORP., formerly the Van Dorn Co., is a producer of plastic injection molding machines. The Van Dorn Co., once an innovator and expert in the forming of metals and plastic, began in 1872 when Jas. H. Van Dorn established a small fence business in Akron. Six years later he moved to Cleveland and named his firm the Cleveland Wrought Iron Fence Co. The plant at E. 79th St.

VAN TASSEL, DAVID D. (29 March 1928 -3 June 2000) was the founder of HISTORY DAY  and senior editor of The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Van Tassel was born in Binghamton, New York, to Etta May Strathie Van Tassel and Dr. Walter Raymond Van Tassel. He studied at Cherry Lawn School in Darien, Connecticut, and received his B.A. in 1950 from Dartmouth.

VANIK, CHARLES ALBERT (7 April 1913-30 August 2007), served as a Democratic congressman for 26 years. Born in Cleveland, to Charles Albert and Stella (Kuasnicka) Vanik Sr., Charles Albert Vanik Jr.'s father and grandfather were both butchers. As a boy, Charles delivered meat to his father's customers. Vanik graduated from Western Reserve University in 1933 and earned his law degree in 1936.

VEGETATION, CIRCA 1800.   When MOSES CLEAVELAND arrived in northeast Ohio in 1796, the land that would become Cuyahoga County was almost completely forested.  We know this, and much more information about the area’s vegetation, from land su

The VET CENTER-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS OUTREACH PROGRAM, funded by Congress under the Veterans Health Care Amendment Act (Public Law 96-22) and affiliated with the Department of Veteran Affairs, was established in 1979 to provide counseling services to veterans of the Vietnam War. Primarily focused on Vietnam-era veterans, the vet centers offer limited assistance to any veteran. Working with the Cleveland V.A.

The VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER - LOUIS STOKES VA MEDICAL CENTER  —  in Cleveland comprises 2 facilities: the Cleveland Veteran's Administration (VA) Hospital (called by its location, WADE PARK), which was, in the 1980s, a 780-bed general medical and surgical hospital, and the Brecksville Veteran's Administration Hospital, a 999-bed psychiatric hospital.

‌‌VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE, ope‌ned to traffic on Thanksgiving Day 1917 as the Detroit-Superior Bridge, was the city's first ‌high-level bridge over the CUYAHOGA RIVER.

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (VFW), a national organization for military veterans formed in Columbus, OH, in Apr. 1899, first appeared in Cleveland in 1920 with the formation of Post No. 84, commanded by George Collyer.

The VIDARO CORPORATION, also known as Euclid-Vidaro Manufacturing Company, was founded in 1870 by Simon and David Rosenblatt. The original name of the company was Rosenblatt Brothers, and it was known for manufacturing men’s shirts and overalls. The company was located at 59 ½ Bank (West 6^th) Street.

The VIETNAM WAR, an undeclared war in Southeast Asia in which the U.S. was engaged from 5 Aug. 1964 until signing a peace agreement in Jan. 1973, affected Clevelanders much as it did other Americans.

VIETNAMESE. The Cleveland Vietnamese community is primarily made up of individuals and families who formerly were citizens of the Republic of South Vietnam. Some fled their native land to escape the violence which ravaged their war-torn homeland. Others left after the war had come to an end, to escape oppression at the hands of the victorious Communist regime which ultimately had gained control over their homeland.

The VILLA SANCTA ANNA HOME FOR THE AGED, 25000 Chagrin Blvd. in BEACHWOOD, was built in 1959 and dedicated in Jan. 1960. The FIRST CATHOLIC SLOVAK LADIES Assn. built and sponsored the home for poor elderly women and men. The 3-story home, which accommodates 75, cost $1 million to construct and was renovated in 1990.

The VILLAGE OF EUCLID V. AMBLER REALTY CO., decided on 22 Nov. 1926, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle and practice of land-use zones in the U.S. The Court reversed a lower federal court ruling in a 6-3 decision. Until then, zoning land in municipalities for specific uses had been a popular "city efficient" technique receiving lukewarm support in the nation's state courts.

VINEGAR HILL was the name for the riverside bluff located immediately south of Huron Rd., between Ontario St. and the Cuyahoga River.

VISCAYA CANNON, located on the northwest quadrant of PUBLIC SQUARE is a 14 cm. rifled piece which was part of the armament on the Spanish Cruiser Viscaya. The Viscaya was engaged, along with other ships of the Spanish Fleet commanded by Admiral Pasqual Cevera, with the American Fleet commanded by Rear Admiral W. S.

The VISITING NURSE ASSN. OF CLEVELAND (VNA) is a nonprofit, voluntary health organization dedicated to assisting homebound, mainly indigent patients. Officially organized in 1901, it is one of the oldest organizations of its type in the U.S.

The VITA-MIX CORPORATION, based in Olmsted Township, Ohio, since 1948, has been a privately-owned company operated by the Barnard family since 1921. The company manufactures high-performance blending equipment for consumer use as well as for the restaurant and hospitality industries. 

The VIXSEBOXSE GALLERY, one of Cleveland's oldest and most prominent art galleries, was established by Wm. Vixseboxse in 1922. A painter as well as an avid collector himself, Vixseboxse had come to the U.S. from his native Rotterdam in 1904 and taken a job as a designer with the interior design firm of Webber-Lind & Hall. The first gallery opened in 1922 in the Vickers Bldg. at Euclid and E. 65th St.

The VLCHEK TOOL CO., a leader in the hand-tool and plastic fields, was started in 1895 as a blacksmith shop by FRANK VLCHEK, a Czech immigrant. A few years later he opened the Vlchek Tool Co. on E. 83rd and Central Ave., making and sharpening tools for stonecutters and masons. By 1909 the firm was shipping hammers, wrenches, and stone cutters' tools throughout the country.

VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT DEPARTMENT. See JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSN.

VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES is a private, non-profit organization that offers vocational training, employment, community services, and remedial education classes. The organization traces its history to the Sunbeam Circle, formed in 1890, a group of young women who sewed items for sale to benefit children at Lakeside Hospital.

VOINOVICH, GEORGE. See MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION OF GEORGE VOINOVICH.

The VOJAN SINGING SOCIETY was founded in 1924 as a dramatic society under the aegis of the WORKERS GYMNASTIC UNION (Delnicke Telecvicne Jednoty, DTJ). The DTJ Karl Marx Dramatic Society having disbanded in 1923, a group of CZECHS interested in dramatic arts and in preserving the Czech culture founded the new society.

VOLK, HARRY (July 21, 1914- November 2, 1985) was the influential owner and publisher of the suburban SUN NEWSPAPERS.  He was one of six children born in Cleveland to Abraham and Lena Volk and went to East Technical High School.

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OHIO & INDIANA (formerly known as Volunteers of America of Northeast Ohio, Inc.), has provided relief for Cleveland's poor since 1896, as part of a national agency organized along quasi-military lines, an American offshoot of the SALVATION ARMY. The Volunteers of America formed in New York City in March 1896.

VON BAEYER, ERIC (5 January 1909-2 February 1990) was a prominent physician who established the department of radiology at FAIRVIEW PARK HOSPITAL.

The VORWAERTS TURNER HALL was built at Willson and Harlem streets (1622 E. 55th) in 1893 by members of the Turnverein Vorwaerts, a German cultural and gymnastic group established on 18 May 1890.

The BLOSSOM, a 20,000-mi anthropological expedition sponsored by the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATIONAL HISTORY, was undertaken to make natural-history collections and surveys on the islands of the South Atlantic. Dr.

The W. BINGHAM CO., one of the Midwest's largest hardware concerns, was founded by WILLIAM BINGHAM and HENRY C. BLOSSOM when they purchased the hardware stock of Clark & Murfey on 1 Apr. 1841 and opened their own store. Located at Superior and Water (W.

WADE MEMORIAL CHAPEL in LAKE VIEW CEMETERY is one of Cleve

WADE PARK, which joins the southern end of ROCKEFELLER PARK at E. 105th and extends south of EUCLID AVE. along East Blvd., encompassing much of UNIV. CIRCLE, was originally the private estate of JEPTHA H.

The WADE PARK ALLOTMENT was a planned residential district immediately to the northeast of DOAN’S CORNERS that covered a large portion of what became

WADE, ELLEN GARRETSON (18 Jul. 1857 - 21 May 1917) was a prominent Cleveland philanthropist and public benefactor during the late 19th century. 

Wade was born on July 18th, 1857 to Ellen Howe Abbott Garretson and Hiram Garretson in Cleveland, Ohio.   

WADE, JEPTHA HOMER II (15 Oct. 1857-6 Mar.