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Former Cleveland Mayor and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced his campaign, this time as an independent, for Ohio's 7th Congressional District.

In the 1800s, Cleveland was developing from a farm town with not much in it to a major American city by the end of the century. During the 19th century, surveyors set out to record buildings all around the city. Led by Atlas of Cuyahoga County, Midwest Heritage and other organizations, 294 prints were made of different buildings, neighborhoods and streets of Cleveland during the 19th century. The photographs were originally illustrated and then engraved to depict the city at that time.

Believe it or not, Cleveland had a large network of streetcars during the first half of the twentieth century. The Cleveland Railway operated the streetcars, which began running in 1910. The lines were numerous, running on Madison, Clark, West 25th, Superior, Lorain, Euclid, St. Clair, Detroit, Mayfield, Kinsman and many others. The Cleveland Transit System took over from the Cleveland Railway system in 1942 and only 12 years later the streetcars shut down.

One of the most iconic buildings in downtown Cleveland, the Federal Reserve's home was designed by Walker & Weeks and pays tribute to Italian Renaissance palazzos. It's seen 100 years of Cleveland history — turning the century mark on August 23 — and is one of the coolest tours you can go on in the city. This, a look back at the last 100 years from what stood on the location before through construction and the final, amazing building with features whose usefulness are no longer needed (gun turrets, for example), is just a taste.

Cleveland has a rich history and some of that history, at least of the 20th century, can be seen through our signs. Political signs, local signs, neon signs, they all tell the story of America and more specifically Cleveland through the 1900s. Check out some of these awesome signs we found via the Cleveland Memory Project.