• The Mansfield Bears 1929 Richland County pro champs football team is pictured above. Front row center is mascot Latzi Thomas.

    Second row from left: J.B. Miller, John Bautz, Peter Miller, Peter Kline, Joseph Rabel, Frank Mitsch, Harry Welker, John Miller, Paul Hassinger, Joseph Kueling, George Kueling and John Huck.

    Top row from left: Carl Erie, Adam Goettle, John Murtler, John Gross, Mike Miller, Trentis Barney, Fritz Kalstein, Lloyd Kick, Frank Beeber, Charles Murtler, James Karsmizki, Hubert Brannen, Adam Lehman and Peter Keiser. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • There was once a pool at what is now known as Kingwood Center Gardens. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Pictured here is Mansfield’s 1926 Lightweight Football Champs. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • These gardens were at the residence of C.L. King, esquire. William Pitkin Jr. and Seward H. Mott were the architects. (Photo by Tebbs & Knell)

  • The Emergency Hospital on 3rd Street is pictured here in 1913. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The John Sherman Estate is pictured in 1899. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Residents pose on the front steps of the John Sherman Estate in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • John Sherman’s funeral in 1900 was one of the biggest events in Mansfield’s history. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This picture on the Lincoln Highway was taken in 1926. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This was Mansfield General Hospital in 1918. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This was an aerial view of Mansfield General Hospital in the 1950s. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This Mansfield Motorcycle Picnic took place in 1920. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This Mansfield Raceway ad is from the 1960s. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Mansfield Police Department is shown here in 1894. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The 1918 Mansfield Police Department is shown here at the city jail on Walnut Street. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Mansfield Police Department had a motorcycle force in 1950. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Jones family lived in Oak Hill Cottage when this undated photo was taken. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Ohio State Reformatory is shown above in 1890. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The guards are shown in front of the Ohio State Reformatory in 1934. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • A wall was constructed around the Ohio State Reformatory and is shown here in 1900. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This air show took place at the fairgrounds in 1912. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The world premiere of the movie “The Rains Came” took place in Mansfield on Sept. 8, 1939. It honored the book written by Mansfield’s Louis Bromfield. The pictured starred Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power and George Brent. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Hugh Fokner was one of Mansfield’s most memorable characters  from 1921 through though the 1960s. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Coffinberry Cabin in 1808 is considered one of the first houses in Mansfield. (Photo courtesy Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)