Monday, October 01, 2018

Clocks Around Sandusky



The charming clock pictured above was outside the store of “Henry Dehnel, The Leading Jeweler” on Sandusky’s Columbus Avenue. The scene is a parade which took place in downtown Sandusky about 1905, and the view was facing north towards Sandusky Bay. 

In the late 1890s, Jacob Kronthal gave away a small clock that was set inside a figurine. The store was in a variety of different locations, but at the time this promotional item was given away, Jacob Kronthal’s men’s clothing store was at 705 Water Street:


When Citizens Bank was located in the Feick Building, this clock was in front of the Bank on Market Street:
                                       

In 1992, the clock was moved to the corner of Water and Wayne Streets, opposite Civista Bank.


Always a popular spot for taking pictures, this snapshot of Sandusky’s floral clock was taken on June 18, 1988.


If you are in Washington Parks in downtown Sandusky, you can always just look up at the Courthouse to see yet another clock.



1 comment:

GenKnit said...

It was fun to see all the town clocks. A mid-sized town, St. Johns, Michigan, had a lot of town clocks when I was little, too. I doubt they do any more. Like most towns and cities, things got modernized. ;)