Lake Shore Tire Company

The Lake Shore Tire Company operated in Sandusky, Ohio from about 1915 to 1931 on the 1000 block of Hancock Street.  The business was run by Fred Brobst and J. Leroy Weier. The company started out selling tires for trucks and automobiles, but by 1927 the Lake Shore Tire Company was listed in the Sandusky city directory as a sporting goods store. In the mid 1920s, the Lake Shore Tire Company sold radios and radio accessories. This ad from the December 21, 1923 issue of the Sandusky Register told of the joys a family could have by listening to radio programs.

 In the vintage photograph from the Lake Shore Tire Company below, we see that the Lake Shore Tire Company once sold Imperial and Pullman tires. A handwritten slogan reads: “We’re the guys who put the miles in mileage.”