Caroline Beck Frank was born on May
18, 1850 in Baden, Germany to Johann Georg Beck and his wife, the former
Margaretha Schlessman. Caroline Beck married Conrad Frank, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Heinrich Frank, in Mosbach, Baden,
Germany on January 9, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Frank had three children, born between 1873 and 1876. By 1880, the
Frank family had emigrated to the United States, where they settled in
Sandusky, Ohio. In 1882, Conrad Frank established a bakery at 140 Tiffin
Avenue, where he also resided with his family. Mr. Frank is pictured below, in
a page from the English translation of Sandusky “Einst und Jetzt.”
Conrad Frank died on April 8, 1894.
Following his death, Mrs. Frank ran the family business. Below is a picture of
a delivery wagon and three employees from Mrs. Frank’s bakery.
By 1888, the Frank bakery had moved to the northeast corner of Columbus
Avenue and Neil Street.
When Mrs. Caroline Frank passed away on June 6,
1926, an article which appeared in the June 8, 1926 issue of the Sandusky
Register reported that Mrs. Frank had been the oldest business woman in the
city of Sandusky, and that she “met with unusual success” in her business. Mr.
and Mrs. Conrad Frank were both laid to rest in Block 100 of Sandusky’s Oakland
Cemetery. The family bakery was run by Julius Frank and his wife, after his
mother’s death.
Hello these are my husbands family and he would live copies of these pics... is there anyway to purchase a copy?
ReplyDeleteThe library does offer for sale prints and digital copies of images from the collections. An 8x10 print or digital images is $10. Unfortunately, we cannot process online orders at this time; payment must be by check via mail or cash/check in person. You can contact me at rdavidson@sanduskylib.org for more information.
ReplyDeleteIn the thirties and forties my family bought much of our baked goods from Frank's Bakery. As a boy, if I was along, that younger Mrs. Frank would always give me a ginger snap. Though I didn't much care for ginger snaps, I always ate it and said "Thank you".
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