Monday, February 25, 2008

The Grand Cosmorama of 1891

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Before Mrs. Jay O. Moss was successful in her appeal to Andrew Carnegie for a donation of $50,000 for the purpose of the building a public l...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Mystery Image: Washington Park as it Never Was

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We recently received a donation of a drawing of Washington Park from an out-of-town collector who has never been in Sandusky. She thought i...
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Friday, February 15, 2008

Program Announcement: Ohio's Presidents (Brown Bag Series)

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The subject of our next program in the brown bag lunch series is Ohio's Presidents . Bring your lunch and come to the Library Program R...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Winter Races on Central Avenue

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An earlier blog entry reported on horse racing at the original Erie County Fairgrounds , located at what is now Cable Park in Sandusky. But ...
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A Scene on Decatur Street in 1899

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The photograph above, taken about 1899, is from the Business Collection of the Archives Research Center of the Sandusky Library. Notes on th...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

George J. Reynolds, Carriage Maker and Underground Railroad Conductor

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Though there is not much personal information known about George J. Reynolds, his name has long been connected with the activities of the Un...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Program Announcement: African-American Genealogy Workshop with Tony Burroughs

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Author, teacher, and genealogist Tony Burroughs says researching your family tree can lead to amazing finds - the secret to success is aski...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Program Announcement: Victim of Honor: The Story of John Y. Beall and the Northwestern Conspiracy (book talk)

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Join us in the Library Program Room on Saturday, February 2, at 2:00 p.m. as author James E. Duffey discusses his recently published book V...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Marcia Coburn of Southbridge, Massachusetts

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In the holdings of the Archives Research Center of the Sandusky Library is an autograph album that originally belonged to Marcia Coburn of ...
Thursday, January 10, 2008

Program Announcement: Culture and Commerce in Old Sandusky

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Bring your lunch and join us at the Sandusky Library as we explore topics in local history. The next Brown Bag Lunch will be held on Wednesd...