Thursday, July 24, 2008

Program Announcement: Glenn Kuebeler: Castalia, Cold Creek, and the Blue Hole

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Join us in the Library Program Room on Wednesday, July 30, at 7:00 p.m. when Glenn Kuebeler , a retired chemical engineer with a strong comm...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Before there was Photoshop

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Since I discovered this, I've always found it amusing. . . . Here is a picture from the library's photographic collections of the Ce...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

How They Earned Their First Dollar

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In the first half of the twentieth century Sandusky newspapers often featured articles which gave an account of how prominent area residents...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

"Die Gartenlaube"

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Though the entire issue is not found, the cover of Die Gartenlaube ( The Arbor, in English) is located in the Stubig Family Collection of...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Program Announcement: History of the Erie County Fair (Brown-Bag Lunch Series)

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Join us in the library program room this Wednesday, July 16 at noon for a presentation on the history of the Erie County Fair. Over the cour...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Cosmopolitan Art Association

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The Cosmopolitan Art Association was a nationally-recognized organization founded in 1854 in Sandusky, Ohio, by C.L. Derby . It was modeled ...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008

Plum Brook Ordnance Works News Comics

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Sandusky’s war effort during World War II far exceeded the typical activities of Red Cross drives, victory gardens, and military recruitment...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

The Map Collection at the Sandusky Library

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Visitors to the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center in recent months may have noticed new map cabinets at the far end of the reading r...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Grand Opening of the A&P store on West Market Street

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On June 28, 1937, the A & P opened a new “super-service food market” on West Market Street, opposite the Hotel Rieger. The Sandusky St...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Boy Scout Jamboree of 1937

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The first National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America was held June 30 through July 7, 1937 in Washington D.C. at the invitation of Pres...