Thursday, April 30, 2009

1818 Letter from Dr. Christopher C. Yates to Jabez Wright

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On April 30, 1818, Dr. Christopher C. Yates, an Albany physician, sent a letter to Jabez Wright in Huron Township , which was part of Huron ...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Lincoln Funeral Train at Cleveland

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Longtime Great Lakes Captain Frank Hamilton donated the above photograph to the historical collections of the Sandusky Library. The Lincoln...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

James W. Taylor: The American That Canadians Loved

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James Wickes Taylor was born in Yates County, New York on November 6, 1819. After graduating from Hamilton College and studying law under h...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Louis Prang, "Father of the American Christmas Card"

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Louis Prang, a German immigrant to Boston in the early 1850s, is known as the “Father of the American Christmas Card,” and most notably brou...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

The American Crayon Company

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The American Crayon Company, steeped in Sandusky’s colorful history as one of the premier and foremost manufacturers of school art supplies...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Reverend Philip Ried, of Castalia

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Rev. Philip Ried (sometimes spelled Reid) was the first pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Castalia. Rev. Theodore Stellhorn had taught cate...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Sandusky's Community Song Book

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In April, 1922 the Sandusky Chamber of Commerce published a song book which sold for fifteen cents. Local song leader George W. Wiles wrote ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Program Announcement: Sanduskians Discuss The Great Depression

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Join us on Sunday, April 19, at 2:00 p.m. for "instant oral histories," as community members speak of their memories and family st...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Program Announcement: Fashions of the 1930s

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Join Museum Curator Maggie Marconi at the Follett House Museum on Saturday, April 18, at 2:00 p.m. and explore how news stories, trends, cul...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

Ladies in Hats -- Mrs. Jay C. Butler and Daughter Elizabeth

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Pictured below, in their fancy hats, are the wife and daughter of Jay C. Butler, a prominent Sandusky businessman. In the 1880’s Jay C. Butl...
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