Friday, October 30, 2009

Katharine Hepburn and Ann Harding’s visit to Sandusky and Put in Bay

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On the front page of the October 28, 1940 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal, reporter Harold Detlefsen wrote a feature article about two mo...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Vintage Halloween Postcards

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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Opie donated several Halloween postcards to the Follett House Museum. Mrs. Opie and her husband Albert Opie were associa...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Kurt Boker and Snakes of the Lake Erie Islands

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Among the numerous historical notebooks from the Kurt Boker Collection of the Sandusky Library’s Archives Research Center, is a collection o...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Kahler’s Kampbell Street Kash Grocery

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Kahler’s “Kampbell Street Kash Grocery” was located at the northwest corner of Campbell and Hendry Streets. John R. Kahler’s obituary, whic...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Zenia the Vestal, by Margaret B. Peeke

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Margaret Bloodgood Peeke was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garry Peck. She was born in Mechanicsville, New York on April 8, 1908. In 1860, Ma...
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Friday, October 16, 2009

Program Announcement: Brown-Bag Lunch -- Exploring Sandusky's First Century, Part 1

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Join us in the library program room at noon on Wednesday, October 21, as Museum Curator Maggie Marconi will take you on a chronological loo...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Fred F. Wetzler, German Immigrant

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Frederick F. Wetzler was born in 1866 to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wetzler, who were both natives of Germany. Frank was born in Prussia, and Mrs. ...
Monday, October 12, 2009

East Market Street Primary School

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Charles E. Frohman wrote in his book, A History of Sandusky and Erie County , that following a public meeting on October 14, 1843, a committ...
Friday, October 09, 2009

Sandusky’s Central Fire and Police Station, 1890

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In 1888, Sandusky’s leaders saw the need for a new building to house the city’s police and fire departments. Following a “series of complica...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

The Young Men’s Debating Association of Sandusky

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The secretary’s book containing the minutes of the Young Men’s Debating Association is housed in the Archives Research Center of the Sandusk...