Monday, November 30, 2009

The Many Talents of Winifred Waye

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The book Artists in Ohio lists Winifred Waye as a painter, musician, and newspaper woman, active in Sandusky at the turn of the twentieth c...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

Thanksgiving Weekend Snowstorm in 1958

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Bob Frank took this photograph in November, 1958 in downtown Sandusky. Columbus Avenue businesses in the picture include: LaSalle’s, Marsh ...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Lumber Industry in Sandusky

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Lumberyard employees are pictured below on a sled. While we do not know the name of the Sandusky business which employed them, the men have ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

The Wilcox Company

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Pictured below is the R.M. and C.B. Wilcox Company in the first part of the twentieth century. The Wilcox Company was located in the 100 ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

1938 Map of Sandusky created by Sandusky High School Art Students

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Miss Marian Yocum's art students at Sandusky High School created a map of Sandusky in 1938. The student artists were: Warren Diebold, Ve...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

The West House Hotel

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Owned by brothers W.T. and A.K. West, the West House hotel was opened to the public in 1858. It was the first building credited to archite...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Third Ohio Cavalry

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On August 6, 1861, the Governor of the State of Ohio commissioned Lewis Zahm, of Norwalk, to raise a regiment of volunteers for a cavalry un...
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Monday, November 09, 2009

Colonel Arthur T. Wilcox

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Arthur Tappan Wilcox was born in Lorain County, Ohio on December 28, 1834. By 1860, he had moved to Sandusky, Ohio, where he was listed as ...
Friday, November 06, 2009

Sheldon Smith, Sandusky Architect

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Sheldon Smith, architect, ran an advertisement in the 1855 Sandusky City Directory. Mr. Smith was the principal of Smith’s Commercial Colle...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Street Signs in Sandusky in 1948

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Through much of the twentieth century several state highways travelled through downtown Sandusky. Here we can see that a number of directio...