Thursday, December 24, 2009

Happy Holidays

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We are on hiatus during the library's shutdown. Have happy holidays -- Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. See you next year!
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Sandusky Library Christmas Decorations in 1948

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While we do not know who created the decorations, the photographs below picture holiday decorations from the Children’s Department of the Sa...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

The “Tourist” Gets Trapped in an Ice Floe

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On December 20, 1929, the Tourist , a 78-foot steel boat powered by oil engines, got stuck in an ice floe, shortly after leaving the dock ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Sunyendeand Club

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During March 1890, a group of Sandusky men met to discuss establishing a club “of social character for gentlemen.” The second meeting w...
Sunday, December 13, 2009

“Bells of Victory” Temperance Songs

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The Good Templars had a lodge in Bloomingville, Ohio in the late 1800’s. The International Organisation of Good Templars was founded in th...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Judge Thomas M. Sloane

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Thomas Morrison Sloane was the son of Rush R. Sloane and his wife, the former Sarah E. Morrison, born in Sandusky on July 28, 1854. He gr...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Wendt's Economy Grocery

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From about 1916 through 1919, Ervin H. Wendt ran a grocery at the corner of Market and Wayne Streets. The store sold groceries and also feat...
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Monday, December 07, 2009

Solution to Mystery Photos

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Here is a picture of the Campbell School as it looked around 1894: Here is a view of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home (now th...
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Saturday, December 05, 2009

Mystery Photos: What's Wrong With This Picture?

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A publication called "Royal Blue Line": A Descriptive Souvenir of the Columbus, Sandusky, and Hocking Railway (The Sandusky Divisi...
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Thursday, December 03, 2009

1818 Sampler by Rachel Powel

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Rachel Powel stitched this sampler in December of 1818, in Presteigne , a town in Wales, near the English border. It was passed down to her...
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