Wednesday, April 28, 2010

John M. Brown, Mayor of Sandusky 1849-1850

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On February 1, 1865, John Brough , the Governor of Ohio, appointed John M. Brown to the office of Notary Public for Erie County, Ohio. The d...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Way Cleanse Company

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The Way Cleanse Co. was listed at 327-331 West Water Street in the 1915 Sandusky City Directory. Bernard Kern was the manager of the factory...
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Program Announcement: “The History of Plum Brook Station: From the Devonian to 1945”

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The NASA Plum Brook Station has a remarkable story of many diverse chapters. Local biologist John Blakeman will present an illustrated progr...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Kelsey and Hosmer’s Fish Dressing Machine

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The Hosmer, Bear and Company was a fish and pork packing house in Sandusky, at the foot of Wayne Street on Railroad Street (now known a...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Charles Baetz, Bandmaster

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Charles Baetz was born in Renghausen, Germany on November 27, 1836. A musician by training, he learned to play the violin, and later, the co...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

The Herb and Myers Company

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Around 1902 Michael R. Herb and Frank H. Myers started a store in Sandusky which sold carpets, draperies, and wallpaper. They were located o...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Lake Erie Sanitarium in Sandusky

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Dr. Burnett Roswell Hubbard was the son of Emmett and Delight Hubbard, born in the state of New York about 1853. On February 12 and 13, 1896...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

"Reading" a Photograph -- West Monroe Street about 1933

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Pictured above is a scene which shows West Monroe Street at the crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad, near the entrance to the coal docks. ...
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

The Origins of Sandusky High School’s Fram

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According to the March 1907 issue of Sandusky High School’s Fram , the word Fram is the Norwegian word for forward. Fram was the name...
Sunday, April 04, 2010

Ferback’s Rathskeller

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Ferback’s Rathskeller was owned by John A. Ferback. The photograph for the postcard of Ferback’s Rathskeller was taken by Paul Gundlach, and...