Monday, February 28, 2011

Program Announcement: "There's No Business Like . . . ": Public Entertainment in Early Sandusky

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  What did people do for entertainment before there were cable TV, the Internet, and electronic gadgets? Join us in the Library Program Roo...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

The Public Life of Captain John Brown, by James Redpath

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In 1928, Harry Dane,  chief clerk in the Erie County Probate Court, donated the book The Public Life of Captain John Brown to the Sandusky...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Postcards from Laura Bing Retzke

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On July 23, 1909, Sandusky resident Emelia Bing sent a postcard to her sister in law, Lora Bing Retzke in Toledo. Pictured on the front of t...
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Luipold's Barber Shop

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John Martin Luipold is pictured above in his barbershop at 1607 Hayes Avenue in June, 1915.   A sign above the mirror indicates that Mr. ...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Horse-Drawn Fire Engines in Sandusky

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Photographer Edward H. Schlessman took the picture below of a horse drawn fire engine traveling down Central Avenue in the first part of...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Nineteenth Century Valentines

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These paper lace Valentine cards were donated to The Follett House Museum from the Jane Eldis Estate in 1922. They date back to the 1860s. ...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Program Announcement: A History of the Underground Railroad

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  On Saturday, February 19 at 2:00 p.m. in the Library Program Room, Cathy D. Nelson, Ohio Humanities Council, will present a special Black...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Dr. Waudell Hunter

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  Waudell William Hunter was born on September 26, 1907 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He was one of ten children born to Joseph C. and Ellen (Jo...
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Monday, February 07, 2011

Clarence Howard, Sandusky Crescents

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In the Sandusky Library's collections are two photo postcards showing the Sandusky Crescents baseball team in 1912. We don't know mu...
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Saturday, February 05, 2011

Michael and Wilson McLaughlin, Sandusky Fire Fighters

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Captain Michael McLaughlin and his son Wilson McLaughlin are both pictured below, in the photograph of Fire Station No. 5 located at Tiffin ...