Friday, August 31, 2012

A View of East Washington Row in the summer of 1955

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A snapshot taken by Helen Hansen on August 20, 1955 shows several buildings in downtown Sandusky on East Washington Row. At the corner o...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Italian Heritage in Erie County

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Between 1884 and 1924 about 7 million Italians arrived in the United States. In Erie County Italian-Americans found work in the quarries, r...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

John F. Renner, Piano Dealer

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For over thirty years, John F. Renner was associated with the music business in Sandusky, Ohio. On June 1, 1890, he began work in the mu...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Medicine in the Civil War: Part Three -- The U.S. Sanitary Commission

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The United States Sanitary Commission was founded in 1861. It had doctors who would inspect Union camps and mess tents. The commission als...
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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Medicine in the Civil War: Part Two - Nurses

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Nursing during the Civil War started out as a duty done by less sick soldiers in hospitals. Eventually women who were inspired by Florence...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Medicine in the Civil War: Part One - Doctors (Including Dr. McMeens of Sandusky)

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At the beginning of the Civil War, medicine was in a transitional period. Before this time people did not have to go to medical school to be...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Program Announcement: Brown Bag Lunch Series -- Orchards of Erie County

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A different kind of history. . . . Wednesday, August 15, at noon: Tim Malinch, Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resourc...
Monday, August 13, 2012

J. M. Frisbie, Daguerreotype Artist

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In the 1850 U.S. Census, John M. Frisbee was residing in the household of Sandusky lawyer F.D. Parish in Portland Township, now known as the...
Friday, August 10, 2012

F.A. Riedy, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars

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Frank A. Riedy was born in Baden, Germany in 1843 to John and Frances (Webber) Riedy. As a young man he came to the United States, and set...
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Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Dr. J.T. Haynes, Surgeon at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home

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Dr. John T. Haynes was born in Butler County, Ohio in 1864, to Dr. and Mrs. Moses H. Haynes. Dr. J.T. Haynes first attended Earlham Colleg...
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