Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Books about Birds by Alice E. Ball

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In the Local Authors Collection of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center are two books about birds by Alice E. Ball. A...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

When Sandusky was a Stop on the Vaudeville Circuit

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Before motion pictures dominated our culture and everyone had a record player in the house, Vaudeville was the main source of entertainme...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Throwback Thursday

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Have you checked out Throwback Thursday on the Sandusky Library’s Facebook Page ? If you enjoy local history , like us on Facebook! ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Dr. Owen A. Wagner, Optometrist and Optician

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Dr. Owen A. Wagner was an 1896 graduate of Northern Illinois College at Chicago, and he graduated from the Needles Institute of Optometry...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Albert H. Robrahn’s Tailor Shop

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After working for Miller and Robrahn’s tailoring shop in the 1880’s, Albert H. Robrahn went into business for himself. In the 1921 San...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

40th Anniversary Meeting of the International Union of Operating Engineers

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On January 15, 1952 local photographer William Mound took this photograph of the members of Local 496 of the International Union of Operat...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Stephen Wallace Dorsey, Sandusky Tool Co. Superintendent and U.S. Senator

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Stephen Wallace Dorsey was born in Rutland County, Vermont in 1842. He moved to Oberlin as a young man, and was living in the home of his...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Winter Fun at Battery Park

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People of all ages enjoyed sledding and skating at Battery Park during the winter of 1954. Circa 1940:  View these...
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Monday, January 07, 2013

Reber Nettleton Johnson, Violin Prodigy

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Reber Nettleton Johnson was the son of Leonard Sumner Johnson and Alice Reber Johnson, born in Sandusky on June 7, 1890. Reber’s paternal...
Friday, January 04, 2013

J.C. Penney Company Opened a Store in Sandusky in 1929

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The March 27, 1929 issue of the Sandusky Register featured an article which announced that the J.C. Penney Company was to open a store i...
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