Thursday, June 29, 2017

Oscar Zistel Ran a Wholesale Fish Business

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Oscar Zistel was born in Germany in 1854, the son of Louis Zistel and his wife the former Anna Rosenkranz. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zistel a...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Frau Miller’s Saloon

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Here is a ledger sheet written on letterhead stationery from Frau Rosina Miller’s saloon known as the Deutsches Wirtshaus, which in Eng...
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Friday, June 23, 2017

Views of Sandusky Library Before 1920

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The Sandusky Library has offered library services to residents of Sandusky and Erie County since the nineteenth century; after years of ...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Local Recruiting for the Civil War

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The poster above was placed in various public places around the Sandusky area in June of 1863. The recruiting office for the Cavalry wa...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Elmer B. Otto, Pioneer in the Dairy Business

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Elmer B. Otto, seen above in a portrait which appears in Hewson Peeke’s A Standard History of Erie County (Lewis Publishing Co., 1916)...
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Thursday, June 15, 2017

The Stone House on East Perkins Avenue

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The old stone house at 1338 East Perkins Avenue has a very rich and interesting history. An undated paper in the historical files at th...
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Monday, June 12, 2017

Eighth Grade Graduates of Saints Peter and Paul School, 1922

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According to an article in the June 13, 1922 issue of the Sandusky Register , a large crowd attended the graduation exercises of Saints...
Friday, June 09, 2017

Miss Gertrude Hartung, Teacher and Principal

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Gertrude Hartung was associated with the Sandusky City Schools for forty years. She began as a teacher in 1921, teaching at both Madiso...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Receipts from the Horse and Buggy Era

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Before the automobile age, people as well as goods were often transported by horse drawn vehicles. In 1880, Rush R. Sloane, Mayor of Sa...
Saturday, June 03, 2017

Edward Leopold Steuk, Pioneer Grape Grower and Winemaker

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Edward Leopold Steuk was born in the Village of Doneuvitz, Province of Podolia, Russia, to William Edward Steuk and his wife, the form...
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