Thursday, May 30, 2019

Group Photograph at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home

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Ernst Niebergall took this group picture at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in the late 1910s, possibly at a “Decoration Day” ce...
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Monday, May 27, 2019

Memorial Day Celebrations in Sandusky in 1923

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There were three Memorial Day celebrations in Sandusky in the year 1923. The first one took place at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ H...
Friday, May 24, 2019

Homecoming Parade for Veterans of the Spanish American War

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On May 26, 1899 a special train brought the soldiers of Company B, Sixth Ohio Infantry, from Cincinnati to the Big Four Station in Sand...
Monday, May 20, 2019

Miss Taylor’s Reflections on Sandusky High School in 1905

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In the Sandusky Register Star News of May 28, 1955, retired teacher Bessie Taylor gave an account of her remembrances of Sandusky Hig...
Friday, May 17, 2019

A Trip to Put-in-Bay

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The library's historical collections contain photographs of young ladies from  Sandusky   visiting South Bass Island in 1919 and 1...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Mock GOP Convention at Jackson Junior High School

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Notes in the historical files of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center indicate that Mock GOP Conventions were held at Jack...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Cedar Point's Opening Day (1968)

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This picture, from the Thomas F. Root collection of aerial photographs shows a view of the Midway at Cedar Point on May 25, 1968. For o...
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Thursday, May 09, 2019

“Dr. Albert” Visited Sandusky Many Times

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A physician known as “Dr. Albert” visited Sandusky over one hundred times. On May 6, 1890, the advertisement above appeared in the San...
Monday, May 06, 2019

Buckeye League Band and Orchestra Festival Held in Sandusky in 1938

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Bands from Sandusky High School , Fremont Ross, Tiffin Columbian, and Findlay High School all participated in a parade in Sandusky ...
Friday, May 03, 2019

The Capsizing of the Sandsucker Kelley Island

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On Saturday morning, May 2, 1925, a crew of sixteen men left from Sandusky in the sandsucker Kelley Island , owned by the Kelley Isl...