Thursday, November 07, 2019

C.F. Schumacher Shoe Store

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From 1898 until about 1927, Charles F. Schumacher sold boots and shoes in Sandusky. In the 1900 U.S. Census for Erie County, Ohio, Mr. S...
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Monday, November 04, 2019

Black Patti Troubadours at the Grand Theater

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In 1905 the Black Patti Troubadours appeared in Sandusky at the Grand Theater (on Water and Jackson Streets, originally known as the San...
Friday, November 01, 2019

Teacher and Students of a One Room Schoolhouse in Perkins Township

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In about 1899, Miss Gertrude Taylor was the teacher at a one room schoolhouse in Perkins Township, on Columbus Avenue, south of Taylor...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Duennisch

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Louis Duennisch was born in Saxony, Germany on September 4, 1842. In 1857 he and his widowed mother emigrated to the United States, set...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

Photographs by John G. Brittingham

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According to the 1886 Sandusky City Directory, John G. Brittingham was a photographer whose work was “unexcelled and guaranteed.” His st...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Bridges over Sandusky Bay

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There has been a railroad bridge over Sandusky Bay, connecting Bay Bridge in Margaretta Township, Erie County to Danbury Township, Ott...
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Sunday, October 20, 2019

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Visited Sandusky

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The September 15, 1885 Sandusky Daily Register carried an advertisement for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show,  to be held at the Sandusky Fai...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Elementary Textbooks by Frank J. Prout and Other Sanduskians

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Between 1924 and 1936, Frank J. Prout and other local authors produced several reading textbooks that were published by the University Publi...
Monday, October 14, 2019

Garment Care in Sandusky

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The 1896 Sandusky City Directory lists a variety of businesses which advertised services that helped area residents maintain their clothin...
Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Dedication of Cable Park Historic District

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On October 8, 1989, the Erie County Historical Society dedicated  a marker in the Cable Park neighborhood of Sandusky to commemorate t...