Monday, March 30, 2020

A Trade Show in Sandusky, Circa 1951

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Several pictures from a Trade Show in Erie County, probably from 1950 or 1951, are on file in the historical collections of the Sandusky Lib...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Mary Elizabeth Seibert Fernau

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Below is a tintype of Mary Elizabeth Seibert, who was born in Sandusky about 1865. By 1904, Mary Elizabeth Seibert had become th...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Sandusky and the Great Influenza of 1918

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As we are living through a world-wide pandemic today, so were the people living in 1918. What is often called the Great Influenza struc...
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Saturday, March 21, 2020

Yvonne Fievet, Sandusky Businesswoman

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Yvonne Fievet was born on March 8, 1891 in Fostoria, Ohio, to Pierre and Hyacinth (Desgain) Fievet, both natives of Belgium. By 1930, ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Emily Skillman and Her Brother Alva Halt

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Emily Johanna Halt was born in 1889 to Frederick and Louisa Frey Halt. Sadly, Emily’s father was killed in a railroad accident when sh...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Trench Coats Were Popular in Sandusky in 1917

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Inspired by military apparel, trench coats were sold by the Wilcox Company in Sandusky in the fall of 1917. An ad from the Fr...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Michael A. McAdams, Musician and Printer

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Michael A. McAdams was born in Quebec, Canada in 1856. He came to Sandusky, Ohio in 1891 to play with the Cedar Point band. He can be ...
Monday, March 09, 2020

The Building at 604 West Washington Street Has Served Many Roles

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Before the Erie County Chamber of Commerce moved to its location at 604 West Washington Street, this building was home to the Frey-Gro...
Friday, March 06, 2020

Laura Jones, Sandusky Businesswoman

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From 1935 until her retirement in 1970, Mrs. Laura Jones was the owner-operator of a dress shop located at 162 Columbus Avenue in Sa...
Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Amy Ruth Kelly, Biographer of Eleanor of Aquitane

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An article about Amy R. Kelly appeared in the June 9, 1911 issue of the Sandusky Register. While on faculty at Wellesley College , she ...