Tuesday, December 08, 2020

Lake Shore Electric Railway Tracks on Columbus Avenue

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These pictures from the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center show work being done on the Lake Shore Electric interurban railway tracks ...
Saturday, December 05, 2020

Samuel Magill, Civil War Veteran

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Samuel Magill in his G.A.R. uniform Samuel Magill was born near Bloomingville, Ohio on September 22, 1815. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel ...
Wednesday, December 02, 2020

Campbell School, aka the Eighth Ward School

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Later known as Campbell School, the Eighth Ward School was built in 1885 to serve children from the southern portion of Sandusky. During som...
Sunday, November 29, 2020

Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Alvord

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Frederick Wakeman Alvord was born on September 28, 1836 in Fairfield, Connecticut. By 1850, he and his parents Elisha and Louisa Alvord had ...
Thursday, November 26, 2020

Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Allen’s Invitation to a White House Wedding

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  In the fall of 1913, Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Allen were invited to the wedding of Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson to Mr. Francis Bowes Sayre. Jessi...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Castalia, by Burton Frye

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Born in Huron, Ohio in 1920, from the age of nine, Burton Frye lived in Castalia, Ohio with his parents Roy and Mary Frye and his older sist...
Friday, November 20, 2020

1932 Map of the City of Sandusky

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This map of Sandusky from 1932 was featured in an Erie County Directory. An ad for the former Caswell Auto and Machine Co., which was locate...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Philip Buerkle, Mayor and Publisher of the Sandusky Demokrat

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Philip Buerkle was born in Bergen County, New Jersey, to Mr. and Mrs. August Buerkle, who were both natives of Germany. When Philip was a yo...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Sister Mary Aloysius Molloy, President of the College of Saint Teresa

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Image of Sister Mary Aloysius Molloy courtesy College of Saint Teresa Archives, Winona, Minnesota Mary Molloy was born in Sandusky in 1880 ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Veterans Day Honors

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In commemoration of Veterans Day, we are going to share some earlier posts honoring veterans who served in the First World War, the conflict...