Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Miss Jessie Wilcox, Cultural Leader

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Jessie Martha Wilcox was born in Sandusky, Ohio in April of 1861, the same week that the Civil War broke out in the United States. Her paren...
Sunday, March 28, 2021

Pearl of the Sea by Karl Merz

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In 1878 Karl Merz wrote the sheet music for a waltz entitled Pearl of the Sea . It was published by S. Brainard & Sons in Cleveland, Ohi...
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Thursday, March 25, 2021

The Sloane House Annex in 1969

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The Sandusky Library Archives Research Center collections have several pictures of the Sloane House Annex from June of 1969. The Annex was a...
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Monday, March 22, 2021

E.W. Altstaetter, Mayor of Sandusky

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After having served as City Commissioner of Sandusky during the early 1920s, Edward W. Altstaetter was Sandusky’s Mayor from 1926 to 1930. M...
Friday, March 19, 2021

Charles W. and Alberta Walker French, a Family Tragedy, and Questionable Business Practices

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Portraits of Charles Walker  Wallace French and his wife, the former Miss Alberta Walker, were donated to the Sandusky Library Archives Rese...
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Thursday, March 18, 2021

The Lamb Brothers and Their Many Businesses

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The business ventures of three Lamb brothers graced the cover of the 1880-81 Sandusky City Directory . G.W. C. Lamb stated that he was a con...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Bay Shore Manufacturing Company

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This receipt from the Bay Shore Manufacturing Company in Sandusky, dated March 31, 1908, indicates that John Feick purchased 1452 feet of se...
Friday, March 12, 2021

The Rengalle Family: From France to Sandusky (and Back - to a Convent)

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On October 20, 1894, Gustave Camille Rengalle, his wife Clara, and their daughter Helena (sometimes shortened to Hena) arrived in New York C...
Tuesday, March 09, 2021

The Useful 1915 Sandusky City Directory

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 The 1915 Sandusky City Directory was published by W.M. Lawrence & Co., located in Norwalk, Ohio. This directory features five pages of...
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Saturday, March 06, 2021

Lyman Scott and the Underground Railroad

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Lyman Scott was born on March 6, 1797 at Middlebury, Vermont. In the spring of 1818, at around 21 years old, Lyman packed all his worldly go...
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