Tuesday, June 29, 2021

The All American: Newsletters from the American Crayon Company

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Seventeen issues of The All American newsletters from the American Crayon Company are housed in the business collections of the Sandusky ...
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Saturday, June 26, 2021

The Sophomore Literary Class, 1894-1897

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Longtime Sandusky High School teacher Jean Beis donated the secretary’s book of the Sophomore Literary Class. The ledger contains the club’...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Thoughts Preserved in a Scrapbook by M.F. Cowdery

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A large scrapbook that once belonged to prominent Sanduskian M.F. Cowdery is preserved at the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. The...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

The Ebenezer Lane House

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The building at 318 Huron Avenue, now known as the Firelands Apartments, was constructed in 1853 from limestone. Built in the Italianate sty...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Did Fannie Mills Really Live in Erie County, Ohio? A Brief Adventure in Genealogy Research

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In the 1880s Fannie Mills appeared in museums and sideshows as the “Ohio Big Foot Girl.” It seems that a medical condition caused Fannie’s f...
Monday, June 14, 2021

Harry Lee: A Ballad

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In 1855, Sandusky resident George J. Anderson wrote and composed a piece of sheet music called  Harry Lee: A Ballad for voice and the piano...
Friday, June 11, 2021

First Day of Issue of Carousel Animals U.S. Postage Stamps

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According to the Sandusky Register of October 2, 1988, on October 1, 1988 throngs of people assembled at both the Sandusky U.S. Post Office...
Monday, June 07, 2021

Henry D. Seele and the Ice and Fish News

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In the 1880 U.S. Census, Henry D. Seele listed his occupation as editor of Ice and Fish News . At this time, Mr. Seele and his wife, the for...
Friday, June 04, 2021

Distiller’s Bond Issued to Fredrick Hofner

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On December 20, 1867, Fredrick Hofner was issued a Distiller’s Bond from the United States Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Hofner lived in Mar...
Tuesday, June 01, 2021

Graduation '79

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  Jessie Martha Wilcox , the daughter of Rollin M. Wilcox and his first wife, the former Martha Newton, graduated from Sandusky High School ...