Friday, October 29, 2021

Happy Halloween!

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Several Sandusky residents attended a costume party in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Clowns, waiters, and chefs are among the...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

The Sandusky Store Fixture Company

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From about 1898 to 1903, the Sandusky Store Fixture Company did business in Sandusky, Ohio. It was the successor to the Sandusky Handle Comp...
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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Marriage of of Tella Axline and Claude B. DeWitt

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In the spring of 1901, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Augustus Axline sent out a wedding invitation for their daughter Tella Maude Axline, who was to ma...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Research Resource: Record of Discharge of Civil War Soldiers

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The  Sandusky   Library   Archives   Research   Center has m icrofilmed copies of the discharge records of Erie County Civil War soldiers. T...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

A Baptism at Emmanuel Church

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  Albert Joseph Scheid was born on February 8, 1881, to Karl (later Charles) Scheid and Christine Rupprecht Scheid, and was baptized in the ...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

"All Aboard For Peters’ Restaurant"

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  From about 1873 to 1890, George Peters operated a restaurant and billiard parlor in the 600 block of Water Street in downtown Sandusky , ...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Plaque Honoring Sandusky’s Pioneers

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 You might have driven past this monument many times and not noticed it, but it deserves recognition. It is a tribute to the founders of San...
Friday, October 08, 2021

Rush R. Sloane

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Rush Richard Sloane  was born in  Sandusky  in 1828, the son of John Sloane and Cynthia Strong Sloane. (Cynthia’s father Abner Strong was sa...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Petersen’s Garage

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This thermometer was a recent gift to the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. According to an article in the  Sandusky Register Star ...
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Saturday, October 02, 2021

A Letter from William Edward Chapman to His Father in 1862

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When he was still a high school student, William Edward Chapman, known as Ed, wrote to his father, William Pendleton Chapman. A transcriptio...