Monday, May 29, 2023

When Cable TV Offices were in the Boeckling Building

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From the early 1970s until 2000, the historic Boeckling building, at 105 West Shoreline Drive, was the home of cable TV in Sandusky. The bus...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

At Home in Early Sandusky, by Helen Hansen

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On April 15, 1975, James R. Brown, then managing editor of the Sandusky Register , presented a copy of the book At Home in Early Sandusky t...
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Saturday, May 20, 2023

George T. Lehrer, Mayor of Sandusky

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George T. Lehrer is seen at the far right above, in an undated photograph which shows a group of men at the back of a train car. He was born...
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Monday, May 15, 2023

Madison School

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Madison School was constructed at the intersection of West Madison and Lawrence Streets in Sandusky between 1938 and 1939 as a federal Publi...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Thankful Cooke, Pioneer Resident

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Thankful Parker Cooke (sometimes listed as Cook) was born in 1792 to Asaph Cook and his wife Thankful Parker, who were residents of Wallingf...
Friday, May 05, 2023

Sandusky Recreation Center Opened in 1928

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The Sandusky Recreation Center bowling alley opened on West Market Street in 1928. J.C. Feick was the builder for the new building, which wa...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Maryette Goodwin Mackey, Educator

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Maryette Goodwin was born in 1865, the daughter of Sandusky attorney Homer Goodwin and his wife, the former Marietta Cowles. She graduated ...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Benwood Food Products, Processed in Sandusky

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Pictured above is a wooden codfish box packed by the Bender-Woodward Company in Sandusky, Ohio. The Benwood brand name was a combination of ...
Friday, April 21, 2023

Stereograph Cards of the Lake Erie Islands, by A.C. Platt

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A.C. Platt was a popular photographer in Sandusky, Ohio in the 1870s and 1880s. The stereograph image above shows the A.C. Platt photographi...
Monday, April 17, 2023

I.J.P. Tessier

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Israel J.P. Tessier was born in 1848 in Ontario, Canada. As a young man he moved to Ohio, where he learned the printer’s trade. He was an ap...