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Local Advertisements in the December 1939 Fram
Along with several original works of prose, verse, art, and photography by students at Sandusky High School, several advertisements from Sandusky area businesses appeared in the December 1939 Fram....
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Fox Family Portrait
The Allen Fox family is pictured below, around the turn of the twentieth century. Though difficult to read, the names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Fox have been written on the picture. Standing are:...
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Holiday Messenger from the R.M. & C.B. Wilcox Company
The Wilcox Company department store in Sandusky was located on the 100 block of the west side of Columbus Avenue in Sandusky from 1886 until it closed in December, 1929. A publication entitled “Holiday...
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Edmund H. Zurhost, Politician and Businessman
The front page of the December 21, 1923 issue of the Sandusky Register stated that Edmund H. Zurhorst was “one of the picturesque personages of partisan politics of Sandusky,” on the occasion of Mr....
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Christmas 1947 Edition of Hourglass Newsletter
The Hourglass was a newsletter put out for employees of the Apex Manufacturing Company. The Sandusky Library Archives Research Center contains a series of Hourglass newsletters published from 1943 to...
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Sandusky Turn-Gemeinde Christmas Festival
On December 25, 1892, the Sandusky Turn-Gemeinde held their annual festival at the Turner Hall, which had formerly been known as Norman Hall. Tickets were twenty-five cents and the music was provided...
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Sandusky Register Centennial Edition
On December 31, 1922, the Sandusky Register published a lengthy Centennial Edition of the newspaper. A bound copy of this edition is housed in the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center, and is...
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You Want a Pretzel, Don't You?
Happy New Year.Here is a link to our article on the history of the New Year's Pretzel:http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-years-pretzel.htmlAnd you can find an audio podcast about the New...
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J.C. Penney Company Opened a Store in Sandusky in 1929
The March 27, 1929 issue of the Sandusky Register featured an article which announced that the J.C. Penney Company was to open a store in Sandusky. Sandusky’s J.C. Penney store was number 1076 in the...
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Reber Nettleton Johnson, Violin Prodigy
Reber Nettleton Johnson was the son of Leonard Sumner Johnson and Alice Reber Johnson, born in Sandusky on June 7, 1890. Reber’s paternal grandfather, Leonard B. Johnson, once owned Johnson’s Island,...
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Winter Fun at Battery Park
People of all ages enjoyed sledding and skating at Battery Park during the winter of 1954.Circa 1940:View these and hundreds of other vintage photographs at the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center.
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Stephen Wallace Dorsey, Sandusky Tool Co. Superintendent and U.S. Senator
Stephen Wallace Dorsey was born in Rutland County, Vermont in 1842. He moved to Oberlin as a young man, and was living in the home of his future father-in-law, Chauncey Wack in 1860. (Oberlin’s...
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40th Anniversary Meeting of the International Union of Operating Engineers
On January 15, 1952 local photographer William Mound took this photograph of the members of Local 496 of the International Union of Operating Engineers. Pictured are: (top row, left to right) Joe...
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Albert H. Robrahn’s Tailor Shop
After working for Miller and Robrahn’s tailoring shop in the 1880’s, Albert H. Robrahn went into business for himself. In the 1921 Sandusky City Directory, Albert H. Robrahn had a ladies’ tailoring...
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Dr. Owen A. Wagner, Optometrist and Optician
Dr. Owen A. Wagner was an 1896 graduate of Northern Illinois College at Chicago, and he graduated from the Needles Institute of Optometry at Kansas City, Missouri in 1902. After practicing for a time...
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Throwback Thursday
Have you checked out Throwback Thursday on the Sandusky Library’s Facebook Page? If you enjoy local history, like us on Facebook! Every Thursday a vintage photo is posted on the Sandusky Library’s...
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When Sandusky was a Stop on the Vaudeville Circuit
Before motion pictures dominated our culture and everyone had a record player in the house, Vaudeville was the main source of entertainment, particularly for the working classes. Performers of many...
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Books about Birds by Alice E. Ball
In the Local Authors Collection of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center are two books about birds by Alice E. Ball. Alice E. Ball was an 1886 graduate of Sandusky High School. She was the...
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Schnaitter-Smith Families on Perry Street
A recent donation of materials to the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center helps to bring family histories to life. Two houses on Perry Street tell the story of the Schnaitter and Smith families,...
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Fisk Jubilee Singers Performed in Sandusky
On February 13, 1901, the Fisk Jubilee Singers appeared at the Congregational Church in Sandusky. Members of the congregation hosted the singers at their homes. Mr. and Mrs. John Work were the guests...
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