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The Colonial Opera Company at Cedar Point
In 1903 George A. Boeckling opened a 1200 seat opera house at Cedar Point. The Opera House was located between the Grand Pavilion and the Hotel Breakers, not far from the Cedar Point Beach. The...
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Willard A. Bishop, A Popular Sandusky Photographer
Willard A. Bishop was born in Shelby County, Indiana in 1856. In 1880, he moved to Sandusky, Ohio, where he opened a photographic studio. The 1882 Sandusky City Directory listed his studio at the...
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Do You Remember Mark’s?
Below is an aerial view of Mark’s Market, taken by photographer Thomas Root on September 13, 1955. You can see shadows from Mr. Root’s airplane at the bottom of the picture. According to an...
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Ogontz Fire Company and Firefighting in Sandusky
On June 4, 1870, Richard C. Cuthbert was given a certificate from the Fire Department of the city of Sandusky for a life membership in the Ogontz Fire Company, No. 1. Mr. Cuthbert had served with the...
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Our 1000th Blog Post!
Time to celebrate. . . . Thanks for (nearly) ten years of fun and history.
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Oliver W. Marble, Architect
Oliver W. Marble moved to Sanduskyin 1901, after having worked as an architect in Chicago for twenty-two years. In Chicago, his firm, Wilson and Marble, designed the Chinese Village and Theater for the...
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New England Influence on the Firelands
The area of land in Ohio known as the Firelands is the far western portion of the Connecticut Western Reserve. The Western Reserve was over three million acres of land in northeastern Ohio which was...
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Sandusky High School Football Team of 1914
Pictured above are some of the members of the 1914 Sandusky High School football team. Notes on the original item, part of the Norbert A. Lange Collection, have identified the team players. In front...
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Thomas McGee Home
Thomas C. McGee was a pioneer resident of Erie County, Ohio. He was born in the state of New York in 1808, and he moved to Ohio with his family in 1818. About 1821 the McGee family settled in Sandusky,...
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The Granary Building at 149 East Water Street
Now home to the offices of Dr. James Gallagher and Dr. Susan Gallagher, the building at 149 East Water Street in Sandusky has had a long history as a commercial property. From 1860 to the late 1880s,...
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E.H. Schlessman, Commercial Photographer
During the first quarter of the twentieth century, Edward H. Schlessman was a commercial photographer in Sandusky. On his World War I Draft Registration card, Mr. Schlessman stated that he was...
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Program Announcement: Brown-bag Lunch Author Talk: Lost Sandusky
Tomorrow -- Wednesday, September 16, at noon, in the Sandusky Library Program RoomM. Kristina Smith will discuss her new book, Lost Sandusky, about places and activities that are no longer here. Copies...
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Excursions on Lake Erie in 1912
Retired lake freighter captain, Wendell Parry, donated the poster which advertised Toledo Excursions on the Steamer Arrow. On the Sundays of September 15, 22, and 29 in 1912, the Arrow took passengers...
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Sandusky Held a Fall Festival in the 1950s
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Sandusky held a Fall Festival in September. In 1950 it was held at Cedar Point from September 7 to September 10. The co-queens of the 1950 Fall Festival were Arline...
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Program Announcement: Cemetery Walk -- Germans in Sandusky
Be sure to reserve your space; slots are filling fast. Tuesday, September 22 at 10:00 AMWednesday, September 23 at 10:00 AMThursday, September 24 at 10:00 AMSaturday, September 26 at 10:00 AMThe theme...
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Homer B. Williams, Educator
Homer B. Williams was born in 1865 to John and Mary (Secrest) Williams in Mt. Ephraim, Ohio. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from OhioNorthernCollege, and he earned graduate degrees from...
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Sandusky Baking Company
The Sandusky Baking Company was incorporated in 1900, succeeding the former Sandusky Steam Baking Company which began in the 1890s at the southeast corner of Carr and Osborne Streets. The picture above...
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Mrs. Malcolm Kelly, Library Trustee and Suffragist
Mrs. Malcolm Kelly was born Susan Smith, a daughter of John and Eleanor Smith, who were pioneer residents of Sandusky County, Ohio. In 1876 Susan Smith married attorney Malcolm Kelly, who later became...
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Research Using Erie County Cemetery Interment Cards
A valuable source of genealogical information is housed at the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. In the 1980s, in preparation for the book Erie County,Ohio Cemetery Census Before 1909,...
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Drug Stores at Hancock and East Monroe Street
From about 1880 until shortly before his death in 1933, Lewis A. Biehl operated a drugstore at the northwest corner of Hancock and East Monroe Streets. In the 1920s, an ice cream parlor was in the...
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