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Products Sold by the Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Company
According to this advertisement, which appeared in the December 18, 1906 issue of the Sandusky Register, several types of beer could be delivered to Sandusky homes in 1906. Two dozen pints of C & S...
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The Ivonhoe Theatre
In 1914 and 1915, Charles L. Blatz was the owner and manager of the Ivonhoe Theatre, located on the west side of Jackson Street between Market and Washington Streets. An advertisement for the theatre...
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Anthony Ilg, Pioneer Brewer
Anthony Ilg, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Ilg, was born in Germanyin 1820. He came to the United Statesin 1849, settling first in Cincinnati, where he worked in the hotel and saloon business. In the...
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Musical Entertainment at Norman Hall on December 18, 1863
On Friday evening, December 18, 1863, musical entertainment by the pupils of the Sandusky High School was presented at Norman Hall under the direction of Prof. William C. Webster. The venue was the...
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Christmas Issue of the Hourglass Newsletter
Several issues of the Hourglass newsletter from the former Apex Manufacturing Company are housed in the business collection of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. The December 1948 issue of...
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Sandusky Children Gave Gifts to a Local Hospital in 1889
In December of 1889, hundreds of Sandusky schoolchildren brought in donations for the Good Samaritan Hospital, which at that time was located on Van Buren Street. According to the Sandusky...
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Rudy Vallee Turned Down an Opportunity to Appear in Sandusky in January 1933
In December of 1932, J. Leroy Weier of the Lake Shore Tire Company, asked musical star Rudy Vallee to consider appearing at the opening of a new building in Sandusky. A reasonable search did not turn...
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New Year’s Pretzel
This article was originally posted on December 27, 2006The tradition of the New Year's Pretzel appears to date from the turn of the 20th century in Sandusky. As the city of Sandusky grew, it was home...
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Hotel Kunzmann
The Hotel Kunzmann was operated by August C. Kunzmann, a native of Baden, Germany. August C. Kunzmann emigrated to the United States in 1879. When he first settled in Sandusky, he worked at the...
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When Dick’s Grocery and Carry-Out Was at the Corner of Tiffin Avenue and...
For many years, the building at the corner of Tiffin Avenue and Mills Street was home to Dick’s Grocery, later Dick’s Grocery and Carry-Out. The building was constructed in the first quarter of the...
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The Smith Brick Company
The Smith Brick Company was incorporated in 1902; it was located on the east side of Olds Street, south of Monroe Street. The 1904 Sandusky City Directory listed John H. Smith as the president and...
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Wildman & Mills Deeded Property to Martin Eldis in 1841
On August 14, 1841, several members of the Wildman and Mills families deeded property to Martin Eldis. (Zalman Wildman and Isaac Mills were original property owners, and are considered founders of the...
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Morris Link and Link’s Block
Morris Link was born in Baden, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in 1851. After settling in Sandusky, he became involved in the culture of grapes and manufacturing of wine. He also worked for...
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Simplex Radio Company
After having been connected with the Maibohm Motor Company in Sandusky, Harry C. Maibohm started the Simplex Radio Company in 1924 at the corner of King and West Monroe Streets in Sandusky, Ohio. The...
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Vincent Valve Company
In the early 1900s, the Vincent Valve Company was located at the corner of Arthur and Wayne Streets in Sandusky, Ohio. Officers listed in the 1902 Sandusky City Directory included: J.G. Schurz,...
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Reffelt’s First German Book for School and House
Now housed at the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center, this German textbook was once used by August Kuebeler. Reffelt’s First German Book for School and House included instruction in reading,...
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Lower Lake Dock Company Dinner at the Hotel Rieger in 1928
On February 11, 1928, several members of management and staff of the Lower Lock Dock Company met for a dinner at the Hotel Rieger in Sandusky. The celebratory dinner was held in honor of the crews who...
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Charcoal Drawing of Paul and Clarabelle Cayhoe
Charles G. Cayhoe created this charcoal drawing of his children, Paul and Clarabelle Cayhoe, around 1909. Mr. Cayhoe was trained at the Zanerian College of Penmanship in Columbus, Ohio. He was a...
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Levi Till, Builder and Architect
Levi Till was born in Staffordshire, England in 1826 or 1827. (Sources vary.) He studied architecture in England, and later with an uncle in Mansfield, Ohio. By 1849, he was residing in Sandusky. Mr....
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Ceylon, Ohio
Ceylon is a small unincorporated community north of Berlin Heights in Erie County, Ohio, along Route 61 and just east of Old Woman Creek. It was a stop for the LakeShoreand Michigan Southern Railroad,...
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