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Valentines
Several Valentines created by the Buzza-Cardozo Company of Hollywood, California, are now in the historical collections of the Follett House Museum. The Valentine above is from the “Heart to Heart”...
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Hinde and Dauch Company Workers
Around 1900 the photographer L.C. Sartorius took pictures of employees of the Hinde and Dauch Paper Company. in the first photograph above we can see that several women worked at the company during...
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Historical Items from Sandusky Pharmacies
This cabinet file once used for storing medicine labels is now housed in the attic level of the Follett House Museum. It had been used at the Sloane House Pharmacy, which was on...
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Charles Merz, Editor of the New York Times, 1938-1961
Charles Merz was born in Erie County, Ohio on February 23, 1893, to Dr. Charles H. Merz and Sakie (Prout) Merz. While at SanduskyHigh School, Charles Merz worked on the school’s yearbook, the Fram....
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Civil War Pension Files of Harrison Washington and William H. Johnson,...
An article in the June 6, 1863 issue of the Sandusky Register reported on several African American recruits from Sandusky who were traveling by train to Readville, Massachusetts to enlist in the...
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Dr. Dewey Duane Smith, DDS
Dewey Duane Smith was born in Gratiot County, Michiganin 1878. He was educated at AlbionCollege, the Universityof Michigan, and OhioStateUniversity’s College of Dentistry. He is pictured above with his...
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Women in the Western Reserve Before 1850
Often overlooked, the microfilmed copy of Women in the Western Reserve Before 1840-1850 is an invaluable resource to consult if you have female ancestors who settled in the Western Reservebefore 1850....
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Captain Alva Bradley
Alva Bradley was born in Connecticut in 1814, and moved with his family to Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio in 1823. At age 19, he began working on ships of the Great Lakes, and by 1839 he was...
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Hugo Engels' Scrapbook of Performances
From 1882 through the 1890s, Hugo Engels kept a scrapbook containing programs and newspaper articles from local concerts, recitals, and plays. Many of the newspaper articles are in German. Hugo Engels...
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Foster M. Follett, Cartoonist
From the September 30, 1899 issue of Collier’s Weekly magazineFoster M. Follett was born in Sandusky in the 1870s, to Foster Valentine and Portia Follett. Both Foster M. Follett’s father and...
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Jeffrey's Pool Parlor
In the 1930s, Tuty S. Jeffrey operated a pool parlor at 931 West Washington Street. He also sold soft drinks and had a lunch counter at his establishment. Jeffrey’s Pool Parlor was in the same block as...
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Sandusky Furniture Company
The Sandusky Furniture Company opened in 1894, with three partners: Carl G. Nielsen, August Muehlhauser, and F.W. Molitor. The office and factory was on South Depot Street in Sandusky, Ohio. In the...
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Sandusky’s Former Post Office
Seen here in the 1930s or 1940s, this building was opened as Sandusky’s Federal Building in March of 1927. In 1923, Congressman James T. Begg introduced a bill in the U.S. House which requested an...
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Corydon Whitten Bell, Author and Artist
On July 16, 1894, Corydon Whitten Bell was born in Tiffin, Ohio to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Bell. The Bellfamily moved to Sanduskyaround 1910. Corydon graduated from SanduskyHigh School in 1913, where he...
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Sandusky High Schools Girls Basketball Team of 1922
These young ladies were on the Sandusky High School girls basketball team during the academic year 1921-1922. In the back are: Hyacinth Brownworth, Ruth Thom, and Coach, Mrs. Carl Mackey. In the front...
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Burger Chef in Sandusky
From the early 1960s until 1977, Sandusky area residents enjoyed hamburgers, French fries, and milkshakes at Burger Chef. The first Burger Chef was at 302 West Perkins Avenue. Manager Joe Brennan once...
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George W. Campbell and His Letter to Mrs. Hubbard
George W. Campbell was born in the state of New York to David and Mary Jones Todd Campbell on January 12, 1817. In the early 1820s he moved with his parents to Sandusky, Ohio, where his father...
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Miss America of 1922 Had Ties to Sandusky
One hundred years after David Campbell founded the Sandusky Clarion, his great great granddaughter Mary Katherine Campbell was named Miss America in Atlantic City. A former “Miss Columbus,” she won the...
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Mr. and Mrs. William Townsend
Now on display at the Follett House Museum, oil paintings of William Townsend and his wife, the former Maria Lamson, were donated to the museum by descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Townsend. William Townsend...
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The Firelands Chorus at the Follett House Museum, 1977
This photograph of members of the Firelands Chorus was taken by Alden Photographers on September 6, 1977. The fashions and hairstyles are definitely reminiscent of the 1970s. Don’t forget that the...
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