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Baptismal Certificate of George Schade
A baptismal record for George Julius Schade is in the collections of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. George J. Schade was born on February 15, 1869, in Sandusky. His parents were Wilhelm...
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City Marshall George Washington Gilbert
These badges were once worn by Sandusky’s City Marshal, George Washington Gilbert. They are now in the historical collections of the Follett House Museum. George W. Gilbert served as...
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Barr Rubber Products began in Lorain, Ohio in 1920, with Nelt Barr serving as the company’s president. In 1923, the company moved its operations to Market Street in Sandusky. The company began as a...
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Operation “BIT” in Sandusky in 1958
After several years of good economic conditions in the United States following World War II, the United States experienced an economic downturn in the Spring of 1958. President Eisenhower spoke with...
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Home Economics Classes at the Follett House
Several pictures taken at the Follett House when Sandusky High School held Home Economics classes there are now in the historical photograph collection of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center....
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Sandusky City Street Sprinklers
Pictured above is an old water sprinkling apparatus, seen outside of the old Sandusky Water Worksbefore that structure was demolished. Water from the barrel was sprinkled along unpaved streets to help...
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Farrell-Cheek Foundry Baseball Teams
This picture of a Farrell-Cheek baseball team is undated, and unfortunately, we do not know the name of any of the men in the photo. An article in the Sandusky Star Journal of July 8, 1916, reported...
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John B. Tichenor, Portrait and Animal Painter
This advertisement appeared in a late nineteenth century Postal Guide, which was distributed to local residents, compliments of the employees of the Sandusky Post Office. Although John B. Tichenor was...
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Mothers and Babies on National Hospital Day
Seated on the steps of the former Providence Hospital in Sandusky are several babies and young children with their mothers on National Hospital Day on May 12, 1930. Ernst Niebergall was the...
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Mothers and Grandmothers
In honor of Mother’s Day, here are some images taken from the historical photograph collection of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. Mrs. Mary F. Eschenberg is holding her baby grandson...
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin at Jackson Junior High
On May 14, 1937, Sandusky students performed the opera, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” at the Jackson Junior High School. Miss Eulalie Shaw, the first director of Sandusky High School’s A Capella Choir,...
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Oscar F. Cook Majestic Stock Company
From about 1905 to 1908, Oscar F. Cook operated a stock (theater) company in Sandusky, Ohio. The May 15, 1905 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal reported that the Oscar F. Cook Stock Company performed...
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Our American Cousin Played in Sandusky
On May 19, 1875, the play Our American Cousin was presented at the Sandusky Opera House in Sandusky by the Sandusky Amateur Dramatic Association. Admission to the play was fifty cents, and proceeds...
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Day of Jubilee in Honor of the Fifteenth Amendment
According to the May 25, 1870 issue of the Sandusky Register, a Day of Jubilee was held in honor of the ratification of the fifteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited federal and...
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The Former Library at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
Built shortly after the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home (now the Ohio Veterans Home) opened in 1888, this library building served the Home for many years....
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Woodlawn Golf Course in Sandusky in the 1930s
The Woodlawn Golf Course opened at the corner of Camp Street and Perkins Avenue on May 30, 1931. The clubhouse was built by Miller Brothers, of Venice, Ohio. The firm of Opfer and Faber ran thousands...
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The Graduating Class of Sandusky High School, 1872
Pictured above are several members of SanduskyHigh School’s graduating class of 1872. In the front row are: Lula Hayes; Sarah Lawler; Charles McLouth and Antonia Springer. In the middle row are: Hattie...
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Postcard to Charlie J. Grahl in 1918
This postcard, sent from Venice, Ohio, on May 31, 1918, was sent to a newly enlisted U.S. soldier named Charlie J. Grahl. The message from Frank read: "Hello Charlie - Received your card today. Glad...
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Dr. Clarence Eugene Stroud, Physician and Dentist
Born in Canandaigua, New York in 1847, Clarence Eugene Stroud was the son of Dr. Charles Taylor Stroud and the former Lucy Fidelia Allen. Dr. C. Eugene Stroud was educated as both a physician and...
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The Moon Rocket at Cedar Point
Long before NASA was established, and men landed on the moon, people were curious about outer space. To aid this curiosity, in 1946 the Moon Rocket ride opened at Cedar Point. (It only remained for a...
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