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Plaza Theatre Advertisement from 1929
This advertisement appeared in the February 1, 1929 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal, on the day before the old Sandusky Bay Bridge was dedicated.The ad pointed out that with the opening of the...
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Opera at Cedar Point
An article in the “Twenty Five Years Ago” feature of the Sandusky Star Journal of February 26, 1932 featured an announcement which had appeared in the February 26, 1907 issue of the Star Journal....
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“A Woman’s Club”
A poem titled “A Woman’s Club” appeared in the Sandusky Register on August 13, 1899. Written by Sarah Palmer, and originally appearing in the periodical Club Woman, the poem was said then to have been...
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Knute Rockne Addressed the Sandusky Kiwanis Club in 1925
Image from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs DivisionA front-page article in the March 6, 1925 issue of the Sandusky Register reported that football genius Knute Rockne gave the address at a...
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The Study Club of the Presbyterian Church
In the Clubs and Organizations Collections of the Sandusky Library Archives Research are two early nineteenth century club calendars from The Study Club of the Presbyterian Church. The Study Club of...
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Exhibition of the Berlin Seminary in 1854
On March 17, 1854, under the leadership of Principal T.H. Armstrong, students of the Berlin Seminary in Berlin Township in Erie County, Ohio, gave an exhibition at the Congregational Church of Berlin...
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Fireman’s Ball Held in Sandusky in 1839
On March 6, 1839 a Fireman’s Ball was held at Bradley’s Cotillion Rooms in the city of Sandusky. While we do not have specific details about Bradley’s facility, most likely the ball was held in an...
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Sandusky City Schools Report Card from 1848-1849
This report card from the arithmetic class of Miss L. A. Barney for the term that met December 4, 1848 to March 17, 1849 was given to the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center by the Dean...
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Myrtle Louise Meagher, Music Teacher
Miss Myrtle Louise Meagher was born in Sandusky in 1882, to John E. Meagher, and his wife, the former Margaret Lotz. Myrtle was of both Irish and German descent. Myrtle’s grandfather, Henry Lotz, ran a...
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Funeral of Captain Adam Hartung
Adam E. Hartung was a lifelong resident of Sandusky, Ohio, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Hartung. He had a twin brother named Daniel, and both men were firefighters for the City of Sandusky. On the...
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Katharine Sprague Alvord, First Dean of Women at DePauw University
Katharine Sprague Alvord was born in Sandusky, Ohio in 1871 to Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Alvord. Katharine’s father was engaged in the wholesale fish business, and was a partner in the Alvord-Peterspublishing...
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Captain Otto J. Biemiller
Otto J. Biemiller was born in Sandusky, Ohio on March 28, 1865 to Christian and Margaret (Weber) Biemiller. He worked on Great Lakes fishing boats for over fifty years, having served as master of boats...
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Miss Jean Beis, Sandusky High School Teacher and Librarian
Jean Beis is pictured above in the Sandusky High School Library, on page 20 of the 1952 Fram. Miss Beis was born Jeanette Beis, in 1894, to local attorney George C. Beis and his wife, the former...
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Enterprise Glass Works
Though it was only in existence for a relatively short time, the Enterprise Glass Works was once a booming business on Sandusky’s west side, on Superior Street. In the book What: Souvenir of Sandusky,...
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Tuesday Afternoon Club
Before radio and television, locally produced musical entertainment was a popular diversion for thousands of Americans. In Sandusky, Ohio a group of people formed a club known as the “Tuesday Afternoon...
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Early Sandusky Shoe Stores
Before John L. Rieger built the Rieger Hotel, he was in the shoe business. He began working as a shoemaker in 1876, and continued until 1917. Mr. Rieger’s advertisement read in part, “Protect your feet...
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Mary Cooke
Mary A. Cooke, the wife of Sandusky businessman Charles E. Cooke, was an early member of the Board of Trustees of the Sandusky Library Association. She was on the Board in 1870 when the Library...
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Paul Swessinger, Sandusky Businessman
According to an article in the April 15, 1916 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal, Paul Swessinger was one of Sandusky’s best known German-American citizens. He was born in Nemigen, Germany on January...
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John F. Renner on Music
From 1890 until his retirement in 1929, John F. Renner was connected with the music business in Sandusky, Ohio. Above is an image of his store in the Odd Fellows Temple when he was in business with...
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Hewson L. Peeke, Lawyer and Author
Hewson Lindsley Peeke was born on April 21, 1861 in South Bend, Indianato the Reverend George Hewson and Margaret Bloodgood Peeke. He graduated from WilliamsCollegein Massachusetts.After teaching...
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