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An American Citizen at the Grand Opera House in 1908
An American Citizen was a comedic play written by Madeline Lucette Ryley, which played in New York’s Knickerbocker Theatre in the late 1890’s. The play’s leading character is a patriotic young man who...
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Early Images of the Hinde and Dauch Paper Company
Pictured above are employees of the Hinde and Dauch Paper Company, probably around 1890. In 1888, Jacob J. Dauch and James J. Hinde took over the Sandusky Paper Mill, which was located at the southeast...
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Fram Illustrations by Walter Farrell
Walter Farrell created several illustrations for the Fram, a publication created by the students of Sandusky High School, during the academic year 1904-1905. (At the time, the Fram was a journal...
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The Capsizing of the Sandsucker Kelley Island
On Saturday morning, May 2, 1925, a crew of sixteen men left from Sandusky in the sandsuckerKelley Island, owned by the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company. Early in the afternoon the vessel met...
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Buckeye League Band and Orchestra Festival Held in Sandusky in 1938
Bands from SanduskyHigh School, Fremont Ross, Tiffin Columbian, and FindlayHigh School all participated in a parade in Sanduskyon May 6, 1938, to kick off the Buckeye League Band and Orchestra...
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“Dr. Albert” Visited Sandusky Many Times
A physician known as “Dr. Albert” visited Sandusky over one hundred times. On May 6, 1890, the advertisement above appeared in the Sandusky Register.Dr. Albert was scheduled to see patients at the...
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Cedar Point's Opening Day (1968)
This picture, from the Thomas F. Root collection of aerial photographs shows a view of the Midway at Cedar Point on May 25, 1968. For opening day, four thousand high school band members marched through...
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Mock GOP Convention at Jackson Junior High School
Notes in the historical files of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center indicate that Mock GOP Conventions were held at Jackson Junior High School in 1936 or 1940. The photo above depicts one of...
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A Trip to Put-in-Bay
The library's historical collections contain photographs of young ladies from Sandusky visiting South Bass Island in 1919 and 1920. Pictured below are Ruth Beach, Helen Rheinegger and Verna Bornhauser,...
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Miss Taylor’s Reflections on Sandusky High School in 1905
In the Sandusky Register Star News of May 28, 1955, retired teacher Bessie Taylor gave an account of her remembrances of Sandusky High School from 1905. At that time all pupils had a seat in the large...
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Homecoming Parade for Veterans of the Spanish American War
On May 26, 1899 a special train brought the soldiers of Company B, Sixth Ohio Infantry, from Cincinnati to the Big Four Station in Sandusky, Ohio. According to the Sandusky Register of May 25, 1899,...
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Memorial Day Celebrations in Sandusky in 1923
There were three Memorial Day celebrations in Sandusky in the year 1923. The first one took place at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home at 8:30 on Wednesday, May 30. At 10 a.m. a service was held on...
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Group Photograph at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
Ernst Niebergall took this group picture at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in the late 1910s, possibly at a “Decoration Day” celebration. Close up views of the photograph show details of the...
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Leisure Moments in Sandusky and Erie County
In the collection of historical pictures at the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center are several photos of people enjoying their leisure time. Men are pictured above relaxing in a garden...
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A Postcard Scene of Washington Row in the Late Nineteenth Century
In the collection of historical postcards at the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center is a postcard which features a view of East and West Washington Row in the late 1800s. In the...
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Sandusky’s Busy Waterfront
As Leola M. Stewart pointed out in her article Sandusky, Pioneer Link Between Rail and Sail,Sandusky has one of the finest natural harbors on the Great Lakes. In the picture above, three excursion...
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Picnickers at Cedar Point in the Early Years
A group of family and friends gathered for this group photograph while at a picnic at Cedar Point in the 1890s. It was probably taken in a photo studio on the park grounds. The names of the individuals...
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Sandusky High School’s Graduating Class of 1914
Pictured above is a composite picture of the 1914 graduates of Sandusky High School, created by Sandusky photographer W.A. Bishop. Most of the female members of the graduating class wore their hair...
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June is a Popular Month for Weddings
An article appearing in the June 25, 1935 issue of the Sandusky Register reported that 41 marriage licenses had been issued in that month. The highest number of marriage licenses issued...
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Cedar Point, That’s the Place
In 1922, J. Otto Martin, of Tiffin, wrote the lyrics to a song entitled Cedar Point (That’s the Place). The music was written by Belle Schrag. The song was composed in honor of G.A. Boeckling, the...
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