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Leather Post Cards
Popular from about 1904 to 1909, leather post cards were a popular novelty item. The United States Postal Service banned leather post cards in 1909, due to the leather causing jams in the equipment at...
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Pitt Cooke
Pitt Cooke was the son of Sandusky’s first lawyer, Eleutheros Cooke, and his wife, the former Martha Carswell. He was born on July 23, 1819 in Bloomingville, Ohio, in a building that had formerly...
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The Knights of the Maccabees
Mrs. Paul Bogert donated this picture, taken by W.A. Bishop, of a local chapter of the Knights of the Maccabees, taken around the turn of the twentieth century. Though we do not know exactly who each...
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Cholera Victims of 1849: in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
In the fall of 1986, Mrs. Katharyn L. Wunderley completed a project which resulted in a compilation of information about hundreds of individuals who lost their lives in Sandusky’s cholera epidemic of...
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Aerial View of Sandusky in 1958
On August 3, 1958, photographer Thomas F. Root took this aerial photograph of Sandusky, looking toward the shoreline and Columbus Avenue. Several Sandusky landmarks which still stand can be seen in...
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The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
The Ohio General Assembly authorized the creation of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Sandusky, Ohio in 1886. The home was created to provide for Ohio's honorably discharged veterans of the...
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George Knapp and Knapp Dressed Beef
George J. Knapp, Sr. was born in Germany in 1849, and settled in Sandusky in 1867. Mr. Knapp started a meat business on Decatur Street in 1870. By 1886 Knapp had moved his business to Camp Street. A...
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Sandusky Register Monument at Oakland Cemetery
In Lot 1 of Block 87 is a monument dedicated to the employees of the Sandusky Register. The November 28, 1885 issue of the Register reports that the proprietors of the newspaper, I.F. and John T. Mack,...
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Miss Sandusky of 1939
Miss Dona Mae McAleer of Sandusky was chosen “Miss Sandusky” on August 14, 1939. The beauty contest was sponsored by the Sandusky Junior Chamber of Commerce and was held at Cedar Point. Judges included...
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Air Progress Show Held in Sandusky in 1958
The Air Progress Show, sponsored by the Aviation Committee of the Sandusky Chamber of Commerce, was held in Sandusky on August 16 and 17, 1958. Colonel Roscoe Turner was the Grand Marshal of the...
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Jacob M. Beecher, Civil War Veteran
Jacob M. Beecher, the son of Lines and Jane Beecher, was the nephew of prominent Sanduskylawyer and abolitionist Lucas Beecher. During the Civil War, Jacob Beecher served in three separate units. He...
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Ohio’s Lake Erie Vacationland Postcards
Several postcards published by E.B. Ackley, a popular musician and band leader in Sandusky, are in the collection of historical postcards at the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. These four...
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Back to School. . .
As students in our area head back to school, here is a look back at students in Sandusky and Erie County from the historical collections of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. In the picture...
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F.D. Ketchum's Aid to Civil War Soldiers
On August 16, 1861 Company E of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was engaged in the Battle of Cross Lanes, (West) Virginia, during the Civil War. According to the History of Erie County, Ohio, edited by...
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Labor Day
In honor of Labor Day, we would like to share some images of workers, from the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center.Lay Brothers, 1905Sandusky Tool Company, circa 1880Beilsten Steam Laundry, circa...
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The Early Years of the Erie County Humane Society
According to Hewson Peeke’s book A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, the Erie County Humane Society was organized in 1882, with George Marsh as president. The directors were: I.F. Mack, A.E....
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From 1873 until the late 1890s, Conrad Leonhiser operated a grocery store at the northwest corner of Reese and Hancock Streets. During some of its years in business, a saloon was also connected to the...
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John G. Pool, Collector of Customs
John G. Pool was born in Pennsylvania in 1813. His family moved to Ohio in 1818, where they resided in PerryCounty. Later they moved to FortBall, near Tiffin. After the death of his parents, he moved...
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Walther’s Peptonized Port Sold in Sandusky
In August of 1903 the Sandusky Register featured several advertisements for Walther’s Peptonized Port. The ad above stated that Peptonized Port was helpful for “people who are nervous, cannot stand...
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George and Freeland T. Barney
George Barney and Freeland T. Barney were both sons of Mr. and Mrs. Throop Barney. Another brother, Charles Barney, died during the cholera epidemic of 1849. Both George and Freeland T. Barney were...
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