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Charles Francis Schuck, Artist
Charles Francis Schuck was born in Cumberland, Maryland in 1868, to Mr. and Mrs. George E. Schuck. When he was seventeen, he moved with his family to Sandusky, Ohio. An article in the April 8, 1916...
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Alex H. Osterman’s History of Bands in Sandusky
In the Arts Collection of the SanduskyLibraryArchivesResearchCenter is a binder with typewritten pages, in which Alex H. Osterman presented a history of bands and orchestras in Sandusky, from 1851 to...
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Program Announcement: The Blue Streaks & Little Giants - More than a Century...
Join us in the library program room on Saturday, March 8 at 2:30 as author Vince Guerrieri will discuss his book about the long and great rivalry between these two high school football teams. Copies of...
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Women Worked for the War Effort at Barr Rubber Products Company (Women's...
From 1923 until 1986, the Barr Rubber Products Company was a leading manufacturer of quality rubber products in Sandusky, Ohio. During World War II, several products were made for the nation’s war...
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James R. Davis, Mail Carrier
James R. Davis is on the right in this 1905 picture of Sandusky mail carriers. According to U.S. Census records, James R. Davis was born about 1877 in Virginia. Mr. Davis was appointed mail carrier at...
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Program Announcement: Brown-bag Lunch Series - Jay Cooke, the Sandusky Native...
Wednesday, March 19, at noon in the Library Program RoomLocal historian and author John Hildebrandt will explore the life and times of Jay Cooke, with an emphasis on Cooke's Civil War years and his...
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Annual Examinations in the Sandusky Public Schools in 1860
Don't put stickers on your historic documents!On March 14, 1860, at 9 a.m., several students from the First Grammar School of Sandusky City Schools had a program in connection with the students’ Annual...
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St. Patrick’s Day Entertainment at Biemiller’s Opera House
On the evening of St. Patrick’s Day, most likely in the 1880s or 1890s, a program of entertainment was held at Biemiller’s Opera House in Sandusky, Ohio.Though the church was not identified, the...
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Views of the Foot of Columbus Avenue
As Leola M. Stewart noted in her 1948 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 boats...
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Odd Fellows’ Festival in 1856
On March 25, 1856 the Odd Fellows’ Festival was held at West’s Hall in the West House in downtown Sandusky. The floor managers were John Youngs, Warren Smith, and Jerome Monroe. Twelve Sandusky men...
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Program Announcement: "The Clydesdale Motor Truck Company" -- Author Talk and...
Saturday March 29, 2PMManufactured in nearby Clyde, Clydesdale trucks were important products of the early motor vehicle industry, achieving international fame as the "Liberty Truck" of World War I....
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George Schade’s Runabout Automobile
George Schade’s Runabout automobile is pictured above, in front of the Kuebeler-Schade home on Tiffin Avenue in the very early 1900s. The Runabout was manufactured by the Sandusky Automobile Company....
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C. Keim’s Excelsior Monumental Works
Conrad Keim was the proprietor of C. Keim’s Monumental Works in Sandusky, Ohio from 1902 until his death in 1927. The monument business was located at the southeast corner of Market and McDonough...
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The Market Street Fire of 1939
On this date seventy-five years ago the most devastating fire Sandusky has known struck downtown, turning nearly an entire block into ruins. Commonly known as the Herb & Myers fire (or the Market...
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A Series of Photographs from Good Samaritan Hospital in the 1920s
Now a part of the FirelandsRegionalMedicalCenter, the GoodSamaritanHospital dates back to 1876 when the cornerstone was laid for the original facility. The first Good Samaritan Hospital opened in...
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Historical Post Offices in Erie County
Most area residents of a certain age recall the old Sandusky Post Office, which was located at the intersection of Jackson Street, West Washington Street and Central Avenue from 1927 to 1987. (Before...
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Frank Shepherd Trapeze Artist
In the biographical files of the SanduskyLibraryArchivesResearchCenteris an undated promotional item for Frank Shepherd, who was listed as “America’s Premier Single Trapeze Artist.” An article in the...
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Henry Matern and the Matern Brothers Store
In 1860 (possibly even earlier) Henry Matern operated a business on Water Street in Sandusky, where he sold stoves and tinware. By 1869 Henry brought his brother Philip Matern into the business, and...
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Program Announcement: History of NASA at Plum Brook Station (Brown-bag Lunch...
Wednesday, April 16, 12 PM, in the Library Program RoomJohn Blakeman, PresenterThe historic operations of NASA at Plum Brook Station will be described and illustrated, showing how this local facility...
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Joe F. Wieber’s Saloon
From about 1898 until 1910, Joseph F. Wieber operated a saloon at the southwest corner of Monroe and Pearl Streets. In its later years of operation, an ice cream parlor was also in business in...
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