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Emerald Valley Ad – January 17, 1972
There’s been plenty of new development in the last year or two at Tower Boulevard and Leavitt Road (the Shell station and convenience store, the car wash, the urgent care) as well as the new stores by...
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A Super Way to Promote a Town – January 1972
Did you know that fifty years ago – way ahead of the current super hero craze gripping the country’s entertainment industry – a city in Illinois decided to promote itself as the hometown of Superman?I...
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The Wilson - Baldauf House – Part 1
The view this past weekendLike me, you’ve probably driven by the stone house on State Route 83 at Kinzel Road and wondered: How long has it been there and who built it?Fortunately, back in the late...
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The Wilson - Baldauf House – Part 2
Courtesy of the book Avon by Nora O. HowardHere’s Part 2 of the article written by Journal Staff Writer Hermaine Speigle about the historic Wilson - Baldauf House on State Route 83 at Kinzel. The...
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Happy Groundhog Day!
Well, it’s Groundhog Day 2022. To kick off the celebration, here are a few vintage postcards (all culled from eBay) in honor of the holiday.According to the back of this card, this is Punxsutawney Phil...
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Ed Mullinax Ad – Feb. 3, 1972
Fifty years ago, Ed Mullinax Ford in Amherst kept the Groundhog Day celebration going with this full-page ad, which ran in the Journal on February 3, 1972.Although my family was into Oldsmobiles, I had...
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Old Log Cabin Whiskey Ad – Jan. 6, 1952
Earlier this week, my first post about the Wilson-Baldauf house noted that Ebenezer Wilson built a log cabin for his wife and and three children upon their arrival in what was then Black River...
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Smuggler's Cove Ad – Feb. 5, 1972
Although I live in a condo, I never really thought about them until I became one of the few people in American who watched the TV show Condo in the early 1980s starring McLean Stevenson. Fortunately...
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Boston Drug Store Ad - Feb. 2, 1972
I’ve written before (here) about how Downtown Lorain had two separate stores with the ‘Boston’ name. One was Smith and Gerhart, which started out in 1893 originally known as The Boston Store, before...
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The Projects Take Shape – Feb. 1959
Growing up on the West Side, I was certainly aware of “the Projects.” As a kid, I never understood why it was called that. I just knew that it was one of many places in Lorain that it probably wasn’t a...
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Journal Hockey Game Bus Trip – Feb. 7, 1972
Hockey has been the subject of many posts on this blog.I posted a 1949 Journal ad promoting the Cleveland Barons versus the Buffalo Bisons back here, including some images of Barons memorabilia; a 1949...
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Thomas Edison 125th Anniversary Editorial – Feb. 1972
Portrait of Thomas A. Edison by Ellis M. Silvette in 1926(Postcard Courtesy of eBay)Today is the 175th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison.Fifty years ago on the 125th anniversary, the...
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Mastodon Bones in Lorain County – Feb. 1952
This mastodon once roamed Prehistoric Forest on the Marblehead Peninsula in OhioBones seem to be a reoccurring topic on this blog, whether they were uncovered in a road bed or plowed up in a field by a...
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Thew Shovel Articles – Feb. 1952 & 1972
Thew Shovel has been the subject of a few posts on this blog over the years.I posted a 1949 ad celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary back here; featured photos of the demolition of former Thew...
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Lorain Journal Front Page – Feb. 16, 1952
Seventy years ago today, this was the front page of the Lorain Journal. I posted it because of the great photo of the Arthur M. Anderson being launched at the Lorain yards of the American Shipbuilding...
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Hugh Gallagher Review: John Wayne in “The Cowboys"
Promotional photo of John Wayne in The Cowboyswhich appeared on the cover of Life MagazineFifty years ago, first-run John Wayne movies were still being shown in theaters, and one of them – The Cowboys–...
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WOBL Ad – Feb. 18, 1972
I’ve spent a lot of time in Oberlin on a regular basis lately, and for no special reason other than that, I’ve started listening to WOBL, Gold Country AM 1320.It’s fun to listen to the country music...
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George Washington’s Birthday Ads – 1961 and 1972
Today is Presidents’ Day. Up until 1971, George Washington’s actual birthday (February 22) was celebrated, but that changed when the Uniform Monday Holiday Act moved the federal holiday to the third...
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National Tube Old Timers Honored – Feb. 18, 1950
Here’s a nice slice of life in Lorain from more than 70 years ago, when the steel mill was the dominating force in the city. It’s a quartet of photos that ran on the front page of the Lorain Journal on...
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Vermilion “Harbour Town” Renderings – Feb. 1972
Vermilion’s “Harbour Town – 1837” district has been the subject of a few posts on this blog.The whole concept of “Harbour Town – 1837” and the argument for pursuing a plan was presented in this post....
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