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Hills Mother's Day Ad – 1964
Here's wishing all mothers out there a Happy Mother's Day!Above is an ad with that theme for the late, great Hills Dept. Store, located on Route 57 in South Lorain, that ran in the Journal back on...
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Empty Eagles Nest – May 5, 1964
It's pretty amazing how the American Eagle has bounced back from being practically wiped out decades ago. According to the eagles.org website, "By 1940, the decline of Bald Eagles compelled Congress to...
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Sherwood Allotment Aerial View – May 1954
Ad from the May 7, 1955 Lorain JournalOne of the nice things about growing up on the west side of Lorain in the 1960s is that you knew where many of your fellow elementary school classmates lived. How...
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Grand Opening of Hills in Lorain – August 18, 1960
The Hills Dept. Store in South Lorain closed back on July 31, 1982, replaced by a new store in Amherst. But when exactly did the Lorain store first open? I had never really covered it on this blog. So...
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Arthur Godfrey Officially 'Opens' Pick-N-Pay Store at O'Neil's – May 24, 1954
Although he might not be very well known today among anyone under sixty, there was a time in the 1950s when folksy entertainer Arthur Godfrey was one of the nation's most popular TV and radio...
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Tim Hortons 60th Birthday
Anyone who has spent time in Canada over the years is familiar with Tim Hortons, the ubiquitous restaurant chain founded by the great Toronto Maple Leaf defenceman and Hall of Famer Tim Horton. From...
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Black River Bridge North of Wellington – Part 1
Lorain County has long been a source of enjoyment for historic bridge enthusiasts.Why? Perhaps because of the Black River, which extends south from Lorain to Elyria, where it splits into two branches...
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Black River Bridge North of Wellington – Part 2
The Black River Bridge on Route 58. The view is looking south.Note the billboard for Buckeye Beer.Almost exactly a year after the bridge on Route 58 over the Black River north of Wellington was...
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Making Room for the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music – May 1964
Demolitions of old buildings are a regular topic on this blog, usually involving my hometown of Lorain. But today, the buildings being knocked down are (or were) located in the city that I work:...
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Up the Black River With Robert Tate – May 1954
There's a lot happening on the front page of the May 14, 1954 Lorain Journal: the French army taking a beating in Vietnam in the Indochina war, and attempting to get the United States to intervene; a...
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Schenley Whiskey Ad – May 27, 1954
Whiskey ads continue to be served up regularly on this blog, year after year.Why? It's not that I'm a big whiskey drinker; a bottle can last me for years. But as I've noted many times, whiskey ads ran...
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Memorial Day 1954
From the pages of the May 30, 1954 edition of the Lorain Sunday News comes this two-page spread commemorating Memorial Day 1954.It's got a nice sentiment. It reads, "The finest Americans are those who...
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Lorain Public Library Book Sale
The Friends of the Lorain Public Library held its most recent Book Sale a few weeks ago.The Sales are always an interesting affair. On Members Night (usually a Thursday), the Sale is only open to...
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Lorain Sunday News Comics – May 30, 1954
Does anyone still look forward to reading the comics in the newspaper each day?With the decline in newspaper readership, and with many papers having closed down or publishing less frequently, I doubt...
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Sunday Journal Comics Sampler
As I noted yesterday, the Sunday Journal debuted its comic page on September 8, 1968 with an interesting lineup of classic comics. There were ones dating back to the early 1920s (Moon Mullins), the...
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Stroh's Beer Ad – May 25, 1954
Here's a scene of 1950s suburban bliss from the pages of the May 25, 1954 Lorain Journal – a Stroh's Beer ad showing several couples enjoying an outdoor barbecue. The illustration of the people is...
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Port Clinton War of 1812 Monument
Saturday was a beautiful day for a drive, so I headed out to Port Clinton – to stop at Cheesehaven, and to grab some "Then & Now" shots of some vintage postcards of the area as well. First up: this...
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Port Clinton Lighthouse
The Port Clinton Lighthouse has been a favorite subject of postcards over the years. The top one was postmarked 1910; the bottom one 1944.Here's another one. It's the same composition as the one from...
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Port Clinton Bridge
I'll wrap up my visit to Port Clinton with a look at some vintage postcards of the city's charming draw bridge over the Portage River. It's a bascule bridge, like Lorain's, but it seems like a baby...
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D-Day Front Pages – 1944 & 1964
Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy. Above is the front page of the Lorain Journal from that day. (Back in 2019 here, I posted the front pages and many inside pages from...
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