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Happy Easter!
Hope everyone enjoys a Happy Easter! And to help celebrate, here's a nice selection of vintage Easter-themed cottage cheese containers that have somehow survived through the decades!All of these are...
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In Search of Bessie Rider – Part 1
It was back in July 2012 that local historian Dennis Lamont forwarded me a few photos that Paula Shorf– one of the authors of the book Lorain: The Real Postcards of Willis Leiter– had sent to him. They...
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In Search of Bessie Rider – Part 2
My search for information about Bessie Rider of Lorain – the girl on the 1906 postcards – started at the Lorain Public Library. Unfortunately, I could only find Bessie in two city directories, living...
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In Search of Bessie Rider – Part 3
Bessie Rider – the girl on the 1906 postcards – and her family had disappeared from the Lorain city directories after 1915. I assumed they had moved out of the area, and that it would be impossible to...
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In Search of Bessie Rider – Part 4
When I first started researching Bessie Rider, I had very low expectations that I'd ever be able to find out anything about her. That's why it was so thrilling for me to find out that Dr. Charles...
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Pittsfield Tornado Damage Wire Photo
Well, the big 50th anniversary of the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado is this Saturday, so I thought I'd post this great aerial photo of the intersection of Routes 58 and 303 taken a few days after the...
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50th Anniversary of Pittsfield Tornado Commemorative Program
The scene outside the Pittsfield Town Hall Saturday afternoonOn Saturday, I managed to make it down to Pittsfield for the event sponsored by the Pittsfield Township Historical Society commemorating the...
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Pittsfield Civil War Monument Dedication Date Resolved
Thanks to Jeff Sigsworth, I now have a confirmed date for the dedication of Pittsfield's Civil War Monument (shown above).You might remember that back here, I told how I was having trouble finding any...
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Old Dutch Beer Ad – April 15, 1965
April 15, 1965 ad from the Lorain JournalJust in time to take your mind off the unpleasantness of Tax Day 2015, here's a vintage ad for Old Dutch Beer. It ran in the Lorain Journal on April 15, 1965 –...
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Barbarossa Beer Ad – April 8, 1947
Here's another vintage beer ad that ran in the Lorain Journal during the month of April. Only this time the date is April 8, 1947 – and the beer is Barbarossa.It's a nice, stylish ad. I like the...
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Early Passing Scene Cartoon – April 17, 1965
To finish out this week, here's one of the earliest "The Passing Scene" cartoons (above) by Gene Patrick that I've ever seen. It ran in the Lorain Journal on April 17, 1965 – 50 years ago...
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Cat Burglar at Dog 'n Suds – October 1963
Dog 'n Suds has been open a few weeks now, and it reminded me that I had this little news item about the iconic drive-in. It appeared in the Chronicle-Telegram on October 18, 1963.****'Skinny' burglar...
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Lorain Sokol Society Hall – Then and Now
Rick Kurish is a regular contributor to this blog, helping with research and offering suggestions for topics. He recently sent me the link to the above postcard, which is currently for sale on Ebay.The...
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My First Texas Burger at Dog 'N Suds
The scene on Saturday nightAfter writing about Ilene's Dog 'N Suds on Friday, I was looking forward to my first visit to the drive-in this season. So when it turned out that I was on my own for dinner...
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Lorain City Hall to Undergo Face-Lifting – April 22, 1947
This painting of Lorain's former city hall hangs in the current city hallThe announcement that Lorain's city hall was going to be spruced up was front page news in the Lorain Journal of Tuesday, April...
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Lake Shore Electric Railway Ad – April 1, 1931
At left is an attractive ad for the Lake Shore Electric Railway, which ran in the Lorain Journal on April 1, 1931 – 84 years ago this month. It's a nice reminder that there was a time when you could...
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Amber Oaks Closes
According to some comments posted on the "You know you're from Sheffield or Sheffield Lake if..." Facebook page, Amber Oaks quietly closed for good at the end of last weekend.I saw the sign on Monday...
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Aerial Photo Fun #2
Although it's been a while since I stopped in, I used to scrounge through the photo files of the Lorain Historical Societyquite regularly looking for a shot of this or that to accompany a blog post. In...
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Demolition Aftermath Update: 32990 Lake Road in Avon Lake
A little less than a year ago, I blogged about the gradual demolition of the house at 32990 Lake Road in Avon Lake in a two part series (here and here). That's it above, in a photo courtesy of the...
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Demolition Aftermath Update: 5475 E. Lake Road in Sheffield Lake
Back here, I wrote about "the Vanishing Sheffield Lake Cottages," my observation that the city's tiny, original vacation homes (that eventually became full-time residences) were beginning to slowly...
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