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The Pueblo – Part 6
In 1955, El Pueblo Bar & Restaurant had a ringside seat for US Highway 6 construction.It was all explained in an article on the front page of the Lorain Journal on January 31, 1955 under the...
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The Pueblo – Part 7
Photo from the July 11, 1958 Lorain Journal of the new cloverleaf looking west; the red arrow points to the PuebloWith the roadwork done, and Lake Road traffic moving in both directions through the...
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The Pueblo – Part 8
The headline above the masthead of the Lorain Journal on September 4, 1962 proclaimed the sad news: "Old Landmark Destroyed As Fire Levels Gypsy Fiddle Inn”Here’s the tragic story as it appeared in the...
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The Pueblo – Part 9
As I’ve noted before, the widening of U. S. Route 6 west of Lorain in the 1950s created fragments of bypassed highway both east and west of the undercut. But by the early 1960s, the businesses and...
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F. J. McFadden, Lorain Architect
Listing from the 1936 Lorain Telephone Company directory(Note the McFaddens were still living above the Pueblo at Stop 109)Local historian and author Al Doane emailed me last week about F. J. McFadden,...
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1936 Reichlin - Reidy - Scanlan Phone Book Ad
I found this in the library last week, and thought it was pretty appropriate to post it. It's a full-page ad for the Reichlin - Reidy - Scanlan Company that appeared in the 1936 edition of the Lorain...
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New Avon Lake Police & Fire Station – October 25, 1946
I don't write too much about Avon Lake, so I thought it might be nice to post this article. It's from the Lorain Journal on October 25, 1946, announcing that the new Avon Lake police and fire station...
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Weekend Photo Fun
Fall is my favorite time of year, so the last few weekends I’ve been making it a priority to head out with my camera for a few hours, usually on Sunday afternoon.First stop has been to see how the...
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Sheffield Lake’s Sully Bates, Bowling Icon
Sully Bates Circa 1937(Courtesy Dr. Jake’s Bowling History Blog)For all you bowlers out there, this might be of interest.Did you know that Sully Bates, the man who achieved national fame in the world...
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Li’l Abner Takes on Peanuts – October 1968
Courtesy DenisKitchen.comI’ve mentioned Li’l Abner, the classic comic strip created by Al Capp on this blog a few times (here and here). It was my favorite comic strip in the late 1960s, and I really...
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1959 Woolworth’s Halloween Ad
Well, Halloween is only a few days away – so I’d better start posting some of these seasonal ads.First up is one for Woolworth’s, highlighting their selection of costumes for trick or treating. It ran...
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1959 Neisner's Halloween Ad
Well, yesterday we saw what Halloween costumes Woolworth's was offering in October 1959 – so let's see what was on the sale shelves at Neisner's during that same year.Neisner's?In case you've never...
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1961 Neisner's Halloween Ad
Well, here's my final vintage Halloween ad, which ran in the Lorain Journal on October 26, 1961. It’s another Neisner’s ad, one that ran two years after the one I posted yesterday.By this time, TV...
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Richman Bros/Cleveland Browns Ad – November 12, 1946
It’s a pity that the era of great sports cartoon mascots seems to have passed, at least when it comes to their utilization in advertising and marketing. I guess they must be deemed too old-fashioned...
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Johnny’s Country & Western Bar Ad – Nov. 1, 1956
Did you know that Downtown Lorain had a nightclub with a country and western theme in the late 1950s?That’s right, Pardner. Johnny’s Country & Western Bar was located at 1040 Broadway. It was...
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Airport Tavern Grand Opening Ad – November 19, 1946
I’ve mentioned the Airport Tavern many times on this blog, as the building (which is currently home to Mutt & Jeff’s) continues to fascinate me with its interesting history as a notorious...
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Bridge to Nowhere
the Terra Lane bridge todayBack on my post about the Oak Point Road interchange, regular blog reader and contributor Rick Kurish left a great comment about Amherst’s “Bridge to Nowhere” of the 1960s.As...
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Elyria Motel Then & Now
I've had this postcard of the Elyria Motel (a scan of it, actually) for a while, and have never gotten around to using it for a 'then and now' shot.It’s probably because I never really read the...
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Bohemian Tavern Part 1
While I was researching the Pueblo for all those years, I kept coming across the name of a business that was its neighbor to the west on the same side of Lake Road: Bohemian Tavern.Bohemian Tavern is...
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Bohemian Tavern Part 2
The Bohemian Tavern changed hands around 1948.The 1948 Lorain Telephone Directory ad listings (below) indicated that Dominc Gigliotti and John Nowacki were the new proprietors of the business...
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