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City Bank Halloween Ad – Oct. 28, 1967
You can tell that the hit TV show Bewitched had popularized the idea of an sexy witch, because that's what you get in this ad for City Bank, which would be considered somewhat sexist today. Even the...
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Woolworth’s Halloween Ad – Oct. 1963
Well, it’s Halloween – so here’s one last post dealing with vintage trick-or-treat costumes.Above is what Woolworth’s was offering Lorainites in an ad that ran in the Lorain Journal on October 24,...
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Asphalt Ad – Nov. 4, 1957
I had to laugh when I saw this ad promoting the use of asphalt sponsored by the Ohio Road Improvement Company, a Columbus-based road resurfacing firm. The hilarious cartoon depicts an angry taxpayer...
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Kansas Avenue A&P Ad – Nov. 4, 1957
I’ve written a few times about Lorain’s A&P stores on this blog, including the opening of the one at the Shoreway Shopping Center in 1959, and the one in the Lorain Plaza that arrived in 1960.Well,...
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Autumn Foliage Circa 1961
It’s been a somewhat disappointing fall when it comes to colorful foliage around Lorain County, although it has improved somewhat of late. Unfortunately, the unusually warm weather has conspired to...
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Muntz TV Ad – November 18, 1957
Although my parents’ first television set was a Philco (which I wrote about here), another popular choice at the time was a Muntz TV. That’s the brand being touted in the above ad for Lorain TV Stores,...
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Autumn Foliage 2017
It’s been a tradition here on the blog over the years to post shots of colorful autumn foliage around Lorain County. So I made an effort over the weekend to try and capture some with my camera.The...
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Lorain Man Wins French War Cross – Sept. 1918
I like to celebrate local unsung heroes and veterans on this nostalgia blog, and here’s a good example of a Lorainite who was both. His name was Edward G. Stebbins, and prior to World War I, he was an...
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Carl Johnson’s Restaurant Ad – Nov. 2, 1957
Directly across from the Lorain Drive-in movie theater in the late 1950s was Carl R. Johnson’s Restaurant. The restaurant fronted Lake Road, with a trailer court behind it.I first wrote about it back...
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Blue Bonnet Margarine Ad – Nov. 14, 1957
I couldn’t help posting this ad for Blue Bonnet Margarine that appeared in the Lorain Journal on November 14, 1957 – 60 years ago this month. The ad is fun to look at with a lot of stuff going on.A...
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Ford Plant Groundbreaking – Nov. 1956 Part 1
Back in November 1956, the Ford Motor Company was about to break ground on its new Lorain Assembly Plant.Interestingly, Ford wanted to make it something special by involving Hayes B. Whittlesey, a...
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1958 Richman Brothers Ad Featuring Chief Wahoo
In honor of the Cleveland Indians' excellent start this season, here's a newspaper ad forRichman Brothersthat ran in the Lorain Journal in April 1958.I really like this version of Chief Wahoo with a...
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Ford Plant Groundbreaking – Nov. 1956 Part 2
On November 13, 1956, the Lorain Journal featured the above photo of the home of Hayes B. Whittlesey in its pages as a tie-in with the previous day’s account of Mr. Whittlesey’s planned participation...
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Ford Plant Groundbreaking – Nov. 1956 Part 3
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Ford Lorain Assembly Plant went off as planned on Wednesday, November 21, 1956, with Hayes B. Whittlesey manning one of the shovels. The above photo ran on the...
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Lorain Telephone Company Ad – Nov. 13, 1956
Here's an ad that hearkens back to the days when utility companies used advertising mascots to pass along important information to their customers. It helped put a friendly face on what were otherwise...
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Lake Erie Oil Anniversary Ad – Nov. 12, 1946
Here's a handsome ad for the Lake Erie Oil Company, which was located on Ohio Route 254 near the railroad tracks. It appeared in the Lorain Journal on November 12, 1946 – 71 years ago this month – and...
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Bazely Cash Market Thanksgiving Ad – Nov. 19, 1956
I don't believe I've ever featured an ad for Bazley Cash Market before on the blog, despite a suggestion by a reader to do just that several years ago.The above Thanksgiving-themed ad appeared in the...
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TV Listings – November 9, 1956
The TV pages in the back of the Journal during the 50s and 60s were a memorable part of the newspaper for those of us that read it back then.Placing the TV programming grid and various entertainment...
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Black Label Beer Ad - Nov. 22, 1955
I guess I have a strange fascination with vintage beer ads, since I feature so many of them on a blog that’s supposedly about Lorain County.The two brands I’ve written about – Old Dutch and Carling’s...
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Happy Thanksgiving 1957 from the Lorain Slag Company!
Well, it’s Thanksgiving, so here's a vintage holiday ad sponsored by the Lorain Slag Company.By George, that company sure did buy a lot of ads in the Lorain Journal, even though it didn’t exactly sell...
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