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Historic House Demos – Fall 1969 - Part 1
The autumn of 1969 was a busy time in Lorain when it came to demolishing historic homes.While doing my regular blog research on Journal microfilm at the Lorain Public Library, I came up with two...
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Historic House Demos – Fall 1969 - Part 2
The other historic house that was demolished in September 1969 was also on U. S. Route 6. But unlike the Baumhart house, it was on the on the east side of Lorain.The house was located on the southwest...
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Fruehauf Trailer Plant Article – October 1945
Seventy-four years ago this month, the Fruehauf Trailer Company made the front page of the Lorain Journal on October 31, 1945. The article noted, “Ground is to be broken immediately in Avon Lake for a...
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The “New” Ted Jacobs – October 1956
Here’s a real symbol of Downtown Lorain’s heyday.It’s a full page ad from the Lorain Journal of October 20, 1956 announcing the November 8th opening of the new Ted Jacobs store on Fourth Street.From...
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Garwell's Sign Lives On
Although the former Garwell's Bait & Tackle store was demolished in September (which I wrote about here), a little bit of the original store lives on at its former location.The cutout lettering...
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Atkinson Williams Open House – October 1956
Although Lorain no longer has a new car dealership within its borders, it used to have several – including the Atkinson Williams Ford, which was located on Kansas Avenue.Above you see a nice full-page...
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Plymouth Ad – October 29, 1956
Here’s a great, full-page ad promoting the new Plymouth models that ran in the Lorain Journal on October 29, 1956. The idea of that ad is that Plymouth was three full years ahead of its competition in...
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The Gore Orphanage Legend: How the Journal Added Fuel to the Fire
Like many Baby Boomers growing up in Lorain County in the 1960s and 70s, I had heard the story about Gore Orphanage – how it had mysteriously burned down long ago, killing all the children, and how...
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Halloween Ads – October 1969
Well, it's Halloween. On this blog, that means it's time for a look back at what costumes the trick-or-treaters were wearing in days gone by.Above is a large Hills ad showing an assortment of...
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Ohio Theater Double Creature Feature – Nov. 1, 1957
Halloween may be over, but the scary stuff lingers here on the blog for one more day.Above you see the double feature that was running at the Ohio Theater back on November 1, 1957: From Hell It Came...
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South Broadway Extension Opens – Nov. 1967
If you grew up in this area in the 1960s like me, you’re probably familiar with the Lake Road being referred to in the old days as “6&2” – a short way of saying U. S. Federal Route 6 and Ohio State...
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Woody Wins – Election Day 1965 & 1967
Well, it’s Election Day 2019.I’m going to be busy, as I’m one of those volunteer poll workers who sit at a table and processes voters, asking them for a form of I.D., etc. It’s an interesting way to...
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Lusca’s Pizza
Lorain has long been blessed with several family-run pizza parlors specializing in the real thing, with recipes straight from Italy.It’s incredible just how many there were in the city during the 1960s...
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Corner Drugstores Fade Away – Nov. 1968
Although I’m a regular customer of both Ohio-based Discount Drug Mart and national chain Walgreens, like many Baby Boomers I still remember when my parents got their prescriptions from a Mom and Pop...
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Lorain Trailer Park Hits the Trail
Mobile home parks have been a common roadside site to anyone driving west out of Lorain on West Erie Avenue (U. S. Route 6). These unique communities provide casual and affordable lakefront living –...
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Veterans Day in Lorain – 1965
It’s Veterans Day, the U. S. federal holiday honoring military veterans, observed each year on November 11th.It was originally known as Armistice Day, commemorating the armistice signed between the...
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On the Trail of Trailer Parks – Part 1
Lakeshore Mobile Home Park (mentioned here on the blog last week) wasn’t the only trailer park located along that stretch of West Erie Avenue between Leavitt Road and the undercut. It was the last...
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On the Trail of Trailer Parks – Part 2
By the end of the 1950s, trailer parks (or mobile home parks if you prefer) were a pretty common site along the stretch of West Erie between Leavitt Road and the undercut.Thornburg Trailer Sales was...
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Hialeah Tourist Court Revisited
I spent the last few days looking at the various trailer parks that were located on West Erie Avenue just east of the railroad undercut at W. 21st Street. However, there was one business that catered...
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Journal Front Page – November 17, 1965
To close out this week, let's take a leisurely gander at the front page of the Journal. Not today's Morning Journal, but the Journal from back on November 17, 1965 – 54 years ago this Sunday.I...
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