Ted Jacobs Christmas Ad 1950

Here's another 1950 Christmas-themed newspaper ad. It's a handsome ad for the much-remembered Ted Jacobs store that ran in The Lorain Journal on Saturday, December 23, 1950.

It has a particularly heartfelt sentiment (click on it so you can read it), reminding us that the local businesses – and the people who owned and ran them – were really the heart of Lorain in days gone by. It is the memory of those stores and businesses that we frequented for decades that seems to stir some of the strongest sentimental feelings among people who grew up in the area.

Merely mention Ted Jacobs, Smith and Gerhart, Kline's, etc. to a group of older Lorainites and you discover that everyone has a pleasant personal memory of shopping at those Downtown establishments, as well as of the people who worked there for years.

Here's hoping that the present local businessmen continue to enjoy success and loyalty from the community, and that a new generation will rise out of these awful economic times to continue to carry the torch for our beloved Lorain – and create new memories as well.