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| The Easter Basket in Lakeview Park as seen on Saturday |
Here's wishing all of my readers a Happy Easter!
Unfortunately, it's not supposed to be very good weather today, if you were thinking of heading down to Lakeview Park for photos by the Easter Basket. However, I drove by there on Saturday, and there was a pretty good crowd taking advantage of the good weather to get their family photos.
Anyway, here's a nice selection of articles about the famous Easter Basket including its first mention in the Lorain Journal, as it was installed in Lakeview Park in time for Easter 1941. As you will see, it took many years before David Shukait of the Lorain Parks Department was acknowledged at the man responsible for its design and construction.
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| April 3, 1941 |
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| April 14, 1941 |
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| May 21, 1941 |
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| Sept. 16, 1941 |
It appears that 1942 was the first year for the huge concrete eggs.
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| April 4, 1942 |
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| April 6, 1942 |
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| April 6, 1942 |
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| April 10, 1944 |
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| March 22, 1956 |
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| April 20, 1957 |
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| April 3, 1961 |
David Shukait was finally profiled in a nice article in April 1966.
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| April 7, 1966 |
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| April 9, 1966 |
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| May 18, 1976 |
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| May 20, 1976 |
I written
many posts about the Easter Basket over the years. They include vintage postcards of the Basket, family photos, other articles, and photos of the Basket as it looked at the time of the blog post.
Thanks, Dan, for the story of the Easter basket and its maker.
ReplyDeleteHope everyone has a great day!