Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia

Easter-themed ads in the Lorain Journal during the 1946 holiday season are a mixed bag (or basket if you prefer). The era of the big royalt...

The Reidy Scanlan Company has been a favorite topic on this blog, since so many of us shopped there over the years. Blog posts covered its t...

Lorain's relative proximity to many large Ohio cities resulted in a variety of regional advertisements appearing in the Lorain Journal ...

Full-page Lorain Telephone Journal Ad from Dec. 24, 1962 Here's wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year! Than...

Well, St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow so that means it’s time for the annual bit o’ blarney here on the O’ Brady Blog where I post vintage ads...

Well, it’s St. Patrick’s Day, so it’s time to post some vintage ads from the Journal with that particular theme. These three ads all appe...

By George, this is the third post this week related to demolition! Late last November, when the former Reidy-Scanlan building was about to...

The view on Sunday Last week, the demolition of the former Reidy Scanlan furniture store finally took place (click here for the Mor...

Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, and so to put you in the mood, here's an ad for Reichlin - Reidy - Scanlan that ran in the Lorai...

I saw this on Ebay the other day and thought it would make a timely post. It’s a vintage double postcard advertising the Reidy Scanlan Fun...

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 ...

Well, the fences are up and the equipment has been put on site and is ready to go. That means that the demolition of St. Joseph’s Hospital...