Sunday, November 23, 2025

Thanksgiving in Lorain – 1930

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Detail of a Hughes Provision Co. ad - Nov. 25, 1930 Thanksgiving is only a few days away. So, as usual here on the blog, we'll look back...
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Friday, November 21, 2025

Muir's Thanksgiving Ad – Nov. 20, 1945

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Thanksgiving 1945 was only two days away when this full-page ad for Muir's Original Cut Rate Drug Store ran in the Lorain Journal on T...
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Thursday, November 20, 2025

Charles Schulz United Way Campaign – 1965

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The Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz was very likely the most popular comic strip in America back in its heyday of the 1960s. Even tho...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Hills Ads – November 1965

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Nov. 4, 1965 The ads for the well-remembered and beloved (by local Baby Boomers) Hills Dept. Store never really developed a specific design...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Lewis House in Avon

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The Lewis House circa 1936 The Lorain Journal often featured old houses in its pages back in the 1940s and 50s, providing the history of a ...
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Monday, November 17, 2025

Avon Isle - Site of French/Indian Battle

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Nov. 10, 1933 ad in the Lorain Journal Today, Avon Isle Park Pavilion is an events center available for rent located at 37080 Detroit Road i...
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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Sparky's On the Job in Oberlin

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Fire Prevention Week 2025 may be over, but it was a nice surprise a few weeks ago to see a banner on the front of the Oberlin Fire Departme...
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