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- Collection: The Tom Riester Postcard Collection
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North Diamond Street Flood- 1913
This postcard captures an image looking north on North Diamond Street. The building in the distance with the Mail Pouch Tobacco sign is located on the corner of Diamond and East Sixth streets and contained Mrs. Charlotte W. Hall's restaurant and…
North Franklin Street Flood - 1913
A lone boy stands in the middle of flooded North Franklin Street with Kallmerton & Baer, located on the corner of East Fifth and Franklin at 77 East Fifth, in the background. The only other visible business in Warren B. Myers blacksmith shop. Also,…
Ohio Central Traction Company Wreck
On November 12, 1907, at 10:55 pm, an electric car traveling 50 miles per hour from Galion, Ohio to Mansfield, Ohio wrecked injuring all 10 people on board. Peter Sander broke his leg which resulted in amputation just above the ankle. Other…
Orange Street Flood - 1913
A view of Orange Street during the 1913 flood.
Parade on Main Street
A large unidentified marching band plays in a parade on Main Street, a group of soldiers follows the band.
Tags: Main Street, Postcards
Schoolhouse and Sandusky, Norwalk, & Mansfield Car
A car from the Sandusky, Norwalk, & Mansfield railway sits in front of a schoolhouse at an unknown location.
Steam Locomotive
An image of a steam locomotive, with seven men sitting on the front and side. The postcard says Mansfield, Ohio, but the location and number of the locomotive is undetermined.
Streetcar 129 Wreck
On July 24, 1908, streetcar no. 129 of The Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus Railway ran unmanned for half a mile down North Main Street in Mansfield, Ohio before crashing into the Laver home just north of Sixth Street. No one was injured.
Tags: Postcards, Streetcars
The Liberty Bell comes to Town
On July 6, 1915, crowds gathered along the Pennsylvania Railroad to see the Liberty Bell as it was being transported from Philadelphia to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Tags: Liberty Bell, Postcards, Schwan's Studio
The Mansfield Hay and Grain Co.
The Mansfield Hay and Grain Company was located at 195 East Fourth St. In the image a man and woman stand in front of the store while a child crawls into a wagon below them.
Tags: Businesses, Industries, Postcards
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John Sherman - Senator (1892)
Portrait of John Sherman taken in 1892 when he was serving a term as U.S. Senator from Ohio.