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Sign of the Times - HUDDLE Restaurant Lima Ohio Neon Sign SOLD - Building...
The Huddle Fine Food Coffee Shop RestaurantLima, OhioAfter 62 years in business, the restaurant closed in 2007.David McClain was the founder of the Huddle Restaurant and was owner and operator until...
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Vintage Lima Ohio Beer Whiskey Bottle Display ~ Collecting Lima
My Lima Bottle Display A few photos of the display I did at the 2010 FOHBC National Bottle Show.It's just some of my Lima Ohio bottles. But only ones that are embossed with the word Lima. And excluding...
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1908 Amusement Park Carousel in Hover Park Lima Ohio RPPC Photo ~ Collecting...
A real photo postcard [RPPC] picturing the carousel at Lima's Hover Park, 1908"Thursday evening a merry bunch of the Lima telephone operators [went to] Hover Park for an evening's outing. After a good...
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Collecting Lima ~ My Lima Ohio Virtual Museum Project ~ Bottles, Advertising,...
Collecting Lima ~ My Lima Ohio Virtual Museum ProjectAs a long-time collector of memorabilia, advertising, bottles, and ephemera from Lima, Ohio, I have built quite a large collection of rare items,...
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Vintage Thor Motorcycles ~ Turning Bicycles into Moto Cycles ~ Lima Ohio
Here's a Pandora's Puzzle Box of a photograph. Researching it turned up all kinds of information, but never completed the puzzle I set out to solve.I saw the original sepia toned photograph (below),...
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1908 RPPC Elk Restaurant Pullman Cafe Lima Ohio
The Elk Restaurant / Pullman Cafe as seen in a vintage real photo postcard, circa 1908.Note the date, Fri. Aug, 7, on the circus posters. As per the Ringling Bros. Circus routes for 1908 website...
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King Burger Drive In Restaurant ~1956-1976 Lima Ohio ~ Vintage Drinking Glass
King Burger Drive In Restaurant ~1956-1976 Lima Ohio ~ Vintage Drinking GlassI added this vintage drinking glass to my collection recently. It was made by Federal Glass (a well known Columbus, Ohio...
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1910 The Arcade Co. Row of Shops New Bremen Ohio Vintage Postcard RPPC
Real photo postcard (RPPC) of The Arcade Co. strip of shops on New Bremen, Ohio, postmarked 1910. (Click to enlarge.)In 1902, The Arcade Department Store Company was formed through a merÂger of four of...
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Millersburg Glass Plant Construction Photo ~ Ohio's Fenton Carnival Glass...
This real photo postcard of the Millersburg Glass Plant, Millersburg Ohio, during construction, sold on ebay for $113.00. [Ebay link]A later view of the completed Millersburg Glass Plant.1n 1910 when...
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1911 Photo Lock Two New Bremen Fire Department Parade in Wapakoneta Ohio...
Parade in Wapakoneta, Ohio on June 21, 1911This photograph sold on ebay recently for $70.00 with 3 bidders. The seller simply titled it "June 21,1911 Wapakoneta,Ohio street scene". I find it to be an...
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The Apollo Chocolates ~ A Vintage Candy Collectibles Scrapbook
I picked up this great little display jar at a bottle show, embossed simply with THE APOLLO. I was pretty sure it was a candy jar, but researching it was a little bit of a project, as ''The Apollo''...
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Dented Glass Jar: Bishop's Spoon Ledge Jar / Cooper & Co Grocers, Glasgow /...
I came across this odd looking glass jar, and thought I'd share my findings. It's an English jar, not rare, they come up on ebay for less than $20.00. And the history of the jar is not a mystery, but...
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Finding the Truth About Lady Godiva's Sculptor: Hermione Pottery
Finding Lady Godiva's Sculptor: My Wild Research Ride Here's a sweet little pottery figurine of Lady Godiva. The signature ''HELEN'', above, didn't tell me much, but luckily I did find a very similar...
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Vintage Lima Ohio Postcard: FW Drake Coal Dealer / Tuttle's Elixir Family...
A vintage 1910s postcard picturing the Lima, Ohio location of ''F.W. Drake, Dealer in Coal, Wood and Feed; Jobber of Flour''Frank W. Drake: A man of many interests, led a life as a serial entrepreneur,...
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Vintage New Year's Eve Party Postcards & Photos Collages
The New Year is here, and Old Father Time is handing off his job to Baby New Year once again. It's our chance to start fresh too.Enjoy the parties, but watch out -- don't have too much fun, or there'll...
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Sigma Movie Theater Historic Building in 1950s Downtown Lima Ohio Photo
When I stumbled on this neat street scene photo of busy Main St., Lima, Ohio, it reminded me of my vintage postcard (enlarged, below). The person who posted the photo dated it circa 1955. At first...
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Everybody's Drug Store: Vintage Cobalt Blue Medicine Bottle ~ Lima Ohio
In 1917 Mr. Baldwin went into the drug business at the corner of Main and High streets, Lima, with his uncle, A. T. Baldwin, and they remained together until November 21, 1919, when H. D. Baldwin...
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A Dollar Short: The Lima Dime Savings Bank ~ Vintage 1920s Lima Ohio Postcard
The Lima Dime Savings Bank -- 1922-1930In the Journal of the American Bankers Association - 1922 - Listing of New BanksPresident - Ira Wagner; Ira E. Wagner started the Wagner Loan Company in...
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Indian Lake Boat Company ~ Classic Wood Dart Boats Started in Lima Ohio 1920s
Cruising the lake in the Lucky Star, a Dart boat made by the Indian Boat Company.A Shawnee Indian Princess Pin Up Girl graces the cover of this 1941 Indian Boats company brochure.These great looking...
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Come to the Dull Family Reunion - for real! 1913 Lima Ohio Vintage Postcard
Here's a postcard inviting us to the Dull Family Reunion. At first I thought it was a novelty card, especially as it looked like I.M. Dull was the president (see upper left edge), but I was mistaken....
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