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Ohio in the 1960s
The industrial Midwest was basically America’s engine room back in the 1960s, and Ohio was running at full throttle. These 11 vintage shots show the Buckeye State when it was peak old-school cool.
Flickr/Paul’s World Tour
People’s Building Loan and Savings Co., 1960’s
Institutions like People’s Building Loan and Savings Co. in Lebanon, Ohio helped make home loans more accessible during that time.
Wikimedia Commons/Josh Nativio
Erie Railroad Warren station
The Erie Railroad station in Warren stood proudly until its demolition in 1964.
Flickr/Downtown Warren History
Krogers in Elm Road, OH circa 1960’s
The 1960s saw Kroger introducing electronic cash registers in its stores. They also ran massively successful “Xtra Low Discount Prices” promotions.
Flickr/Downtown Warren History
A Main Street Building in Warren, OH 1962
A Turkish bath once occupied the first floor of this building, which stood between the B&O and Erie railroads until “urban renewal” demolished it in the late 1960s.
Flickr/gregarch2
Sealtest Dairy, 1960s
Who still remembers the Berry Patch, Pecan Crunch, and Devil Mint from Sealtest? How about the “Sealtest Big Top Show?”
Flickr/Onasill – Bill Badzo
Greenbaums Old Department Store, Waverly OH
Originally the Emmitt-Greenbaum Building, Greenbaum’s Old Department Store ones sat at the Waverly Canal Historic District. It was demolished in 2021.
Flickr/Ohio University Libraries
Student studying in Chubb Library at Ohio University, early 1960s
Chubb Hall started life as Chubb Library when Ohio University needed more space than the Carnegie Library could provide. In 1969, it was replaced by Alden Library as the university’s main library.
Flickr/Downtown Warren History
Myer Frank Furniture, 1963
Those Tappan ranges were pretty nice. Does anyone still have furniture they bought here?
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Cedar Point in Sandusky, 1969
One of the best parts of growing up in Ohio.
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