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Ada Ohio Historical Society photos, March 2024

Posted by Staff on Sunday, March 31, 2024

By Paula Pyzik Scott

On the Ada Ohio Historical Society Facebook group, photographs of individuals and groups are shared, sometimes in search of identification, sometimes to share a memory or a face.

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Can you identify these Ada IGA employees from 1953?

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, February 18, 2024

The Ada IGA grocery store was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Chrismer in May 1951. In 2024, folks are trying to indentify the store's employees from 1953, as seen in this photo posted on Facebook by the Ada Ohio Historical Society.

You can chime in of Facebook HERE. Not on Facebook? Email [email protected].

Additional information about the grocery store can be found in the Ada Public Library news archive:

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Price check: Tuition, room and board from days gone by

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, November 29, 2023

The Ada Ohio Historical Society (AOHS) recently shared this Ohio Normal University (which became Ohio Northern University) advertisement from 1894. It's interesting to imagine hopping on a train or in a carriage to travel to a university sight unseen. But as the ad promises, transportation expenese were refundable "if things are not found as represented." 

For more AOHS finds and conversations, visit www.facebook.com/groups/319456045210675/

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1940s historical photo ID, Ada's Civil Defense Council 

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, November 2, 2023

The Ada Historical Society has posted the attached photo on its Facebook page and is seeking the names of the individuals in this group.

The photo shows Ada's Civil Defense Council in the 1940s.

Can you identify the men? Visit Facebook HERE to post your comments or email [email protected].

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About the "Help Vote Ohio Dry" banner

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, June 6, 2023

The Icon recently posted a photo asking, "What's that banner over Main St.?" (view at https://bit.ly/3qfRLpg). Initially, we were more interested in figuring what it said, rather than why the banner was there.

Here's the backstory according to www.Balletopedia.org/ : There was a 1919 Ohio State Prohibition of Alcohol Referendum that was defeated 500,812 votes to 474,078 votes.

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1923 Interclass Competition details from the Ada High School yearbook

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, April 10, 2023

What has changed and what has stayed the same about the Ada High School Interclass Competition? Check out the details provided in the 1923 Purple and Gold yearbook HERE, via the Ada Public Library online archive.

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