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Quick, take the picture!

Not a very good picture you say? Out of focus and blurred? Shouldn’t be on a Web site? Place yourself at trackside on the C&M branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the late 1920s. You’re waiting with your Kodak box … Continue reading

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The bakery wagon’s horse gets filled up!

The photo shows the Cambridge Bakery Company horse and wagon at the Peoples Oil Co. service station, located at the foot of the Viaduct bridge on Dewey Ave in Cambridge, Ohio. The Cambridge Bakery Co. made and sold “Sunburst” bread … Continue reading

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The Allison Body Company

The Allison Body Company was located on Silver Cliff in Cambridge, Ohio and manufactured school bus bodies and other special truck bodies in the late 1920s to early 1930s. The building is still standing and is owned by the Mosser … Continue reading

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The “Autoport” Garage in Cambridge, Ohio about 1938. It was located on North 11th St. between Wheeling Ave. and Steubenville Ave. The building has been added on to and is now part of the Orme Hardware complex (building to the … Continue reading

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1884 Barnum And Bailey Circus Parade – Cambridge, Ohio

Before television, before computers, before any of the myriad of items that have disrupted our time and senses, there was a simpler era in which meaningful events happened from time to time. The visit of the Circus was always an … Continue reading

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1914 Memorial Day Parade

The date is 1914 and the Memorial Day parade has just started. The location is the corner of Wheeling avenue and North Eleventh street in Cambridge, Ohio. The house in the background is standing on the sight of the present … Continue reading

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The old Silsby steam pumper at work

The fire department has the old 1873 Silsby steam pumper out for a test of the pump and the citizens are out in force to watch. Fire apparatus in the early 1900s attracted the crowd as they still do today. The … Continue reading

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