Women end the barber era in Norwalk shops
In Norwalk the mid 1920s brought women for haircuts and altered shop life. Barbershops Cook Cigar Store and Alexander's, once lively hubs of sports talk and board games, faded as women entered, prices plummeted during the Depression, and beauty parlors pushed women out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Brown
Norwalk
East Main Street
Whittlesey and
Hester
Cook Cigar Store
Bob Alexander
Frank
Midge) Mushett
Alexanders
Alexander’s
Fred Cook
Dick Grover
Cook’s
Telegraph
Star Baseball Board
Megaphone
Mushett
Cook's
Alexander's
Muskett
Milady
Hemenway
Monroeville
Barbe
Rock Bottom
Main Street
Barbershop Social Rumors Fade After Trade
A crumbling nostalgia note recalls that a7 and better times made the trade profitable again while the barbershop as a social hub for meeting the boys faded away.
Fashionable Ladies Dresses From New York Revealed in Gown Heritage
Norwalk notes reveal 1800s gowns preserved by the Gardiner family and a 100-year-old Johnson trousseau. Mrs. Fulston recalls Parisian imports and New York dressmakers who tailored waistlines beyond the era’s trends. Museum displays showcase the era’s fashions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Phillip Fulston
Helene Gardiner
W. Main St
Gardiner
Firelands
Don Johnston
Collins
W.D. Johnsons
John Gardiner
Norwalk National Bank
Norwalk Auto Bug Co Fails Leaving Stockholders Destitute
The Auto Bug Co later Norwalk Motor Car Company rose from a Linwood Monroe plant to produce Norwalk models and reach 50 mph before bankruptcy in 1911. Board members faced suits and receivership as assets were sold to pay debts, ending with ruined shareholders and a Norwalk named car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
C. F. Jackson
Auto Bug Co
Auto Manufacturing
Norwalk
Toledo
Linwood
Monroe
Huron County Drive-In
Arthur Skadden
The
AutoBug Co
Monroe St
Linwood Ave
Evening Herald
Norwalk Motor Car Company
Norwalks
South Africa
Hopkins
Martinsburg
West Virginia
C. F Jackson
Skadden
McMann
J. P. Link
Sandusky
Railroads shaped growth of Norwalk with two major shops
Norwalk welcomed the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern to establish midwest shops in 1853. The brick shop complex north of the business district housed up to 250 workers and became a key Norwalk industry, later joined by the Wheeling and Lake Erie shops in 1882 employing over 300.
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Milan
Norwalk
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Cleveland
Toledo
Whittlesey Avenue
Franklin
Prospect
New York Central Railroad
GS. Stewart Co
Robert C. Price
Vanderbilt
Princi
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Charles Hemenway
Jock Alexander
Firelands Museum
New York
By Carole Sprowls
Robert Price
Paris
Molly Price
Susie Price
Dolly Vardin
Bellevue
L. S. & M. S. Roundhouse
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