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Ice skating on the Little Riley

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2010 - 9:36am

The location: the Little Riley, just south of Columbus Grove Road.

The event: ice skating in the winter.

The skaters: Dr. B.W. Travis (left) and Ropp Triplett (right)

If we could get a better view of the cars parked along Grove Road we could nail down a year. Jim Diller provided this photo taken by his father, Paul Diller.

Our guess on the year: late 1950s. How many Icon viewers fell in the ice at this spot?

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Althaus photo

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 13, 2010 - 1:25pm

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Do you know this location in Bluffton? It's at the corner of Elm and Lawn. The photo was taken circa 1886. In the photo are, from left, Bertha Althaus and her parents, Barbara Amstutz Althaus and Rudolf Althaus. Bertha is the grandmother of Fred Steiner, of The Icon. Two of the pine trees in the front yard stand today on that property.

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1890s in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 8, 2010 - 10:46am

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Here are five Bluffton residents from the 1890s. The two identified are Bertha Althaus (front left) and her brother, Werner Althaus. The other three girls are friends of Bertha.

The photo is actually a publicity shot for Bertha's milliner business. She created fancy women's hats popular during the time this photo was taken. The women's hats in the photo were created by Bertha.

Werner was a professional musician who toured with Al G. Fields Minstrels, a forerunner of Vaudeville.

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In front of College Hall

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 28, 2010 - 9:17am

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While most of the students in this photo are not identified, several bits of information reveal some of what may be going on in the photo. This is a post card photo taken in front of College Hall. The young woman in the center is Pearl Bogart (later Pearl Bogart Mann). She became a life-long member of the Bluffton faculty.

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Centennial parade

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 22, 2010 - 3:02pm

It doesn't seem like 50 years ago...but it it. Here's a view of the 1961 Bluffton Centennial parade. Click on the image to enlarge and you may even find yourself in this photo,

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Main Street house

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2010 - 12:22pm

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Here's a Bluffton Main Street house in the winter. Will Triplett is the photographer. It appears that he was either standing on a ladder or had his camera on a ladder to take this photo. The photo looks so familiar that with a little thought we could figure out the address.

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