Post-World War II Ashtabula was a major Great Lakes port with a thriving downtown. Local photographer Richard E. Stoner began taking photographs of the growing city in 1938, and for the next 58 years, his lens captured Ashtabulas businesses, industries, and citizens. His commercial accounts ranged from the harbors Pinney Dock and Transport Company, to Main Avenues locally-owned Carlisle-Allen Company department store, to Ashtabulas major war industries. Dick Stoners earlier photographs capture the Ashtabula that once was, including the week-long Sesquicentennial Celebration of 1953. His later...
Post-World War II Ashtabula was a major Great Lakes port with a thriving downtown. Local photographer Richard E. Stoner began taking photographs of th...
