This one is for you, Ralph Lucarella! As regular visitors to this website are well aware Ralph is and has been one of our more valued histo...

Few indeed are the visitors to this site who didn't have a relative or friend who worked at the fabled "Thermoid Rubber" plan...

That Plymouth (?) looks like it has a bale of hay on its roof, but on closer observation it seems to be on the roof of the vehicle following...

Sorry I haven't found a photo as of the present time, Ralph, but when I do, be assured it will be posted. In the meantime, here's so...

Thermoid was one of the most viable manufacturing companies extant back in the first half of the 20th century. Many local citizens found gai...

I'm told my father was really enthused as he purchased "Gill's Express" from Mr. Davidson back in 1928. It turned out to b...

From the "OUTREACH" folder in the Hamilton Library Local History Collection, a photo of yours truly with the folks from the Hamilt...

If you go to the "SEARCH BLOG" area on the upper left of this blog and key in FOY, you will find a former post on this legendary f...

This venerable landmark on Bellevue and Hermatage Avenues has a fascinating history. in the recent past, Blessed Sacrament combined facilit...

The L.A. Young Spring and Wire Company had a huge plant on East State Street in the Bromley section of Hamilton. It was located on a part o...

Just up the street from 2090 Greenwood Avenue and the Hamilton Municipal building we found this ad for the "Cottage Counter." I ...

The township has bestowed upon me the unofficial title of Hamilton Township Historian. The gentleman shown in the photo above is the late...

Even as my "Tom Glover's Hamilton Scrapbook" is a popular venue for interested locals, so too was my "Hamilton Scrapbo...

From: thomglo@verizon.net To: zippyz53@hotmail.com Subject: Thanks, Joey! Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:20:22 -0400 Hey Joey: Thanks for the em...

I can't begin to recall how many bucks I spent at Cook's. The largest collection of magazines were neatly displayed an one wall, and...

Candy Jens is one of the very earliest visitors to my website. I'm sure she will be interested in this 1930's ad from the local pres...

"Son, when I was your age, we called it "New Blue Sunoco." We drove into a gas station, a uniformed gas station attendant cam...

Merry Christmas from some of the prominent local merchants in the Hamilton area of 1978!

Thanks to Randy Riggs for this beautiful photo of his dad standing next to his Chevy panel truck. Ironically, I live in the 300 block of Atl...

This view of the interior of the Old Heidelberg Restaurant on Hamilton Avenue conjures up memories of the many Sunday afternoons when Judy, ...