Lima’s Crawford Shoes
By Greg Hoersten - For The Lima News
Crawford Shoes was at 138 N. Main St. in Lima and was a downtown Lima icon. This photo is from 1975.
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The store, photographed in the 1960s.
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Ken Crawford
Paul W. and Elizabeth Crawford, photographed in 1955.
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This photo published in 1959 in the Lima Citizen was taken during the store’s 50th anniversary. From left are Clarence F. Frey Jr., Eisabelle Donnellan, Kenneth Crawford, Bart Anthony, G.E. Hefner and L.N. Pepiot.
The Davison family
By Greg Hoersten - For The Lima News
John Hay Davison, photographed in an unknown year. Davison would gain prominence as a Lima lawyer and judge, and, like his father, enjoyed a long connection with the Allen County Historical Society.
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John Hay Davison, photographed in 1926, as an OSU law graduate.
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John Hay Davison began his law career in practice with the local firm of Parmenter and Reid. He would serve as an assistant county prosecutor and common pleas court judge.
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