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History Studios

Name: History Studios
Address: 522 Clinton Street, Defiance, OH, 43512, US
Telephone: +14195765469
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

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History Studios

Not your average Print Shop! A must-see for local history and nostalgia.
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High-end photo production, fine art printing, photo restorations, image digitization and more!

11/05/2026

How neat is this?? An old pen from Dinner Bell... but the best part is the little mini hot dog floating at the end! Kind of hard to see, so look close. How creative! Thanks so much to Mrs. Peg Miller for bringing it in. Another cool Defiance artifact to add to our history collection. ❤

11/04/2026

Coming soon!

11/02/2026

Happy Monday, everyone... Here's a throwback from the 1960s. Not sure of the exact date. Pictured is the SE corner of Clinton and Fourth Streets before it was NAPA Auto Parts. Interesting article for those who remember. This donation came from someone who wants to be anonymous, but you know who you are... Thank you!

10/31/2026

Hang on, Sloopy.... it's the Halloween Parade!

10/31/2026

10/30/2026

Mystery Throwback:
No location information was given for the first photo, taken in 1931. The description only lists the scene as a residential street here in Defiance. But to my eye, it looks like the corner of Perry Street and Thurston; the railroad tracks are visible in the background, and the house on the extreme left seems very similar. What do you think? Have we solved the mystery?
Photo courtesy of the Defiance Public Library - Edward Bronson Collection.

10/28/2026

Here's a fun throwback for the local cinaphiles. Joe E. Brown was one of the most popular actors and comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. He was also from Holgate! He's pictured here in a Holgate parade, presumably in the 1940s or early 1950s. Though he achieved great success in Hollywood, he never forgot his roots. Photo courtesy of Mike Kohl.

10/26/2026

Monday Throwback:
If you were standing on the roof of the Defiance county court house in 1918, and you pointed your camera down at the intersection of Clinton and Second streets, this is what you would see. Worthy of note is the canal bridge on West Second at the extreme right of the picture, and also the old City Hall building towering in the center background. The second pic is a ground level view for reference. This one would awesome to colorize, but no time for that today!

10/25/2026

Railroad bridge over the Maumee from the Clinton Street bridge.
Not a historic photo (for once), but today I was crossing the Clinton Street bridge and the fall leaves made the river such a lovely scene... so I pulled over and took some pictures. Just thought I would share. What a beautiful fall day!

10/23/2026

Speaking of Famous Faces that came to Defiance... here's a picture of then Vice-President Richard Nixon giving a speech at Defiance College, circa 1953. He was vice-president for two terms under President Dwight Eisenhower from 1953 - 1961, and of course went on to be president himself. I'll leave the particulars of all that to the history books... here we just report the history! 😀

Address

522 Clinton Street
Defiance, OH
43512

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+14195765469

Website

http://historyshoppe.com/

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