Article: Daytonians lined up to see the big bunny

Yes, Nancy, there was a life-sized Easter Bunny that entertained children in the window of a downtown drugstore back in the 1950s.

When I asked readers if they could provide any information, they hopped to the task, and said a bunny held court in the window of the Gallaher Drug Store at the corner of Second and Main streets. Nancy Sprauer of Dayton, who is now 72, initiated the bunny discourse.

She said she thought she remembered a large bunny that made animated appearances this time of year at a drugstore.

"I was just sure when my mother brought me along when we went downtown to pay bills, that we saw this large bunny and that he wrote notes to the children and held the notes to the ...

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