Toledo History Box – 20th century Toledo as seen through the eyes of the Toledo Blade and News-Bee

Pages

  • About
  • E-mail the author!

Categories

  • Buildings (7)
  • Civic Pride (6)
  • Crime (4)
  • Disasters (4)
  • Downtown (1)
  • Entertainment (10)
  • Fires (3)
  • Gone and Forgotten (1)
  • Gone But Not Forgotten (12)
  • Law and Order (6)
  • Media (1)
  • News-Bee (2)
  • People (5)
  • Retail (5)
  • Special events (3)
  • Sports (3)
  • Suburbs (3)
  • Television (2)
  • The Blade (7)
  • Transit (4)
  • Transportation (4)
  • Weather (2)

Fires

Harold Brandman, a 23-year-old copy clerk for The Blade, was stopped at Logan Street and the Anthony Wayne Trail on a Saturday morning, June 10, 1961, when he heard a loud scraping sound.

Gas tanker explodes on Anthony Wayne Trail

Harold Brandman, a 23-year-old copy clerk for The Blade, was stopped at Logan Street and the Anthony Wayne Trail on a Saturday morning, June 10, 1961, when he heard a loud scraping sound.

Feb, 10
Home to several landmark Toledo businesses in its 50-year heyday, The Colony Shopping Center was also know to catch on fire - a lot.

Colony Shopping Center

Home to several landmark Toledo businesses in its 50-year heyday, The Colony Shopping Center was also know to catch on fire – a lot.

May, 18
The long forgotten Jefferson Ave. building had a shiny apple painted on its side only a few months before a spectacular April, 1974 fire.

The Earle Hotel fire

The long forgotten Jefferson Ave. building had a shiny apple painted on its side only a few months before a spectacular April, 1974 fire.

Feb, 23

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.

© 2011 Toledo History Box – 20th century Toledo as seen through the eyes of the Toledo Blade and News-Bee. Some Rights Reserved.

Theme by WPSHOWER & MOODYGUY