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20th Century Toledo from the view of the Toledo Blade and Toledo News-Bee, with some personal recollections thrown in for no good reason. WITH A NEW LOOK!

Toledo History Box

20th Century Toledo from the view of the Toledo Blade and Toledo News-Bee, with some personal recollections thrown in for no good reason. WITH A NEW LOOK!

Category: Civic Pride

Civic Pride

Anthony Wayne Bridge

Toledo History Box, January 25, 2020January 25, 2020

The Anthony Wayne Bridge, aka the High Level Bridge, is one of Toledo’s most enduring structures and probably always will be.

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Civic Pride

Toledo Express Airport opens

Toledo History Box, January 3, 2018December 13, 2018

Toledo Express Airport, which has never lived up to expectations, opened with fanfare in 1954.

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Civic Pride

The King and Queen of Greece visit Toledo

Toledo History Box, December 15, 2017December 15, 2017

Quite possibly the only visit by royalty to Toledo happened in November 1953, when the King and Queen of Greece spent a day in the Glass City.

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Civic Pride

The 1908 G.A.R. Encampment

Toledo History Box, December 14, 2017November 9, 2018

The 1908 Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was possibly Toledo’s biggest convention ever.

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Civic Pride

Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio

Toledo History Box, August 9, 2011December 10, 2017

Toledo, like the rest of the country, fondly embraced John Denver and his music, despite a certain song he performed about the city.

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Buildings

The Fiberglas Tower

Toledo History Box, January 11, 2017November 10, 2017

The Fiberglas tower is seeing some new life, but a lot of hopes were pinned on its construction.

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Civic Pride

It’s 1980. Let’s eat out!

Toledo History Box, August 7, 2017February 27, 2018

Let’s take a quick trip around Toledo and have something to eat, circa 1980.

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