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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: Entertainment

Entertainment

Soybean Jesus visits Fostoria

Toledo History Box, December 24, 2015June 14, 2018

Rusty tanks in Fostoria revealed an image of Jesus in 1986, some say.

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Entertainment

Shirley Mitchell

Toledo History Box, March 24, 2011August 8, 2016

Sure, there’s Jamie Farr and Katie Holmes these days, but back in the old days Toledo produced its fair share of radio stars as well. One of the greatest is Shirley Mitchell.

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Buildings

Showcase Cinemas on Secor Road

Toledo History Box, September 10, 2010December 24, 2015

Demolished in 2010, Showcase Cinemas on Secor Road had a pretty fabulous past.

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Entertainment

Elvis hits town, and hits somebody too

Toledo History Box, March 9, 2012October 19, 2015

The 21-year-old singer stopped in Toledo on Thanksgiving day 1956, played two shows at the Sports Arena, and beat up a guy later at the Commodore Perry Hotel.

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Civic Pride

Now: Jamie Farr. Then: Jameel Farah

Toledo History Box, September 5, 2011June 11, 2017

Jame Farr, Toledo’s reigning favorite son, was well covered by The Blade in his early years.

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Entertainment

The German-American Festival

Toledo History Box, August 25, 2011August 25, 2011

The Toledo tradition happens again, as it does every late August weekend every year, and you should go.

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Entertainment

Forty years ago today, not much happened

Toledo History Box, March 10, 2011April 7, 2011

Obviously a diet of fires, disasters and big events gets tiresome, so on any typical day can something be found to talk about or to jog the memory? Yes.

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