Toledo Express Airport, which has never lived up to expectations, opened with fanfare in 1954.
Category: Special events
Buildings
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Toledo Images in Time
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s “Images in Time” archive has some photos of Toledo that are too good to ignore.
Civic Pride
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The King and Queen of Greece visit Toledo
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.
Civic Pride
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The 1908 G.A.R. Encampment
The 1908 Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was possibly Toledo’s biggest convention ever.
Downtown
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Roy Knabenshue and Toledo No. 1
The aviation pioneer made Toledo one of his proving grounds for his lighter-than-air craft.
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Soybean Jesus visits Fostoria
Rusty tanks in Fostoria revealed an image of Jesus in 1986, some say.
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Elvis hits town, and hits somebody too
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.