Toledo History Box – Page 4 – 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!

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.

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.

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.

Toledo History Box, December 3, 2010April 19, 2023

Hi loves – Carlo Sommer here, founder of the Crusade of Love for alllll of mankind.

Toledo History Box, July 4, 2011December 11, 2017

It took nineteen years for the Franklin Park Mall to go from idea to reality before it finally opened in July, 1971.

Toledo History Box, August 8, 2016August 8, 2016

The Jeep Administration building was a landmark in central Toledo until it was imploded on a Saturday morning in April, 1979.

Toledo History Box, December 1, 2010October 28, 2018

On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, 1974, fourteen inches of snow showed up at exactly the wrong time.