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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!

Civic Pride

Tomato pudding: a Toledo original?

Toledo History Box, July 25, 2012December 17, 2015

Is Tomato Pudding a unique Toledo delicacy? The answer seems to be yes after Mrs. Carrie Wall, above, revealed the dish’s secrets to Blade readers in 1960.

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Buildings

The Commodore Perry closes

Toledo History Box, August 17, 2017August 19, 2017

The Commodore Perry, still standing at Superior and Jefferson downtown, spent 53 years as Toledo’s top hotel.

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Buildings

Toledo’s new Union Station opens

Toledo History Box, July 21, 2017January 15, 2018

A week-long celebration marked the opening of Toledo’s new train station, Central Union Terminal, in 1950. It was a long time coming.

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Buildings

The Toledo Tomorrow exhibit

Toledo History Box, February 15, 2011October 18, 2015

Toledo Tomorrow, a vision of a future Toledo, came at a time the city was straining under the weight of many problems.

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Gone But Not Forgotten

Remember these Toledo restaurants?

Toledo History Box, June 10, 2016January 17, 2023

Toledo was, is, and always will be a restaurant town, and here are a few pictures from the past.

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Entertainment

Toledo Night Life, 1979

Toledo History Box, June 6, 2017January 14, 2018

A nostalgic look back at late 70’s nightlife in Toledo includes a roundup of local bars and discos popular with the singles set.

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Downtown

Roy Knabenshue and Toledo No. 1

Toledo History Box, July 17, 2017July 17, 2017

The aviation pioneer made Toledo one of his proving grounds for his lighter-than-air craft.

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