Toledo
Toledo

Author: William D. Speck

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780738519784

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In half a century Toledo was transformed from a fever-ridden swamp into a prosperous town with all the amenities of a major Midwestern city. The 1890s signaled the beginning of Toledos greatest architectural era, with new-fangled skyscrapers being constructed up and down Madison Avenue (without any power tools), grand theaters, a new luxury hotel, and the most lavish mansions in the Old West End. New inventions gave Toledoans more time to visit Walbridge Park, shop at Tiedtkes, or attend a Mud Hens game at Swayne Field. Toledo: A History in Architecture 18901914 looks at the cities most notable buildings and at the personalities and institutions of a long vanished era. Innovations like steel framed and reinforced concrete construction were revolutionizing architecture, and Toledos architects were working overtime on what would be their most important commissions, including the Nasby Building, Valentine Theater, and Lucas County Courthouse. Elegant churches rose on Collingwood Avenue, and in 1912 the white marble Toledo Museum of Art, the citys glittering jewel, was built.

Hidden History of Toledo
Hidden History of Toledo

Author: Lou Hebert

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019-02-11

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1439666113

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Toledo's history as a frontier town turned manufacturing powerhouse is well known. However, few know that it was once home to a champion racehorse. Many are unaware that East Toledo's verdant urban woodlands sprang from the work of just one man or that a local girl's meteoric rise in Golden Age Hollywood saw her play alongside Groucho Marx. Fewer still have heard of Officer Dell Hair, crime fighter and rhyme maker who walked the beat and walked into the history books as a celebrated cop-poet. These tales and more await as award-winning local broadcaster Lou Hebert shines a light into the forgotten corners of Glass City history.

A Story of Early Toledo
A Story of Early Toledo

Author: John Hardy Doyle

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-16

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781333244538

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Excerpt from A Story of Early Toledo: Historical Facts and Incidents of the Early Days of the City and Environs His father moved in early manhood to Providence, now part of Lucas County, and while residing there married. In 1843 the family moved to Perry County, where Judge Doyle was born, and in 1848' moved back to Toledo. The father died here in 1852 and the mother in 1894. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Illustrated Early History of Toledo
Illustrated Early History of Toledo

Author: Grover B. Laseke

Publisher:

Published: 201?

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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A companion booklet to the Early History of Toledo chock full of pictures that depict the highlights of the original booklet.

Black Toledo
Black Toledo

Author: Abdul Alkalimat

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-11-13

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 9004281894

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The African American experience since the 19th century has included the resettlement of people from slavery to freedom, agriculture to industry, South to North, and rural to urban centers. This book is a documentary history of this process over more than 200 years in Toledo, Ohio. There are four sections: the origin of the Black community, 1787 to 1900; the formation of community life, 1900 to 1950; community development and struggle, 1950 to 2000; and survival during deindustrialization, 2000 to 2016. The volume includes articles from the Toledo Blade and local Black press, excerpts of doctoral and masters theses, and other specialist and popular writings from and about Toledo itself.

A Story of Early Toledo; Historical Facts and Incidents of the Early Days of the City and Environs
A Story of Early Toledo; Historical Facts and Incidents of the Early Days of the City and Environs

Author: Doyle John Hardy 1844-1919

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781314435467

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.