Center for Archival Collections

Lucas County, Ohio - City of Toledo

Photograph Files

The Toledo Publicity and Efficiency Commission took hundreds of photographs of the municipal government at work, from 1946 to the early 1960s. A small sampling of these is available here.

Civic Centers - Soldiers' Memorial Hall

1. Soldiers Memorial Hall (built 1883), 1948 2. Soldiers Memorial Hall, Auditorium, 1948 3. Soldiers Memorial Hall, Auditorium, prepared for meeting, n.d. 4. Soldiers Memorial Hall. Veterans lined up to receive bonuses, 1948


1. Soldiers Memorial Hall, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Memorial 2. Soldiers Memorial Hall, 67th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Memorial 3. Soldiers Memorial Hall, 100th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Memorial 4. Soldiers Memorial Hall, 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Memorial 5. Soldiers Memorial Hall, staff member dusting portrait bust of James Steedman, Civil War General 6. Soldiers Memorial Hall, Prisoners of War Memorial 7. Soldiers Memorial Hall, Memorial to the U.S.S. Maine (1898)

1. Soldiers Memorial Hall Demolition, opening of cornerstone, 1955 2. Soldiers Memorial Hall Demolition, 1955
Civic Center--Demolition/Expansion

1. Houses at 615 and 617 North Erie Street, ready for demolition, after 1950 2-3. Razing of five buildings along Cherry and Orange Streets, for expansion of Civic Center, ca. 1950 4. Plans for Remodeling Civic Center
Civic Center


1. Aerial view of Civic Center, October 1957 2. Exterior of Civic Center 3. Interior of Civic Center 4. Flower Show at Civic Center 5. Exterior of Civic Center


1. Fountain at Civic Center, 1950s 2. Construction begins on War Memorial, July 12, 1947 3. Construction near completion on War Memorial, November 29, 1947 4. Crowds at Dedication of World War II Names, November 13, 1949 5. Program at War Memorial, November 13, 1949 6. Boy Scout Troop cleaning War Memorial, February 20, 1954 7. War Memorial in Winter, January 5, 1951
Civil Defense

1. Civil Defense Advisory Board Meeting, March 16, 1951 2. Civil Defense Women's Affairs Division Mass Meeting, January 29, 1955 3. Civil Defense Red Cross Canteen Workers Gladys Spear, A. M. Youngquist, Margaret Monroe, Mrs. A. Woodgate, January 29, 1955
Community Relations Board

1-2. Meeting with DeHart Hubbard speaking, 1950s 3. Radio Show with Mrs. Hollinshead, D. Walker, T. Thomas, G. Ely, J. Price, F. Hahl, J. Parker, 1950s 4. E. Streeter, E. Weathers, F. Gentile, Mrs. Weber, F. Fiscke 5. M. Goldberg, Ella P. Stewart, M. Doyle, [unidentified], F. Gentile
Courts, Municipal

1-3. Municipal Police Prosecutor Robert Franklin with Judge Geraldine Macelwane, 1950s
Drunk-o-meter

1. Police Drunkometer with officers Sgt. T. Kwiatkowski, Lt. G. Kerwin, and Sgt. Ludwikowski 2. Police Drunkometer with Sgt. Ludwikowski testing woman suspect
Electric Utilities

1. Toledo Edison Plant at Little Cedar Point, 1955
Explosion in Downtown Toledo


1-7. Explosion in Downtown Toledo, 1950s