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.

Fire Houses

1. Firehouse #1 Under Construction 2. Firehouse #1 Under Construction 3. Firehouse #1 Construction Completed 4. Firehouse #1 Dedication, with Chief Papenfuess and Mrs. Schmidlin 5. Firehouse #4 at Monroe and Bancroft, 1950s


1. Firehouse #7 at Bancroft and Franklin, side view, ca. 1950s 2. Firehouse #7 at Bancroft and Franklin, front view 3. Firehouse #7 at Bancroft and Franklin, with fire engines 4. Firehouse #8 at Indiana and Division, showing a ladder truck, ca. 1950s 5. Firehouse #14 at LaGrange and Everette, August 28, 1948 6. Firehouse, with Officer Noonan, 1947
Fire Fighting

1. Firefighters in action. Fire at Hardy's Shoe Store, 1950s. Fire fighter in full gear at the rear of a hose truck. Officer coordinating operations. 2. Firefighters in action. Fire at Hardy's Shoe Store, 1950s. Ladder trucks in action. Note motion picture marquee. 3. Firefighters in action. Fire at Hardy's Shoe Store, 1950s, seen from street level. Note onlookers.
Fire Fighting--Conventions, Training, Demonstrations


1. Crowd ready to watch firefighters at "fire tower" demonstration, 1955 2. Firefighters in formation in front of drill tower 3. Firefighters demonstrating use of the safety net 4. Firefighters demonstrating use of the ladder truck on the fire tower. 5-7. Firefighters practicing scaling a tower building with long ladders
Fishing

1. Ottawa Park. Fishing Rodeo, 1949
Golf Courses

1-2. Ottawa Park. S. P. Jermain Statue, 1951
Halloween

1. City-sponsored "Halloween Frolic" in 1950s.
Harbor Light

1. Toledo Harbor Lighthouse, seen in 1955
Housing

1. Housing Commission Members D. Mehring, R. Messuger (?) William Galvin, McClinton Nunn, Ed Sheldon, Art Gratop (others no id) November 18, 1950 2. Housing Survey. Student interviewers leaving Douglass Community House, April 9, 1955 3. Housing Survey. Student interviewers Mary Witleau of University of Michigan and Ellen Patridge of BGSU doing interview, April 9, 1955

1. Lucas County Home for the Aged (Arlington near S. Detroit, 1949) 2. Lutheran Old Folks Home (Seaman & Wheeling, n.d.) 3. Housing for Veterans at Bayview Park Manhattan, April 12, 1947 4. Housing for Veterans in front of Waite High School, April 12, 1947