Description: This photograph shows a man at a workbench, making a scale. This is most likely the Toledo Scale Company. Toledo Scale Company Factory was located at 3216 Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio. It was originally founded as Toledo Computing Scale and Cash Register Company in 1901 by Henry Theobald and immediately began production of Allen DeVilbiss Jr’s computing scale invention, which was dubbed the Toledo Fan Scale. In 1906, the first Toledo Cylinder Scale was introduced, allowing for more computations and greater capacity. 1912 saw the introduction of the Toledo double pendulum industrial portable scale. Toledo Precision Devices, Inc, a subsidiary, began in 1929 in order to concentration on producing specialty items for a wide variety of force measuring applications. In 1931 Toledo Printweight scales were announced, where were a significant step forward over previous models. By the 1930s and 40s it was the world’s largest manufacturer of automatic scales and precision force-measuring instruments. In 1938, another subsidiary was added, this time in Defiance, Ohio. By 1939, new facilities were completed in Toledo 80 acres, allowing all the operations to be in the same location, with additions added between 1941 and 1943. In 1968, Toledo Scale was bought by Reliance Electric Company and eventually moved operations to Columbus, Ohio. Mettler bough Toledo Scale from Reliance Electric in 1989 and was renamed Mettler Toledo. The company continues to grow, using new technology and innovations to serve many different industries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_013_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Scales; Scales (Weighing instruments)--United States--History; Toledo Scale (Firm); Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934; Devilbiss family
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the top portion of a scale, with the indicator needle, being assembled. This is most likely the Toledo Scale Company. Toledo Scale Company Factory was located at 3216 Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio. It was originally founded as Toledo Computing Scale and Cash Register Company in 1901 by Henry Theobald and immediately began production of Allen DeVilbiss Jr’s computing scale invention, which was dubbed the Toledo Fan Scale. In 1906, the first Toledo Cylinder Scale was introduced, allowing for more computations and greater capacity. 1912 saw the introduction of the Toledo double pendulum industrial portable scale. Toledo Precision Devices, Inc, a subsidiary, began in 1929 in order to concentration on producing specialty items for a wide variety of force measuring applications. In 1931 Toledo Printweight scales were announced, where were a significant step forward over previous models. By the 1930s and 40s it was the world’s largest manufacturer of automatic scales and precision force-measuring instruments. In 1938, another subsidiary was added, this time in Defiance, Ohio. By 1939, new facilities were completed in Toledo 80 acres, allowing all the operations to be in the same location, with additions added between 1941 and 1943. In 1968, Toledo Scale was bought by Reliance Electric Company and eventually moved operations to Columbus, Ohio. Mettler bough Toledo Scale from Reliance Electric in 1989 and was renamed Mettler Toledo. The company continues to grow, using new technology and innovations to serve many different industries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_016_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Scales; Scales (Weighing instruments)--United States--History; Toledo Scale (Firm); Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934; Devilbiss family
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph appears to show a workman calibrating a scale, with many scales lining the shelf behind him. This is probably the Toledo Scale company. Toledo Scale Company Factory was located at 3216 Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio. It was originally founded as Toledo Computing Scale and Cash Register Company in 1901 by Henry Theobald and immediately began production of Allen DeVilbiss Jr’s computing scale invention, which was dubbed the Toledo Fan Scale. In 1906, the first Toledo Cylinder Scale was introduced, allowing for more computations and greater capacity. 1912 saw the introduction of the Toledo double pendulum industrial portable scale. Toledo Precision Devices, Inc, a subsidiary, began in 1929 in order to concentration on producing specialty items for a wide variety of force measuring applications. In 1931 Toledo Printweight scales were announced, where were a significant step forward over previous models. By the 1930s and 40s it was the world’s largest manufacturer of automatic scales and precision force-measuring instruments. In 1938, another subsidiary was added, this time in Defiance, Ohio. By 1939, new facilities were completed in Toledo 80 acres, allowing all the operations to be in the same location, with additions added between 1941 and 1943. In 1968, Toledo Scale was bought by Reliance Electric Company and eventually moved operations to Columbus, Ohio. Mettler bough Toledo Scale from Reliance Electric in 1989 and was renamed Mettler Toledo. The company continues to grow, using new technology and innovations to serve many different industries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_024_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Scales; Scales (Weighing instruments)--United States--History; Toledo Scale (Firm); Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934; Devilbiss family
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a needle being installed in a new scale assembly. This is most likely the Toledo Scale Company. Toledo Scale Company Factory was located at 3216 Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio. It was originally founded as Toledo Computing Scale and Cash Register Company in 1901 by Henry Theobald and immediately began production of Allen DeVilbiss Jr’s computing scale invention, which was dubbed the Toledo Fan Scale. In 1906, the first Toledo Cylinder Scale was introduced, allowing for more computations and greater capacity. 1912 saw the introduction of the Toledo double pendulum industrial portable scale. Toledo Precision Devices, Inc, a subsidiary, began in 1929 in order to concentration on producing specialty items for a wide variety of force measuring applications. In 1931 Toledo Printweight scales were announced, where were a significant step forward over previous models. By the 1930s and 40s it was the world’s largest manufacturer of automatic scales and precision force-measuring instruments. In 1938, another subsidiary was added, this time in Defiance, Ohio. By 1939, new facilities were completed in Toledo 80 acres, allowing all the operations to be in the same location, with additions added between 1941 and 1943. In 1968, Toledo Scale was bought by Reliance Electric Company and eventually moved operations to Columbus, Ohio. Mettler bough Toledo Scale from Reliance Electric in 1989 and was renamed Mettler Toledo. The company continues to grow, using new technology and innovations to serve many different industries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_028_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Scales; Scales (Weighing instruments)--United States--History; Toledo Scale (Firm); Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934; Devilbiss family
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph appears to show a workman calibrating a scale, with many scales lining the shelf behind him. This is probably the Toledo Scale company. Toledo Scale Company Factory was located at 3216 Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio. It was originally founded as Toledo Computing Scale and Cash Register Company in 1901 by Henry Theobald and immediately began production of Allen DeVilbiss Jr’s computing scale invention, which was dubbed the Toledo Fan Scale. In 1906, the first Toledo Cylinder Scale was introduced, allowing for more computations and greater capacity. 1912 saw the introduction of the Toledo double pendulum industrial portable scale. Toledo Precision Devices, Inc, a subsidiary, began in 1929 in order to concentration on producing specialty items for a wide variety of force measuring applications. In 1931 Toledo Printweight scales were announced, where were a significant step forward over previous models. By the 1930s and 40s it was the world’s largest manufacturer of automatic scales and precision force-measuring instruments. In 1938, another subsidiary was added, this time in Defiance, Ohio. By 1939, new facilities were completed in Toledo 80 acres, allowing all the operations to be in the same location, with additions added between 1941 and 1943. In 1968, Toledo Scale was bought by Reliance Electric Company and eventually moved operations to Columbus, Ohio. Mettler bough Toledo Scale from Reliance Electric in 1989 and was renamed Mettler Toledo. The company continues to grow, using new technology and innovations to serve many different industries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_032_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Scales; Scales (Weighing instruments)--United States--History; Toledo Scale (Firm); Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934; Devilbiss family
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a workman putting the finishing touches on what appears to be a counting scale of some kind. This is most likely the Toledo Scale Company. Toledo Scale Company Factory was located at 3216 Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio. It was originally founded as Toledo Computing Scale and Cash Register Company in 1901 by Henry Theobald and immediately began production of Allen DeVilbiss Jr’s computing scale invention, which was dubbed the Toledo Fan Scale. In 1906, the first Toledo Cylinder Scale was introduced, allowing for more computations and greater capacity. 1912 saw the introduction of the Toledo double pendulum industrial portable scale. Toledo Precision Devices, Inc, a subsidiary, began in 1929 in order to concentration on producing specialty items for a wide variety of force measuring applications. In 1931 Toledo Printweight scales were announced, where were a significant step forward over previous models. By the 1930s and 40s it was the world’s largest manufacturer of automatic scales and precision force-measuring instruments. In 1938, another subsidiary was added, this time in Defiance, Ohio. By 1939, new facilities were completed in Toledo 80 acres, allowing all the operations to be in the same location, with additions added between 1941 and 1943. In 1968, Toledo Scale was bought by Reliance Electric Company and eventually moved operations to Columbus, Ohio. Mettler bough Toledo Scale from Reliance Electric in 1989 and was renamed Mettler Toledo. The company continues to grow, using new technology and innovations to serve many different industries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_036_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Scales; Scales (Weighing instruments)--United States--History; Toledo Scale (Firm); Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934; Devilbiss family
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This picture postcard gives an aerial view of the manufacturing district of Toledo, Ohio. The Maumee River and two bridges are in the background. The Toledo Foundry and Machine Co. is visible in the center of the image. Smoke from industrial chimneys drifts toward the river. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06164
Subjects: Aerial views; Toledo (Ohio); Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Iron industry
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: The first caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Polishing Glass, Rossford (Toledo) Photograph by courtesy of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company." The second caption explains the action in the photograph: "The rough "blanks" of plate glass are ground and polished on continuous tables more than a city block long. Here men are shown placing plaster of Paris on the various "blanks" to hold them in place. Man in foreground is spreading out the setting plaster. In the background a suction-cup lifter is lowering a "blank" upon the production line for grinding and polishing in a a [sic] Toledo plant of the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co., Toledo." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_009_1
Subjects: Glass grinding and polishing; Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company; Factories; Industries--Ohio--Toledo
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio); Rossford (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is most likely the Libbey Glass Company Plant in Toledo, which manufactures tumblers, cut-glass, thin-blown stemware, engraved and decorated glass. A workman handles a bowl with a decorative pattern. It could also be the Anchor-Hocking Glass Company in Lancaster or any of the other glass making plants in Ohio The Libbey Glass Company Plant, located at 1000 (now 940) Ash Street in Toledo, Ohio was an affiliate of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company from 1933 until it was spun off as Libbey Inc. in 1993. The company, owned by William L. Libbey, moved to Toledo in 1888 with the city providing a 4 acre factory and 50 lots for employee homes. The company changed their name from W. L. Libbey & Sons Company to Libbey Glass Company in 1892, the same year they secured a contract from Edison General Electric to produce hand blown light bulbs. Michael J. Owens, in charge of the Toledo plant, designed machines to produce things such as light bulbs and tumblers and in 1903 he invented the automatic bottle blowing machine. The company’s growing success was stifled by the Depression, which resulted in Owens-Illinois buying Libbey. With better management of the plant, the company was able to pull Libbey out of its financial problems. With the onset of World War II, the company began producing tubes for x-ray machines and other electronic equipment, as well as preparing to the postwar market. Libbey continued to be a profitable part of the Owen-Illinois company until the 1990’s. Spinning off the division in 1993 was a way to free Libbey of the constraints of being part of a large company, and unburden the large debts that were piling up. In 2001, Libbey attempted to buy Anchor-Hocking, but the Federal Trade Commission opposed the deal. As of 2004, it was the United States' largest manufacturer of glass dinnerware, with plants in Louisiana, California, and Ohio, as well as in the Netherlands. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_042_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Glass blowing and working--United States; Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co; Libbey, William, 1855-1927; Owens, Michael Joseph, 1859-1923; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Libbey Inc
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is most likely the Libbey Glass Company Plant in Toledo, which manufactures tumblers, cut-glass, thin-blown stemware, engraved and decorated glass A workman appears to be working with a piece of blown glass. It could also be the Anchor-Hocking Glass Company in Lancaster or any of the other glass making plants in Ohio The Libbey Glass Company Plant, located at 1000 (now 940) Ash Street in Toledo, Ohio was an affiliate of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company from 1933 until it was spun off as Libbey Inc. in 1993. The company, owned by William L. Libbey, moved to Toledo in 1888 with the city providing a 4 acre factory and 50 lots for employee homes. The company changed their name from W. L. Libbey & Sons Company to Libbey Glass Company in 1892, the same year they secured a contract from Edison General Electric to produce hand blown light bulbs. Michael J. Owens, in charge of the Toledo plant, designed machines to produce things such as light bulbs and tumblers and in 1903 he invented the automatic bottle blowing machine. The company’s growing success was stifled by the Depression, which resulted in Owens-Illinois buying Libbey. With better management of the plant, the company was able to pull Libbey out of its financial problems. With the onset of World War II, the company began producing tubes for x-ray machines and other electronic equipment, as well as preparing to the postwar market. Libbey continued to be a profitable part of the Owen-Illinois company until the 1990’s. Spinning off the division in 1993 was a way to free Libbey of the constraints of being part of a large company, and unburden the large debts that were piling up. In 2001, Libbey attempted to buy Anchor-Hocking, but the Federal Trade Commission opposed the deal. As of 2004, it was the United States' largest manufacturer of glass dinnerware, with plants in Louisiana, California, and Ohio, as well as in the Netherlands. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_043_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Glass blowing and working--United States; Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co; Libbey, William, 1855-1927; Owens, Michael Joseph, 1859-1923; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Libbey Inc
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a woman taking dinner plates off the assembly line and stacking them. This is most likely the Libbey Glass Company Plant in Toledo, which manufactures tumblers, tableware, cut-glass, thin-blown stemware, engraved and decorated glass, though it could also be the Anchor-Hocking Glass Company in Lancaster, the Hall China Company in East Liverpool, or any of the other glass making plants in Ohio. The Libbey Glass Company Plant, located at 1000 (now 940) Ash Street in Toledo, Ohio was an affiliate of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company from 1933 until it was spun off as Libbey Inc. in 1993. The company, owned by William L. Libbey, moved to Toledo in 1888 with the city providing a 4 acre factory and 50 lots for employee homes. The company changed their name from W. L. Libbey & Sons Company to Libbey Glass Company in 1892, the same year they secured a contract from Edison General Electric to produce hand blown light bulbs. Michael J. Owens, in charge of the Toledo plant, designed machines to produce things such as light bulbs and tumblers and in 1903 he invented the automatic bottle blowing machine. The company’s growing success was stifled by the Depression, which resulted in Owens-Illinois buying Libbey. With better management of the plant, the company was able to pull Libbey out of its financial problems. With the onset of World War II, the company began producing tubes for x-ray machines and other electronic equipment, as well as preparing to the postwar market. Libbey continued to be a profitable part of the Owen-Illinois company until the 1990’s. Spinning off the division in 1993 was a way to free Libbey of the constraints of being part of a large company, and unburden the large debts that were piling up. In 2001, Libbey attempted to buy Anchor-Hocking, but the Federal Trade Commission opposed the deal. As of 2004, it was the United States' largest manufacturer of glass dinnerware, with plants in Louisiana, California, and Ohio, as well as in the Netherlands. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_046_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Glass blowing and working--United States; Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co; Libbey, William, 1855-1927; Owens, Michael Joseph, 1859-1923; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Libbey Inc
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a man standing at a machine. This is most likely the Libbey Glass Company Plant in Toledo, which manufactures tumblers, tableware, cut-glass, thin-blown stemware, engraved and decorated glass, though it could also be the Anchor-Hocking Glass Company in Lancaster, the Hall China Company in East Liverpool, or any of the other glass making plants in Ohio. The Libbey Glass Company Plant, located at 1000 (now 940) Ash Street in Toledo, Ohio was an affiliate of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company from 1933 until it was spun off as Libbey Inc. in 1993. The company, owned by William L. Libbey, moved to Toledo in 1888 with the city providing a 4 acre factory and 50 lots for employee homes. The company changed their name from W. L. Libbey & Sons Company to Libbey Glass Company in 1892, the same year they secured a contract from Edison General Electric to produce hand blown light bulbs. Michael J. Owens, in charge of the Toledo plant, designed machines to produce things such as light bulbs and tumblers and in 1903 he invented the automatic bottle blowing machine. The company’s growing success was stifled by the Depression, which resulted in Owens-Illinois buying Libbey. With better management of the plant, the company was able to pull Libbey out of its financial problems. With the onset of World War II, the company began producing tubes for x-ray machines and other electronic equipment, as well as preparing to the postwar market. Libbey continued to be a profitable part of the Owen-Illinois company until the 1990’s. Spinning off the division in 1993 was a way to free Libbey of the constraints of being part of a large company, and unburden the large debts that were piling up. In 2001, Libbey attempted to buy Anchor-Hocking, but the Federal Trade Commission opposed the deal. As of 2004, it was the United States' largest manufacturer of glass dinnerware, with plants in Louisiana, California, and Ohio, as well as in the Netherlands. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_047_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Glass blowing and working--United States; Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co; Libbey, William, 1855-1927; Owens, Michael Joseph, 1859-1923; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Libbey Inc
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)