Description: Three slides showing visitors to the Toledo Zoo were taken in July 1968. The first photograph shows a group of visitors feeding goats. A man and child playing with a wagon are in the second photograph, while the third photograph shows zoo staff presenting reptiles to visitors. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). The Toledo Zoological Gardens was created in 1900, when a woodchuck was donated to the Toledo Parks Board. By 1999, the zoo had grown to include the first-ever Hippoquarium and exhibits focusing on the African Savanna and the Kingdom of the Apes. In 1999, the zoo attracted more than a million visitors. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3056_3656332_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Plants and Animals; Zoos; Goats; Carts & wagons; Reptiles; Snakes
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: These photographs of a staff member bottle-feeding a young orangutan at the Toledo Zoo were taken in July 1968. The Toledo Zoological Gardens was created in 1900, when a woodchuck was donated to the Toledo Parks Board. By 1999, the zoo had grown to include the first-ever Hippoquarium and exhibits focusing on the African Savanna and the Kingdom of the Apes. In 1999, the zoo attracted more than a million visitors. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3056_3659973_005
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Plants and Animals; Zoos; Orangutans; Apes
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Thomas Williams, a 37-year-old man of Lucas County, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Williams confessed to murdering Samual Arnovitz and Herman Kandler during an attempted carjacking in Toledo Ohio. He was the 231st individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 231, Thomas Williams of Lucas County, Legally Electrocuted December 19th, 1941, for the Murder of Samuel Arnovitz." In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08285
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: St Ann's Catholic Church is located at 1021 West State Street in Fremont, Ohio. The church was founded in 1843, a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese, Toledo Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_035_1
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Religions in Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Ident.: 83-State Picture Book, Page 58- upper; Location: Toledo, Ohio; Credit: U.S. Film Service- Edwin Locke; Caption: Idle Old Age." This is a photograph of two unidentified men sitting on a porch somewhere in Toledo, Ohio. Both men are looking at the photographer and there is a sign on the porch that reads, "Sleeping rooms." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_027_001
Subjects: Porches; Housing; Buildings; Toledo (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Houses in heart of Toledo, Ohio." This photograph depicts a row of houses in downtown Toledo, Ohio. There are a couple cars parked on the street and some people sitting on the front porch. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_005_001
Subjects: Neighborhoods--United States--History; Toledo (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Architecture; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Sack race- Eiler playground, Toledo, Ohio." This is a photograph of four girls competing in a potato sack race at Eiler Park in Toledo, Ohio. There are several children watching from all sides and what might be a recreational building in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_017_001
Subjects: Sack racing; Playgrounds; Children; Recreation; Toledo (Ohio)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "A Street in heart of Toledo, Ohio." This photograph depicts a row of houses in downtown Toledo, Ohio. There are several cars parked on the street. During the late nineteenth century, Toledo was known as the "City of Glass" for its numerous glass-producing facilities. However, due to its dependence on manufacturing, the city suffered high unemployment rates during the Great Depression. As World War II began, Toledo's industries began to focus on wartime production, and unemployment concerns disappeared. Toledo made a unique contribution to the war effort; home to the Willys-Overland Company, this firm began producing military Jeeps in 1941. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_035_001
Subjects: Neighborhoods--United States--History; Toledo (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Architecture; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Main entrance to University Hall, University of the City of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio." University Hall was completed in 1931. The University of Toledo was established in 1872, and in 1967 became a member of the state university system. It is one of the thirteen state universities in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_018_1
Subjects: University of Toledo; College buildings--Ohio--Toledo; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Main entrance to University Hall, University of the City of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio." University Hall was completed in 1931. The University of Toledo was established in 1872, and in 1967 became a member of the state university system. It is one of the thirteen state universities in Ohio. This image was among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06397
Subjects: University of Toledo; College buildings--Ohio--Toledo; Architecture--Ohio; United States. Work Progress Administration
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads in script, "Toledo Yacht Club." The photograph was taken from the water and shows the clubhouse of the Toledo Yacht Club. The Spanish style building was built in 1908 and is made of steel reinforced concrete. It is three stories tall with big windows and a large front entryway. Three boats are docked in front of the yacht club, included the Sister Sue. The Toledo Yacht Club is a private yacht club in Bay View Park, in Toledo, Ohio. It is located on the Maumee River, at the western end of Lake Erie. The Toledo Yacht Club is among the oldest yacht clubs in North America. It was founded in 1865 when two rowing clubs, the Undines and the Naiads, joined together and turned their attention to sailing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_017_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Toledo (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Toledo (Ohio)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

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)