Description: This photograph shows poet Paul Laurence Dunbar fishing with a long pole from the banks of a river or creek, ca. 1900. Dunbar is pictured wearing casual slacks, a long-sleeved shirt, and a hat. A note written on the back of the photograph indicates that it was taken at the Toledo State Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Dunbar, a native of Dayton, Ohio, was a nationally prominent African American poet, author, and playwright in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the time of his death in 1906, Dunbar had produced twelve collections of poetry, four collections of short stories, a play and five novels. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05263
Subjects: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906--Homes and haunts--Ohio; African American authors; Fishing; Recreation; Toledo (Ohio)
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "University Hall Tower. Toledo University." Though Toledo University was officially founded in 1872 as a private arts and trades school, the first building at the modern University of Toledo, University Hall, was not built until 1931. It had existed between 1872 and 1931 in various locations around Toledo and often had to close due to lack of funds. In 1884, the university became a municipal school, but it was not a state-funded university until 1967 when it became known as the University of Toledo. University Hall was designed by Henry J. Doermann to be seen from anywhere on campus. It took eleven months and 400 workers to complete. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_002_1
Subjects: Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; University of Toledo; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows busy Madison Avenue at its intersection with Erie Street in downtown Toledo, 1935-1943. Parked cars line both sides of Madison Avenue, and vehicles are traveling in both directions. Pedestrians also are visible. The building with the distinctive cupola and tower is the Nasby Building (1891), located at the corner of Madison Avenue and Huron Street. The shorter structure to the right of the Nasby Building is the Wayne Building (1924). The Nasby's tower was removed in 1934. Later the Nasby and the Wayne structures were combined under a single facade that was renamed the "Madson Building." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06201
Subjects: Toledo (Ohio); Buildings; Architecture--Ohio; Automobiles
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph shows several performers on stage in what appears to be an auditorium. The performers are wearing costumes that are reminiscent of the Three Wise Men. Five performers are in light-colored garb and two others are in dark-colored costumes. A number of audience members are watching the stage, and many of the women are wearing hats. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_024_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Toledo (Ohio)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a close up of the production of a DeVilbiss Duster. The DeVilbiss Corporation was founded in 1888 by Dr. Allen DeVilbiss, who invented the first medical atomizer. It was so successful, that by 1890 he retired from medical practice and created the DeVilbiss Manufacturing Corporation, purchasing the Lenk Winery building in which to begin production. DeVilbiss’s sons were also inventors, and Thomas developed the first spray gun and perfumizers, which were added to the production line. The business began to grow further during the 1920’s when they expanded in the automobile and furniture industries, manufacturing paint and laquer coating machines for assembly line production. In 1938, Willard Pollard and Harold Roselund designed the first programmable robotic paint-spraying mechanism. The company continued to grow during World War II, making military products from helmets to airplanes and tanks with protective coatings. As the company grew, it merged several times, with subsidiaries ranging from metal fabricators to healthcare. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_013_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Toledo; Vilbiss Manufacturing Company; Atomizers; Perfumizers; Protective coatings industry--United States
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Harbor of Toledo illustration from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1847. Toledo, the county seat of Lucas County, is located in the northwestern part of Ohio. It is part of an area known as the Great Black Swamp, and became an important commercial seaport along Lake Erie thanks to the development of several major canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04047
Subjects: Toledo (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Canals--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Toledo War was a border dispute between the state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory during the first several decades of the nineteenth century. This illustration, which depicts a sunrise court during the Toledo War, appears in "The Story of Ohio," published by Alexander Black in 1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04191
Subjects: Toledo (Ohio); Military Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio--Boundaries--Michigan
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Robert Lucas (1781-1853), who served as Ohio's 12th governor from 1832 to 1836. Prior to his governorship, he served in both the regular army and the state militia of Ohio, rising to the rank of major general after the War of 1812. As governor, he personally led the state militia to the Michigan border during the "Toledo War," in which Ohio and Michigan both claimed the community of Toledo. Eventually President Jackson stepped in, and Congress decided that the land belonged to Ohio and compensated Michigan by giving it additional land in the Upper Peninsula. In 1838, President Martin Van Buren named Lucas the governor of the new Iowa Territory, a position he held until 1841. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03992
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio. Militia; Toledo (Ohio)
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Willys Overland, in Lucas County, was home to the first Jeep. In 1909 the Willys-Overland Motor Company started building the Overland 38 in Toledo. 1926 was the last year that the Overland s were built. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06545
Subjects: Jeep automobiles; Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio); Manufacturing industries--Ohio
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three women wearing sashes identifying them as a "Navy Wife," "Navy Mother" or both, 1941-1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00099
Subjects: Toledo (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)