A history of Toledo,
since 1833
Postcards, papers and photographs of Toledo from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The region was part of a larger area controlled by the historic tribes of the Wyandot and the people of the Council of Three Fires (Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa). The French established trading posts in the area by 1680 to take advantage of the lucrative fur trade. The Odawa moved from Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula at the invitation of the French, who established a trading post at Fort Detroit, about 60 miles to the north. They settled an area extending into northwest Ohio.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Toledo’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDresden W. H. Howard, Toledo, Ohi…, 1870: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Toledo, decade by decade
![Amos W. Crane Greenhouses, Toledo, Ohio [approximately 1890]](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/13730/1df2ee9dbb894d2dddbf-s.jpg)
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dresden W. H. Howard, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1870) - DPLA - ab4f59ad7f31aa31be6ade2d5129d9fa (1870) and it appears here side by side.
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