About

Retro Toledo Metro is an indie local history website that focuses on historic places, people and things in Toledo, Ohio. Special attention is given to Sylvania Township, especially the area where Holland-Sylvania meets Central Avenue.

Sources:

Internet

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) – Local History and Genealogy Department

TLCPL – Block Card Collection

TLCPL – Auditor’s Images

TLCPL – Databases

Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)

AREIS

Google Newspaper Archive – Toledo Blade; Toledo News Bee; Toledo Bee

Toledo’s Attic

University of Toledo – Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections – The Collegian

University of Toledo – Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections – Yearbooks

Bowling Green State University – University Libraries’ Center for Archival Collections – BG News

Gayleen Gindy: Author of the Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio: From Footpaths to Expressways series

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

Internet Archive

Internet Archive Wayback Machine

…and memory.