This Toledo Blade archive photo, taken Oct. 20, 1940, shows just how popular air shows have been in Toledo. Conservative estimates said 50,000 people attended the second annual Civilian Reserve Air Show at Toledo Municipal Airport in 1940. This photo was taken by Frank Carson, a Civilian Air Reserve officer, from the roof of a hanger. Wood and Lucas County sheriff’s deputies and city police handled traffic that jammed half a dozen roads in the area for more than five hours. Automobiles parked on all four sides of the airport and on side roads up to a mile away. The traffic lines backed up to Toledo bridges, seven miles from the airport. Deputies said, based on traffic, they estimated the crowd was closer to 100,000 people as about 20,000 vehicles reached, or tried to reach, the event. One-hundred-fifty planes from the Dawn Patrols of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana landed throughout the day.
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Muddy the Mud Hen keeps donors James Butkowsky of West Toledo, left, and Lt. Jeff Riley, with the Toledo Fire Department, right, company as their way for their turn to give blood during a blood drive Tuesday, July 5, 2016, put on by Toledo Firefighters Local 92 at the Roost in Hensville in downtown Toledo. The Red Cross has put out a call for blood donors to help combat the usual summer shortage.
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Alicia Gonzalez dances in a traditional Baile Folklore dress to the song "Las Alazanas" during a talent show at the end of Lourdes University's annual Upward Bound theater week at The Franciscan Center in Sylvania, Ohio, Friday, July 8, 2016. The program prepares high school students from Waite and Woodward schools for post-secondary education.
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Georgia Rogers of Springfield Township came out to show support for Mrs. Clinton during the opening of Hillary for America Toledo campaign headquarters Thursday, July 7, 2016, in downtown Toledo. More than three dozen local residents and supporters attended the opening event. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign Northwest Ohio offices are located at 911 Jefferson Ave. in Toledo.
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Bobbie L. Davis of Toledo's Old West End, second from right, talked with Marilyn Hill of West Toledo, right, near a cutout of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the opening of Hillary for America Toledo campaign headquarters.
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Ginger leaps after a ball thrown by her owner Andrew Davis, of Delta. The Ultimate Air Dogs and area dogs run down a 40 foot dock and dive into a 22,000 gallon swimming pool at The Anderson's Maumee, Ohio store on July 10, 2016. The event is sponsored by Mars Corp. California Natural, EVO, Nutro, Iams, & Greenies, and co-sponsored by The Blade.
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Julian Mack, left, and Washington Muhammad, right, share a laugh before speaking during a Black Lives Matter forum at the Frederick Douglass Community Center on July 10, 2016.
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A compass adorns a prayer rug during a Unified Eid Prayer and celebration at SeaGate Convention Center, Wednesday, July 6, 2016.
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Lillith Batch of Toledo shouts during a march to Equality Toledo's Love Fest Saturday, July 9, 2016, on Adams Street in Toledo, Ohio.
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Left to right David Gedert of Toledo, Phillipe Taylor of Toledo, Derek Daniel of Cincinnati, and Meaghan Mick of Sylvania dance during Equality Toledo's Love Fest Saturday, July 9, 2016, on Adams Street in Toledo, Ohio.
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Kerry Briggs of Toledo protests the fatal police officer involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota Friday, July 8, 2016, at the intersection of Monroe Street and Detroit Avenue in Toledo, Ohio.
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Fireworks illuminate the skyline during the annual Independence Day celebration, Red, White, KABOOM, in the Marina District on July 4, 2016.
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Fireworks illuminate the skyline during the annual Independence Day celebration, Red, White, KABOOM, in the Marina District on July 4, 2016.
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The crowd watches fireworks at the Red White Kaboom fourth of July celebration at the Marina District in Toledo, Ohio, Sunday, July 4, 2016.
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Professor Benjamin Davis teaches an international business law class Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at the University of Toledo Law College in Toledo, Ohio.
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Amanda Blackburn, UT law student, takes notes as Professor Benjamin Davis teaches an international business law class Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at the University of Toledo Law College in Toledo, Ohio.
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Cindy Milburg, left, and Jessie Milburg , right, listen to live music by The Together Band at the Red White Kaboom fourth of July celebration in Toledo, Ohio, Sunday, July 4, 2016.
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Trevor Deeter, of Deets BBQ in Maumee, OH cooks hamburgers at the Red White Kaboom fourth of July celebration in Toledo, Ohio, Sunday, July 4, 2016.
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Fremont airport manager, Rex Damschroder poses with the DC-3 plane named, Lulu Belle, at the Fremont Airport in Fremont, Ohio, Tuesday, July 5, 2016.
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The modified double seat cockpit of DC-3 plane named, Lulu Belle sits at the Fremont Airport in Fremont, Ohio, Tuesday, July 5, 2016.
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Golden Gate food stand cook, Savvas Alexander stirs a batch of pierogies at the Lagrange Street Polish Festival in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, July 8, 2016.
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Toledo Arts Commission art in public places coordinator, Nathan Mattimoe poses in front of an aluminum sculpture by California artist, Mark Lear on Collingwood Boulevard in Toledo, Ohio, Thursday, June 30, 2016.
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Ohio Environmental Protection Agency intern, Dylan Schneider, front, nets a fish as Ohio Environmental Protection Agency specialist, Jordan Jenkins, back, controls the boat motor on the Ottawa River in Toledo, Ohio, Tuesday, July 6, 2016. Schneider and Jenkins were collecting fish tissue samples from channel catfish, carp, bluegill, and pumpkinseed fish for the Sports Fish Consumption Advisory.
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Rosetta Daniels, Maumee, soaks in the scenery as she paints at Sidecut Metropark Preserve in Maumee, Tuesday, July 3, 2016. Daniels said she was out painting for the first time in 30 years, using an easel and kit she received as a Christmas present.
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Cynthia O'Brien and Barry Conley during theToledo Fireworks VIP Blade party in Schoonmaker Park near The National Museum of the Great Lakes on July 4, 2016.
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Ardenia Jones Terry poses with a picture of Edith Franklin at the Edith Franklin Youth Arts Fund celebration at The University of Toledo Center for Visual Arts in Toledo, Ohio, Thursday, July 7, 2016.
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Toledo Mud Hens player Dixon Machado sports pink cleats for Pink in the Park for breast cancer awareness, before playing the Louisville Bats during the first baseball game of their double header at Fifth Third Field, Saturday, July 9, 2016.
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Toledo Mud Hens Dixon Machado is out at first in the fourth inning. Indianapolis first base player is José Osuna. Toledo hosts Indianapolis in a Triple A Minor League Baseball game in Toledo, Ohio on July 3, 2016.
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