Eastern Air Lines: 30 Years of Dependable Transportation (Monday, 9/8/58 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
Eastern’s experience inspires Confidence…
United Air Lines...The Radar Airline (Monday, 9/15/58 ad, on page 2 of The Toledo Blade)
“This is radar. It means extra comfort for you when you fly United Air Lines.”
AT&T (Tuesday 8/23/83 full-page ad in The Blade)
More than a new look, a new outlook.
AT&T (Tuesday, 12/13/83 ad in The Blade)
You know what I'm going to do during the biggest revolution in telephone history? Relax.
AT&T (Saturday 6/2/90 ad in TV Guide)
If Joe sell apples...Welcome to the baffling world of long-distance...
AT&T (Monday, 6/10/96 ad in The Blade)
Traffic can be blocked. But your card calls will always get through to AT&T. 1-800-CALL-ATT...
AT&T (Tuesday, 6/18/96 ad in The Blade's Pages of Opinion)
Traffic can be blocked. But your card calls will always get through to AT&T. 1-800-CALL-ATT...
Big Brothers/Big Sisters (Friday 6/24/77 ad in TV Guide)
"Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child."
PSA (Monday, 7/31/97 Blade Peach Section)
Don't burn debris on dry windy days.
American Cancer Society (12/3-9/83 TV Guide)
If you've got your health, you've got it all! Farrah Fawcett
Columbia Gas (Thu. 4/8/65 ad in The Blade Sports Section)
On April 9, Houston plays the world's first air-conditioned baseball game...
Columbia Gas of Ohio (Thu. 6/20/74 ad in The Blade Peach Section)
Four miles isn't very far to go, unless you're drilling a hole...
Columbia Gas of Ohio (Thu. 12/12/74 ad in The Blade)
Local industry needs gas to keep operating...
Columbia Gas (Thu. 10/20/94 ad in The Blade)
...Buy a new gas water heater - $6 per month...
Columbia Gas (Thu 1/23/97 half-page ad in The Blade)
"Turn down your gas bill." Jamie Farr.
Crusade of Mercy (Mon 11/12/62 ad in The Blade)
Thanks to you!...United Appeal-Community Chest-Red Cross...The Greater Toledo Advertising Fund
PSA: Take a bite out of crime (Thu 8/28/80 TV Guide ad)
Got a minute? McGruff the crime dog...Crime Prevention Coalition.
Anyone here belong to you?...Community Chest (Tuesday, 9/28/54 full-page ad, in The Toledo Blade)
Put Yourself In This Picture...Greater Toledo Community Chest (Sunday, 10/10/54 full-page ad, in The Toledo Blade)
Super Highways to where? Community Traction Co. ad in The Blade's Saturday. 9/10/49 edition
The "64 Dollar" Question!...The Community Traction Co. (Wednesday, 8/23/50 ad, in The Blade)
...Merry Christmas!...The Community Traction Co. (Sunday, 12/24/50 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
Merry Christmas!...Community Traction Service (Thursday, 12/24/53 ad, in The Toledo Blade
Community Traction Service (Fri. 12/24/54 Christmas ad in The Blade)
Merry Christmas! from all of us at Community Traction.
Community Traction (Wed. 4/20/60 ad in The Blade)
Take our "Windjammer" to see Cinerama...
Community Traction (Tue. 4/23/63 ad in The Blade)
What Price a Bus Line?...Ride the big red bus.
Now-World's Largest Fleet of Newly Equipped Trains...New York Central (Tuesday, 10/25/49 ad on page 14 of The Blade)
Going to Yellowstone?...Union Pacific Railroad (Wednesday, 4/5/50 ad, in The Blade)
National Parks Special.
Ride the Special Trains in Toledo's new Union Station (Thursday, 9/21/50 ad, in The Blade)
All Aboard for Toledo!
Christmas won't wait for weather!...New York Central System (Tuesday, 12/4/50 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
...New York Central's Water Level Route!...(Tuesday, 5/13/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
You Never Had It So Comfortable!…New York Central System.
The Railroads Serving Toledo (Monday, 8/22/55 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
Members of the Eastern Railroads.
Detroit Boys' Clubs (Mon. 7/19/76 ad in TV Guide)
Land of the free, home of the bored...
Truth. The Anti-Drug (Tue. 9/7/99 full-page ad in The Blade)
This message is brought to you by the Office of National Drug Control Policy/Partnership for a Drug-Free Ohio and America.
Your Ohio Electric Companies (Tue 11/17/64 ad in The Blade)
What's the connection between Interconnection - and Ohio's TV sets?...
Your Ohio Electric Companies (Tue 4/19/66 ad in The Blade)
You have a "magic genie!"
GTE Phone Mart (Tue 4/17/84 ad in The Blade)
"What are these buttons for, anyway?"
GTE Phone Mart (Sun. 8/25/96 ad in The Blade Behind the News Section)
Is your modem cutting you off? Get another phone line from GTE.
WXYZ-TV 7 Project: Health 1980 (Sun 4/13/80 ad in TV Guide)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan...Free tests for everybody 18 & over...
Ohio Bell Telephone Company Long Distance ad (Monday, 9/19/49 ad on The Blade's Forum of Writer's Page)
Hop on the train! I got those tickets!
Long Distance...Christmas...The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Monday, 12/18/49 ad on page 3 of The Blade)
Long distance switchboards will be "Lit up like a Christmas tree" on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day...
Call Early. Call by Number...Long Distance Christmas Calls...Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Monday, 12/18/50 ad, in The Blade)
Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Sat. 12/23/50 Christmas ad in The Blade)
They all want to say Merry Christmas...
My Pop Calls By Number! The Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Monday, 1/12/51 ad, on The Blade's Obituary Page)
...For Better Faster Service, Keep a Personal Number List.
In the thick of it!...The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Saturday, 2/24/51 ad, in The Blade)
Cable of Plenty...The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Saturday, 5/8/51 ad, in The Blade)
1800 persons can telephone through this "tunnel" at the same time!...
Telephone Book Closes July 17th...The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Tuesday, 7/10/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
Helping Freedom Ring...The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Monday, 9/17/51 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
...Vital in Peace...Priceless in Defense.
Wait 10 Rings...for your party to answer...The Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Saturday, 5/10/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
The Spirit of Service Brings You, "The Spirit of Christmas"...Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Friday, 12/21/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
2 presentations of The Ohio Story, "Bill Dinwoodie's Christmas Story" and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" on WSPD-AM, There was a Christmas Carol Program featuring songs sung by Ohio Bell employees, also on WSPD-AM. There was a TV show as well, on Channel 13, Twas the Night Before Christmas and The Nativity, as told by The Mabel Beaton Marionettes.
Ohio Bell Telephone Company Phone Booths (Tuesday, 4/13/54 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
“Don;t worry, dear-I’ll be home in an hour.”
Extension Phone...The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Tuesday, 10/10/54 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
...all downtown Toledo telephone numbers change...Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Wednesday, 8/24/55 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
Be Sure of the first figure after the name...Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Monday, 8/29/55 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
A Salute to Progress...The Ohio Turnpike...The Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Saturday, 10/1/55 ad in The Toledo Blade's Ohio Turnpike Section)
Tomorrow...60,000 Toledo Telephone Numbers Change...Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Saturday, 8/24/57 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
45,000 more Toledo and Vicinity Telephone Numbers Change...Ohio Bell (Saturday, 8/16/58 ad, in The Toledo Blade Peach Section)
Use the new directory to find the new numbers!...Ohio Bell (Sunday, 8/17/58 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
Ohio Bell (Sun. 4/22/62 ad in The Blade Sunday Magazine)
Numbers of the future are here today...
Ohio Bell Telstar (Wed. 6/11/62 ad in The Blade)
New "Telstar" relays phone calls and TV pictures for the first time!...
Ohio Bell (Tue. 5/16/67 ad in The Blade)
Corliss McGee, telephone operator...Libbey High School...Mrs. John McGee...
Ohio Bell (Mon. 12/18/67 Christmas ad in The Blade)
Some jolly old advice: Plan your Christmas calling early...
Ohio Bell (Fri. 12/25/70 Christmas ad in The Blade)
Call in the nick of time!...
Ohio Bell (Tue. 2/23/71 ad in The Blade)
We've got a line on a real bunch of hogs...
Ohio Bell Directory Assistance (Fri. 10/8/71 ad in The Blade Peach Section)
Attention: The directory assistance number for Toledo is now 411.
Ohio Bell Pay Phone (Mon 2/21/72 ad in The Blade)
Is it? Or isn't it?... Use your phone for all it's worth.
Ohio Bell (Mon. 12/24/73 Christmas ad in The Blade)
How to make your Christmas jingles easier and cheaper.
Ohio Bell (Tue. 12/24/74 Christmas ad in The Blade)
Making Christmas calls is as easy as this.
Ohio Bell Candlestick Phone (Thu. 3/27/75 ad in The Blade)
Hello America...Ohio Bell Design Line Telephones...
Ohio Bell WATS Lines (Tue. 7/29/75 ad in The Blade)
How does Marathon Oil handle communications?...WATS can change all that.
Ohio Bell Business Communications (Wed. 12/1/76 ad in The Blade)
When we get our turn, 8 out of 10 business people choose us...
Ohio Bell (Mon. 8/18/80 ad in The Blade Sports Section)
A few simple ground rules...
Ohio Bell Phone Center Store (Sat. 12/19/81 Christmas ad in The Blade)
Be a great Santa with Bell Gift Certificates...
Ohio Bell Teleconferencing (Thu. 3/25/82 ad in The Blade Sports Section)
Teleconferencing pulls everybody together without costly travel...The knowledge business.
Ohio Bell 9-1-1 (Sun, 2/26.89 ad in The Blade)
On March 1, the governments of Lucas County and Ohio Bell introduce safety in numbers...
March of Dimes (Thu. 1/13/49 ad in The Blade)
Polio strikes 171 Toledoans in 1948! Epidemic is worst in city's history...
Polio...Has Got to Go! (Fri 6/1/62 ad in The Blade)
This message contributed by your RCA Victor and RCA Whirlpool Dealers.
Little Sisters of the Poor (Sat 12/23/72 Christmas ad)
...Sacred Heart Home...Sister George, Superior.
The Recycling Station (Fri. 6/11/82 ad in The Blade Peach Section)
Turn trash into cash...Casey T. Dragon.
The Recycling Station (Sat. 6/25/83 ad in The Blade)
See all your animal friends at our new location...Chewliet, Jaws, Buzzy T. Bee, Count Cacula.
Reynolds Aluminum Recycling (Sat. 8/27/77 ad in TV Guide)
There's something in recycling for everybody!
Alcoa Recycling (Sat. 9/20/80 ad in TV Guide)
America, let's turn it around. Recycle aluminum cans.
For your safe-t-y's sake, take a Red or Yellow Cab (Tuesday, 12/31/57 New Year's Eve ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
The Red Cab Company.
She knows what your giving means...Red Cross, Give Now! (Wednesday, 3/8/50 ad, in The Blade)
America's Job of the Hour...Gen. George C. Marshall...Red Cross (Sunday, 3/4/51 ad, in The Blade magazine Section)
...Mobilize for defense, give now! (Korean War)...Toledo Community Advertising Fund.
Red Cross PSA (Mon. 3/5/79 ad in The Blade)
Lucille Ball. Published in the interst of public service by Champion Spark Plug Co.
US Sprint (Sat. 8/26/89 ad in TV Guide)
We call this a spade...Talk with the best.
Fly TARTA to Hawaii with Atlas Travel (Tue. 3/6/73 ad in The Blade Sports Section)
Merry Christmas from TARTA (Thu. 11/29/73 ad in The Blade)
Dec. 2-25, 25 cents cash fare.
Toledo Edison (Sun. 9/5/48 ad in The Blade Feature Section)
Hi-Ho, come to the fair...Reddy Kilowatt.
For Christmas...The Toledo Edison Company (Wednesday, 12/8/48 ad, on page 26 of The Blade)
For Christmas...Give Beauty...Give Comfort and Convenience...Give Smart Electric Bed Covering...
Toledo Edison Acme Station (Wed. 4/6/49 ad in The Blade)
It won't be long now!...Listen to The Edison Music Hour on WSPD...The Six O'Clock News on WTOL.
Toledo Edison Acme Station (Sun. 4/24/49 ad in The Blade Behind the News Section)
Today...at Acme Station we are holding "open house" for all the Edison Family...
Toledo Edison ad, in The Blade's Wednesday, 8/17/49 edition
"Of course, it's ELECTRIC!;;;Reddy Kilowatt.
Overhead and Underground...Toledo Edison Co. (Wednesday, 9/28/49 ad in The Blade's 3rd. News Section
...The Edison $32,000,000 Expansion Program Nears Completion...
Merry Christmas from Reddy Kilowatt...The Toledo Edison Co. (Sunday, 12/24/50 ad, in The Toledo Blade Society Section)
Every soldier knows the sign that points to home abroad,,,Red Cross...Toledo Edison (Sunday, 3/4/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)
A Good Season to our Mud Hens!...The Toledo Edison Company (Sunday, 4/13/52 ad, in The Toledo Blade "Play Ball" Section)
…a sincere wish of Reddy Kilowatt, speaking for the 1700 folks at…The Toledo Edison Company.
Welcome Toledo's Sox...The Toledo Edison Company (Sunday, 4/11/54 ad, in The Blade's "Baseball 1954" Section)
Reddy Kilowatt.
How far ahead of Edison are you?...Toledo Edison Company (Tuesday, 10/12/54 ad, in The Blade)
…Save Sunday Night, October 24! Biggest television show of 1954…Lights Diamond Jubilee…on CBS, ABC, NBC and Dumont…Support your Community Chjest…
Save Sunday Night! Light's Diamond Jubilee Show, on ABC, CBS, NBC, & Dumont (Thursday, 10/22/54 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
Sponsored by Toledo Edison Company.
Eeny-meany-miney-mo...The Toledo Edison Company (Sunday, 5/29/55 ad, in The Blade 'Behind the News' Section)
Our new phone number - CHerry 2-5731...Toledo Edison Company (Monday, 8/29/55 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
Electricity From The Atom...Toledo Edison Company (Friday, 12/30/55 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
A Sleighload of Electrical Help...Toledo Edison (Tuesday, 12/11/56 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
For a white Christmas give a major electrical appliance…
The work day that never ends...Your Ohio Electric Companies, including Toledo Edison (Tuesday, 8/19/58 ad, in The Toledo Blade)
What a Bargain!...Toledo Edison (Saturday, 5/16/59 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)
…your low-price electric service…
Now on the line: Bay Shore Unit No. 2...Toledo Edison Company (Sunday, 6/28/59 full-page ad, in The Toledo Blade)
Toledo Edison Scholarships (Sun. 10/1/61 ad in The Blade)
Reddy Kilowatt has a big thing going with the kids...University of Toledo...Stephen K. Mahon...
Toledo Edison...Vote (Fri. 11/2/62 ad in The Blade)
Don't forget to vote. Reddy Kilowatt.
Toledo Edison...Mud Hens (Thu. 4/8/65 ad in The Blade)
Reddy's for the Mud Hens...
Toledo Edison Holiday Greetings (Sat 12/25/65 Christmas ad in The Blade)
Holiday greetings from the folks who serve you electrically.
Toledo Edison (Sat. 1/29/66 ad in The Blade)
We watch this TV set so you can watch yours...
Toledo Edison Independence Day (Wed 7/1/70 ad in The Blade Peach Section)
In observance of Independence Day, Toledo Edison offices will be closed on Friday, July 3.
Toledo Edison...Rocket Power (Mon 12/27/71 ad in The Blade Sports Section)
Socket Power salutes* Rocket power. *Good luck in The Tangerine Bowl.
Toledo Edison...Christmas (Wed 12/20/72 ad in The Blade)
The people at Toledo Edison wish you and your loved ones the merriest of Christmases, and the happiest of New Years ever!
Toledo Edison...Railroad (Thu. 10/9/75 ad in The Blade)
"We've been working on the railroad..."
Toledo Edison...The Songs of Christmas (Mon. 12/13/76 ad in The Blade Peach Section)
Edison Plaza...High School choirs from Clay, Maumee, Anthony Wayne, Ottawa Hills, Perrysburg.
Toledo Edison (Sat. 1/14/78 ad in The Blade)
Thanks Northwestern Ohio, you did a really good job!
Toledo Edison (Fri. 2/3/78 ad in The Blade)
The blizzard of '78. Wow! What a storm!
Toledo Edison (Sun. 5/3/81 ad in The Blade)
Take a major step toward using energy wisely...
Toledo Edison (Tue 2/1/83 ad in The Blade Sports Section)
No shop has ever closed...The people of Toledo Edison make it work.
Toledo Edison (Mon. 1/21/91 ad in The Blade Business Section)
Basic Rights should never take a back seat...Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
Toledo Edison (Sat. 9/21/91 ad in The Blade)
Not all electrical problems can be fixed with black tape...
Toledo Edison Safety (Sun. 10/13/91 ad in The Blade Toledo Magazine)
Louie the Lightning Bug says "Play it safe around electricity"...
Toledo Edison (Tue. 7/28/92 ad in The Blade Pages of Opinion)
During the recent storm, it was really coming down...
Toledo Edison Merger (Sun. 12/8/96 ad in The Blade Living Section)
...When our merger is approved...the future is a powerful place.
Toledo Edison...First Energy (Thu 1/8/87 ad in The Blade Sports Section)
Introducing a new kind of electric company...
Toledo Edison (Wed. 3/3/99 ad in The Blade)
Ready 'round the clock...
It's more than a tree... (Mon. 2/4/72 PSA in TV Guide)
...It's anti-pollution...Only you can prevent forest fires.
USO 40th Anniversary (Wed. 7/29/81 ad in TV Guide)
Home away from home...
Use Zip Code (Mon. 1/22/73 ad in TV Guide)
Postal Service Questions (Tue 10/23/73 ad in The Blade Pages of Opinion)
"You have questions about postal service. I want you to have the answers."
Mail Early (Sun. 11/8/81 ad in TV Guide)
Don't get caught in the herd. Shop early. Mail early...Make Christmas merrier. Mail early this year.
US Mail Procrastinators (Sun. 12/17/95 ad in The Blade Sports Section)
Attention Procrastinators...Express Mail...Christmas Day.
Toledo Water, What a Bargain! (Thu 8/10/95 ad in The Blade)
How much water can be bought for a penny?...
Midwest Consumers of Waste Paper (Monday, 1/1/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)