My master’s thesis became my Moby Dick in a hurry. I have been chasing down every article, every image, and every story I can about the former Spencer-Sharples School District since the spring of 2008. Here are some of the more illustrative images & maps.
Spencer-Sharples
1901: Spencer Twp. Map
1920: Tornado damage, Raab’s Corners Cath. Church
1920: Tornado damage, Raab’s Corners Cath. Church
1920: Tornado damage, Raab’s Corners Cath. Church
1920: Tornado damage, Sharples Farm
1920: Tornado damage, Angola & SR 295
1924 Map of Spencer and Harding townships
1958: Redline map of Spencer-Sharples
1958: Map of S-S district before the racial split
2008: View of land use. 1959-69 SSLSD outlined.
2008: Ewing & Blum sts., Toledo: Site of 1959 “S-S”HS
2008: Ewing & Blum sts., Toledo: Site of 1959 “S-S”HS
2008: Ewing & Blum sts., Toledo: Site of 1959 “S-S”HS
1962: Spencer-Sharples High School
1965: Picketers outside Spencer-Sharples High School
1966: A classroom at Irwin Elementary
1966: Exterior, Irwin Elementary
1966: Residents fixing up Irwin Elementary.
1968: James Meredith at LCBOE meeting.
1968: Map of Lucas Co. School Districts
2008: Spencer-Sharples High School, today.
