From left, technicians Waldo Rude, Hobart Shank, Audry Baron, and Fred Shank prepare one of a long line of Jeeps at the Rossford Army Depot.
THE BLADE/HARRY MAYO
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Ward M. Canaday drives the 200,000th Jeep built in Toledo during World War II on April 4, 1944. Canaday was chairman of the board of Willys-Overland.
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Delmar "Barney" Roos, lead engineer and designer for Toledo's Jeep, ion April 29, 1951.
THE BLADE/TOM O'REILLY
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Several hundred Jeeps wait at Presque Isle for shipment to Iran on Nov. 22, 1962.
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Governor George Voinovich, left, and Bernard Robertson, a Jeep official, drive the second Wrangler off the line over a log and hay-strewn incline at Chrysler's Jeep plant on Stickney Avenue on July 22, 1992.
THE BLADE/DON STRAYER
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The 1997 Jeep Wrangler on Oct. 24, 1995.
THE BLADE/HERRAL LONG
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A car painted with a sign that reads "Toledo loves it's Jeep" sits in front of Mark's Auto Plus on the corner of Laskey and Mellwood. A Jeep Wrangler passes by in the background in July 1997.
THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH
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The Jeep Assembly plant from Manhattan Boulevard on May 25, 2005.
The Blade/Jeremy Wadsworth
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The Jeep Wrangler's outdoor display at the International Car Show at Cobo Center in Detroit in October 2005.
The Blade/Lori King
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A converted Jeep near Jackson and Superior streets in August 2005.
The Blade/Andy Morrison
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The Daimler Chrysler Toledo North Assembly Plant seen from North Expressway Drive in Toledo in May 2006.
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The one-millionth Jeep Wrangler JK model, at left, is celebrated at Chrysler Toledo Assembly Complex in Toledo in 2013.
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A Jeep Wrangler 75th Anniversary at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Tuesday, January 12, 2016.
The Blade/Andy Morrison
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An original Willys MB (Jeep), brought by Vittorio Argento from Italy to the Willys-Overland factory site in Toledo, is pictured June 3, 2013. The vehicle was built on the site in 1943. One of the original smokestacks from the factory still stands on the site.
The Blade/Dave Zapotosky
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