Except where noted in the captions, all images have been graciously donated to Toledo's Attic by Mr. Marty Uhl.
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{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_00.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Aerial view of Downtown Toledo, 1897. Source: Images in Time, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_01.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Uhl Brothers Bicycle Emporium on Monroe and 11th in 1897. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_02.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|An inside look at the Uhl Bicycle Emporium. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_03.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Entries for the Uhl's Cycle Emporium, Concert Band, and Ulh Bros in the 1898 Polk City Directory. Source: Polk City Directory, 1897, p. 1269{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_04.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Uhl Bicycle Emporium ad in the 1898 Polk City Directory. Source: Polk City Directory, 1897, p. 115.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_05.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|The Uhl brothers at the new factory. (From Left to Right), Phil, Tom, Otto, Bob, Joe, Henry and Clement Uhl. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_06.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Copper face plate of President McKinley after his assassination in 1901. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_07.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|The Uhl Brothers Company produced thousands of school desks. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_08.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Tom Uhl seated in a school desk produced by the company. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_09.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Philip E. Uhl, co-founder of Uhl's Cycle Emporium, later, president of Toledo Metal Furniture Company. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_09b.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Clement R. UIhl, co-founder of Uhl's Cycle Emporium; later, vice-president and superintendent of Toledo Metal Furniture Company. Source: Killits, John Milton. 1923. Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, 1623-1923. Vol. III The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, p. 182{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_10.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Clement's first drawing of the original 151 chair-1902. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_11.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Clement Uhl working on another design. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_12.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Patent No. 705,488 dated July 22, 1902, titled Construction of Metal Furniture (Source: United States Patent Office, Google Patents){/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_13.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Joseph’s 1905 Patent No. 782,932 dated February 21, 1905 was titled “Revolving Metal Chair” (Source: United States Patent Office, Google Patents){/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_14.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Demonstration of a Uhl chair. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_15.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Tom Uhl testing the strength of a Uhl chair. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_16.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Tom, Otto, Phil and Henry Uhl demonstrating the strength of their furniture. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_17.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Uhl Steel logo. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_18.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Inside Toledo Metal Furniture (production floor). Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_19.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Inside Toledo Metal Furniture (customer cafeteria). Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_20.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Uhl Brothers customer. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_21.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|12 Uhl Brothers had their own orchestra in the late 1890s. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_22.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Jos. Uhl has conducted the orchestra for large audiences in 1896 and 97. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_23.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Henry and Willi Uhl in the Uhl Concert Band. Source: Marty Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_24.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|First page of company newsletter The Brace, Volume 4, issue 1, 1957, celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of founding the company.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_25.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Stock bought by Benedict A. Uhl{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_26.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Phil Uhl's insurance policy on his horse.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_27.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Blue print of a motor bracket sent by Edison Phonograph Works to Toledo Metal Furniture to build a table for it.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_28.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Group photograph showing Joe, Phil, and Clement Uhl with others.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_23.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Engine controls{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_24.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Workbench with tools in engine room.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_25.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Middle level of engine room{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_26.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Officer’s dining room{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_27.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|First Mate’s quarters{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_28.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|View from aft looking forward. Veterans Glass City Skyway Bridge in background.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_29.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Alternate view from aft looking forward. Veterans Glass City Skyway Bridge in background.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_30.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|View from aft looking forward at the back of the forward superstructure.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_31.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|View of the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship from shore.{/besps_c}
{besps_c}0|uhlbros-tmf_32.jpg|Toledo Metal Furniture Company|Alternate view of the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship from shore.{/besps_c}