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Floods -- Ohio -- Dayton -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

1913 Flood Postcards (SC-221)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-221
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 56 postcards depicting the 1913 Dayton flood and its aftermath. Some of the postcards are real photo postcards. The information provided for each item is the caption on the postcard for 1-49, postcards 50-56 have no caption and the information is provided by processor. Six more postcards were added to the collection in July 2010, #57-62. They are identified by their captions, except the final one, which remains unidentified.

Dates: 1913

Mildred Baker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-399
Abstract

The collection includes photographs, registration cards, newspaper clippings, West Carrollton Reading Club records, postcards, and scrapbooks. It was created by Mildred Baker who lived in the Dayton area in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Dates: 1895-1931

Harrison Morton Bretz Photographs (SC-277)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-277
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 38 original photographic prints (of 30 different pictures) in downtown Dayton, Ohio. About half of the photos depict damage following the Great 1913 Flood of Dayton, and the rest show various landmarks, buildings, and scenes of Dayton between 1913 and 1920 (several alluding to World War I). Landmarks shown include Memorial Hall, the "New" Courthouse, Union Station, the Third Street post office, the Dayton Daily News building, the Old Main Library, and the Miami...
Dates: 1913-1920