Pho. Photographic Collections

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The collection consists primarily of color slides depicting aircraft, mostly civilian planes at air fields throughout the Miami Valley, with the bulk dating from 1959 to 1988. The slides were in most cases created, and in some cases collected, by Roger Miller, an aviation enthusiast and local historian from Middletown, Ohio.

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Digital prints of broken magic lantern slides that can be found in MS-204, depicting World War I aviation technology. Some items from the collection may be viewed online as part of our digital exhibits.

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Black and white photographs of the 1948 Cleveland Air Races

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This collection contains 11 photographs of construction projects at NCR during the period of 1955-1957. Also included are select pages from NCR's Factory News, with articles from May-October 1957 on construction projects.

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Items relating to the life and work of Ervin J. Nutter.

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Color lithograph postcard that depicts an aerial view of Oakwood Extension, now part of Kettering, Ohio. It was published as an advertising piece for the Spaite-Wright Realty Company.

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Study made as part of the Historic American Engineering Record concerning the bridge over the Stillwater River, Richland Township, Darke County, Ohio.

This study was made at the request of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) as part of the Historic American Engineering Record. The report includes 7 photographs of bridges of which the report has the captions.

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Photographs, newspaper clippings, and newsletters concerning the Parkmoor Drive-In Restaurant chain.

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William F. Patterson, a prominent commercial photographer in the Dayton area, has been photographing the work of local architects, businesses, and events since the 1960s. This collection includes approximately 20,000 negatives, slides, transparencies, and photographs taken by Patterson for commercial clients and placement in books, advertisements, catalogs, and brochures. Patterson's work also includes approximately 10,000 images from his travels throughout Europe and North America.

Abstract The Peerless Mayfield Collection consists of more than 500 contact prints by aerial photographer William Preston Mayfield (1896-1974). The collection consists of photographs taken by Dayton photographer William Preston Mayfield of Dayton scenes of the Flood of 1913, advertising images, building interiors and exteriors, street scenes, and people. The collection is close in provenance to MS-269, the Caporale Mayfield Collection. Many of the images in both collections are of similar subjects...