Pho. Photographic Collections

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Collection consists of glass lantern slides and postcards containing images of early aircraft up through World War I.

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The Quiet Birdmen Book contains 640 photographs of "Quiet Birdmen" members displayed on 160 pages. The Quiet Birdmen is one of the oldest continuously functioning aviator organizations in existence, with its roots in the 1920s. Included in the book are photographs of such pilots as H.H. "Jimmie" Doolittle, E. E. "Pop" Cleveland, Roscoe Turner, Walter R. Brookins, Wiley Post, E.V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker, and C.A. "Slim" Lindbergh.

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The collection consists of approximately 632 film negatives depicting houses, buildings, churches, historic sites, and architectural details in the United States and Europe.

Abstract The collection consist of William Preston Mayfield Photographs of the Wright brothers' first flights; early pilots, early planes and helicopters; photos of Dayton area businesses, homes, churches, and monuments; as well as aerial shots of the Miami valley, downtown Columbus, and the Ohio State University. Also included are some photographs taken by F. Hermes. Postcards are of early flights, the Wright Flyer, The Wright Brothers Celebration, flights in Europe, other early pilots, European...

Scope and Contents The collection contains 33 photographs taken by various photographers at the McCall Corporation building in Dayton, Ohio, between the years 1923-1967. Two of the images bear the photographer’s stamp of William Preston Mayfield. Another was taken by Jackson W. Armstrong Photography. And a fourth image is marked “Kaufmann & Abry” for the famous architectural photography firm. The other images in the collection contain no descriptive or copyright information on the back though it is...

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This photograph album documents the journey of the William D. McCarthy family from Dayton, Ohio, to California from June through December 1921. During the family's travels they visited a variety of places including Hannibal, Missouri; Pikes Peak, Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Flagstaff, Arizona; cliff dwellings; the Grand Canyon; the Mojave Desert; San Gabriel Valley, California; and Pasadena, California. A brief description of each place is written below the photographs in the album.

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The collection contains photographs and negatives of Miami Valley physicians, hospitals, and physicians' offices.

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Photographs of a Ford Trimotor, DH-4, and a Curtiss Robin airplane. Collection consists of three photographs of airplanes as well as a photocopy page of background information about the 3 planes.

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This collection contains 24 photographs of local drive-in theaters that were taken during the early 1980s. Most of the drive-ins pictured have since been demolished. The photos were taken by Ritchie Thomas who donated them.