Bus. Business and Industry

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This collection contains the 2008 report of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) report on the Veterans Memorial Bridge (also known as the Edwin Moses Bridge) located in Dayton, Ohio. The document is the official bound archival copy which contains a description, brief history, bibliography and 13 photographs documenting the history of this structure.

Scope and Contents Frigidaire recipe book used as advertising for GM's Frigidaire division, dated 1931. The booklet contains recipes, mostly for desserts and salads, tailored to use the features of a Frigidaire refrigerator. Recipes for desserts include dishes like custards and creams, mousses, parfaits, and sherbets. Salads included are vegetable salads, fruit salads, and meat salads, as well as salad dressing recipes to accompany each salad type. A final section includes instructions for making decorative...

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This collection contains the postmaster's account and record books for the Roxanna (Greene County), Ohio, post office. Please note that the town of Roxanna no longer exists as it was submerged during the creation of Caesar's Creek State Park.

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This collection consists of a single promotional pamphlet produced by Delco/Frigidaire in 1926. The pamphlet contains a story-poem to describe a fictional story of Aladdin and his "cold chest" [i.e. refrigerator]. This pamphlet provides insight into the creative nature of some of Delco/Frigidaire's promotional material.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a single pamphlet titled "The Diary of the House in the Woods," which was published by the Lowe Brothers Company in Dayton, Ohio. The pamphlet is a combination of two people's diaries. Katherine McDowell and her husband Ned allowed their diaries to be published to explain the development of their house that they built and in which they lived in the woods. The diary entries begin in May of 1918 and continue through October of the same year. The couple also included...

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High Acres was the Dayton home built for the President of the Rike-Kumler Department Store, Frederick Rike, and his wife Ethel in 1929. It was designed by Cleveland architects Meade and Hamilton and the grounds were designed by Dayton landscape architect Samuel D. Zehrung. This collection consists of one oversize plan of the grounds.

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Two staff photographs from 1962 documenting the 20-Year and 25-year club members, who are identified under the photos.

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Collection consists of black and white, 8x10 photographs of the dedication ceremony of the Barney & Smith Co. First Class Railroad Car. Dayton, Carillon Historical Park; 1996.

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Postcards and photograph of early automobiles, plus newspaper clipping reporting the death of Henry Lynn Booher, a pioneer automobile builder in Dayton.

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