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Creation Date
3-10-1923
Description
Street scene photograph showing the location of Dayton area telephone poles and telephone lines. Photograph No. 18, On West Third Street, just west of Western Avenue (later James H. McGee Boulevard), looking east. In addition to the telephone pole lines, the photograph shows: West Dayton businesses, including the People's Theater, The Liberty clothing store, as well as many automobiles and pedestrians. The building in the right foreground is likely a school.
Source
"Photographs of Telephone Pole Lines of The Ohio Bell Telephone Company Dayton District" by E.E. Brownell (March 1923)
Item Identifier
ms70_02_020
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Permissions
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Collection
MS-70: Dayton Telephone Pole Line Photographs
Media Type
Photographic print, black and white
Spatial Coverage
Dayton (Ohio)
Repository Citation
Fritsch, R. E., "No. 18, On West Third Street, Just West of Western Avenue, Looking East" (1923). Dayton Telephone Pole Line Photographs (MS-70). 18.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms70_photographs/18
Keywords
Third Street; Western Avenue; James H. McGee Boulevard; Dayton (Ohio); West Dayton; Streets--Ohio--Dayton; Business Districts; Automobiles; Pedestrians; Theaters
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