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Creation Date
3-11-1923
Description
Street scene photograph showing the location of Dayton area telephone poles and telephone lines. Photograph No. 39, On Valley Street, just west of Findlay Street, looking east. In addition to the telephone pole lines, the photograph shows: Old North Dayton residences and businesses, as well as an automobile and possibly an electric railway (traction) car in the far center distance. The rectangular building near the center (with 3 windows and a door visible) is located at what would later be the corner of Stanview and Valley. A large house can be seen at the far right of the photo.
Source
"Photographs of Telephone Pole Lines of The Ohio Bell Telephone Company Dayton District" by E.E. Brownell (March 1923)
Item Identifier
ms70_02_041
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. 39, On Valley Street, Just West of Findlay Street, Looking East" (1923). Dayton Telephone Pole Line Photographs (MS-70). 39.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms70_photographs/39
Keywords
Valley Street; Findlay Street; Dayton (Ohio); Old North Dayton; Streets--Ohio--Dayton; Houses; Automobiles; Railroads