No. 45, On Monument Avenue, at Kenton Street, Looking Northeast

Creator

R. E. Fritsch

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Creation Date

3-18-1923

Description

Street scene photograph showing the location of Dayton area telephone poles and telephone lines. Photograph No. 45, On Monument Avenue, at Kenton Street, looking northeast. In addition to the telephone pole lines, the photograph shows: a commercial/industrial area of downtown Dayton (near Webster Station), including warehouses and a water tower in the distance. A pedestrian carrying a large rucksack is visible in the foreground right. (Kenton Street ran along the west side of the Miami-Erie Canal, now Patterson Boulevard, in downtown Dayton. The bridge over the canal is visible in 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_047

Publisher Repository

Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries

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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. 45, On Monument Avenue, at Kenton Street, Looking Northeast" (1923). Dayton Telephone Pole Line Photographs (MS-70). 45.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms70_photographs/45