No. 95, On Jalappa Road, at Gettysburg Avenue, Looking West

Creator

R. E. Fritsch

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Creation Date

3-23-1923

Description

Street scene photograph showing the location of Dayton area telephone poles and telephone lines. Photograph No. 95, On Jalappa Road (Hoover Avenue), at Gettysburg Avenue, looking west. In addition to the telephone pole lines, the photograph shows: a rural area on the edge of Harrison Township and Madison Township, later Westwood and Residence Park neighborhoods of Dayton. A few buildings are visible, including a probable residence (right distance), a probable farm building or barn (far left distance), and a large brick building with an arch (right foreground) which may be a church or a building related to the railroad, which ran nearby.

Source

"Photographs of Telephone Pole Lines of The Ohio Bell Telephone Company Dayton District" by E.E. Brownell (March 1923)

Item Identifier

ms70_02_097

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

Harrison (Montgomery County, Ohio : Township); Dayton (Ohio); Madison (Montgomery County, Ohio : Township)

Repository Citation

Fritsch, R. E., "No. 95, On Jalappa Road, at Gettysburg Avenue, Looking West" (1923). Dayton Telephone Pole Line Photographs (MS-70). 95.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms70_photographs/95