Description: The photograph shows workers on a factory assembly line assembling refrigerators. The General Motors Corporation Frigidaire Division Plant No. 1 was located at 300 Taylor St., in Dayton, Ohio, and the assembling plant was located in Moraine, south of Dayton. It was the world's largest producer of electric refrigeration equipment and was Dayton's biggest single industry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_007_1
Subjects: General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division, Dayton, Ohio; Refrigerators; Assembly lines; Factories; Industries--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Moraine (Ohio); Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "National Cash Register Works and the historic Elm tree (now disappeared)." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_053_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "National Cash Register Co. Dayton, Ohio. Parts Inspection Dept." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_012_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "District #2. A scene in the early workshop of the National Cash Register Company. Dayton, Ohio. Montgomery County. See card #112. The birth of the Cash Register Industry." This is a photograph of a photo collage depicting an early workshop at the National Cash Register Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_037_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an unidentified worker operating a lathe at the National Cash Register Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_030_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "National Cash Register Co. Dayton, Ohio. Woodworking Dept." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_033_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an unidentified lathe operator at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_038_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company; Lathes
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the exterior of the national Cash Register Company, located in Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_011_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an unidentified lathe operator at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_029_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company; Lathes
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an unidentified worker operating a lathe at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_031_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Factories; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Cash Register Company; Lathes
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1943, this photograph shows a worker arc-welding steel cabinets at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. John H. Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. Patterson (1844-1922), hoping the machines could save him money by reducing accounting errors in his supply business, purchased the patent rights to the cash register from James Ritty in 1884. Within six months, he reduced his debt and showed a profit. Patterson built the first National Cash Register factory on his family's farm in Dayton in 1888. By the turn of the century, the company had become one of the largest employers in Dayton. Known for his strict training program for salespeople and health and education programs for employees, Patterson was closely involved in the daily lives of many of his workers. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_005_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; Business--Ohio; National Cash Register Company; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Code - F.94; Class - Industry; Indent, - View of National Cash Register Co. plant.; Location - Dayton; Credit -; Caption-; This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project, 78 E. Chestnut St. Columbus, O." This is an exterior photo of the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. John H. Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio. Patterson (1844-1922), hoping the machines could save him money by reducing accounting errors in his supply business, purchased the patent rights to the cash register from James Ritty in 1884. Within six months, he reduced his debt and showed a profit. Patterson built the first National Cash Register factory on his family's farm in Dayton in 1888. By the turn of the century, the company had become one of the largest employers in Dayton. Known for his strict training program for salespeople and health and education programs for employees, Patterson was closely involved in the daily lives of many of his workers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_006_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Dayton; Business and Labor; National Cash Register Company; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)