Description: Front side reads: "Sept.21,1936,6-8x10 prints to Soldier Home.Neg.furnished REX PAVER IN OPERATION" Reverse reads: "Dayton Ohio" A Rex Paver aids in road construction in Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_005_001
Subjects: Road construction; Road construction workers
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "A striking vista seen through the evergreens, surrounding the sunken gardens at the State Hospital, with the hospital's big smoke stack in the distance. February 22, 1938 Page 1 Herald Dayton Ohio" The Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, which later became the Dayton State Hospital, opened in September, 1855 with a capacity of 162. The hospital was closed in 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_011_001
Subjects: Dayton State Hospital (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Mrs. Minnie Stanley of Dayton, Ohio. Stanley (1865-1943) was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Mrs. N. M. Stanley has been president of the League of Women Voters of Dayton ever since its organization in 1920. She is also first vice-president of the Ohio League of Women Voters and has with her characteristic devotion, farsightedness, and understanding, contributed much to the upbuilding of the Ohio and Dayton Leagues. She served as vice-president of the Montgomery County Suffrage Association for many years before women were enfranchised, and was also chairman of the Liberty Loan drives in Ohio during the war." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_Stanley
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse appears to read: "John W. Patterson Homestead HISTORIC HOUSES Dayton Ohio," but the home seen here actually belonged to John Henry Patterson. Several generations of Dayton’s influential Patterson family lived in this house from 1804 to 1904. Constructed between 1810 and 1850, it was originally the home of Revolutionary War veteran Colonel Robert Patterson and his wife, Elizabeth Lindsay Patterson. It was later home to John H. Patterson (1844-1922), a Dayton businessman who was the founder of the National Cash Register Company. Jefferson Patterson donated the house and its 8.5 acres to the City of Dayton in 1953, and it is now a site of Dayton History, Montgomery County’s official historical organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_035_001
Subjects: National Cash Register Company; Patterson, John H. (John Henry), 1844-1922; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Domestic architecture--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ohio State 15-57-1406 Swimming Pool at Linden Center Federal #10884 Aug. 1936 Dayton Ohio Envelope -- A-1 Photo no - 4" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F10_024_001
Subjects: Swimming pools; Children
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Stamp Club Teachers Dayton Ohio 1936 ACTIVITIES" Dayton still has a stamp club. It is unclear if it is the same club. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_015_001
Subjects: Stamp collecting; Teachers
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "The Old Log Cabin, or Newcom's Tavern, Van Cleve Park, Dayton. The O. R. M. C. MARKER read, Newcom Tavern. Dayton's first Tavern and courthouse. In the War of 1812, was quartermaster's headquarters, Col. Robert Patterson commanding. Restored by the D. A. R. for Historical Society Museum." "Colonel George Newcom, one of Dayton's first settlers, constructed this two-story log house in 1796. Newcom engaged Robert Edgar, a millwright, to build "the best house in Dayton." The original house consisted of one room upstairs and one room on the ground floor, with a door facing the river. In 1798, a two-story addition was added south of the original structure, with a new door facing Main Street. Since the tavern was a large two-story building, it soon became the center of village activity, as well as overnight lodging for travelers. The first court sessions were held in the tavern, and it served as a place for school and church services. The Newcoms sold the tavern in 1815, and ownership changed several times during the next twenty years. In 1838, Joseph Shaffer purchased the structure at a Sheriff's auction and converted it into a general store. The building remained "Shaffer's Store" for the next 56 years. In 1894, architect Charles Insco Williams started to raze it to make way for an apartment building when removal of the clapboards revealed the original logs. John Cotterill owned the building and offered to donate it to the city, provided it was moved off the property. Acting on the recommendations of the "Log Cabin Committee, " the city approved moving the tavern to Van Cleve Park. John H. Patterson, founder of The National Cash Register Company, paid for the move. The Daughters of the American Revolution raised money by public subscription to have it restored, and the Dayton Historical Society was organized to operate it as a museum. In the 1960s, the Montgomery Historical Society donated the tavern and related collections to Carillon Historical Park. Newcom Tavern made its final move in the fall of 1964. Today, now Dayton's oldest standing building, Newcom Tavern stands in Carillon Historical Park, approximately two miles south of its original site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_008_1
Subjects: Taverns (Inns)--Ohio; Log-end Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture--Ohio; Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Patterson, Robert, 1753-1827; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Federal Art Project Dayton Ohio Artist working on designs of old quilts at Art Institute,Nov.24,1936. 4x5 Neg Dec.I,I-8x10 print for News story by James Muir Jan.26-2-8x10 for Columbus" This photo was taken at the Dayton Art Institute. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_048_001
Subjects: Quilts--Ohio; Federal Art Project; Design and analysis
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Grace Methodist Episcopal Church 4/27/37 (Copy) Dayton Ohio" The Methodist Church is a Christian religious organization. The Methodist Church originated in 1729, at the University of Oxford in England. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F07_015_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Episcopal Church
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Old Log Cabin." Colonel George Newcom, one of Dayton's first settlers, constructed this two-story log house in 1796. Newcom engaged Robert Edgar, a millwright, to build "the best house in Dayton." The original house consisted of one room upstairs and one room on the ground floor, with a door facing the river. In 1798, a two-story addition was added south of the original structure, with a new door facing Main Street. Since the tavern was a large two-story building, it soon became the center of village activity, as well as overnight lodging for travelers. The first court sessions were held in the tavern, and it served as a place for school and church services. The Newcoms sold the tavern in 1815, and ownership changed several times during the next twenty years. In 1838, Joseph Shaffer purchased the structure at a Sheriff's auction and converted it into a general store. The building remained "Shaffer's Store" for the next 56 years. In 1894, architect Charles Insco Williams started to raze it to make way for an apartment building when removal of the clapboards revealed the original logs. John Cotterill owned the building and offered to donate it to the city, provided it was moved off the property. Acting on the recommendations of the "Log Cabin Committee, " the city approved moving the tavern to Van Cleve Park. John H. Patterson, founder of The National Cash Register Company, paid for the move. The Daughters of the American Revolution raised money by public subscription to have it restored, and the Dayton Historical Society was organized to operate it as a museum. In the 1960s, the Montgomery Historical Society donated the tavern and related collections to Carillon Historical Park. Newcom Tavern made its final move in the fall of 1964. Today, now Dayton's oldest standing building, Newcom Tavern stands in Carillon Historical Park, approximately two miles south of its original site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_018_1
Subjects: Taverns (Inns)--Ohio; Log-end Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture--Ohio; Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Patterson, Robert, 1753-1827; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard caption reads: "Oldest house in Dayton, Built in 1796." Colonel George Newcom, one of Dayton's first settlers, constructed this two-story log house in 1796. Newcom engaged Robert Edgar, a millwright, to build "the best house in Dayton." The original house consisted of one room upstairs and one room on the ground floor, with a door facing the river. In 1798, a two-story addition was added south of the original structure, with a new door facing Main Street. Since the tavern was a large two-story building, it soon became the center of village activity, as well as overnight lodging for travelers. The first court sessions were held in the tavern, and it served as a place for school and church services. The Newcoms sold the tavern in 1815, and ownership changed several times during the next twenty years. In 1838, Joseph Shaffer purchased the structure at a Sheriff's auction and converted it into a general store. The building remained "Shaffer's Store" for the next 56 years. In 1894, architect Charles Insco Williams started to raze it to make way for an apartment building when removal of the clapboards revealed the original logs. John Cotterill owned the building and offered to donate it to the city, provided it was moved off the property. Acting on the recommendations of the "Log Cabin Committee," the city approved moving the tavern to Van Cleve Park. John H. Patterson, founder of The National Cash Register Company, paid for the move. The Daughters of the American Revolution raised money by public subscription to have it restored, and the Dayton Historical Society was organized to operate it as a museum. In the 1960s, the Montgomery Historical Society donated the tavern and related collections to Carillon Historical Park. Newcom Tavern made its final move in the fall of 1964. Today, now Dayton's oldest standing building, Newcom Tavern stands in Carillon Historical Park, approximately two miles south of its original site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_046_1
Subjects: Taverns (Inns)--Ohio; Log-end Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture--Ohio; Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Patterson, Robert, 1753-1827; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Lantern Parade,Riverview Park,July 17.1936 Dayton Ohio Montgomery County People at Work or Play" This is a photo of a children's parade in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F08_035_001
Subjects: Parades
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)