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[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Pump and building befor...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sa... More

[Lester, Willie and Paul Henderson, neighbors of Wilbur and Orville Wr...

Title from reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 159. Attributed to Wilbur and/or ... More

Public library, Dayton, O[hio] - Victorian era public domain image

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Algonquin Hotel, Dayton, O[hio]

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[Flight 30: machine close to the ground, Wilbur piloting, covering a d...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Left front view of flight 46, Orville turning to the left, in the las...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 60. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker garden after ren...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

[Front view of Hawthorn Hill in winter; Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 155. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917]

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 26. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

Barn on farm near Dayton, Ohio - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

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A converted cash register factory now producing war goods in enormous ...

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Installing a new conveyer in a converted cash register manufacturing p...

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Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Mouthpiece forgings all r...

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Mouthpiece forgings for 20mm anti-aircraft gun magazines travel down t...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 7, Engineering Shops...

Significance: Built during Wright Field's World War II construction boom, Building 7 provided office facilities for the Engineering Shops in Building 5. Survey number: HAER OH-79-N Building/structure dates: 1... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 21, Old Armament Bui...

Significance: Important development of equipment designed to increase both the firepower and bombing capabilities of aircraft took place in this early Wright Field building. Building 21 has been modified exten... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 22, Armament Laborat...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type A, Are...

Significance: The majority of quarters intended for senior officers within the Brick Quarters complex are doubles: Type "A" is the only single type so designated and is larger and more exclusive then the other ... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 30, Audio-Visual Lab...

Significance: Built in 1942 as the Technical Data Annex No. 1, Building 30 was designed as an audio visual facility, and has continued to function in that capacity for the last fifty years. Survey number: HAER... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, House, ...

Significance: One of only two single residences remaining at the Soldiers' National Home, this house is an eclectic composition combining Shingle Style, Queen Anne and Tudor features, but has been altered. Sur... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types C & D...

Significance: The majority of the quarters within the Brick Officers' Quarters complex are doubles (or duplex), represented by plan Types "C," "D," "E" and "F." While together the doubles represent 23 structur... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...

Significance: The Vertical Wind Tunnel was built during World War II to test parachute performance and aircraft spin characteristics. Despite a remarkably simple design and relatively low operating cost, the t... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...

Significance: The Vertical Wind Tunnel was built during World War II to test parachute performance and aircraft spin characteristics. Despite a remarkably simple design and relatively low operating cost, the t... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Protest...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-X National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Personn...

Significance: Built as female nurses quarters in 1906, this structure was adjacent to the original hospital, which burned down in 1942. Now known as the Personnel Quarters, this residence is a good example of t... More

City of Dayton Municipal Building, 101 West Third Street, Dayton, Mont...

Significance: The structure is both architecturally significant as an excellent example of Neo-classic architecture typical in its massing and attention to detail, and historically significant as the second lar... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types E & F...

Significance: The majority of quarters within the Brick Officers' Quarters complex are doubles, represented by plan types "C," "D," "E" and "F." Together the doubles represent 23 structures which comprise 46 o... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types E & F...

Significance: The majority of quarters within the Brick Officers' Quarters complex are doubles, represented by plan types "C," "D," "E" and "F." Together the doubles represent 23 structures which comprise 46 o... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types E & F...

Significance: The majority of quarters within the Brick Officers' Quarters complex are doubles, represented by plan types "C," "D," "E" and "F." Together the doubles represent 23 structures which comprise 46 o... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types E & F...

Significance: The majority of quarters within the Brick Officers' Quarters complex are doubles, represented by plan types "C," "D," "E" and "F." Together the doubles represent 23 structures which comprise 46 o... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Quarter...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-M National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Headqua...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-N National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 12, Technical Da...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 12, Technical Da...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 12, Technical Da...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Officers' C...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 23, Static Test Labo...

Significance: This building was the site of static structures tests on many World War II and earlier aircraft. It exhibits architecture typical of the early period of construction at Wright Field. Unprocessed... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 23, Static Test Labo...

Significance: This building was the site of static structures tests on many World War II and earlier aircraft. It exhibits architecture typical of the early period of construction at Wright Field. Unprocessed... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 18, Power Plant Labo...

Significance: Buildings 18 and 18G, built as some of the earliest Wright Field structures, were initially used for engine research. The other structures in the complex were built during World War II and reflec... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 18, Power Plant Labo...

Significance: Buildings 18 and 18G, built as some of the earliest Wright Field structures, were initially used for engine research. The other structures in the complex were built during World War II and reflec... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 18, Power Plant Labo...

Significance: Buildings 18 and 18G, built as some of the earliest Wright Field structures, were initially used for engine research. The other structures in the complex were built during World War II and reflec... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Day...

Significance: The residence of the commanding officer (also known as the Robins House for its first occupant, Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins) was erected along with the other buildings in the Brick Q... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Day...

Significance: The residence of the commanding officer (also known as the Robins House for its first occupant, Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins) was erected along with the other buildings in the Brick Q... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, 4100 We...

Significance: The Soldiers National Home in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1867, was the largest and most ambitious of the three original soldiers' national homes established by the United States government following t... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, 4100 We...

Significance: The Soldiers National Home in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1867, was the largest and most ambitious of the three original soldiers' national homes established by the United States government following t... More

Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, 2335 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery Co...

Significance: State of Ohio second major institution for the insane. Plans for the building were based on the first uniform plan of hospital construction, developed by Dr. Thomas Kirkbride of Philadelphia, a kn... More

Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, 2335 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery Co...

Significance: State of Ohio second major institution for the insane. Plans for the building were based on the first uniform plan of hospital construction, developed by Dr. Thomas Kirkbride of Philadelphia, a kn... More

Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, 2335 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery Co...

Significance: State of Ohio second major institution for the insane. Plans for the building were based on the first uniform plan of hospital construction, developed by Dr. Thomas Kirkbride of Philadelphia, a kn... More

Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, 2335 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery Co...

Significance: State of Ohio second major institution for the insane. Plans for the building were based on the first uniform plan of hospital construction, developed by Dr. Thomas Kirkbride of Philadelphia, a kn... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...

Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...

Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Area A, Day...

Significance: The Brick Officers' Quarters, a horseshoe-shaped complex, was erected at Patterson Field in 1934-35, for the U.S. Army Air Corps officers of both Patterson and adjacent Wright fields. The quarter... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 4, Modification Hang...

Significance: This southernmost anchor of the Wright Field flightline complex provided a multi-bay facility for aircraft modification and flight research functions during World War II. Unprocessed Field note m... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 8, Operations & Flig...

Significance: Building 8, the Operations and Flight Test Building, was an integral part of Wright Field's World War II expansion. At this time ti housed the newly formed Flight Test Division, and also Wright F... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structura...

Significance: The imposing Static Test Laboratory was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. It replaced Static Test Laboratory No. 1, which was too small for testing new, larger aircraft, and had... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 66, Central Heating ...

Significance: The Central Heating Plant provided steam heat for the base's buildings via underground tunnels from 1929 until 1983. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N120 Survey number... More

Old Montgomery County Courthouse, Third & Main Streets, Dayton, Montgo...

Significance: This Greek Revival building, erected 1847-1850, is of architectural interest because of its handsome interior and exterior features. The Court House lawn was the scene of an address by Abraham Lin... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...

Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens be...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

[Wilbur Wright working in the bicycle shop]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Clarence "Grandpa" Liv and Alonzo "Teddy" Tucker behind the Wright Cy...

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[Front view of 7 Hawthorn Street, the Wright home, with bare trees and...

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Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio - Victorian era public domain image

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Power house, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, O[hio]

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Assembling department, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]

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Franklin Hall, Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O[hio]

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[Long-range view of machine on launching track, probably Wilbur and Or...

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[Distant view of Bishop Milton Wright during his first ride in an airp...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 39. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Front view of Hawthorn Hill in winter; Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 155. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

Frederick B. Patterson, residence, Far Hills, Oakwood, Dayton, Ohio. G...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Howell H. Howard, Maxwelton, residence in Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Howa...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 39, Maintenance Buil...

Significance: Both structures now joined to create Building 39 have functioned as a variety of support facilities for the activities of Wright Field, and subsequently Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Survey nu... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 61A,Torque Stand Fue...

Significance: Buildings 61 (See HAER No. OH-79-AR) and 61A were built during the early stages of Wright Field's World War II expansion. Together they functioned as support buildings for the research being cond... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 61, Torque Stands Oi...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 51, Foundry-Garage, ...

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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Catholi...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-Y National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 31, Aircraft Ass...

Significance: From 1927 through World War II, this laboratory was responsible for assembling and testing all prototype aircraft submitted to the Army Air Corps, a vital component of Wright Field's commitment to... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Library...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-W National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

Newcom Tavern, Van Cleve Park, East Monument Avenue, Dayton, Montgomer...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS OH-627 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1840 Subsequent Work

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types C & D...

Significance: The majority of the quarters within the Brick Officers' Quarters complex are doubles (or duplex), represented by plan Types "C," "D," "E" and "F." While together the doubles represent 23 structur... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Protest...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-X National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Personn...

Significance: Built as female nurses quarters in 1906, this structure was adjacent to the original hospital, which burned down in 1942. Now known as the Personnel Quarters, this residence is a good example of t... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Personn...

Significance: Built as female nurses quarters in 1906, this structure was adjacent to the original hospital, which burned down in 1942. Now known as the Personnel Quarters, this residence is a good example of t... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Personn...

Significance: Built as female nurses quarters in 1906, this structure was adjacent to the original hospital, which burned down in 1942. Now known as the Personnel Quarters, this residence is a good example of t... More

City of Dayton Municipal Building, 101 West Third Street, Dayton, Mont...

Significance: The structure is both architecturally significant as an excellent example of Neo-classic architecture typical in its massing and attention to detail, and historically significant as the second lar... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types E & F...

Significance: The majority of quarters within the Brick Officers' Quarters complex are doubles, represented by plan types "C," "D," "E" and "F." Together the doubles represent 23 structures which comprise 46 o... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types E & F...

Significance: The majority of quarters within the Brick Officers' Quarters complex are doubles, represented by plan types "C," "D," "E" and "F." Together the doubles represent 23 structures which comprise 46 o... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Bandsta...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-P National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Patrick...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 12, Technical Da...

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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Supply ...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-AE National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 14, Materiel Command...

Significance: Building 14, along with Building 15, was constructed in 1943 to house the headquarters of the Materiel Command on its transfer from Washington, D.C. to Wright Field. Unprocessed Field note materi... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 32, Original Wright ...

Significance: This structure was the original site of the Wright Field engineering shops, supporting the vital research being conducted in Building 31. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Domicil...

Survey number: HABS OH-2364-AA National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Day...

Significance: The residence of the commanding officer (also known as the Robins House for its first occupant, Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins) was erected along with the other buildings in the Brick Q... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Day...

Significance: The residence of the commanding officer (also known as the Robins House for its first occupant, Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins) was erected along with the other buildings in the Brick Q... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Day...

Significance: The residence of the commanding officer (also known as the Robins House for its first occupant, Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins) was erected along with the other buildings in the Brick Q... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, 4100 We...

Significance: The Soldiers National Home in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1867, was the largest and most ambitious of the three original soldiers' national homes established by the United States government following t... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, 4100 We...

Significance: The Soldiers National Home in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1867, was the largest and most ambitious of the three original soldiers' national homes established by the United States government following t... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller T...

Significance: This concrete acoustical structure was built during World War II to surround an outdoor propeller test area and craneway. The unique concrete tube construction was a response to the need to muffl... More

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