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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 16, Wright Field Lab...

Significance: This was the first building completed at Wright Field (together with Building 11) and served as the original laboratory building. Many unique and well-known projects were researched and conducted... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 6, Signal Corps Spec...

Significance: Part of the Wright Field flightline complex constructed during World War II, this hangar was used during the war by the Signal Corps Special Forces for radio and antenna installation. Unprocessed... 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

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

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

Won't you buy my pretty flowers

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 81/82, Main Gate, Gu...

Significance: The Guard House and Passenger Station flanked either side of Wright Field's main entrance until a new entrance was created in 1943. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N121... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Four-Un...

Significance: Dating from 1912, Building 217 is the only building at the facility that displays elements of the Craftsman style, such as splayed porch piers, a shed dormer, and exposed rafter ends. Survey numb... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Four-Un...

Significance: Dating from 1912, Building 217 is the only building at the facility that displays elements of the Craftsman style, such as splayed porch piers, a shed dormer, and exposed rafter ends. Survey numb... More

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

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

[Flood in Dayton, Ohio, March 1913, panoramic view]

Title devised by cataloger. Source unknown. DCRM(G) example, 1B9.2.1 Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jno C. Fremont [and] William L. Dayton. The champions of freedom! / fr...

Print shows a campaign banner for Republican candidates John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton, produced for the presidential campaign of 1856. Oval bust portraits of the two candidates, Fremont on the left, app... More

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

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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 1/9, Flight Test Han...

Significance: Integral components of the Wright Field flightline complex constructed during mobilization for World War II, these hangars were used for testing and modification of aircraft. Unprocessed Field no... More

Chauncey Murch House, 846 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, ...

Significance: This is a large, elegant house typical of more costly later nineteenth century houses built in Cincinnati. It is one of several such houses built at the same time in what is now designated the Day... More

Magnolia Grove, State Highway 25, Dayton, Marengo County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-153 Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 94000687

Magnolia Grove, State Highway 25, Dayton, Marengo County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-153 Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 94000687

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

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

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 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

George Hatch House, 830 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: This is the largest of the houses in what is now designated the Dayton Street Historic District and in terms of its architectural character the least typical. Whereas the other houses bear the arc... More

936 Dayton Street (House), Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: This is a large, elegant house typical of more costly later nineteenth century houses built in Cincinnati. It is one of several such houses built at the same time in what is now designated the Day... More

938 Dayton Street (House), Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 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 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

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

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

Johnathan Dayton. LL.D. Nat. 1760-ob. 1824 : from the St. Memin collec...

Public domain scan of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Library at Quincy, Ill. - Architectural drawing, public domain image

Photograph shows library as perspective projection and floor plan. Print clipped from unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF Collection, page 87. Gift; American Institute of Archit... More

Mme. Schumann - Heink & Marines at Dayton

A group of men and women standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

J.H. Patterson's residence, Dayton, O[hio]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Christmas tree in the Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 153. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[The Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. The first Wright home, located at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio, was occupied by the Wright family from 187... More

Dayton Club, Dayton, O[hio] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Foliage and east window of officers' club, National Cash Register [Com...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Third Street Presbyterian Church, Dayton, O[hio]

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[Flight 29: machine close to the ground, Orville piloting, covering a ...

Title from: 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 in LO... More

[Right front view from below of flight 46, Orville turning to the righ...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, w...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Rear view of flight 46, Orville flying at a high altitude over Huffma...

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

WRIGHT FLIGHTS. WRIGHT, MILTON, BISHOP, FATHER OF WILBUR AND ORVILLE W...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of th...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 24. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Children in the gardens of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dayton flood, April 4, 1913. Red Cross Relief Station with Nurse in at...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Slides. Group title: Disaster Relief. 1 October 1919 [date received] Used in... More

DAYTON, OHIO. FLOOD SCENES - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Bench assembling, Recording & Computing Machines Co., Dayton, Ohio]

U.S. Army. Signal Corps photo. No. 35849. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cap'n. J.H. Dayton, 1/12/23 - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 71D, Propulsion Labo...

Significance: Building 71D is part of the Power Plant Laboratory Complex, the site of essential aircraft engine research and development, particularly during the 1930s and '40s. It was built due to the increas... More

Farm near Dayton, Ohio - An old black and white photo of a church

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Private First Class Raymond E. Waller, of Dayton, Ohio. A trucker in c...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[U.S. News & World Report employees working on producing an issue of t...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 795D, frame 35.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 63, Ordnance Storage...

Significance: Ordnance Storage No. 2 was built as the gun range and ordnance storage for the Armament Laboratory during Wright Field's World War II construction boom. Survey number: HAER OH-79-AU Building/str... More

Dayton Agreement, 24 November 1995 : [Bosnia and Herzegovina].

Shows the Dayton Agreement line, Muslim-Croat Federation area, and Serb-controlled area within Bosnia and Hercegovina. "737805 (R00855) 11-95." Includes note and Sarajevo metro-area inset. Available also throug... More

Two of four architectural remnants of the War Memorial Bridge in Dayto...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. These saved elements that saluted those who served in World War I were moved to Friendship Park, near an approach of the new Edwin C. ... More

Gateway and chapel buildings, completed in 1889 at Woodland Cemetery a...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Woodland was incorporated in 1842 by John Whitten Van Cleve, who had been the first male child born in Dayton. The highest point in Da... More

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

Public domain photograph of laboratory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 51, Foundry-Garage, ...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 11, Administration B...

Significance: Building 11 was the first Air Corps building constructed at Wright Field (with Building 16). It served as the original Wright Field headquarters of the Army Air Corps Materiel Division. Unproces... More

New Jersey Legislature Republicans to Abraham Lincoln, January 1861 (...

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

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

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

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

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types G & H...

Significance: The most prevalent building types in the Brick Quarters complex are the "G" and "H." These nearly identical detached or single company officers' quarters are the smallest of the group, consisting... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Types G & H...

Significance: The most prevalent building types in the Brick Quarters complex are the "G" and "H." These nearly identical detached or single company officers' quarters are the smallest of the group, consisting... More

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

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, Area B, Building 71A, Propulsion Rese...

Significance: Building 71A is part of the Power Plant Laboratory Complex, the site of essential aircraft engine research and development, particularly during the 1930s and '40s. It was built to expand the comp... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 71A, Propulsion Rese...

Significance: Building 71A is part of the Power Plant Laboratory Complex, the site of essential aircraft engine research and development, particularly during the 1930s and '40s. It was built to expand the comp... 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

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, Buildin...

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

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 22B, 200-Yard Gun Ra...

Significance: Building 22B was built during World War II as part of the Building 22 Armament Laboratory complex. It housed a gun range designed for specialized testing of aircraft gun systems. Survey number: ... More

95-97 Dayton Avenue (House), 95-97 Dayton Avenue, Passaic, Passaic Cou...

Significance: This two-family house is significant as an example of worker housing built by the Botany Woolen Mills for use by its foremen. Constructed at the same time as the mills, the generous proportions of... More

Tool room of the National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio

H42171 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 15, 1904. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, Ills.

Methodist Church, State Highway 25, Dayton, Marengo County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-149 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Methodist Church, State Highway 25, Dayton, Marengo County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-149 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

77 Dayton Avenue (Apartment Building), 77 Dayton Avenue, Passaic, Pass...

Significance: This six-unit apartment building is significant as an example of multi family housing built to accommodate factory workers at Botany Woolen Mills during its boom years as a comprehensive wool prod... 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, Headqua...

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of a building, US military base, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Significance: This house is the oldest single residence on the campus of the Soldiers' National Home. Survey number: HABS OH-2364-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 03001412

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective rendering] / Leon B...

Exhibited: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012. Conservation control number 2.87.260.28.

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

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

Skaats-Hauck House, 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: This is a large, elegant house, typical of the more costly later nineteenth-century town houses built in Cincinnati. It is one of several such houses built at the same time with elaborate fronts i... More