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Category Archives: Local History
Completed Digitization Project: Katharine Wright Haskell Letters
We are pleased to announce the recent completion of the Katharine Wright Haskell Correspondence digitization project, providing free and open online access to more than 300 letters written by Katharine Wright Haskell, the younger sister of the Wright Brothers, between … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Local History, Wright Brothers
Tagged digital collections, Katharine Wright, MS-700, news, Wright Brothers
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New Digital Collection of 1923 Dayton Area Street Views
We are pleased to announce the recent digitization of the Dayton Telephone Pole Line Photographs (MS-70), which consists of 113 images of documenting the locations of telephone pole lines in Dayton and rural Montgomery County, Ohio, in March 1923. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Local History, SC&A
Tagged CORE Scholar, digital collections, MS-70, new collections, news, photographs
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New Item: Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Pin
We are excited to share with you a new item that arrived earlier this week: this numbered pin from the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company: The metal pin/badge (made of copper we believe) is approximately 1-1/2 inches wide by 1-1/8 inches tall. … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Collections, Local History
Tagged new collections, news, SC-371
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