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Dayton Cornice Works |
Joseph C. Beck, Dry Goods |
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| Superior Coal, Ninth and Vine From a Facebook post by Cam Miller |
Dayton Pharmacy From a Facebook post by Will Lack |
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| Superior Coal From a Facebook post by Richard J. Gunning |
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| New Dayton Bank Kentucky Post, July 14, 1927 |
John Nuhn, Sixth and Vine The 1910 city directory lists him as a “plater” From a Facebook post by Jill Weitkamp |
Jos. Kuhl ran a saloon and made cigars at 6th and Clay. Later businesses here included Andy & Jerry's, and the Midway Cafe. From a Facebook post by Jeffrey Weimer |
Dayton Bank turns 25
Berendsen's Grocery Delivery
Fourth and Boone
From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett
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| Chas. C. Schatzman & Son, 1922 Garage and Livery 18-120 Sixth Avenue, |
Maschinot and Centner Tailoring Co., 1922 Sixth and Main Street, 55 employees |
Tony's Place, Dayton, c. 1898 |
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| Watson & Wendroth's Sixth & Terrace from a Facebook post by Barbara Sparks Rawe |
Foertmeyer's Drugs, May 30, 1946 from a Facebook post by Charles M. Foertmeyer |
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| 5th & McKinley, 1920 From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
Perry's, 624 Main From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
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| Musselman's Grocery From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
Day's Bowling Alley, on the 800 block of 5th From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
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| Day's Grocery. Details. From a Facebook post by Penny Merry |
Day's Grocery. Details. From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
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| Johnny's Sweet Shop, 1947 | Sweet Shop From a Facebook post by Timothy Spradlin |
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| Yelton's Cafe, 4th & Clay From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
Dayton-Bellevue Auto Sales 511 Terrace From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
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| 6th & McKinley Earlier, Ollie Owen's Pure Station from a Facebook post by Jeffrey Weimer |
Ollie Owen's Pure Station, Sixth & McKinley, c. 1950 from a Facebook post by John Drach |
Hubert “Scottie” Scott's Garage, 6th and Berry, 1966 from a Facebook post by the Tharp Dayton Heritage Museum |
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| Junk's | Collins' Grocery, s. e. corner of 6th & Walnut from a Facebook post by Barbara Sparks Rawe |
Tharp's Funeral Home |
Dayton Scene from a Facebook post by the Tharp Dayton Heritage Museum |
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Perry & Derrick |
Ben Osterhage's Saloon, c. 1907 923 Third, near Boone. Key to names of the folks. from a Facebook post by Alice Heath |
Hater's, 5th and Clark, 1913. (We so covet the postcards in the door on the left!) |
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| Huber's Saloon Run by the Huber's from 1898 to c. 1920, Sixth and Dayton A William Brengelman photo |
Builders' Exchange, 1922 Sixth Avenue, Dayton |
Audrey's, 4th and Clark. Our wild guess: flood of 1945. From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
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| The Past Time Cafe,
3rd and Clay From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
You used to be able to have bread delivered from the bakery. Believed top be at 5th and Berry From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
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| Once theater, now Utter's Collision Service On Berry From a Facebook post by Tom Poe |
625 Sixth Avenue From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett |
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| Harvard Piano Co, circa 1901, on the north east corner of 5th and Clay |
The Harvard Piano Company |
The Harvard Piano Company was originally established in 1885 in Dayton, Kentucky. John Church (John Church & Company) and Frank Lee (President of Everett Piano Company) purchased the Harvard Piano Company in 1894, using their factories to expand manufacturing production of their upright pianos. Harvard also built upright pianos sold under the John Church & Company brand label. The Harvard Piano Company was moved from Dayton to Cincinnati after the turn-of-the-century. The Harvard name was discontinued with the onset of the Great Depression. |
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Maddox Brothers Distillery
Plat of Dayton's Thorne Distillery
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| Believed to be the same building, at the foot of Berry Ave. Lem Martin operated his saloon at the corner of Third Avenue and Berry Street, near the Ohio River, hence the name painted on the building. This 1910 photograph (right) shows some of the patrons. From left to right (first row) unidentified, Bunny Grayson, unidentified, Charles Cassidy holding an unidentified child, Marty Burke and Monk Samon. 2nd row Tom Delaney, Bill Van Dyne, Frank Brock, John Rieman, Whitey Guerner and unidentified. (Tharp). All from Facebook posts by Tammy Cornett. | ||
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The Bank of Dayton, 6th & McKinney Street
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“Merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, and various professions are represented in the personnel of the directors and officers of the newest financial institution in Dayton, and which will be formally opened to the public next Saturday. The massive vault, modern burglar alarm system, a trust department, and other up-to-date equipment is expected to attract the public, all being cordially invited to the opening of the new building at Sixth and Dayton Avenues.” The Kentucky Post, July 14, a Thursday, 1927. The Sunday Post announced
5,000 people attended this opening of the
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Fairview Poultry Market, 511 Sixth Avenue
from a Facebook post by Barbara Sparks Rawe
Bank of Dayton in the 1937 Flood
from a Facebook post by Barbara Sparks Rawe
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| John Bonte's & Sons Factory | The Logo | Map of where this ropewalk was. |
| This map of Bonte's Rope Walk is from 1909. Note how many blocks it crosses. This map's a very small piece of a larger set of maps known as the Sanborn Fire Maps. Learn how to see them all, here. | ||
“A Dayton rope walk has just manufactured an immense cable, ten inches in circumference, six hundred feet long, and weighing nearly a ton.” Courier-Journal, April 2, 1873 |
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| The F&N Steakhouse on Route 8, closed in 2004 from Kim Fisher Facebook posts |
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F & N Steakhouse, Dayton, Kentucky
Dayton Lanes, 1968-70, Fifth and Clay
from a Facebook post by William Stull
Drach's Pharmacy
From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornet
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| Cal's Steak House from a Facebook post by Barbara Sparks Rawe |
Soda Fountain at Drach's 8th & McKinley Charlie Drach behind the counter; employees Charlie Jabor and Jim Ellis on the stools. from a John Drach posting on Facebook |
The Catholic Telegraph, June 17, 1880
| An early Dayton dairy has “anti-stump-tail” milk. A little background on what stump tail milk is, | |
| The 1916-1917 Report of the Bureau of Agriculture, Labor, and Statistics of Kentucky reported that Harvard Piano Co. employed 170 men, 10 women, and 3 children. The same numbers for the Wadsworth Watch Case Mfg. Co. were 258, 97, and 1. | |
| There's a list of Dayton Merchants from 1879, here. | The City of Dayton's web site is here. |
