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MS-244

 

PIQUA OLD FASHIONED DAYS 1956-1959

– THREE DIMENSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDE COLLECTION

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The Piqua Old Fashioned Days 1956-1959 – Three Dimensional Photographic Slide Collection was accessioned into the Piqua Public Library Archives and Special Collections on March 8, 2016 as a result of a donation from the Edith Thoma Estate.   The collection is housed in a Gaylord metal edge 11 ½ x 15 x 3 box.  The collection consists of 65 three dimensional slides which were taken in the 1950’s with a Kodak twin lens three dimensional camera.  In the box are 65 files each containing a single two picture slide.  Also in the box are 65 scanned copies of the slides on 8 ½ x 11 paper.  The copies are marked with the corresponding file numbers of the slide files.

 

Old Fashioned Days was a celebration and festival with parade put on by the downtown merchants of Piqua, Ohio.  Its purpose was to commemorate Piqua’s early history and to bring visitors and residents to downtown Piqua. 

 

The processing of the collection was completed by Gary Meek in May 2016.  The ownership of the collection has been deeded to the Piqua Public Library and is available for viewing by library patrons.  There are no known restrictions on the use of these materials.

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

The Piqua Old Fashioned Days 1956-1959 – Three Dimensional Photographic Slide Collection is divided into the following four series:

 

SERIES I:  Old Fashioned Days 1956 – Box 1, Files 1-23

SERIES II:  Old Fashioned Days 1957 – Box 1, Files 24-28

SERIES III:  Old Fashioned Days 1958 – Box 1, Files 29-34

SERIES IV:  Old Fashioned Days 1959 – Box 1, Files 35-65

 

CONTAINER LIST

 

BOX 1

 

SERIES I:  Old Fashioned Days 1956

 

File

          1        October 8, 1956

          2        October 8, 1956

          3        October 8, 1956

          4        October 26, 1956

          5        October 26, 1956

          6        October 27, 1956 – Parade

          7        October 27, 1956 – Parade

          8        October 27, 1956 – Parade

          9        October 27, 1956

          10      October 27, 1956 – Parade

          11      October 27, 1956 – Parade

          12      October 27, 1956 – Parade

          13      October 27, 1956 – Parade

          14      October 27, 1956

          15      October 27, 1956

          16      October 27, 1956

          17      October 27, 1956

          18      October 27, 1956

          19      October 27, 1956 – Parade

          20      October 27, 1956

          21      October 27, 1956 – Parade

          22      October 27, 1956 – Parade

          23      October 27, 1956 – Parade

 

SERIES II:  Old Fashioned Days 1957

 

File

          24      August 22, 1957 – Murphy Company picnic at the Hollow Swimming Pool

          25      Night parade – probably 1957

          26      Night parade – probably 1957

          27      Night parade – probably 1957

          28      Night parade – probably 1957

 

SERIES III:  Old Fashioned Days 1958

 

File

          29      September 1958

          30      September 1958

          31      September 1958 – Parade

          32      September 1958 – Parade

          33      September 1958

          34      September 1958 – Parade

 

SERIES IV:  Old Fashioned Days 1959

 

File

          35      April 1959 – date photo was processed – probably taken in a store on St. Patrick’s Day

          36      September 26, 1959 – parade

          37      September 26, 1959 – parade

          38      September 26, 1959 – parade

          39      September 26, 1959 – parade

          40      September 26, 1959 – Main St. – C.G. Murphy Co. at night

          41      September 26, 1959 – Main St. – C.G. Murphy Co. daytime

          42      September 26, 1959 – Joretta Hirschbotz & Barbara Kiser at the C.G. Murphy Co.

          43      September 26, 1959 – 7 member street band

          44      September 26, 1959

          45      September 26, 1959 – 7 member street band

          46      September 26, 1959

          47      September 26, 1959 – street band

          48      September 26, 1959 – street band

          49      September 26, 1959 – street band on the second floor balcony of the J.W. Brown Store

          50      September 26, 1959 – parade

          51      September 26, 1959 – parade

          52      September 26, 1959 – parade

          53      September 26, 1959 – parade

          54      September 26, 1959

          55      September 26, 1959

          56      September 26, 1959 – parade

          57      September 26, 1959 – parade

          58      September 26, 1959 – parade

          59      September 26, 1959 – parade

          60      September 26, 1959 – street band

          61      September 26, 1959 – parade

          62      September 26, 1959 – parade

          63      September 26, 1959

          64      September 26, 1959 – parade

          65      November 1959 – Old Fashioned Days Banquet