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