MS-098
PIQUA POLICE DEPARTMENT PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
INTRODUCTION
The Piqua Police Department Photograph Collection was accessioned into the Flesh Public Library’s Archives in October 2003 and was processed in November 2003. The donor was Police Chief Phillip Potter of the Piqua Police Department. The collection consists of forty-five files in one box. There are no restrictions on the use of this collection. Most photographs date from mid-1950 to the late 1970’s.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Piqua Police Department Photograph Collection is divided into five series:
SERIES I – PEOPLE
SERIES II – BUSINESSES
SERIES III – STREETS, PUBLIC WORKS
SERIES IV – ACCIDENTS AND NATURAL DISASTERS
SERIES V – MISCELLANEOUS
CONTAINER LIST
SERIES I: PEOPLE
BOX 1
File
1 Bales, Nellie (Mrs. James)
2 Bausman, Dr. Joseph
3 Brown, Charles
4 Gurklies, George m.
5 Lambert, Frederick C.
6 Lane, Howard
7 Springer, Norman
8 Young, Berry
9 Young, Leon R.
SERIES II – BUSINESSES
BOX 1
File
10 Animal Hospital
11 Bing’s Place
12 Buckeye Mart
13 DP & L – Dayton Power & Light
14 Dew Drop Inn
15 Ernie’s
16 Fletcher’s Used Cars
17 G. C. Murphy Company
18 Hazel Marie Apartments
19 Household Finance Corp.
20 Kiefer’s Pharmacy
21 Paul’s Bar
22 Piqua Granite
23 Pizza Hut
BOX 1
File
24 Piqua Party Supply
25 Piqua Pizza Supply
26 Revco
SERIES III: STREETS, PUBLIC WORKS
BOX 1
File
27 Adams and Garnsey Streets – sewer
28 Cemetery Flooding 1
29 Cemetery Flooding 2
30 Miami County Maps
31 Mote Park ground breaking
32 Sewage Disposal Plant
33 Sewage Disposal Plant – laying interceptor line
34 Sewage Treatment Plant – new
35 Sewage Treatment Plant
36 Shawnee Ditch
37 Sidewalk Repair
38 Victory Heights Map
SERIES IV: ACCIDENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS
BOX 1
File
39 Automobile accidents – various
40 Break-ins
41 Pennsylvania Train Wreck
42 Roof Top get-aways
43 Tornado north of Piqua
44 Train wreck – 271 E. Main Street
SERIES V: MISCELLANEOUS
BOX 1
File
45 Miscellaneous