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CCC Camp — February 1936

HOW DOES THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS MAKE BETTER MEN (One of the several [carryi?] sumbitte by member of the company.) The young men who join the C.C.C. have often been careless with their future. Their good points have not been … Continue reading

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Decorative Details

Anonymous “House” from the Kahoe glass plate negatives has distinctive features: the awnings over the windows and the railing over the porch.

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Forget the Snow

Labelled “Johnson House,” this photo from the Kahoe glass plate collection was obviously not taken in winter. Another picture of the house a family can be found here.

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Compact Comfort

Another anonymous “House” photo from the Kahoe glass plate negative collection.

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Keeping Warm

This photo from the Kahoe glass plate negative collection shows the Carr’s Nursery steam boiler.\

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Quite a Soap Opera

Xenia Daily Gazette – January 17, 1917 SENSATIONAL ARE CHARGES MADE IN DIVORCE PETITION For nearly tow years, according to his statement in his petition for divorce, John H. Hyde, wealthy farmer of near Yellow Springs, sheltered in his home, … Continue reading

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Semi-Hidden House

Another anonymous house photo from the Kahoe glass plate negative collection is half concealed by the magnificent trees (maple?), so the upper story can only be guessed at. What is visible of the lower story certainly has distinctive window features.

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J. Peery Miller Memoirs — Part 40

More about teaching in local schools… A few of the advanced young ladies might be persuaded to study Latin, but very seldom could a boy be thus persuaded. The latter did not take kindly to the study of the languages, … Continue reading

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A Large Gathering

This photo from the Kahoe glass plate negative collection has the note “Bailey Family Gathering.” The pandemic waves of the 2020’s make it seem dangerous.

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Happy New Year

…from the Yellow Springs Historical Society

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