Main Street looking south, Dayton, Ohio, circa 1910
- Card type
- Printed photo
About this postcard
A colorized view down Main Street in Dayton, Ohio, looking south, with a tall rusticated stone office block on the left, a yellow-tinted high-rise beyond it, and lower commercial buildings with awnings and signs on the right; horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians in early-1900s dress, trolley tracks and overhead wires fill the street. The sign "Harvey's S2S & S Tiger Hat" is legible on the right-hand block. Dayton was then a thriving manufacturing and patent-medicine center, and Main Street was its principal commercial artery before the 1913 flood and later suburban growth reshaped downtown.
Postcard Details
Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | J. B. Meiler & Son |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Blanchette Barnett, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Dayton, OH |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1900 |
| Notes | Thin white border; light staining at top right corner; halftone grain and colorizing typical of early divided-back era cards. Postmark: DAYTON, O. DEC 6 6-PM 1907 (duplex cancel with wavy killer bars). Divided-back card, printed in Germany for a Dayton, Ohio publisher; light edge/corner wear and slight soiling, otherwise clean. |
Cite this card
Main Street looking south, Dayton, Ohio, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-looking-south-dayton-ohio-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.