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Happy 40th Birthday Kettering Tower!

Posted on May 21, 2012 by gino

This month, Dayton’s Kettering Tower celebrates its 40th birthday.  Built by Dayton architectural firm, Lorenz Williams Inc., Winters Bank Tower, as it was known upon completion, had its grand opening May 22, 1972.  Instrumental in the development of this building … Continue reading →

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Ladies and Gentlemen…

Posted on February 2, 2012 by gino

48 years ago this month the Beatles made their U.S. debut on T.V’s The Ed Sullivan Show.   On February 9, 1964, the English pop group was seen by 73 million television viewers and “Beatlemania,” which had been building momentum since the … Continue reading →

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French Aviation Lithograph Collection

Posted on January 16, 2012 by gino

          In France, by the late nineteenth century, color lithography was seen as a new art form and sustained by a proliferation of dealers, printers, critics, etc. Devoted more and more to commerce and advertising than it was purely to … Continue reading →

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