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Dayton History [1] is an organization located in Dayton, Ohio, USA, formed in 2005 by the merger of the Montgomery County Historical Society (originally the Dayton Historical Society) and Dayton's Carillon Historical Park. The private non-profit (501c3) organization was established to acknowledge the history of Dayton, Ohio.
The Engineers Club of Dayton was founded by Colonel Edward A. Deeds and Charles F. Kettering in Dayton, Ohio in 1914. The club's building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the history of the club involves notable Daytonians and historical figures such as Orville Wright.
Routzohn was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Henry and Mary Routzohn.Henry was a teamster man from Maryland. Harry Routzohn attended the Dayton public grade schools. He apprenticed one year at the blacksmith trade and then became a court page in Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Ohio.
An artist is recording the history of local shops by sketching store fronts from around the city. Ric Liptrot, 40, started drawing buildings around York when he moved to the city 15 years ago, and ...
The first Papyrus retail shop was opened in 1973 by Margrit Schurman in Berkeley, California. It began as the retail wing of Schurman Fine Papers (now, the Schurman Retail Group). [11] [12] The original store was opened for less than $1,000 and featured a variety of fine art-inspired greeting cards, postcards, and other paper products. Over the ...
A scene from a bucket shop in 1892. A bucket shop is a business that allows gambling based on the prices of stocks or commodities.A 1906 U.S. Supreme Court ruling defined a bucket shop as "an establishment, nominally for the transaction of a stock exchange business, or business of similar character, but really for the registration of bets, or wagers, usually for small amounts, on the rise or ...
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The Roman forum was arguably the earliest example of a permanent retail shop front. [9] In antiquity, exchange involved direct selling via merchants or peddlers. Bartering systems were also commonplace. [10] The Phoenicians, noted for their seafaring skills, plied their ships across the Mediterranean and became a major trading power by the 9th ...