DAYTON OUR TOWN- 2002 CALENDAR- WILLIAM PRESTON MAYFIELD PHOTOGRAPHS - $20 - (Dayton, OH)

THIS IS A FABULOUS CALENDAR AND A COLLECTIBLE WORK OF ART! BUT IT'S NOT THE CALENDAR ITSELF THAT IS THE MOST FABULOUS ASPECT, BUT RATHER, THE PICTURES ARE!EACH MONTH HAS A PICTURE THAT IS A WORK OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART! ART CREATED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER WILLIAM PRESTON MAYFIELD (1896-1974). EVERYONE CALLED HIM "BILL." HE WAS NEVER WITHOUT A CAMERA AND ALWAYS WITH AN UNLIT CIGAR FIRMLY PLANTED IN THE CORNER OF HIS JAW. MAYFIELD MADE HIS 1ST PHOTO IN 1909. FOR THE NEXT 65 YEARS HIS CAMERAS WOULD RECORD NEARLY EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. MR. MAYFIELD WORKED FOR THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS AND LATER ESTABLISHED ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL PHOTO STUDIOS IN THE COUNTRY. BUILDINGS, STREET SCENES, PERSONALITIES, THE EVENTS OF THE DAY WERE ALL PUT ON FILM. HIS PASSION FOR FLYING BEGAN WITH THE WRIGHT BROS AND CONTINUED ON THROUGH HIS VIEWFINDER AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AERIAL NEGATIVES RECORDED THE GROWTH OF THE MIDWEST. THE CALENDAR IS 9TH IS A SERIES. THIS IS THE 2002 VERSION AND ORIGINALLY SOLD FOR $12. COPYRIGHT 2001. THE PHOTOGRAPHS DATE FROM 1916 to 1964 !! MOST ARE FROM THE 40's, 50's and 60's. EACH MONTH OFFERS A MAYFIELD HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH OF LIFE AND ASPECTS OF DAYTON, OHIO; SUPERBLY SUITABLE FOR FRAMING!!!! Visit my Ebay Store! "Colonial House Collections"

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