Lida Chatfield Montgomery collection of Powel Crosley, Jr. materials, 1925-1961.

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Lida Chatfield Montgomery collection of Powel Crosley, Jr. materials, 1925-1961.

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Consists primarily of photocopies of newspaper clippings about Powel Crosley, the Crosley family, the Crosley Corporation, Crosley Motors and the Cincinnati Reds. Includes a copy of a 1922 letter from Powel Crosley to the U.S. Radio Inspector in Detroit seeking a license for his radio station and a brochure about his home in Sarasota, Florida.

0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)

Cincinnati History Library, Cincinnati Museum Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7355045

Cincinnati History Library, Cincinnati Museum Center

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WLW (Radio Station : Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Montgomery, Lida Chatfield,

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Powel Crosley, Jr. (1886-1961) owned WLW radio station and the Crosley Corporation, a Cincinnati manufacturer of radios. He also formed Crosley Motors, which manufactured the Crosley automobile from 1946 to 1952. In 1934 he purchased the Cincinnati Reds. Lida Chatfield Montgomery was Powel's niece. From the description of Lida Chatfield Montgomery collection of Powel Crosley, Jr. materials, 1925-1961. (Cincinnati Historical Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 34289109 ...

Crosley Motors, Inc.

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Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)

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The Cincinnati Reds conducted spring training in Tampa Florida between 1931 and 1987. The only interruption was for three years during World War II, when the Reds trained at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. From the description of [Spring training results, 1952-1959 / compiled by the Cincinnati Reds]. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 39007845 ...

Crosley family.

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Crosley, Powel.

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Crosley Corporation.

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