PHOTOS: 17 historical images of downtown Dayton you won’t believe are the same city

Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
Downtown Dayton: centuries of change
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This photograph, taken in 1866, shows the west side of Main Street from Third to Fifth streets. The Phillips House, a downtown hotel, is on the right. DAYTON METRO LIBRARY / LUTZENBERGER COLLECTION