Dayton Comes of Age: The City Through the Eyes of John H. Patterson, 1897–1922 by Claudia Watson and signed by author. Good condition - see photos Dayton Comes of Age features 156 images carefully chosen from the 100,000 glass plate negatives dating from 1897 to 1922, the year of Patterson's death. Through the photographic legacy of John H. Patterson, we see Dayton in its golden age, when an admiring American public watched the city take the lead with inventions and innovations in business, government and social reform.