Description: Reverse reads: "Lunken Airport Recreation Park Cincinnati Ohio Play Field 1938" Lunken Field or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport is more commonly known as Lunken Field or Lunken Airport and was named after Eshelby Lunken. Llocated three miles (5 km) southeast of Downtown Cincinnati, it was a commercial airport in the 1920s '30s and '40s. It is situated in the Little Miami River valley near Columbia, the site of the first Cincinnati-area settlement in 1788. When the original 1000-acre (4 km²) airfield was dedicated in 1925, it was the largest municipal airfield in the world. American Airlines started at Lunken Airport during this time, but no major commercial airlines use it anymore. Instead, many large Cincinnati-area companies now base their corporate aircraft there. On December 17, 1925, the Embry-Riddle Company was formed at Lunken Airport by T. Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle. A few years later, the company moved to Florida, and later became the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F05_015_001
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Landing and take-off at Lunken Airport. Credit: Myron Benson." This photograph depicts a plane landing at Lunken airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. An American Airlines airplane prepares to take-off in the foreground. Cincinnati Municipal Airport, also known as Lunken Field or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport, was named after Eshelby Lunken. Located three miles southeast of Downtown Cincinnati, it was a commercial airport in the 1920's through the 1940's. When the original 1000-acre airfield was dedicated in 1925 it was the largest municipal airfield in the world. Lunken Airport was supplanted by the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1947 following catastrophic flooding from the Ohio River. The flooding problem prompted the airport's nickname of "Sunken Lunken". The control tower, located at the southwest corner of the airport, was almost totally submerged during the historic Ohio River flood of 1937, and now has a single black brick facing the airfield to indicate the high-water mark. Today the old control tower is home to the Lunken Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, and is the oldest standing control tower in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_008_1
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport; Lunken Airport (Cincinnati, Ohio); American Airlines, inc.--History; Airports--Ohio; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Owned by the city of Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is about 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati. Situated in the Little Miami River Valley near Columbia, the first Cincinnati area settlement in 1788, this airport served as a commercial airport from the 1920s to the 1940s. At the time of the dedication in 1925, the 1,000 acre airport was the largest municipal airport in the world. Following the catastrophic flooding of the Ohio River in 1947, the municipal airport was removed to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. After the control tower was nearly submerged by the Ohio River Flood of 1937, a black brick was placed on the tower to indicate the high-water mark. Lunken Airport was the original home of American Airlines View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_15_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is owned by the City of Cincinnati. It was built in the Lower Miami River Valley near the site of Columbia the first settlement in the Cincinnati area in 1788. At the dedication in 1925, Lunken Field was the largest municipal airport in the world. It served the area from the 1920s to the 1940s. In 1937, the Ohio River Flood nearly submerged the control tower. A single black brick marks the spot of the high water mark. In 1947 another flood caused the commercial traffic to be moved the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. The control tower at Lunken Field is the longest standing control tower in the United states. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_18_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is owned by the City of Cincinnati. The airport is situated in the Little Miami River Valley, near Columbia, the first Cincinnati area settlement of 1788. At the dedication in 1925, the 1,000 acre airport was the largest municipal airport in the world. American Airlines was started at Lunken Field. After a catastrophic flood in 1947, commercial air traffic was moved to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. In the 1937 Ohio River Flood, the control tower was nearly submerged. A single black brick indicated the high-water mark of that flood. It is the longest standing control tower in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_17_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is owned by the City of Cincinnati. It is situated near the site of Columbia, the first Cincinnati area settlement of 1788. At the time of the dedication in 1925, Lunken Field was the largest municipal airport in the world. During the 1937 Ohio River Flood, the control tower was nearly submerged. A single black brick indicates the high water mark of that flood. In 1947 another Ohio River Flood caused the commercial air traffic to be moved to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport. The Lunken Field control tower is the longest standing control tower in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_19_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: An inside view of Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. The airport, about 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati was the commercial airport of the 1920s,1930s, and 1940s. Owned by the city of Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is about 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati. Situated in the Little Miami River Valley near Columbia, the first Cincinnati area settlement in 1788, this airport served as a commercial airport from the 1920s to the 1940s. At the time of the dedication in 1925, the 1, 000 acre airport was the largest municipal airport in the world. Following the catastrophic flooding of the Ohio River in 1947, the municipal airport was removed to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_21_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: An inside view of Lunken Airport, the municipal commercial airport of Cincinnati in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Owned by the city of Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) is about 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati. Situated in the Little Miami River Valley near Columbia, the first Cincinnati area settlement in 1788, this airport served as a commercial airport from the 1920s to the 1940s. At the time of the dedication in 1925, the 1, 000 acre airport was the largest municipal airport in the world. Following the catastrophic flooding of the Ohio River in 1947, the municipal airport was removed to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_22_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Situated about 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Lunken Field (or Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport) served the area as the commercial airport in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. After a catastrophic flood in 1947, the commercial air traffic was moved to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. The control tower at Lunken Field was nearly submerged by the Ohio River Flood in 1937. A black brick on the control tower marks the high water mark of that flood. It is the oldest standing control tower in the United States. In 1925 when the original 1,000 acre airport was dedicated, it was the largest municipal airport in the world. American Airlines was started at Lunken Airport View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_16_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lunken Airport served the Cincinnati area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. After the 1947 Ohio River Flood, the commercial was moved to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_23_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is of the control tower at Lunken Field 3 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The single black brick indicated the high water mark from the 1937 Ohio River Flood. Lunken Field served the Cincinnati area as the commercial area until the 1947 Ohio River Flood. the commercial air traffic was then moved to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_24_01
Subjects: Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Airplane soaring and gliding overhead near what is most likely Cincinnati Municipal Airport. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_20_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Airports; Airplanes; Flight; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)