Description: Original description reads: "Cinci., O., Sept. 1937 Street view from office window. View from window taken from Union Trust bldg. 4th Street." Completed in 1901, the 18-story Union Trust building was the tallest building in the state for 3 years. It was designed by architect Daniel Burnham. It is currently known as the Bartlett Building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_21_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Streets--Cincinnati (Ohio); Transportation--Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Lower Eggleston Ave. showing Mt. Adams Incline also bed of the old Canal where it ran under the buildings. Note-(Canal bed is below BILLBOARD)." Overlooking downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River for more than 200 years, historic Mt. Adams has shared a rich and fascinating history with the City of Cincinnati. Named after President John Quincy Adams, who in 1843 delivered the dedication address for what was then known as the world’s most powerful observatory (now site of the Monastery), the Hill has long enjoyed a tradition of fine wine, art and entertainment. In 1880, the Incline was modified to transport streetcars, resulting in a continuous route from downtown to Mt. Adams. The incline was closed in 1948, making it Cincinnati's last working incline. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F02_26_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Transportation--Cincinnati (Ohio);
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "A view of Ohio River bridges at Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Federal Writers' Photographer, District #12. June 10, 1937." The bridge pictured in the foreground, called the Central Bridge or Cincinnati & Newport Bridge, was finished in 1890 and was the first "standard" cantilever truss bridge to be built. Located between Suspension Bridge and the L&N Bridge, the Central Bridge had a similar type and length of approach spans to that of the L&N bridge, with the piers built from identical stone. Demolished in 1992, the bridge was replaced by the Taylor-Southgate Bridge in 1995. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_003
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio--Cincinnati; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Bridges Ohio; Cityscape
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)
 

Description: The Ironton–Russell Bridge opened in 1922 as the first highway bridge along the Ohio River between Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Soon, the Ironton-Russell bridge was followed by numerous others at Ashland, Portsmouth, and Huntington. The bridge was retrofitted in the 1970s with strengthening beams and plates. Photo taken by the Works Progress Administration sometime between 1936-1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_002_004
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio--Cincinnati; Transportation--Roads; Architecture--Ohio;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Unloading coal barges, Cincinnati river front. From "They Built a City." Copyright released for this foto by the Cincinnati Post." The book referred to here is entitled "They Built a City: 150 Years of Industrial Cincinnati", written by the Cincinnati Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in Ohio and published by the Cincinnati Post in 1938. From this work, "The use of towboats for handling river coal began in the Cincinnati area in January, 1907 when the Sprague took 60 coal boats and barges, carrying a load of 70 thousand tons, from Louisville to New Orleans. From this experiment came a vast river trade in coal. At Cincinnati this coal commerce has gone steadily upward; on several occasions the annual receipts have exceeded three million tons. In 1937 the city received 2,606,044 tons." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F11_008_1
Subjects: Coal--Transportation--Ohio; Barges; Ohio River; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Fifth & Vine Streets intersection, Cincinnati, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F03_03_01
Subjects: Street photography; Cincinnati (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio--History.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "The incline transports passengers from the top of Mt. Adams to the business section of the city." Overlooking downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River for more than 200 years, historic Mt. Adams has shared a rich and fascinating history with the City of Cincinnati. Named after President John Quincy Adams, who in 1843 delivered the dedication address for what was then known as the world’s most powerful observatory (now site of the Monastery), the Hill has long enjoyed a tradition of fine wine, art and entertainment. In 1880, the Incline was modified to transport streetcars, resulting in a continuous route from downtown to Mt. Adams. The incline was closed in 1948, making it Cincinnati's last working incline. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_04_01
Subjects: Transportation--Cincinnati (Ohio); Cable cars (Streetcars)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Overlooking downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River for more than 200 years, historic Mt. Adams has shared a rich and fascinating history with the City of Cincinnati. Named after President John Quincy Adams, who in 1843 delivered the dedication address for what was then known as the world’s most powerful observatory (now site of the Monastery), the Hill has long enjoyed a tradition of fine wine, art and entertainment. In 1880, the Incline was modified to transport streetcars, resulting in a continuous route from downtown to Mt. Adams. The incline was closed in 1948, making it Cincinnati's last working incline. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F05_05_01
Subjects: Transportation--Cincinnati (Ohio); Cable cars (Streetcars)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the lift bridge at Mohawk Place along the Cincinnati Central Parkway, ca. 1920-1928. Also visible is an advertisement for the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co., founded in Cincinnati in 1883 by Bernard Kroger. The Parkway was begun in the early 1920s and partly financed by the Ohio Department of Public Works. It was constructed over the old Miami and Erie Canal bed, which was deepened to form the tube for a rapid-transit subway that was never completed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA937AV_B01F02_031
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History; Ohio. Dept. of Public Works; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Central Parkway Area (Cincinnati, Ohio); Advertisements; Grocery stores
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Cincinnati Wharf as seen from the Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River, viewing upstream. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07978
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Railroad terminals--Ohio; Architecture--Ohio; Steamboats; Photography--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio);
 

Description: Caption reads: "View of Bridges from Lower River Road." The railroad-only Southern Bridge, built by the Cincinnati Southern Railroad in 1877, connects western Cincinnati with Ludlow, Kentucky. Built as a a single track bridge on masonry pier with a swing span at the southern end, the bridge was rebuilt in 1922 with modifications to widen the upper half of the original piers with concrete and build a double truss around the original truss. Although the circular pivot pier of the original bridge's swing span was left intact, the reconstructed bridge no longer has a swing or draw span. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_016_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Bridges Ohio; Cityscape; Bridges--Ohio--Cincinnati.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)