A collection of photos, videos and links to information about the history of Cincinnati and the surrounding towns and cities. You can help by submitting photos, videos or links, following us on Twitter or Facebook or just plain old visits!Tumblr (3.0; @oldtimecincy)http://oldtimecincy.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztux5tpAn1qdo62to2_500.jpg"/><br/> Main Hall<br/><br/> <img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztux5tpAn1qdo62to1_500.jpg"/><br/> Main Library Entrance<br/><br/> <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztux5tpAn1qdo62to3_500.jpg"/><br/> Fiction Alcove<br/><br/> <p><a href="http://bookmania.me/post/18112439568/the-old-main-library-the-main-library-has" class="tumblr_blog">bookmania</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong><span><em>The “Old” Main Library. </em></span></strong><span>The Main Library has occupied a prominent position in downtown Cincinnati since 1874, when a new building was constructed at 629 Vine Street. Considered the most magnificent public library building in the United States at the time, </span><a href="http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/freepublic/tour.html" rel="nofollow">“Old Main”</a><span> featured one element similar to today’s library: a towering atrium with a skylight ceiling. Of the dramatic atrium,</span><em>Harpers Weekly</em><span> said “The first impression made upon the mind on entering this hall is the immense capacity for storing books in its five tiers of alcoves, and then the eye is attracted and gratified by its graceful and carefully studied architecture…” The building closed in 1955, when the </span><a href="http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/main/" rel="nofollow">“New Main Library,”</a><span>located at 800 Vine Street, opened. More detailed information about the history of the building can be found in </span><a href="http://catalog.cincinnatilibrary.org/uhtbin/ckey/1012257" rel="nofollow"><em>Free & Public: One Hundred and Fifty Years at the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County</em></a><span> by John Fleischman.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/" rel="nofollow">Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County</a><br/><span>800 Vine Street</span><br/><span>Cincinnati, OH 45202-2009</span></p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/18141435584http://oldtimecincy.com/post/18141435584Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:46:00 -0500always reblogcincinnati public librarycdmwebs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyksl8cXfm1qdgshgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://over-the-rhine.tumblr.com/post/17729104874/nelson-ronsheim-favorites-a-set-by-mgsmith-on" class="tumblr_blog">over-the-rhine</a>:</p> <blockquote><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/2015742605/in/set-72157603167344083/" title="nr000b Bridge building"><img alt="nr000b Bridge building" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2199/2015742605_f3f98c77aa_m.jpg"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/3993837458/in/set-72157603167344083/" title="nr000c Construction of Columbia Parkway Viaduct"><img alt="nr000c Construction of Columbia Parkway Viaduct" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3449/3993837458_f958e77934_m.jpg"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/4005663649/in/set-72157603167344083/" title="nr006 Morning in the city"><img alt="nr006 Morning in the city" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3481/4005663649_b10b5f6e78_m.jpg"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/4005663859/in/set-72157603167344083/" title="nr007"><img alt="nr007" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3535/4005663859_5d098295dd_m.jpg"/></a></div> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/sets/72157603167344083/">Nelson Ronsheim - Favorites</a>, a set by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/">mgsmith</a> on Flickr.</p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17779481924http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17779481924Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:31:00 -0500cdmwebs<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyzzwuofZV1qzpdfxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://travisestell.com/post/17218171577/university-of-cincinnati-campus-photos-1930s-1940s" class="tumblr_blog">taestell</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://magazine.uc.edu/">UC Magazine</a> has posted a nice <a href="http://magazine.uc.edu/media/oncampus/photos_from_negs.html">collection of campus photos from the 1930s and ’40s</a></p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17245170299http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17245170299Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:50 -0500university of cincinnaticdmwebs<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxix6CYMq1r9sp2vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://postcardfolder.tumblr.com/post/17097390975/souvenir-folder-of-cincinnati-ohio-kraemer-art" class="tumblr_blog">postcardfolder</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Souvenir Folder of Cincinnati, Ohio.</p> <p>Kraemer Art Co., undated</p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17102068049http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17102068049Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:15:38 -0500cdmwebs<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyuza6gYJe1r9gnxro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17070296006http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17070296006Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:28:26 -0500cdmwebs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvs2uAogl1qa944oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://harvestheart.tumblr.com/post/17040304484/cincinnati-theater-my-brother-aj-sent-this-one" class="tumblr_blog">harvestheart</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Cincinnati Theater </p> <p>My brother, AJ, sent this one in, along with a slide show of others I have to parse through.  Thanks Bro.  :)</p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17070183412http://oldtimecincy.com/post/17070183412Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:26:20 -0500cdmwebs<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyezmaw2N91qcht8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Garfield Statue used to be the meeting place for local cycling clubs. From <a href="http://brightonbicycleclub.wordpress.com/">http://brightonbicycleclub.wordpress.com/</a></p> <p>Thanks, Eric!</p>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16593942352http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16593942352Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:06 -0500cdmwebs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyeze0vd7f1qcht8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mt. Adams from Cliff Drive (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/6365095865/in/set-72157628054981633/lightbox/">mgsmith</a>)</p>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16575694877http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16575694877Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:05 -0500mount adamscdmwebs<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyezd9kIz21qcht8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>View from Melan Arch Bridge (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/6365095221/in/set-72157628054981633/">mgsmith</a>)</p>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16536846341http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16536846341Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:03:05 -0500eden parkcdmwebs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydll5beda1qhmv91o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jessylikesthings.tumblr.com/post/16484973782/playing-around-in-the-nypl-digital-gallery-i">jessylikesthings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Playing around in the NYPL Digital Gallery, I found a bunch of stereographs of old timey Cincinnati.</p> </blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16521522034http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16521522034Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:48:03 -0500genius of watercdmwebs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly30bnRMOB1qln34ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3>Incubators of Doom: 1942</h3> <blockquote> <p>February 1942. Cincinnati, Ohio. “A battery of 1,000- and 2,000-pound furnaces roaring threats to the Axis. These are rotary oil-fired melting furnaces at Aluminum Industries Inc. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret.” 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.</p> </blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16277597913http://oldtimecincy.com/post/16277597913Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:02:08 -05001942cdmwebs<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcffnIPNA1qa5d2so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://evansknight.tumblr.com/post/15359096979/emma-klausmeyer-willius-1855-1933-the-wife-of" class="tumblr_blog">evansknight</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Emma Klausmeyer Willius</strong> (1855-1933), the wife of <a href="http://evansknight.tumblr.com/post/15332027122/gustav-otto-konrad-willius-1831-1924-the-author">Gustav Willius</a>. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where her father <strong>Wilhelm Klausmeyer</strong> was an active member of musical society, and eventually served on the board of directors of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. The brooch she wears in this portrait is still in the possession of my grandmother, and will pass on to my sister at her death.</p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/15399249831http://oldtimecincy.com/post/15399249831Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:56:59 -0500cdmwebs<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwk778lvP61qcht8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.shorpy.com/node/11952?size=_original">Fourth Street: 1910 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive</a>)</p>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/14563974764http://oldtimecincy.com/post/14563974764Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:04:18 -0500fourth streetrace streetshorpycdmwebs<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwhib2BQ2e1qcht8qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s always good Old Time Cincy stuff at the <a href="http://www.cincymuseum.org/">Museum Center</a>!</p>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/14494092700http://oldtimecincy.com/post/14494092700Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:11:25 -0500union terminalmuseum centercdmwebs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwbauvCCsj1qjznlso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://extraordinarygoldmind.tumblr.com/post/14318010903/birds-eye-view-of-the-old-cincinnati-rep4mycity" class="tumblr_blog">extraordinarygoldmind</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE OLD “CINCINNATI” #REP4MYCITY</p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/14493910971http://oldtimecincy.com/post/14493910971Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:07:39 -0500cdmwebs<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvm8vi7fYV1qdgshgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://over-the-rhine.tumblr.com/post/14068203827/over-the-rhine-in-1965-and-2010-by-mgsmith-on" class="tumblr_blog">over-the-rhine</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/6383471433/" title="Over-the-Rhine in 1965 and 2010">Over-the-Rhine in 1965 and 2010</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgsmith/">mgsmith</a> on Flickr.</p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/14084668410http://oldtimecincy.com/post/14084668410Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:03:17 -0500over the rhinecdmwebs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsrdlCF7L1qadtjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsrdlCF7L1qadtjzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://arms--hearts.tumblr.com/post/13834827472" class="tumblr_blog">arms—hearts</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>All our heroes rode Greyhounds.</p></blockquote>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/13887321060http://oldtimecincy.com/post/13887321060Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:38:12 -0500cdmwebs<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjtheOG8F1qcht8qo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>October 6th 1890 DEUTSCHER TAG medal from Grand Rapids, Michigan found in Cadillac, Michigan (by metal detector) from the originating German Day Parade mentioned in the local news paper from October 6th, 1890.</p> <p>Thanks, Timothy!</p>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/13767736274http://oldtimecincy.com/post/13767736274Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:02:30 -0500communitysubmissioncdmwebs<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjtkvYLvf1qcht8qo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Reverse side of 1890 DEUTSCHER TAG medal.</p>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/13767733825http://oldtimecincy.com/post/13767733825Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:02:26 -0500communitysubmission<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv5tu3za741qb6pzzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://oldtimecincy.com/post/13445409540http://oldtimecincy.com/post/13445409540Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:06:10 -0500fountain squarecdmwebs