Benton, Hamer and Back Streets in Cincinnati photograph   Save
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Description: Taken near the intersection of Benton, Hamer and Back Streets in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, this photograph shows a group of children playing on the sidewalk and a man pushing a cart. A note on the photograph's reverse incorrectly identifies it as "Bigelow St. Mt. Auburn." Germans fleeing the upheaval of the revolutions of 1848 settled in Cincinnati in large numbers. By mid-century, a German area north and east of Central Parkway, centered on Vine Street, had become known as Over-the-Rhine. By the 1890s its high concentration of breweries and bars made it the entertainment center of the city; though the neighborhood never recovered from Prohibition, it retains the greatest density of Italianate architecture in the United States. The area was a poor and working-class neighborhood for much of the 20th century, and in the 21st century it continued to endure alternate periods of investment and disinvestment. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F10_021_001
Subjects: Streets; Children; Apartments; Daily life; Automobiles; Over-the-Rhine (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)