Photos courtesy University of Cincinnati Archives and Rare Books Library
Executive Editor Linda Vaccariello explored the history behind our defunct subway through the University of Cincinnati’s newly digitized archives. Take a look at some super zooms of those highly detailed photographs for a slice of Cincinnati life in the early 20th century.
In May 1921, a dirty-faced tot in scruffy high-tops posed alongside a crack in the wall at Maescher & Co., a pork-packing plant in the 1700 block of what is now Central Parkway.
On March 15, 1922, a photographer captured workers building tunnels tucked close to a brewery building in the Brighton neighborhood; they now lie beneath Central Parkway.
A print from a deteriorating acetate negative captures Biegler Street off of Harrison Avenue in 1932.
In the summer of 1927, when this concrete crew paused to pose, the subway’s end was near.
In this May 1920 shot of excavation at Walnut Street, they’re still using horse-drawn equipment.
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