In the 1860's one could always spot a newcomer to the city by the black smudges on his nose. This was caused by the heavy pall of smoke spewing from the many industries and railroads of the local Mill Creek and Deer Creek valleys. The native Cincinnatian had a special technique of blowing upwards at regular intervals to remove the soot flakes from his face.
The
American Glass
Co.
C.R. Talbott Co. s.e. cor. Spring Grove &
Alfred
s.e. cor. Clark &
Harriet
The Crane & Breed Mfg. 1231 West 8th
St
Cincinnati Coffin Co.
Fillmore & Richmond
(South of Union Terminal)
The Crane & Breed Casket Company was one of five casket makers in the Cincinnati. They were in business from 1853 to 1977. In 1862 the casket they designed was chosen for President Lincoln's burial. In 1906 they built the nation's first automobile hearse. You can see many of the Cincinnati Coffin Company's cards on the Sets Page.
The Eagle White Lead Co.
Edna Brass Mfg. Co.
The Richardson Taylor-Globe Corp.
520 Reading Road
4501 W. Mitchell Ave.
The Eagle White Lead Co. was established in 1843 at 1020-1030 Broadway.
The J. A.
Fay & Egan Co. n.w. cor. John & Front St.
Newspaper Artists Drawings
The J. A. Fay & Egan Co. was formed by the 1893 merger of
Cincinnati-based rivals J. A. Fay & Co., and the Egan Co. It continued the
position of its predecessor companies as one of the world's largest
manufacturers of woodworking machinery.
The 1893 merger was not a one-step procedure. It seems that the two
parent firms created a co-owned entity, J. A. Fay & Egan Co., but each
continued to operate fairly independently for several years.
Fay & Egan fell onto hard times by 1928, and then went bankrupt
in 1937. It was acquired by Walter F. Schott from the Egan family. Schott sold
many assets but continued the woodworking machinery manufactory. In 1957, a fire
destroyed many foundry patterns.
The J. A. Fay & Co. was founded in 1861 by William Howard Doane
who has recently (7-23-2011) come into the spotlight. In addition to being one
of the most prominent manufacturers of woodworking and metalworking machinery
and a renowned inventor with over 100 patents, he was also an accomplished
musician, sang in choirs from age 6, and also began composing when he was 16.
From his many trips overseas he accumulated a vast amount of musical instruments
that he packed into his music room.
He donated about 650 of his instruments to the Cincinnati Art
Museum around the turn of the century. He donated more over the years but due to
lack of room to showcase them, the instruments became buried in the museums vast
underground storage rooms. They have just been "rediscovered" and they
have been determined to be one of the greatest collection of musical instruments
of the world in the world. They are now in the process of being cleaned of the
grime that has collected from over a century of storage.
Triumph Mfg. Co.
3400-08 Spring Grove Ave.
Machinery for Bakeries
Robert Mitchell Furniture Co.
Monitor Stove & Range Co. C. H.& D. RR. North of
Gest
Central, 2nd, John & Augusta Sts.
S. Obermayer Co.
647 Evans
Newspaper Drawing
The E. Kahn's Sons Co.
Kahn's postcard during the bicentennial
519
Livingston
Postcard
John C. Roth Packing Co.
1010 Oehler St.
The Roth Packing Co. were packers of the celebrated "Dove Brand" of Sugar-Cured Meats and refiners of the "Dove Brand" lard.
Canvassing
Dept.
1 0f 40 Curing Cellars
Packing/Shipping
Depts.
Roth Office
Charles
Roth
J. G. Roth
Joseph L. Roth The Whole
Clan
*
The H.
H. Meyer Packing Co.
The C. Schmidt Co. 1712 John Street
2115 Linn
Street
*
The Lippincott Food Co.
42-50 Main St.
*Thanks to Scott Kabakoff
The Edwards Lumber Co.
Samuel C. Tatum Co.
8th and Horne
Colerain Ave. & Monmouth St.
Across from City Workhouse
* 
The Ault & Wiborg Company. 7th and Culvert Streets
Card for the 1912 Printers Convention
*
The Geo. H. Strietmann's Sons Co. s. e. cor. 12th & Plum
8 East Third Street
Back of
card on left
UBIKO MILLING COMPANY
The 2nd card above is not a postcard but it is related and interesting. The 1st postcard has been trimmed.
East End Gas Works
The Standard Publishing Co.
Wm. T. Johnston Co.
s. e. cor. 9th and Cutter sts.
3rd and Vine
J. & F. Schroth Packing Co.
Fountain Square was obviously not across the street from this company. It was located on the SWC. of Cormany Ave. and Township. Cormany Avenue no longer exists having been removed during the construction of I-75. It was located near where Hopple St. Viaduct is.
