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Taft Museum Paintings and Other Items

                                   
  Robert Louis Stevenson  by John Singer Sargent                The Sleeping Soldier                         Frans Hals   Portrait of a           
                                                                                                        Gerard Ter Borch                    Young Man          Young Woman

                       
Anton Mauve                      Rembrandt                      Henry Farny                  Gainsborough              Constant Troyon
Changing Pastures      Portrait of Young Man    Song of the Talking Wire     Maria Walpole          Vaches A L'abreuvoir

                                                
  William Howard Taft      Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft    The Sewing Room at Katwijk       Mademoiselle Gonin             Duncan Fife           
    Joaquin Bastida            Raymundo Madrazo                    Joseph Israels                          J.A.D.  Ingres                       Side Chair          

                                   
     The Ladies Maryborough              A View On A High Road       Landscape With Cattle & Figures            Old London Bridge          
Sir Thomas Lawrence                      Jacob Van Ruisdael                        Meindert Hobbema                             J.M.W. Turner      

                                                                                 
Francois De Cleves Duc De Nevers                    Head of a Laughing Child With a Flute                        Man Leaning On a Sill          
Leonard Limosin                                                          Frans Hals                                                             Rembrandt      

                                               
Joaquin Rodriguez Costillares         The Music Lesson              Mother And Child             Mrs. Mary Robinson           
Francisco Jose Goya                Pieter De Hooch               Jean Francois Millet            Sir Joshua Reynolds

                                           
Landscape With Figures & Cattle            Paolina Adorno                      Les Environs De Paris                            Les Sphinx                    
        Thomas Gainsborough                Sir Anthony Van Dyck                         J.B.C. Corot                              Jean-Babtiste Huet            

                                               
       The Crucifixion                  The Music Lesson                Saltcellar of Saint            Porcelain Jar with Cover
    painted enamel                     Peter de Hooch                   Porchaire Faience               Chinese  1662-1722 
French 15th Century                      1629-1683                           16th Century                                                      

To see some other Taft cards check out the Parades section on the entertainment Page

WM.  HOWARD  TAFT  BIRTHDAY  COVER

ROBERT  A. TAFT  FIRST DAY COVERS

   William Howard Tafts eldest son, Robert A. Taft (1889-1953), served as a United States Senator from 1939 until his death in 1953. He ran for President in 1940-1948-1952. He was known as "Mr. Republican". The 4 cent stamp shown was issued in his honor on Oct. 10, 1960. The first cover is a hand drawn cover.

J.F.K. Memorial Issue

   The first non-postcard image is a map showing all the annexations to the city up to 1940. It gives the date of the annexation and shows very clearly the growth of Cincinnati.

WILLIAM  HENRY  HARRISON

       The ninth President of the United States William Henry Harrison had his home in North Bend and is where he is buried.

                       
            Original tomb showing neglect in left card at the turn of the Century.                        New tomb

        
Harrison Home

                      
                                    Harrison Spring                                          Hard water spring       Soft water spring

U. S. GRANT

   Although not actually in the Cincinnati area, it's close by and his parents home from 1859 to  1873 was at 518-520 Greenup Street across the Ohio river in Covington Ky. (it still stands).

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