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Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Early Cincinnati, Ohio Maps and Documents
Riverfront Auctions is pleased to offer a curated selection of deeds, documents, and maps pertaining to 19th century history of Cincinnati, Ohio. Highlights include letters signed by the likes of Maria Longworth Nichols Storer (founder of Rookwood Pottery), Judge Jacob Burnet (facilitated the construction of the Miami Canal), George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Co.), Jay Gould (controversial robber baron of the Gilded Age), Harley T. Proctor (prolific advertiser and inventor), and Henry Hanna (prosperous Cincinnati merchant and real estate investor). We are also excited to offer documents relating to Cincinnati's rich brewing history, such as the original lease between The Hanna Family and the John Hauck Brewing Company. Additionally, there are a handful of lots relating to the Herbert Hoover campaign and 1920s prohibition documents.
This sale also features early Cincinnati maps and land deeds transferred between The Neff Family, The Hanna Family, Nicholas Longworth, Judge Jacob Burnet, and Charles W. West. Please browse our catalog to view original planning maps of downtown Cincinnati, as well as the notable Over-The-Rhine neighborhood, Price Hill and the Cincinnati Stock Yard Company.
We are happy to offer an abundance of 19th century railroad planning documents and correspondence, mostly relating to William T. McClintick, who stood as general counsel for the Marietta and Cincinnati Railway and the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. He was also president of the Cincinnati and Baltimore Railway company. McClintick was associated with a large number of important suits involving principles of railway and commercial law. Featured railroads include: Marietta & Cincinnati, Baltimore & Cincinnati, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Company, Baltimore Short Line, Cincinnati Lebanon & Northern, The Spring Grove, Avondale & Cincinnati Railway, Little Miami Railway, The Pennsylvania Railroad, and more.
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0001: 1882 Cincinnati Planning Map, The United Railroads Stock Yard Co, Spring Grove Ave, and RailroadEst. $400-$1,000
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0008: Large Collection of The Cincinnati Enquirer Dixie Terminal Plus Supplement Sheets 1921Est. $100-$1,000
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0018: Early 20th Century Liability Policies and Accident Forms from Cincinnati, OHEst. $100-$1,000Lot Passed
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0023: 1928 Signed Letter from George Eastman of the Eastman Kodak CompanyEst. $400-$1,000
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0024: Deed Records from Nicholas Longworth and Alice Lee Roosevelt 1838 and 1841Est. $100-$1,000
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