Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Walls

…page for others 1868 https://books.google.com/books?id=BU0MAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s 1875 https://books.google.com/books?id=_E0MAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s 1877: https://books.google.com/books?id=7VIPAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks A short history of the Eden Park Water Works appeared in Engineering News, April 23, 1881, p. 153 and 162 https://books.google.com/books?id=midKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=henry+earnshaw… Continue Reading

Robert Gordon, businessman

…“1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). The FamilySearch transcription erroneously lists the… Continue Reading

Shoe Manufacturing

…Greve, Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, v. 2, 1904, pp. 273-274. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Centennial_History_of_Cincinnati_and_Rep/YqcxAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Shoe and Leather Reporter, Volume 51, April 28, 1891, p. 1032 and passim https://www.google.com/books/edition/Shoe_and_Leather_Reporter/m_E-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en Shoe and… Continue Reading

Louis Rebisso and the Modeling Arts in Walnut Hills

…now organized as a non-profit though still hustling its wares. https://www.pewabic.org/ . See also https://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_mhm_pewabic-tiles_03-10-2004_92006_7.pdf and Jenny Nolan ,“Pewabic tile, Detroit’s art treasure” The Detroit News February 13, 2000 https://archive.ph/20130121110309/http:/info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=23… Continue Reading

James H. Robinson, Sr.

…employment at Douglass) advocated the organization and support of institutions within the Negro community. He especially hoped to enlist the organized support of the Churches in the community – not,… Continue Reading