The “Chinese Question” and Laundries in Cincinnati from the 1870s
This post about Chinese Laundrymen in Cincinnati a hundred and fifty years ago and the abuse they endured has suddenly become very topical. Hate crimes Continue Reading
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Businesses
The Walnut Hills Steam Laundry
We have seen that many Black women, and a few whites, worked as washerwomen in Walnut Hills from the 1870s through the early decades of Continue Reading
Washerwomen and the organization of their work
Walnut Hills had a long tradition of African American women taking in laundry. Calvin and Harriet Beecher Stowe engaged the services of an “Aunt Frankie” Continue Reading
Black Business on Lincoln Avenue: The First Ice Cream Parlor, 1878
The Black entrepreneurs William H. Fox and Rolla Pryor opened the first “Ice Cream Saloon” on Lincoln Avenue in 1878. We have seen in a Continue Reading
Irene Kirke, Black O’Bryonville Woman in Business from the 1910s
Irene Kirke, an African American woman, was born in 1887 in what was then the small town of Milford, outside of Cincinnati. She attended public Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth: Businessman, Philanthropist, WH Resident
Horace Sudduth (1888-1957) was one of the most influential businessmen in Cincinnati. His work in real estate — both in the West End and in Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth, Cincinnati City Council, and the Universal Negro Improvement Association 1921
Horace Sudduth has generally been cast as a businessman who steered clear of politics. In 1921, however, Sudduth was willing to run for Cincinnati City Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth and Real Estate as Investment and Wealth in the Black Community
We have seen in the previous posts that Horace Sudduth served as his community’s Real Estate agent, selling hundreds of homes to Black owner-occupants. Sudduth’s Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth – Single Family Homes in the West End and Walnut Hills
Horace Sudduth served the communities in the West End and Walnut Hills as “our real estate agent”, in the words of Wendell Dabney, the Black Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth and the Industrial Building and Loan Corporation
Horace Sudduth founded the Industrial Building and Loan Corporation in December 1919. Its main office was in Sudduth’s West End real estate office, but from Continue Reading