Cincinnati's Freemasons
Cincinnati's Freemasons

Author: Donald I. Crews

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014-10-06

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439647526

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The first Masonic lodge in Cincinnati was chartered in 1791, less than three years after the towns founding. Many prominent Cincinnatians have devoted their time, money, and effort to the fraternity. Many have also found knowledge, fulfillment, and camaraderie within the main and appendant bodies of the brotherhood. This book offers an introduction to the orders members, buildings, and related organizations in southwest Ohio. The contributions of the Queen Citys share of the worlds oldest and largest fraternity are revealed through images from lodges and other bodies, buildings, individuals, and numerous other sources.

Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 5
Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 5

Author: Laurie Garrison

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-05-17

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1040128971

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The panorama is primarily a visual medium, but a variety of print matter mediated its viewing; adverts, reviews, handbills and a descriptive programme accompanied by an annotated key to the canvas. The short accounts, programs, reviews, articles and lectures collected here are the primary historical sources left to us.

Lost Cincinnati
Lost Cincinnati

Author: Jeff Suess

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1626195757

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Portions of the text appeared previously in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Historic Downtown Cincinnati
Historic Downtown Cincinnati

Author: Kent Jones

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738582917

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Walking down the dirt, cobblestone, or paved streets of downtown Cincinnati in the past, there is no telling whom a person would meet. Someone might rub elbows with future presidents, such as Hayes, Taft, or that visiting lawyer from Illinois--Lincoln; dine with Generals Wayne, Grant, or Sherman; have tea with Harriet Beecher Stowe; or share a mug of Hauck beer with Frank Duveneck, Stephen Foster, or that poet-warrior William Lytle. A person lingering in the opulent hotels may meet visiting artists such as Junius Booth, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Henry Irving, and his manager, Bram Stoker; hear a speech by abolitionist Salmon P. Chase or flirt with the pretty Confederate spy Lottie Moon. Once the furthest expansion of the western frontier, every street and corner of downtown Cincinnati has been tread by the famous and infamous. Historic Downtown Cincinnati is the story of America, of businessmen like the brothers-in-law Procter and Gamble, of visionaries like McGuffy, and powerful political bosses like George Cox.

A Sea without Fish
A Sea without Fish

Author: David L. Meyer

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2009-03-04

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0253013496

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A “superbly written, richly illustrated” guide to the animals who lived 450 million years ago—in the fossil-rich area where Cincinnati, Ohio now stands (Rocks & Minerals). The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were deposited as sediments on the sea floor during the Ordovician Period, about 450 million years ago—some 250 million years before the dinosaurs lived. In Ordovician time, the shallow sea that covered much of what is now the North American continent teemed with marine life. The Cincinnati area has yielded some of the world’s most abundant and best-preserved fossils of invertebrate animals such as trilobites, bryozoans, brachiopods, molluscs, echinoderms, and graptolites. So famous are the Ordovician fossils and rocks of the Cincinnati region that geologists use the term “Cincinnatian” for strata of the same age all over North America. This book synthesizes more than 150 years of research on this fossil treasure-trove, describing and illustrating the fossils, the life habits of the animals represented, their communities, and living relatives, as well as the nature of the rock strata in which they are found and the environmental conditions of the ancient sea. “A fascinating glimpse of a long-extinct ecosystem.” —Choice

Cincinnati Magazine
Cincinnati Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1988-08

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.

Stobart
Stobart

Author: John Stobart

Publisher: E P Dutton

Published: 1985-11-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780525244370

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Sixty of the celebrated marine artist's paintings capture the rich heritage of the golden era of commercial sailing and the ships, steamboats, whalers, and colorful ports of nineteenth-century America

The Urban Sketcher
The Urban Sketcher

Author: Marc Taro Holmes

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1440334714

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Make the world your studio! Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town. Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel. Packed with art and advice from Marc Taro Holmes, artist and co-founder of Urbansketchers.org, this self-directed workshop shows you how to draw inspiration from real life and bring that same excitement into your sketchbook. Inside you'll find everything you need to tackle subjects ranging from still lifes and architecture to people and busy street scenes. • 15 step-by-step demonstrations cover techniques for creating expressive drawings using pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor. • Expert tips for achieving a balance of accuracy, spontaneity and speed. • Practical advice for working in the field, choosing subjects, coping with onlookers, capturing people in motion and more. • Daily exercises and creative prompts for everything from improving essential skills to diverse approaches, such as montages, storytelling portraits and one-page graphic novels. Whether you are a habitual doodler or a seasoned artist, The Urban Sketcher will have you out in the world sketching from the very first page. By completing drawings on the spot, in one session, you achieve a fresh impression of not just what you see, but also what it feels like to be there . . . visual life stories as only you can experience them.

Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 1
Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 1

Author: Laurie Garrison

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-05-17

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1040128963

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The panorama is primarily a visual medium, but a variety of print matter mediated its viewing; adverts, reviews, handbills and a descriptive programme accompanied by an annotated key to the canvas. The short accounts, programs, reviews, articles and lectures collected here are the primary historical sources left to us.

Cincinnati's Literary Heritage
Cincinnati's Literary Heritage

Author: Kevin Grace

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007-09-30

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1439671885

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This cultural history of Cincinnati explores how a love of books and reading transformed Ohio’s Queen City into a bibliophile’s paradise. Since its founding in 1788, Cincinnati has been home to lovers of books and reading. The early settlers swapped books with one another. By the early 1800s, civic leaders were envisioning the creation of a public library, and in 1814, the Circulating Library Society was founded. Other libraries followed, as did bookshops and stationers. These early social developments were followed by literary industries. Soon, printing and publishing made Cincinnati one of America’s centers for the book trade. Ault & Wiborg became one of the world’s largest manufacturers of printing ink, while the Strobridge Lithography Company produced the lion’s share of circus and show posters in the Western world. Author and rare book archivist Kevin Grace chronicles the centuries-long literary evolution of Cincinnati, a city that now boasts a thriving community of poets, playwrights, authors and booksellers.