Did you know that there were once plans to build a subway in Cincinnati? We have the pictures to prove it.
These Cincinnati related photographs and more are available to researchers in the Archives/Library reading room at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus.
Ohio Board of Public Works, Cincinnati Central Parkway Photograph Collection
Call Number State Archives Series 937 AV
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Construction of subway in the old Miami canal bed, north of Findlay Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1920-1928. Construction of the subway began during the construction of the Cincinnati Central Parkway over the canal bed in the early 1920s, but never finished.
Jack Klumpe Collection
Call Number AV 3
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Hamilton-Middletown and University of Cincinnati basketball players grapple for the ball, January 1958 by Jack Klumpe.
Ohio Guide Photograph Collection
Call Number State Archives Series 1039 AV
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Cincinnati Riot of 1884
Call Number SC 4607

Ohio National Guard troops manning a barricade on Main Street in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1884.
To find more photographs of Cincinnati in the OHS photographic archives search these online resources:
OhioPix online image database.
Recommended keyword search: Cincinnati
Ohio Memory digital library.
Recommended keyword search: Cincinnati
Format type: Photographs
Ohio Historical Society Online Collections Catalog
Recommended keyword search: Cincinnati Photographs
Lisa Wood, Curator for Visual Resources





