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| The Lubitorium | The Fort Theatre | Hiland Theatre with Tea Room and Candy Store |
| There's a Subway there now, and it was at one time home of the Busy Bee Bar. Note the trolley tracks. Car believed to be a 1932 Ford. Donald Neumeister posted this one on Facebook. |
These days, the building
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The Highland Theatre opened on August 3, 1927, and seated 750. The first show was Senorita, starring Bebe Daniels. It closed in March of 1979. |
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| Stegner's Grocery Ft. Thomas Avenue at Miller, c. 1905 |
Stegner's Grocery, c. 1930 |
Ruth Pulsfort and George H. Stegner inside the store |
At the corner of Audubon Place and the Avenue
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the remodeled store in 1958 after a fire. That's George H. Stegner, Ruth Pulsfort, and George's wife Marie in the front; Marge Jarvis and and Bill Wessel in the rear. |
A cookie display inside the store. |
George and Anna Scharold's Grocery,
1135 S. Fort Thomas Avenue
from a Facebook post by Cathy Martin
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Busy Bee Carryout, 1934 |
Inside the Clover Leaf Store, 1959 David Mahaney writes on Facebook: “The Clover Leaf Dairy was at the top of Highland Ave on the South side right behind the Highland Bank that was on the corner of Highland and S Ft Thomas Aves. There also was a Clover Leaf Dairy on S Ft Thomas Ave at the corner of Shawnee Ave. Just south of entrance to the Army Post which is now Tower Park. Earlier, the The Jersey Farms Dairy Store.” |
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Al Stegeman's Highland Auto Garage Co., left, 1923
Cadillac & Oldsmobile
later a roller rink; still later a Kroger; currently a Convenient Store/Bank parking lot
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| Boron, 1501 Alexandria Pike, 1972 |
E. D. Collins Motor Co., c. 1930 Bivouac and Ft. Thomas Avenues |
Log Cabin Service Station Floyd Prickett, Proprietor Alexandria Pike (where Moore's Home Improvement was) |
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| Dietrich's Club House, The car on the right is a 1910 Reo, and the one on the left a 1910 Packard. |
Summit Lodge |
The two buildings above are the same building. If you want a little more background on it, go here, and also here. |
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| As demonstrated here, early post offices could be placed anywhere, and moved sometimes with each election and the patronage therefrom. This is Col. Egbert and Judge Newman's tobacco store, a couple of hundred feet north of the tower, and a US Post Office, among other things. More on Colonel Harry Clay Egbert. | |
Dobbling and Son Funeral Home
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| Highland Telephone Exchange Mt. Pleasant and Highland Avenues |
1937 Flood Scene in Fort Thomas |
Inside the Exchange |
| One of the problems in the 1937 Flood was the lack, or feared lack, of electricity. To fight that, the telephone company brought in generators to their exchanges to insure the phone system would be working. | ||
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| Newport National Bank, 1971 |
Inside Fort Thomas's Highland Bank, |
Fort Thomas Bellevue Bank, 1970 |
Fort Thomas Bellevue Bank, 1955. The building opened on March 26, 1955. |
Wiedemann's Bakery
From a Facebook post by Don Prather
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| Fort Thomas Building & Loan |
Highland Bank |
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| Paul Sipes, President, Highland Bank |
Howell R. Hensley, President, Fort Thomas Bank |
Fort Thomas Savings and Loan, 25 N. Fort Thomas Avenue, Jan. 1, 1901 to June 15, 2000 From a Facebook post by Don Prather |
Midwest Gas, 2557 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas
