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| Henry Labold, 40 Pike Street |
Laird's Book Store (reproduced) an ad from the Covington Journal, March 8, 1849| |
Latonia Hotel an ad from 1897 |
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| Liberty Theatre | The Liberty Theatre 608 Madison |
Lyric Theater E. side of Madison, near 8th |
C. F. Linfoot, Coal, 225 Scott
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| Linnemann & Moore, Undertakers and Embalmers, From a Facebook post by Walter Molony, who also gives details on the images | |
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| Lovell and Buffington Tobacco, Company 235 Scott |
Lovell and Buffington, Tobacco Dealers 229-235 Scott in Covington |
Lovell & Buffington | Lovell & Buffington, 1924 |
Manufacturers of Fountain Fine Cut, Bull Dog Twist, Bull Dog Cut Plug, White Seal Long Cut
Lovell and Buffington were one of the few independent buyers of tobacco in the Tobacco Wars of 1908.
Baltimore Patriot and Mercantile Advertiser, November 17, 1834
Lovis & York Cotton Factory
Luckener's, 607 Madison
Lubrecht's Lumber Yard, Pike and York, 1910
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| Luhn and Stevie 28-30 Pike |
Kentucky Post, December 16, 1912 |
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| M&T Delicatessen From a Facebook post by Jamey Cobb |
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| McCracken's Insurance and Real Estate, 1910 11 E. Seventh |
Kentucky Post, May 27, 1911 |
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| McNamara's | Fred Macke Coal and Coke 813 Madison Avenue, c. 1912 |
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| Malart's, 8th & Greenup | George Massman's Drug Store, s.e.c. 11th & Greenup |
Mi Co Meter Company 231 Court |
The Mayberry Brothers sold wallpaper on Madison.
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| Louis Marx, 1912 Home Outfitters 516-22 Madison |
Marx Brothers 516 Madison |
Marx Plaque | Louis Marx & Brothers |
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| A. Meier & Company, Brick makers at the foot of Wallace Avenue From a Facebook post by Kathleen Lemmons Hoffman |
Gus W. Menninger, Undertaker 66 W. Pike |
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| Mersman's Hardware, 1911, 25 Pike St. ad is Kentucky Post, December 23, 1912 |
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| Miss Meyer's Millinery 812 Madison |
A. C. Meyer | Kentucky Post, June 4, 1909 |
Louis Meyer, Livery and Boarding Stable
628-630 Scott Street
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| Michaels Art Bronze Co., c. 1940, 3rd & Scott | |
 The Michaels Art Bronze product catalog (pdf) |
Examples of Michaels' work at this cite (pdf). |
| John Boh wrote a piece about Michaels for the Kenton Co. Historical Society Bulletin, online at their site (pdf). | |
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Milward & Oldershaw was a pork slaughtering house. Details here, here, here, and here! |
| Milward & Oldershaw, circa 1850 Between Robbins and Eleventh, on the Licking. They slaughtered 3,000 hogs daily here. The building burned down in 1857. |
Detailed drawings of the hog butchering process in 1873 are here. |
| “Covington has slaughtered 17,500 hogs this season” Courier-Journal, January 10, 1870 | |
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| The Moeschel - Edwards Corrugating Company on the railroad, between 8th and 9th | ||
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| The Moser Bros Co., Inc. s.w. corner 2nd & Greenup |
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 The Ticket, December 19, 1876 |
| Motches moves to its new store, 1871. | Motch Jewelers history here. |
The News-Cincinnati, April 12, 1883
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| John F. Mueller and his wife Catherine (far left) in their bakery,
627 Madison, c. 1923. Thanks to Jerry Kasselmann for this item. |
G. B. Murphy sold groceries on the s.e. corner of Fourth and Main; the nw corner of 5th and Philadelphia, and on the s. e. corner of 5th and Scott. We've no idea which location this is. |
Fred Myers Manufacturing
Madison Avenue
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| The National Starch Manufacturing Company, Located at "10 Boone Block" in the 1900-01 Covington City Directory, with Richard P. Ernst as Secretary |
“Morning View – I was in Covington Saturday last week[1879], and going into Nodler’s, that affable gentleman invited me to try the telephone, whereupon I had a conversation with Dr. Kearns at his residence on Eighth street, who informed me that Covington was distressingly healthy. I was much pleased, and would advise all those who wish to see this wonderful invention to call at Nodler’s.” From Covington’s Daily Commonwealth, May 2, 1879 (Peter Nodler, Druggist and Apothecary Headquarters for Pure Drugs, was at the s.w. corner of 5th and Madison. Dr. Kearns was on the nw corner of 8th and Madison.)
And since you're probably wondering, Bell patented the telephone on March 7, 1876. In 1878, President Hayes had one installed in the White House. His reaction: “An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?”
Hayes was a one-term president.
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| Nie Norbert's was at the corner of Russell and 11th | |
Overman Schrader Cordage Company,
on the northwest corner of 16th and Russell
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The Overman & Schrader Cordage Company’s Eagle Twine Mills had their offices at 26-28 E. Second Street in Cincinnati, but the mill was in Covington, on the northwest corner of 16th and Russell. They were “manufacturers of coarse and fine twines, wrapping and sail twines, tube and hide ropes. Also full line of Manila and sisal rope, tarred and untarred lath yarn, plumbers oakum and packing.” At it’s peak, 500 or so people worked there, but the demise of steamboats killed virtually all rope businesses. |
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In 1902, Charles Schrader, the company's president, wrote to Congress concerning a regulation that would cause enormous harm to the business community. It seems the government wanted to institute the 8 hour work day on government contracts (“to the detriment of every citizen in the land”). You can read his letter here. |
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“The boiler in Phelps & Jordan's Rolling Mill at Covington exploded at noon to-day, and destroyed the building. Eight persons were dangerously wounded, and a great many were injured, as about 200 persons were working at and around the building. The boiler was carried 200 feet and fell into the Licking River. The explosion is attributed to the neglect of the engineer.” from the New York Times, April 6, 1853 |
| “The rolling mill of Phillips & Son, on the Licking River, near Covington, Ky, was established in 1846. It is one of the largest establishments of its kind in the West, employing 250 hands and turning out $600,000 worth of boiler plate, bolt and bar iron per year.” from the Railway Times, 1869. |
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| Phoenix Manufacturing Co., 314 Russell |
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E. L. Pieck, “Pioneer Druggist” |
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Farmers Cabinet, February 25, 1847
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| Quality Coal Company, 1943 "The Hottest Coal in Town" 130 W. 19th Street |
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| Reliable Monument 912 Madison |
Reliance, 1910 |
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| Covington starts down the road to hell in 1928. (The Rialto would later be the Liberty) from a Facebook post by Steven Thompson |
Men and Women weren't allowed to see Road to Ruin Together. |
Road to Ruin
(You know this is going to be embarassingly not prurient, right?)
They banned the Charleston, too.
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| Riek's Grocery northwest corner of 3rd and Madison |
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Riesenbeck's Grocery, 7th an Bakewell |
J. C. Ritter's Groceries,
6th and Craig From a Facebook post by Old Northern Kentucky |
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| Roland Cab, 107 E. 5th Street, 1940 |
Rolfes & Wachs |
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| J. M. Rude's Wire Goods, Second and Madison | |
