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Jesse Sanders on his Ice Wagon in Covington, c. WWI Sanitary Laundry, 1921
210-12 Greenup Street

 

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St. Elmo's
18th and Madison
Philip Schambach's Bakery, 1912
1301 Banklick

 

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Schmidt's IGA, c. 1960
On Pike, across from Montague

 

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Schmidt & Sons, Wholesale Grocers, Pike and Banklick
ad: Kentucky Post, March 31, 1913

 

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Eddy Schneider's Tap Room
Twelfth and Bullock

 

Madison Avenue, Covington
Schroetter Realty
432 Madison
(in the Odd Fellows' Temple)

 

Larry's Grocery

Larry Schewalbach's Grocery, 1301 Scott, c. 1950
From a Facebook post by Steve Schwalbach

 

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Albert Scott Albert Scott's Pharmacy, 1885 Clara Wolfe Scott

 

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Sears & Roebuck,
1940,
7th, West of Madison

 

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Sebastian Lathe, southeast corner of 3rd & Philadelphia

 

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Fred Seifert's Bakery
1429 Russell Street, 1952
photo courtesy Frederick
and Catherine Seifert

 

Seiler Wagon
The Seiler Ice Company,
nw corner of 5th and Madison
Thanks to Mary Jo Schlickman for this one.

Senour & Gedge

 

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John Sheehan's, Gent's Clothing, 715 Madison, 1910

 

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Covington's “Elegant new patrol wagon,” 1910
The city directory lists John Sheets as a salesman, living on Madison Ave.
Those are two policemen. What's going on here?

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Shirley Theater
The Shirley Theater on Holman. Owned by Ethel and Nick Shafer. Image taken in 1943. from Facebook posts by Jeff King

 

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Siebler Tailoring, 669 Madison Ave., 1910
ad: Kentucky Post, March , 1910

 

Sidener
Sidener Publishing
1333 Scott Blvd.

 

A. G. Simrall, was in the Insurance and real estate business, like J. G. Simrall, below. We don't know if there's is a familial relationship there or not.

 

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The Kentucky Post, July 12, 1895
J. G. Simrall, Insurance and Real Estate   These ads are two of hundreds that the Simralls, father A. G. and son, J. G, ran in newspapers from 1900-1920 or so.

 

“Covington has a store devoted exclusively to singing birds.”
Courier-Journal, December 2,1876

 

The Henry College Lottery Company
Skewes

 

Smedburg & Gillhan

W. G. Snyder
W. G. Snyder

 

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Dr. George Sperti's (Wikipedia) father, George Sperti, and his business partner and brother Albert Spare. They had a dry cleaning at 5th and Scott Street. From a Facebook post by John Clark

James Spilman & Co.

 

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Spillman, Ellis, & Co., 1902
High Grade Tobacco

 

Business, Covington, KY
T. W. Spinks Company,
You're looking northeast, just
north of the 19th Street Bridge.

 

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The Spinks family sold bricks, lime, stone, and cement mostly in Covington and Latonia but also in Newport. These images are c. 1910.
More on the Spinks Company.

Business, Covington, KY
The Star Foundry Company
Manufactures of Famous “Reliable”
Line of Stoves and Ranges
221-231 Main Street


Star Studios

Star Studios, 916 Madison
From a Facebook post by Billie Herzner Donlin, whose Mother-in-law, Laverne Stadtmiller Donlin is on the far right

 

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Stewart's Post Card Shop
824 Madison Avenue,
Covington Grand Opening,
September 7, 1907
James K. Stewart's
Post Card Shop
824 Madison

 

Summe and Ratterman
Summe & Ratterman, c. 1914,
224 E. 20th St. That's Gus Summe.
Closed in 1965.
from a Facebook post by Sandy Koors

 

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Tabeling's, 270 Pike
(typo in caption)
Kentucky Post, January 23, 1905

 

 

Tate

Tate Builders Supply
Covington and Dayton

 

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Lockett and Tate,
19th and Russell, 1928
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Tate builders was at W 19th
& Russell, on the NE corner.

 

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Wm. L. Telford's, 402 Madison, c. 1900.
From a Facebook post by Ed Ostenkamp

 

Threlkelds

Window says Threlkeld and Simpson, 5 and 10 store. Geo. and Wm. Threlkeld (the only name we find remotely close in the city directories, were at the swc of 8th and Greer, and were merchandise brokers.

 

ULH&P

Union Light, Heat & Power, a.k.a. the Traction Building

 

 

Madison Avenue, Covington new Veith & Zweigart
Veith & Zweigart, Building Lumber
left, sw corner of Madison, and Grand (now 24th)
right, 22-32 West Eighth

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Kentucky Post, January 16, 1920

 

Vogt's rocery

Theodore Vogt's Delicatessen and Grocery, 701 Bakewell

 

Von Bokern & Goebel
Von Bokern & Goebel
from a Facebook post by Marcia Perez Richardson

 

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Joseph VonHandorf Sr., Dealer in Wines and Liquors, 609 Main from Facebook posts by Amy VonHandorf Weaver.

 

Business, Covington, KY
Wadsworth Electric Manufacturing, 1922
11th, between Madison
and Russell

Here's the application for the Wadsworth Building to be on the National Register of Historic places, complete with photo's, history, and maps.

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Walker & Simmons, Dry Goods

 

Cincinnati radio and TV station WCKY started in Covington (CKY is for Covington, KY). They were on the fourth floor of the building on the southwest corner of Sixth and Madison, and first went on the air on September 16, 1929. The transmitter was in Crescent Springs.

 

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Wessel's Millinery, 1912
806 Madison

 

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Wieck's Livery Stable

 

Willard

Willard Machine and Tool, 3rd and Madison, 1910
More about Willard

 

Wirth's

Wirth's
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
, September 12, 1883

Wirth's
The Daily Commonwealth, July 21, 1884
Wirth's
Cincinnati Enquirer, November 23, 1884
Wirth's
Cincinnati Post (published as the Penny Post) August 6, 1883

Wiggins & Law

Woolworth's is coming, to 7th and Madison, 1941.

They're going to build a new Woolworth's, and move to Madison Avenue from Pike and Washington.

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Zimmer home at 712 Pike. It
has four stories; the bottom
story well into the ground to
store excess produce and beer.
The family moved here after
living above the grocery at
the right.
Zimmer Grocery, on Lewis
and Western. Proprietor
Charles Zimmer also owned
a second grocery store on the
corner of 12th and Hermes
in 1910. That's Frances Bockweg
Zimmer, 3rd from the left.
Zimmer Garage
at 555 Pike, in
the 1937 Flood
Zimmers Grocery
from a Facebook post by Joe Metz

A big thanks to Erica Miller Broenner for sharing these Zimmer pictures. Frances Bockweg Zimmer is her g-g-grandmother.

 

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G. A. Zwick, Apothecary

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