The Swan, a.k.a. The Nine Mile House 815 Dixie Highway, Elsmere, Kentucky Routes 25 and 42  20 Minutes from Cincinnati  SAM A. GAREY, Manager Famous for Kentucky Mint Juleps Open the Year Around, Serving Southern Fried Chicken, Steaks, Lobster, Country Ham and Sea Food Dinners Northern Kentucky's Finest Dining Room

 

The Swan's menu
The proprietors of the Swan are reputed to have abandoned the place very, very suddenly in 1955, essentially walking out the door with the clothes on their backs, and with dinner, not eaten, on the table.  A Fort Mitchell florist, Schreiver, moved into the location but kept the Swan name.  The restaurant tables are still there, used for floral displays.  Ask to see where the slot machines were bolted down.

 

Swan's children's menu
From a Facebook post by Charlie Lunsford

 

Four Ace TV, Dixie at Sunset
From a Facebook post by Mark Link of his Dad's shop

 

The first Gayety Theatre	The Gayety
These two images ran along with a history of the Gayety in 1955.

 

Burns Brothers Service Station, May and Dixie
From a Facebook post by Buzz Burns

 

Dusing Brothers

	Dusing Brothers  from upper left, an aerial view, Franklin (l) and Ben (r) Dusing (1938), The Business, Workers at Dusing Ice, Electrical Panel (?!?) at Dusing Ice
The Dusing Brothers call it quits. Retrospective and history at this site.

Brothers Ben and Franklin Dusing, c. 1930
from a Facebook post by Old Photos of Northern Kentucky

 

Chester Dryer's Gateway Grill 3619 Dixie, next to Dusings

 

Sid's, an Elsmere institution From a Facebook post by Beverly Sturgeon

 

Zitt's Taylor Shop, on Garvey	Little Boy Blue Golf At Dixie and May in Elsmere

 

Tate Builders Supply

 

Elsmere Grocery
From a Facebook post by Candace Schaefer Olivo

 

Jimmie's Roller Rink opened on January 31, 1948.
from a Facebook post by Joe Mullins

 

First Federal Savings and  Loan, Elsmere, 1959	Inside Tom Howard's Grocery on Garvey

 

Pieper's on Dixie, near across from Forest From a Facebook post by Shelley Pieper Miller