An overly colorized, but really detailed shot of Bellevue
(or, "Bellvue," as it's spelled on the card)

 

Back waters of Ohio River Flood 
at foot of Clark St., Bellevue, KY--Feb. 1912 

 

Bellevue Ferry

 

A View up Clark Street, Bellevue

 

J. W. Clark, ??7 Clark Street, Bellevue

left, Band Wagon showing officials of the parade and the speakers.  They are Arthur Hindman, Newport Commissioner; Fred Bassman, attorney and one of the principal speakers; Dr. J. W. Thomasson, chairman of the Northern Kentucky Auto Club, Hubbard Schwartz, Dayton attorney and speaker; William T. Calerdine, Cincinnati Auto Club Trustee and one of the speakers; George Herold, Bellevue City Attorney; Mayor Fred L. McCLane, Newport;  and Mayor Clem Wiethorn, Bellevue.
right, Officials Autos and two motorcycle policemen, who escorted the parade through the main streets of Newport, Bellevue, and Dayton
left, Auto of Miss Alice Collins, first place, Crittenden, Kentucky
right, Auto of F. W. Petri, Bellevue Florist, Second Prize

These four pictures are from the Grand Opening of the road across "The Fill" from Bellevue to Newport, November 7, 1929.   Full story, with the parade route, is here.

443 Clark Street, Bellevue, 1913 
Notice the vehicle the boy is riding
Thanks! to K. Sutkamp for this one.

 

Knights of Pythius and Balkes Opera House

 

   

In the famous double play combination of Tinkers to Evans to Chance, who was the third baseman the made up the fourth member of the infielder?  Why, Bellevue's own Harry Steinfeldt, who's impressive major league record is here

 

 

left,  Ward Avenue, "Bellvue" 
right, Ward Avenue, Bellevue

 

 

left, Older House, Bellevue 
right, Van Voast Avenue, Bellevue

 

Cincinnati from the Bellevue shore, 1949

 

Fairfield Avenue Scene

 

Bellevue Fire Department

 

Bellevue Fire Department, 1941
List of the firemen is here.

Tornado Hits Bellevue, 1867, more here.

"The streets of this place are in a horrible condition, and in many places the mud is so deep that pedestrians are compelled to go about one square out of their way so as to find some kind of crossing to keep out of the mud."  from the Bellevue news in the Kentucky Journal, April 21, 1892.

     

This map shows the extent of the 1913 Flood in Bellevue,
and is from Donald Bauer's The Great Flood of 1913

 

1883 Map of Northern Campbell County

 

 

There's an Arcadia Images of America book with 128 pages of vintage Bellevue images.  The link to the left will take you to Amazon to get a copy.

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